Iowa Admin. Code r. 281-60.6 - Funding
Additional weighting for students in programs provided under this chapter is available in accordance with Iowa Code sections 257.31(5) "j" and 280.4.
(1)
Weighting. A weighting is included in the weighted enrollment
of the school district of residence for a period not exceeding five years to
provide funds for the excess costs of instruction of limited English proficient
students above the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum.
a. A student may be included for weighting if
the student meets the definition of a limited English proficient student as
either an intensive student or an intermediate student and the student is being
provided instruction related to limited English proficiency above the level of
instruction provided to pupils in the regular curriculum.
b. A student may be included for weighting up
to five years, which need not be consecutive.
c. A student's eligibility for additional
weighting is transferable to another district of residence.
(2)
Supplemental aid or
modified supplemental amount. In addition to weighting, the school
budget review committee (SBRC) may grant supplemental aid or a modified
supplemental amount for an unusual need to continue funding beyond the five
years of weighting or for costs in excess of the weighting to provide
instruction to limited English proficient students above the costs of regular
instruction.
a. A school district of residence
may apply to the SBRC by the date specified in rule
289-6.3 (257) for supplemental
aid or a modified supplemental amount for an unusual need for funding beyond
the amount generated from weighting for students identified as limited English
proficient who are provided instruction beyond the regular instruction. The
eligible supplemental aid or modified supplemental amount will be calculated as
the total actual limited English proficient program (more commonly referred to
as "English language learner program") expenditures for the previous year,
reduced by the limited English proficient funding generated in the previous
budget year based on the limited English proficient count on the certified
enrollment in the previous year, and reduced by any other grants, carryover, or
other resources provided to the district for this program.
b. A district of residence may apply to the
SBRC for supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount for an unusual need
to continue funding beyond the five years of weighting no later than December 1
following the date specified in Iowa Code section 257.6(1) for the certified
enrollment. The supplemental aid or modified supplemental amount will be
calculated by multiplying the number of resident students identified as limited
English proficient who are provided instruction beyond the regular instruction,
and who are being served beyond the five years of weighting on the certified
enrollment, by the weighting provided under subrule 60.6(1), multiplied by the
district cost per pupil in the current year.
c. The SBRC will act on the requests
described in paragraphs 60.6(2)"a" and "b" no
later than its March regular meeting. If the SBRC grants the district's request
for supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount, the department of
management will increase the district's budget authority by that amount.
The SBRC may require the district to appear at a hearing to discuss its request for supplemental aid or a modified supplemental amount.
(3)
Appropriate expenditures. Appropriate expenditures for the
limited English proficiency program are those that are direct costs of
providing instruction which supplement, but do not supplant, the costs of the
regular curriculum. These expenditures are delineated in 281-Chapter
98.
(4)
Inappropriate
expenditures. Inappropriate expenditures are delineated in 281-Chapter
98.
(5)
Financial
management. Limited English proficient funding is categorical funding
and follows the general provisions in 281-Chapter 98.
(6)
Annual reporting.
Districts shall include and identify the detail of financial transactions
related to limited English proficient resources, expenditures, and carryfoward
balances on their certified annual report. School districts shall use the
account coding appropriate to the limited English proficient program as defined
by Uniform Financing Accounting for Iowa School Districts and AEAs. Each
district shall submit its certified annual report following the close of the
fiscal year but no later than September 15.
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