House File 360 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 360 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 123) A BILL FOR An Act relating to school districts and area education agencies 1 that share operational functions by adding eligibility for 2 information technology specialists and including effective 3 date and applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1766HV (2) 90 md/jh
H.F. 360 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (1), as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, House File 68, 2 section 15, is amended to read as follows: 3 (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase 4 student opportunities and redirect more resources to student 5 programming for school districts that share operational 6 functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision 7 one or more operational functions of a curriculum director, 8 information technology specialist, master social worker, 9 independent social worker, work-based learning coordinator, 10 special education director, mental health professional 11 who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board 12 of educational examiners, college and career transition 13 counselor or coordinator, school resource officer, or school 14 counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas 15 of superintendent management, business management, human 16 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance 17 for at least twenty percent of the school year shall be 18 assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 19 function. A school district that shares an operational 20 function in the area of superintendent management shall be 21 assigned a supplementary weighting of nine pupils for the 22 function. A school district that shares the operational 23 functions of an information technology specialist or an 24 operational function in the area of business management, human 25 resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance shall 26 be assigned a supplementary weighting of five pupils for the 27 function. A school district that shares the operational 28 functions of a curriculum director; a master social worker or 29 an independent social worker licensed under chapters 147 and 30 154C ; a work-based learning coordinator; a special education 31 director; a mental health professional who holds a statement 32 of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners; 33 a college and career transition counselor or coordinator; 34 a school resource officer; or a school counselor shall be 35 -1- LSB 1766HV (2) 90 md/jh 1/ 3
H.F. 360 assigned a supplementary weighting of three pupils for the 1 function. The additional weighting shall be assigned for 2 each discrete operational function shared. However, a school 3 district may receive the additional weighting under this 4 subsection for sharing the services of an individual with 5 a political subdivision or another school district even if 6 the type of operational function performed by the individual 7 for the school district and the type of operational function 8 performed by the individual for the political subdivision or 9 another school district are not the same operational function, 10 so long as either both operational functions are eligible for 11 weighting under this subsection or the operational function 12 the individual performs for the school district is special 13 education director. In either case, the school district 14 shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of 15 operational function that the individual performs for the 16 school district, and the school district shall not receive 17 additional weighting for any other function performed by the 18 individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does 19 not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to 20 receive supplementary weighting under this subsection . 21 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph a, 22 subparagraph (2), as amended by 2023 Iowa Acts, House File 68, 23 section 15, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph 24 division: 25 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (0b) Information technology 26 specialist means an individual whose assigned job duties 27 primarily include any of the following: 28 (i) Establishment of and enforcement of standards and 29 specifications for network computer systems and user support 30 for such systems. 31 (ii) Development of computer systems applications, or 32 the development, installation, and maintenance of local area 33 network and mainframe computer systems or server environments 34 and user support for such systems. 35 -2- LSB 1766HV (2) 90 md/jh 2/ 3
H.F. 360 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 1 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school budget 3 years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, subject to the school 4 budget year limitations of section 257.11, subsection 5. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 Pursuant to Code section 257.11, in order to provide 9 additional funding to increase student opportunities 10 and redirect resources to student programming that share 11 operational functions, a school district or area education 12 agency that shares with another political subdivision 13 one or more specified operational functions is assigned 14 a supplementary weighting for each shared operational 15 function. This bill adds information technology specialist 16 to the eligible shared operational functions and provides a 17 definition for that position. By operation of Code section 18 257.11(5)(b)(1), an information technology specialist is 19 assigned a supplementary weighting of four pupils under the 20 bill. 21 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 22 budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2023, subject to 23 the limitation of Code section 257.11(5), which sunsets the 24 availability supplementary weighting following the school 25 budget year beginning July 1, 2034. 26 -3- LSB 1766HV (2) 90 md/jh 3/ 3