English learner weighting provides funding in addition to the
student count that generates general purpose revenues and is for the purpose of
providing funding for the excess costs of instruction of English learners above
the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum. In addition, the
school budget review committee may grant a modified supplemental amount to
continue funding of the excess costs beyond the five years of weighting.
Funding for the English learner weighting and the modified supplemental amount
for English learner programs are both categorical funding and may have
different restrictions than the federal English learner funding.
(1)
Appropriate uses of categorical
funding. Appropriate uses of funding for the English learner program
are those that are direct costs of providing instruction that supplement, but
do not supplant, the costs of the regular curriculum. These expenditures
include salaries and benefits of teachers and paraeducators; instructional
supplies, textbooks, and technology; classroom interpreters; support services
to students served in English learner programs above the services provided to
pupils in regular programs; support services to instructional staff such as
targeted professional development, curriculum development or academic student
assessment; and support services provided to parents of English learners and
community services specific to English learners.
(2)
Inappropriate uses of categorical
funding. Inappropriate uses of funding for the English learner program
include indirect costs, operational or maintenance costs, capital expenditures
other than equipment, student transportation, administrative costs, or any
other expenditures not directly related to providing the English learner
program beyond the scope of the regular classroom.
Notes
Iowa Admin. Code r.
281-98.16
ARC 8054B, lAB 8/26/09,
effective 9/30/09
Amended by
IAB
April 15, 2015/Volume XXXVII, Number 21, effective
5/20/2015
Adopted by
IAB
April 17, 2024/Volume XLVI, Number 21, effective
5/22/2024
