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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256E - CHARTER SCHOOLS — SCHOOL BOARD AND FOUNDING GROUP MODELS › Section 256E.9 - Performance framework.

256E.9 Performance framework.
1. The performance provisions within the charter school contract shall be based on a performance framework adopted by the state board that clearly sets forth the academic and operational performance indicators, measures, and metrics that will guide the evaluation of the charter school by the state board, without compromising individual student privacy. The performance framework shall include but is not limited to indicators, measures, and metrics for all of the following:
a. Student academic proficiency.
b. Student academic growth.
c. Achievement gaps in both proficiency and growth between specified populations or groups of students, including groups based on gender, race, poverty, special education status, English learner status, and gifted status.
d. Attendance.
e. Enrollment attrition.
f. Postsecondary readiness for students in grades nine through twelve.
g. Goals specified in the charter school’s mission.
h. Financial performance and sustainability.
i. Governing board performance and stewardship, including compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and terms of the charter contract.
2. Annual performance targets shall be agreed upon between each charter school and the state board. Such performance targets shall be contained in the charter school contract and shall be designed to help each charter school meet applicable federal, state, and local standards. The performance targets contained in the charter school contract may be amended by mutual agreement after the charter school is operating and has collected initial achievement data for the charter school’s students.
3. The state board is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting all data from state assessments and other state data sources in accordance with the performance framework. However, all efforts shall be made by all parties to the charter school contract to eliminate or reduce duplicative data reporting requirements.
4. Multiple charter schools operating under a single charter school contract shall be required to report their performance data as separate, individual schools, with each charter school held independently accountable for performance.
5. Each charter school established under this chapter shall be evaluated and graded by the department pursuant to the attendance center performance ranking system developed and adopted by the department.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §9; 2022 Acts, ch 1011, §5
Referred to in §256E.4, 256E.5, 256E.6, 256E.10
Subsection 1, paragraph c amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256E - CHARTER SCHOOLS — SCHOOL BOARD AND FOUNDING GROUP MODELS › Section 256E.11 - Procedures for charter school closure — student enrollment.

256E.11 Procedures for charter school closure — student enrollment.
1. Prior to any charter school closure decision, the state board shall develop a charter school closure protocol to ensure timely notice to parents and guardians, provide for the orderly transition of students and student records to new schools, and to provide proper disposition of school funds, property, and assets in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. The protocol shall specify required actions and timelines and identify responsible parties for each such action.
2. In the event of a charter school closure, the assets of the charter school shall be used first to satisfy outstanding payroll obligations for employees of the school, then to creditors of the school, then to the public school district in which the charter school operated, if applicable, and then to the state general fund. If the assets of the charter school are insufficient to pay all obligations of the charter school, the prioritization of the distribution of assets shall be consistent with this subsection and otherwise determined by the district court.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §11
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256E - CHARTER SCHOOLS — SCHOOL BOARD AND FOUNDING GROUP MODELS › Section 256E.12 - Reports.

256E.12 Reports.
1. Each charter school shall prepare and file an annual report with the department. The department shall prescribe by rule the required contents of the report, but each such report shall include information regarding student achievement, including annual academic growth and proficiency, graduation rates, and financial performance and sustainability. The reports are public records and the examination, publication, and dissemination of the reports are governed by the provisions of chapter 22.
2. The state board shall prepare and file with the general assembly by December 1, annually, a comprehensive report with findings and recommendations relating to the charter school program in the state and whether the charter school program under this chapter is meeting the goals and purposes of the program. The report also shall contain, for each charter school, a copy of the charter school’s mission statement, attendance statistics and dropout rate, aggregate assessment test scores, projections of financial stability, and the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §12
Referred to in §256E.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.1 - Authorization and purpose.

256F.1 Authorization and purpose.
1. Charter schools and innovation zone schools shall be part of the state’s program of public education.
2. A charter school may be established by creating a new school within an existing public school or converting an existing public school to charter status.
3. The purpose of a charter school or an innovation zone school established pursuant to this chapter shall be to accomplish the following:
a. Improve student learning.
b. Increase learning opportunities for students.
c. Encourage the use of different and innovative methods of teaching.
d. Require the measurement of learning outcomes and create different and innovative forms of measuring outcomes.
e. Establish new forms of accountability for schools.
f. Create new professional opportunities for teachers and other educators, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site.
g. Create different organizational structures for continuous learner progress.
h. Allow greater flexibility to meet the education needs of a diverse and constantly changing student population.
i. Allow for the allocation of resources in innovative ways through implementation of specialized school budgets for the benefit of the schools served.
4. An innovation zone school may be established pursuant to this chapter to encourage diverse approaches to learning and education within individual schools.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §1, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §2 – 5
Referred to in §256F.3, 256F.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.2 - Definitions.

256F.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Advisory council” means a council appointed by the school board of directors of a charter school or an innovation zone consortium pursuant to section 256F.5, subsection 4.
2. “Attendance center” means a public school building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students.
3. “Charter school” means a charter school established in accordance with this chapter.
4. “Department” means the department of education.
5. “Innovation zone consortium” means a consortium of two or more school districts and an area education agency in which one or more of the school districts are located, that receives approval to establish an innovation zone school pursuant to this chapter. In addition, the innovation zone consortium may receive technical assistance from an accredited higher education institution.
6. “Innovation zone school” means a public school administered by a principal that is, pursuant to an innovation zone school contract entered into by an innovation zone consortium pursuant to section 256F.6, established as an innovation zone school.
7. “School board” means a board of directors regularly elected by the registered voters of a school district.
8. “State board” means the state board of education.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §2, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §6 - 9; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §32; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §62; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §89
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.5 - Application — definition.

256F.5 Application — definition.
An application to the state board for the approval of a charter school or innovation zone school shall include but shall not be limited to a description of the following:
1. The method for admission to the charter school or innovation zone school.
2. The mission, purpose, innovation, and specialized focus of the charter school or innovation zone school.
3. Performance goals and objectives in addition to those required under section 256.7, subsection 21, by which the school’s student achievement shall be judged, the measures to be used to assess progress, and the current baseline status with respect to the goals.
4. The method for appointing or forming an advisory council for the charter school or innovation zone school. The membership of an advisory council appointed or formed in accordance with this chapter shall not include more than one member of a participating school board.
5. Procedures for teacher evaluation and professional development for teachers and administrators.
6. The charter school or innovation zone school governance and bylaws.
7. The financial plan for the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school including, at a minimum, a listing of the support services the school district or innovation zone consortium will provide, and the charter school or innovation zone school’s revenues, budgets, and expenditures.
8. The educational program and curriculum, instructional methodology, and services to be offered to students.
9. The number and qualifications of teachers and administrators to be employed.
10. The organization of the charter school or innovation zone school in terms of ages of students or grades to be taught along with an estimate of the total enrollment of the charter school or innovation zone school.
11. The provision of school facilities.
12. A statement indicating how the charter school or innovation zone school will meet the requirements of section 256F.1, as applicable; section 256F.4, subsection 2, paragraph “a”; and section 256F.4, subsection 3.
13. Assurance of the assumption of liability by the charter school or the innovation zone consortium for the innovation zone school.
14. The types and amounts of insurance coverage to be obtained by the charter school or innovation zone consortium for the innovation zone school.
15. A plan of operation to be implemented if the charter school or innovation zone consortium revokes or fails to renew its contract.
16. The means, costs, and plan for providing transportation for students enrolled in the charter school or innovation zone school.
17. The specific statutes, administrative rules, and school board policies with which the charter school or innovation zone school does not intend to comply.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §5, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §15, 16; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §65
Referred to in §256F.2, 256F.3, 256F.4, 256F.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.6 - Contract.

256F.6 Contract.
1. a. An approved charter school or innovation zone school application shall constitute an agreement, the terms of which shall, at a minimum, be the terms of a four-year enforceable, renewable contract between a school board, or the boards participating in an innovation zone consortium, and the state board. The contract shall include an operating agreement for the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school. The terms of the contract may be revised at any time with the approval of both the state board and the school board or the boards participating in the innovation zone consortium, whether or not the stated provisions of the contract are being fulfilled.
b. A contract may be renewed by agreement of the school board or the boards participating in an innovation zone consortium, as applicable, and the state board.
c. The charter school or innovation zone consortium shall provide parents and guardians of students enrolled in the charter school or innovation zone school with a copy of the charter school or innovation zone school application approved pursuant to section 256F.5.
2. The contract shall outline the reasons for revocation or nonrenewal of the contract.
3. The state board of education shall provide by rule for the ongoing review of each party’s compliance with a contract entered into in accordance with this chapter.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §6, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §17; 2010 Acts, ch 1193, §46; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §64
Referred to in §256F.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.7 - Employment and related matters.

256F.7 Employment and related matters.
1. A charter school or the boards participating in an innovation zone consortium shall employ or contract with necessary teachers and administrators, as defined in section 272.1, who hold a valid license with an endorsement for the type of service for which the teacher or administrator is employed.
2. The school board or innovation zone consortium, as specified in the application, in consultation with the advisory council, shall decide matters related to the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school, including budgeting, curriculum, and operating procedures.
3. a. Employees of a charter school shall be considered employees of the school district.
b. Employees of an innovation zone school shall be considered employees of a board participating in the innovation zone consortium.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §7, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.9 - Procedures after revocation — student enrollment.

256F.9 Procedures after revocation — student enrollment.
If a charter school or innovation zone school contract is revoked in accordance with this chapter, a nonresident student who attended the school, and any siblings of the student may submit an application to another school district according to section 282.18. Applications and notices required by section 282.18 shall be processed and provided in a prompt manner.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §9, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §234; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §21; 2022 Acts, ch 1153, §32, 41
Section amended
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.10 - Reports.

256F.10 Reports.
1. A charter school or innovation zone school shall report at least annually to the school board or innovation zone consortium, advisory council, and the state board the information required by the school board or innovation zone consortium, advisory council, or the state board. The reports are public records subject to chapter 22.
2. Not later than December 1 annually, the state board shall submit a comprehensive report with findings and recommendations to the general assembly. The report shall evaluate the state’s charter school and innovation zone school programs generally, including but not limited to an evaluation of whether the charter schools and innovation zone schools are fulfilling the purposes set forth in section 256F.4, subsection 2. The report also shall contain, for each charter school or innovation zone school, a copy of the charter school or innovation zone school’s mission statement, attendance statistics and dropout rate, aggregate assessment test scores, projections of financial stability, the number and qualifications of teachers and administrators, and number of and comments on supervisory visits by the department of education.
2002 Acts, ch 1124, §10, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §22
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS › Section 256F.12 - Operation of existing charter schools.

256F.12 Operation of existing charter schools.
Charter schools established under this chapter prior to July 1, 2021, shall continue to operate under and be subject to the requirements of this chapter and shall not be subject to chapter 256E.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §14
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256H - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATION OF MILITARY CHILDREN › Section 256H.2 - Council on educational opportunity for military children.

256H.2 Council on educational opportunity for military children.
1. A council on educational opportunity for military children is created to provide advice and recommendations regarding this state’s participation in and compliance with the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children in accordance with section 256H.1.
2. The council shall consist of the following seven members:
a. The director of the department of education or the director’s designee.
b. The superintendent, or the superintendent’s designee, for the school district with the highest percentage per capita of military children during the previous school year.
c. Two members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall represent a military installation located within this state and one of whom shall represent the executive branch and possess experience in assisting military families in obtaining educational services for their children. The term of each member appointed under this paragraph shall be for four years, except that, in order to provide for staggered terms, the governor shall initially appoint one member to a term of two years and one member to a term of three years.
d. One member appointed jointly by the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives as provided in sections 2.32A and 69.16B.
e. The compact commissioner appointed pursuant to section 256H.3 and the military family education liaison appointed in accordance with subsection 4, shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio members of the council unless already appointed to the council as voting members. The compact commissioner and the military family education liaison shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
3. Nonlegislative members of the council shall serve without compensation, but shall receive their actual and necessary expenses and travel incurred in the performance of their duties. Vacancies on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointments.
4. The council shall appoint a military family education liaison pursuant to section 256H.1, article VIII of the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of this compact.
5. The council shall comply with the requirements of chapters 21 and 22.
6. The department of education shall provide administrative support to the council.
2009 Acts, ch 31, §2, 4
Referred to in §256H.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256H - INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATION OF MILITARY CHILDREN › Section 256H.3 - Compact commissioner — appointment.

256H.3 Compact commissioner — appointment.
In accordance with section 256H.1, article VIII of the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children, the governor shall designate a compact commissioner, who shall serve at the pleasure of the governor and who shall be responsible for the administration and management of this state’s participation in the compact and shall serve as this state’s voting representative on the interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children as provided in section 256H.1, article IX of the compact.
2009 Acts, ch 31, §3, 4
Referred to in §256H.1, 256H.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256I - EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA INITIATIVE › Section 256I.1 - Definitions.

256I.1 Definitions.
For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Department” means the department of management.
2. “Desired results” means the set of desired results for improving the quality of life in this state for young children and their families identified in section 256I.2.
3. “Early care”, “early care services”, or “early care system” means the programs, services, support, or other assistance made available to a parent or other person who is involved with addressing the health and education needs of a child from zero through age five. “Early care”, “early care services”, or “early care system” includes but is not limited to public and private efforts and formal and informal settings.
4. “Early childhood Iowa area” means a geographic area designated in accordance with this chapter.
5. “Early childhood Iowa area board” or “area board” means the board for an early childhood Iowa area created in accordance with this chapter.
6. “Early childhood Iowa state board” or “state board” means the early childhood Iowa state board created in section 256I.3.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §278
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256I - EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA INITIATIVE › Section 256I.2 - Desired results — purpose and scope.

256I.2 Desired results — purpose and scope.
1. It is intended that through the early childhood Iowa initiative every community in Iowa will develop the capacity and commitment for using local, informed decision making to achieve the following set of desired results for improving the quality of life in this state for young children and their families:
a. Healthy children.
b. Children ready to succeed in school.
c. Safe and supportive communities.
d. Secure and nurturing families.
e. Secure and nurturing early learning environments.
2. The purpose of creating the early childhood Iowa initiative is to empower individuals, communities, and state level partners to achieve the desired results. The desired results will be achieved as private and public entities work collaboratively. This initiative creates a partnership between communities and state level partners to support children zero through age five and their families. The role of the early childhood Iowa state board, area boards, and other state and local government agencies is to provide support, leadership, and facilitation of the growth of individual, community, and state responsibility in addressing the desired results.
3. To achieve the desired results, the initiative’s primary focus shall be on the efforts of the state and communities to work together to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of early care, education, health, and human services provided to families with children from zero through age five.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §279
Referred to in §256I.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256I - EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA INITIATIVE › Section 256I.6 - Early childhood Iowa areas.

256I.6 Early childhood Iowa areas.
1. The purpose of an early childhood Iowa area is to enable local citizens to lead collaborative efforts involving early care, education, health, and human services on behalf of the children, families, and other citizens residing in the area. Leadership functions may include but are not limited to strategic planning for and oversight and managing of such programs and the funding made available to the early childhood Iowa area for such programs from federal, state, local, and private sources. The focus of the area shall be to achieve the desired results and to improve other results for families with young children.
2. An early childhood Iowa area shall be designated by using existing county boundaries to the extent possible.
3. The designation of an early childhood Iowa area’s boundaries and the creation of an area board are both subject to the approval of the state board. The state board shall determine if a proposed area board can efficiently and effectively administer the responsibilities and authority of the area to be served. The state board may apply additional criteria for designating areas and approving area boards, but shall apply all of the following minimum criteria:
a. An area cannot encompass more than four counties.
b. The counties encompassing a multicounty area must have contiguous borders.
c. A single county area shall have a minimum population of children zero through age five in excess of five thousand, based on the most recent population estimates issued by the United States bureau of the census.
4. If the state board determines exceptional circumstances exist, the state board may waive any of the criteria otherwise specified in subsection 3.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §283
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256I - EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA INITIATIVE › Section 256I.7 - Early childhood Iowa area boards created.

256I.7 Early childhood Iowa area boards created.
1. a. The early childhood Iowa initiative functions for an area shall be performed under the authority of an early childhood Iowa area board. The members of an area board shall be elected officials or members of the public who are not employed by a provider of services to or for the area board. In addition, the membership of an area board shall include representation from education, health, human services, business, and faith interests, and at least one parent, grandparent, or guardian of a child from zero through age five. However, not more than one member shall represent the same entity or interest.
b. Terms of office of area board members shall be not more than three years and the terms shall be staggered.
2. An area board may designate an advisory council consisting of persons employed by or otherwise paid to represent an entity listed in subsection 1 or other provider of service. However, the deliberations of and documents considered by such an advisory council shall be public.
3. An area board shall elect a chairperson from among the members who are citizens or elected officials.
4. An area board is a unit of local government for purposes of chapter 670, relating to tort liability of governmental subdivisions. For purposes of implementing a formal organizational structure, an area board may utilize recommended guidelines and bylaws established for this purpose by the state board.
5. All meetings of an area board or any committee or other body established by an area board at which public business is discussed or formal action taken shall comply with the requirements of chapter 21. An area board shall maintain its records in accordance with chapter 22.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §284; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §18; 2013 Acts, ch 141, §11; 2016 Acts, ch 1113, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §75
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256I - EARLY CHILDHOOD IOWA INITIATIVE › Section 256I.10 - Early childhood Iowa internet site.

256I.10 Early childhood Iowa internet site.
1. The department shall provide for the operation of an internet site for purposes of widely distributing information regarding early care, education, health, and human services and other information provided by the departments represented on the state board and the public and private agencies addressing the comprehensive system for such services.
2. Information provided on the internet site shall include but is not limited to all of the following:
a. Information about the early childhood Iowa initiative for state and local use. The information shall include data from the indicators of success and performance measures adopted by the state board and fiscal information and other data developed by the department.
b. A link to a special internet site directed to parents, including parent-specific information on early care, education, health, and human services and links to other resources available on the internet and from other sources.
c. Program standards for early care, education, health, and human services that have been approved by state agencies.
2010 Acts, ch 1031, §287; 2016 Acts, ch 1113, §8
Referred to in §256I.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.2 - Definitions.

257.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. “Base year” means the school year ending during the calendar year in which a budget is certified.
2. “Budget adjustment” means an adjustment to the regular program district cost of a school district for school districts in which the regular program district cost for a year would be less than the regular program district cost for the previous year.
3. “Budget year” means the school year beginning during the calendar year in which a budget is certified.
4. “Combined district cost per pupil” is an amount determined by adding together the regular program district cost per pupil for a year and the special education support services district cost per pupil for that year as calculated under section 257.10.
5. “Combined state cost per pupil” is a per pupil amount determined by adding together the regular program state cost per pupil for a year and the special education support services state cost per pupil for that year as calculated under section 257.9.
6. “Committee” means the school budget review committee.
7. “Expenditures” means the total amounts paid from the general fund of a school district.
8. “Miscellaneous income” means the receipts deposited to the general fund of the school district but not including any of the following:
a. Foundation aid.
b. Revenue obtained from the foundation property tax.
c. Revenue obtained from the additional property tax under section 257.4.
d. Property tax replacement payments received under section 257.16B.
e. Foundation base supplement payments received under section 257.16D.
9. “Property tax adjustment” means state aid distributed to those school districts in which the property tax revenues generated under this chapter would be higher than the revenues generated under chapter 442, Code 1991.
10. “School district” means a school corporation organized under chapter 274.
11. “State percent of growth” means the percent of growth which is established by statute pursuant to section 257.8, and which is used in determining the supplemental state aid.
12. “Supplemental state aid” means the amount by which state cost per pupil and district cost per pupil will increase from one budget year to the next as the result of the state percent of growth.
13. “Unexpended fund balance” means a school district’s unreserved and undesignated fund balances.
89 Acts, ch 135, §2; 90 Acts, ch 1190, §1; 91 Acts, ch 267, §518; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §93; 2010 Acts, ch 1004, §1, 10; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §1, 9, 11 – 13, 42; 2018 Acts, ch 1007, §1, 6; 2019 Acts, ch 166, §1
Referred to in §24.17, 256.25A, 273.13, 279.45, 285.2, 298.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.5 - Continuation of supplemental aid.

257.5 Continuation of supplemental aid.
1. A reorganized school district, as defined in section 257.4, subsection 2, receiving supplemental aid prior to July 1, 1991, under section 442.9A, Code 1991, shall continue to receive supplemental aid as provided in that section for the five-year period specified in that section.
2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of management for each fiscal year an amount sufficient to pay the supplemental aid to school districts under this section. Supplemental aid shall be paid in the manner provided in section 257.16.
3. For the purpose of the department of management’s determination of the portion of a school district’s budget that was property tax and the portion that was state aid under section 257.36, supplemental aid shall be considered property tax.
89 Acts, ch 135, §5; 91 Acts, ch 178, §3; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §121
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.7 - Authorized expenditures.

257.7 Authorized expenditures.
1. Budgets. School districts are subject to chapter 24. The authorized expenditures of a school district during a base year shall not exceed the lesser of the budget for that year certified under section 24.17 plus any allowable amendments permitted in this section, or the authorized budget, which is the sum of the combined district cost for that year, the actual miscellaneous income received for that year, and the actual unspent balance from the preceding year.
2. Budget amendments. If actual miscellaneous income for a budget year exceeds the anticipated miscellaneous income in the certified budget for that year, or if an unspent balance has not been previously certified, a school district may amend its certified budget.
89 Acts, ch 135, §7; 90 Acts, ch 1190, §2
Referred to in §298.10, 298A.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.11A - Supplementary weighting and school reorganization.

257.11A Supplementary weighting and school reorganization.
1. In determining weighted enrollment under section 257.6, if the board of directors of a school district has approved a contract for sharing pursuant to section 257.11 and the school district has approved an action to bring about a reorganization to take effect on and after July 1, 2007, and on or before July 1, 2024, the reorganized school district shall include, for a period of three years following the effective date of the reorganization, additional pupils added by the application of the supplementary weighting plan, equal to the pupils added by the application of the supplementary weighting plan in the year preceding the reorganization. For the purposes of this subsection, the weighted enrollment for the period of three years following the effective date of reorganization shall include the supplementary weighting in the base year used for determining the combined district cost for the first year of the reorganization. However, the weighting shall be reduced by the supplementary weighting added for a pupil whose residency is not within the reorganized district.
2. For purposes of this section, a reorganized district is one in which the reorganization was approved in an election pursuant to sections 275.18 and 275.20 and takes effect on or after July 1, 2007, and on or before July 1, 2024. Each district which initiates, by a vote of the board of directors or jointly by the affected boards, action to bring about a reorganization or dissolution to take effect on or after July 1, 2007, and on or before July 1, 2024, shall certify the date and the nature of the action taken to the department of education by January 1 of the year in which the reorganization or dissolution takes effect.
3. A school district shall be eligible for a combined maximum total of six years of supplementary weighting under the provisions of this section and section 257.11, subsection 2, paragraph “c”.
2001 Acts, ch 126, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 130, §5; 2014 Acts, ch 1017, §4; 2019 Acts, ch 101, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.12 - Adjustment in state foundation aid.

257.12 Adjustment in state foundation aid.
1. If a school district is required to repay property taxes paid for school taxes levied on property originally assessed at five million dollars or more because the assessment was subsequently reduced by the action of the property assessment appeal board or judicial action and the amount of the reduction in the assessment equals at least one hundred thousand dollars or two percent of the assessed value of all taxable property in the district prior to the reduction, whichever is less, the school district is eligible for an adjustment in state foundation aid. To receive the adjustment in state foundation aid, the school district shall apply to the department of management prior to the beginning of the budget year following the budget year in which the repayment of the property taxes occurred. The department of management shall determine the amount of adjustment in state foundation aid pursuant to subsection 2.
2. The department of management shall determine the amount of state foundation aid which the school district would have received under section 257.1 if the amount of the school district’s foundation property tax was determined using the reduced assessment of the applicable property. The difference between the amount of the state foundation aid using the reduced assessment and the amount of state foundation aid actually received under section 257.1 equals the amount of the adjustment in state foundation aid to be paid to the school district.
3. The adjustment in state foundation aid under this section shall be paid as provided in section 257.16. If the application to receive an adjustment in state aid was filed prior to April 15, the adjustment shall be paid in the budget year. If the application is made after April 15, the adjustment shall be paid in the following budget year.
2006 Acts, ch 1185, §78
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.13 - On-time funding budget adjustment.

257.13 On-time funding budget adjustment.
1. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2001, and succeeding budget years, if a district’s actual enrollment for the budget year, determined under section 257.6, is greater than its budget enrollment for the budget year, the district shall be eligible to receive an on-time funding budget adjustment. The adjustment shall be in an amount equal to the difference between the actual enrollment for the budget year and the budget enrollment for the budget year, multiplied by the district cost per pupil.
2. The board of directors of a school district that wishes to receive an on-time funding budget adjustment shall adopt a resolution to receive the adjustment and notify the school budget review committee annually, but not earlier than November 1, as determined by the department of education. The school budget review committee shall establish a modified supplemental amount pursuant to subsection 1.
3. If the board of directors of a school district determines that a need exists for additional funds exceeding the on-time funding budget adjustment pursuant to this section, a request for a modified supplemental amount based upon increased enrollment may be submitted to the school budget review committee as provided in section 257.31.
99 Acts, ch 2, §2, 4; 2000 Acts, ch 1055, §1, 3; 2001 Acts, ch 126, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1142, §1, 6; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §26, 42; 2014 Acts, ch 1013, §5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.14 - Budget adjustment.

257.14 Budget adjustment.
1. For the budget year commencing July 1, 2016, and succeeding budget years, a school district shall be eligible for a budget adjustment in an amount equal to the difference between the regular program district cost for the budget year and one hundred one percent of the regular program district cost for the base year.
2. The board of directors of a school district that wishes to receive a budget adjustment for a budget year pursuant to this section shall adopt by May 15 of the base year for which the budget adjustment is sought, a resolution to receive the budget adjustment and shall notify the department of management of the adoption of the resolution and the amount of the budget adjustment to be received.
89 Acts, ch 135, §14; 90 Acts, ch 1190, §8; 92 Acts, ch 1230, §6; 93 Acts, ch 179, §17; 95 Acts, ch 130, §2; 97 Acts, ch 18, §1, 2; 99 Acts, ch 2, §3, 4; 2000 Acts, ch 1055, §2, 3; 2001 Acts, ch 126, §9 – 12; 2002 Acts, ch 1050, §59, 65; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §9, 10, 47; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §235, 287; 2005 Acts, ch 179, §58; 2008 Acts, ch 1142, §2, 3, 6; 2016 Acts, ch 1036, §4, 5
Referred to in §257.16C, 257.19
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.16 - Appropriations.

257.16 Appropriations.
1. There is appropriated each year from the general fund of the state an amount necessary to pay the foundation aid under this chapter, the preschool foundation aid under chapter 256C, supplementary aid under section 257.4, subsection 2, and adjusted additional property tax levy aid under section 257.15, subsection 4.
2. All state aids paid under this chapter, unless otherwise stated, shall be paid in monthly installments beginning on September 15 of a budget year and ending on or about June 15 of the budget year as determined by the department of management, taking into consideration the relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
3. All moneys received by a school district from the state under this chapter shall be deposited in the general fund of the school district, and may be used for any school general fund purpose unless otherwise provided by law.
4. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with section 8.31, the teacher salary supplement district cost, the professional development supplement district cost, the early intervention supplement district cost, and the teacher leadership supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, 11, and 12, and the area education agency teacher salary supplement district cost and the area education agency professional development supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.37A, subsections 1 and 2, shall be paid in full as calculated and the reductions in the appropriations provided in accordance with this section shall be reduced from the remaining moneys appropriated pursuant to this section and shall be distributed on a per pupil basis calculated with the weighted enrollment determined in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5.
89 Acts, ch 135, §16; 91 Acts, ch 178, §5; 92 Acts, ch 1208, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1232, §303; 94 Acts, ch 1023, §44; 94 Acts, ch 1181, §12, 18; 95 Acts, ch 214, §10, 11; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §11; 2006 Acts, ch 1182, §40, 53; 2007 Acts, ch 148, §8; 2010 Acts, ch 1183, §21, 43; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §56
Referred to in §256.12, 256C.4, 256C.5, 257.4, 257.5, 257.12, 257.15, 257.16B, 257.16C, 257.17, 257.20, 275.31, 282.31, 282.33, 284.11, 284.13, 284.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.16A - Property tax equity and relief fund.

257.16A Property tax equity and relief fund.
1. A property tax equity and relief fund is created as a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of management. Moneys in the fund include revenues credited to the fund, appropriations made to the fund, and other moneys deposited into the fund.
2. There is appropriated annually all moneys in the fund to the department of management for purposes of section 257.15, subsection 4.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining in the property tax equity and relief fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the property tax equity and relief fund for use as provided in this section for the following fiscal year.
2008 Acts, ch 1134, §3
Referred to in §257.4, 257.15, 423F.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.16D - Foundation base supplement fund.

257.16D Foundation base supplement fund.
1. A foundation base supplement fund is created as a separate and distinct fund in the state treasury under the control of the department of management. Moneys in the fund include revenues credited to the fund, appropriations made to the fund, and other moneys deposited into the fund.
2. a. There is appropriated annually from the fund to the department of management an amount necessary to make all foundation base supplement payments under this section. The department of management shall calculate each school district’s foundation base supplement payment based on the distribution methodology under paragraph “b”.
b. The moneys available in a fiscal year in the foundation base supplement fund shall be distributed by the department of management to each school district on a per pupil basis calculated using each school district’s weighted enrollment, as defined in section 257.6, for that fiscal year. However, the amount of a school district’s foundation base supplement payment for a budget year shall not exceed an amount equal to the product of the school district’s weighted enrollment for the budget year multiplied by the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1, minus the amount of the school district’s property tax replacement payment under section 257.16B for the budget year.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, any moneys remaining in the foundation base supplement fund at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain in the foundation base supplement fund for use as provided in this section for the following fiscal year.
2019 Acts, ch 166, §5; 2020 Acts, ch 1012, §3, 5
Referred to in §257.2, 257.4, 423F.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS › Section 257.17 - Aid reduction for early school starts.

257.17 Aid reduction for early school starts.
1. State aid payments made pursuant to section 257.16 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one one-hundred-eightieth for each day of that fiscal year for which the school district begins school before the earliest school start date specified in section 279.10, subsection 1.
2. This section does not apply to a school district attendance center that has received approval from the department of education under section 279.10, subsection 2, to maintain a year-round school calendar that commences classes in advance of the school start date established in section 279.10, subsection 1. The department of management shall prorate the reduction made pursuant to this section to account for an attendance center in a school district that is approved to maintain a year-round school calendar under section 279.10, subsection 2.
89 Acts, ch 135, §17; 2015 Acts, ch 31, §1, 5; 2016 Acts, ch 1011, §43