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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XV - Educational Excellence › Chapter 95 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Educational Agencies › Rule 281-95.4 - Plan Components

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In addition to the board policy statement, each agency's
				  equal employment opportunity and affirmative action plan will include, at a
				  minimum, the following components:
(1)
General.
a. The name, job
				title, address and phone number of the employee responsible for coordinating
				the development and implementation of the equal employment opportunity and
				affirmative action plans.
b. An
				administrative statement on how the agency's equal employment opportunity and
				affirmative action policies and plans are to be implemented, including the
				internal system for auditing and reporting progress, to be signed and dated by
				the chief executive officer of the agency.
c. A work force analysis showing the
				numerical and percentage breakdown of the agency's full-time and part-time
				employees within each major job category (consistent with the E.E.O. 5 and
				E.E.O. 6 occupational categories reported to the United States Equal Employment
				Opportunity Commission) by racial/ethnic group, gender, and disability. For the
				purpose of confidentiality, disability data may be based on total agency
				figures, rather than those of major job categories.
d. A quantitative analysis comparing work
				force analysis figures with the availability of qualified or qualifiable
				members of racial/ethnic groups, women, men and persons with disabilities
				within the relevant labor market.
e. When underrepresentation is identified in
				one or more major job category, the agency will conduct a qualitative analysis
				to be included in the agency's affirmative action plan. The qualitative
				analysis is a review of employment policies and practices to determine if and
				where those policies and practices tend to exclude, disadvantage, restrict or
				result in adverse impact on the basis of racial/ethnic origin, gender, or
				disability. The analysis may include, but is not limited to the review of:
(1) Recruitment practices and
				policies;
(2) A demographic study
				of the applicant pool and flow;
(3)
				The rate and composition of turnover in major job categories;
(4) Trends in enrollment that will affect the
				size of the work force;
(5)
				Application and application screening policies and practices;
(6) Interview, selection, and placement
				policies and practices;
(7)
				Transfer and promotion policies and practices;
(8) Discipline, demotion, termination, and
				reduction in force policies and practices;
(9) Employee assistance, training selection,
				and mentoring policies and practices;
(10) The impact of any collective bargaining
				agreement on equal employment opportunity and the affirmative action
				process;
(11) Law, policies or
				practices external to the agency that may hinder success in equal employment
				opportunity and affirmative action.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XV - Educational Excellence › Chapter 95 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Educational Agencies › Rule 281-95.5 - Dissemination

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Each agency will adopt an internal and external system for
				  disseminating its equal employment opportunity and affirmative action policies
				  and plans.
(1)
Plan
				distribution.
An agency will annually distribute its policies and
				plans to agency employees involved in the hiring or management of personnel,
				and the agency will make the policies and plans available to other agency
				employees, the public and the director of education upon request.
(2)
Policy statement
				distribution.
An agency will distribute its policy statement to all
				applicants for employment, and the agency will distribute the policy statement
				annually to employees, students, parents, and recruitment sources.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XV - Educational Excellence › Chapter 95 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Educational Agencies › Rule 281-95.6 - Reports

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Each agency will submit an annual progress report on equal
				  employment opportunity and affirmative action to its local board of directors.
				  Each agency will submit its annual progress report under this chapter to the
				  department by December 31 of each year. The report is a part of the basic
				  educational data collection system administered by the
				  department.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XV - Educational Excellence › Chapter 95 - Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Educational Agencies › Rule 281-95.7 - Reports

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Each education agency shall submit an annual progress report
				  on equal employment opportunity and affirmative action to its local board of
				  directors. An annual progress report shall be submitted to the department of
				  education by December 31 of each year. The report shall be part of the basic
				  educational data collection system administered by the department of
				  education.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.2 - Reports to the Department

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Each school district shall, by October 15, annually report
				  the school district's actual enrollment on October 1 by the student's county of
				  residency according to the following:
(1)
County of residency.
The
				county of residency for each of the students is the county in which the student
				lives in accordance with Iowa Code section
				282.1.
(2)
Emancipated minor.
The
				county of residency for an emancipated minor attending the school district is
				the county in which the emancipated minor is living.
(3)
County of residency
				unknown.
If a school district cannot determine an enrolled student's
				county of residency or if the county of residency is not a county in which the
				school district is located, the county of residency is the county in which the
				school district certifies its budget.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.3 - Combined Actual Enrollment

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By March 1, annually, the department will forward to the
				  department of management the actual enrollment and the actual enrollment by the
				  student's county of residency for each school district located in whole or in
				  part in a county where a sales tax has been imposed and the combined actual
				  enrollment for that county.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.4 - Application and Certificate of Need Process

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(1)
When
				application is needed; application period.
A school district that does
				not exceed enrollment thresholds defined in Iowa Code section
				423F.3(5) 
				shall not expend the amount of statewide sales and services tax received for
				new construction without prior application to the department and receipt of a
				certificate of need. A certificate of need is not necessary for repair of
				school facilities; for purchase of equipment, technology, or transportation
				equipment for transporting students as provided in Iowa Code section
				298.3; school safety and
				security infrastructure as provided in Iowa Code section
				423F.3(6) 
				other than new construction; or for construction necessary to comply with the
				federal Americans With Disabilities Act,
				42 U.S.C. Sections
				12101 to
				12117, effective February 7, 2024.
				Applications are due no later than eight weeks prior to a regularly scheduled
				meeting of the SBRC. The SBRC holds regularly scheduled meetings as stipulated
				in rule 289-1.4(257).
(2)
Application form.
Each applicant school district is to use the
				form prepared by the department for this purpose and in the manner prescribed
				by the department. The application form includes at least the following
				information:
a. The total capital investment
				of the project. If the project is in collaboration with other public or private
				entities, a school district is to include the following information:
(1) Identification of the collaborating
				public or private entities;
(2)
				Total cost of the collaborative project; and
(3) Total cost of the school district's
				portion of the project.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.5 - Review Process

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(1)
Task
				force.
The department will form a task force to review applications
				for certificate of need and to provide recommendations to the SBRC. The
				department will invite participants from large, medium, and small school
				districts, the state fire marshal's office, education and professional
				organizations, or other individuals knowledgeable in school infrastructure and
				construction issues. The department, in consultation with the task force, will
				establish the parameters and criteria for awarding certificates of need based
				on information listed in Iowa Code section
				423E.4(5),
				which includes consideration of the following:
a. Enrollment trends in the grades that will
				be served at the new construction site.
b. The cost-benefit analysis of remodeling,
				reconstructing, or repairing existing buildings.
c. The fire and health safety needs of the
				school district.
d. The distance,
				convenience, cost of transportation, and accessibility of the new construction
				site to the students to be served at the new construction site.
e. Unavailability of alternative, less
				costly, or more effective means of serving the needs of the students.
f. The financial condition of the school
				district, including the effect of the budget adjustment and unspent
				balance.
g. Broad and long-term
				ability of the school district to support the facility and the quality of the
				academic program.
h. Cooperation
				with other educational entities including other school districts, area
				education agencies, postsecondary institutions, and local
				communities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.6 - Award Process

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(1)
Department determination.
The department will make the final
				determination on approval of certificates of need.
(2)
Notification.
The
				department will notify applicants no later than two weeks following the date of
				receipt of the recommendations from the SBRC.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.7 - Applicant Responsibilities

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(1)
Change
				in the project.
If a school district significantly changes the
				proposed project, the school district shall notify the department within ten
				working days of the change and submit a new application for a certificate of
				need for the newly changed project.
(2)
Accounting for the
				funding.
All revenues and all expenditures from the statewide school
				infrastructure amounts are to be separately identified and accounted for in a
				capital projects fund established for the statewide sales and services tax for
				school infrastructure proceeds.
(3)
Withdrawal of application.
If a school district is granted a
				certificate of need for a project and the school district elects not to
				continue with the project, the school district is to notify the department
				within ten working days following the board action to discontinue the
				project.
(4)
Forfeiture of
				certificate.
Failure to comply with any of the rules in this chapter
				or provide information that is included in the certificate of need application
				or that is requested by the department may result in the forfeiture of the
				certificate of need or removal from the application cycle.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 96 - Statewide Sales and Services Tax for School Infrastructure › Rule 281-96.8 - Appeal of Certificate Denial

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Any applicant may appeal the denial of a properly submitted
				  application for certificate of need to the director of the department. Appeals
				  are to be (1) in writing, (2) received within ten working days of the date of
				  the notice of the decision to deny, and (3) based on a contention that the
				  process was conducted outside of statutory authority; violated state or federal
				  law, policy, or rule; did not provide adequate public notice; was altered
				  without adequate public notice; or involved conflict of interest by staff or
				  committee members. The hearing and appeals procedures found in 281-Chapter 6
				  that govern the director's decisions apply to any appeal of
				  denial.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.2 - Supplementary Weighting Plan

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(1)
Eligibility.
Except if listed under subrule 97.2(7), a
				resident student is eligible for supplementary weighting if the student is
				eligible to be counted as a resident student for certified enrollment and if
				one of the following conditions is met pursuant to Iowa Code section
				257.11:
a. Resident student attends class in another
				school district pursuant to subrule 97.2(2), or
b. Resident student attends class taught by a
				teacher employed by another school district pursuant to subrule 97.2(3),
				or
c. Resident student attends
				class taught by a teacher jointly employed by two or more school districts
				pursuant to subrule 97.2(4), or
d.
				Resident student attends class in a community college for college credit
				pursuant to subrule 97.2(5), or
e.
				Resident student attends class in a community college for college credit
				pursuant to subrule 97.2(6).
Other than as listed in paragraphs
				  97.2(1)
"a"
to
"e"
above and in rules
				  281-97.3 (257),
				  281-97.4 (257), and
				  281-97.7 (257), no other sharing
				  arrangement is eligible for supplementary weighting.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.3 - Supplementary Weighting Plan for a Regional Academy

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(1)
Eligibility.
Except if listed under subrule 97.2(6), a
				resident student is eligible for supplementary weighting if the student is
				eligible to be counted as a resident student for certified enrollment and if
				all of the following criteria are met:
a. Two
				or more Iowa school districts, other than a whole-grade sharing partner
				district, send students to advanced-level courses that are included in the
				curriculum of the regional academy, and these students are eligible for
				supplementary weighting under paragraph 97.2(1)
"a"
or
"c."
In addition, for the host district to qualify for the
				minimum weighting pursuant to subrule 97.3(4), one or more Iowa school
				districts, other than a whole-grade sharing partner district, must send
				students to career-technical classes that are included in the curriculum of the
				regional academy.
b. The regional
				academy is located in the district.
c. The grade levels include one or more
				grades seven through twelve.
d. The
				curriculum is an organized course of study, adopted by the board, that includes
				a minimum of two advanced-level courses that are not part of a career-technical
				program. An advanced-level course is a course that is above the level of the
				course units required as minimum curriculum in 281-Chapter 12 in the host
				district.
e. The resident students
				are not eligible for supplementary weighting under another supplementary
				weighting plan.
f. No resident or
				nonresident students are attending the regional academy under a whole-grade
				sharing arrangement as defined in subrule 97.2(7).
g. Two or more sending districts that are
				whole-grade sharing partner districts will be treated as one sending district
				for purposes of paragraph 97.3(1)
"a."
h. The school districts participating in a
				regional academy will enter into an agreement on how the funding generated by
				the supplementary weighting received will be used and will submit the
				agreement, as well as a copy of the minutes of meetings of the local school
				district boards of directors in which the boards approved the agreement, to the
				department for approval by October 1 of the year in which the districts intend
				to request supplementary weighting for the regional
				academy.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.5 - Supplementary Weighting Plan for Icn Video Services

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(1)
Eligibility.
Except for students listed under subrule 97.2(6),
				a resident student is eligible for supplementary weighting if the student is
				eligible to be counted as a resident student for certified enrollment, is not
				eligible for supplementary weighting for the same course under another
				supplementary weighting plan, and meets any of the criteria in paragraph
				97.5(1)
"a," "b,"
or
"c."
For purposes of this
				subrule, the portion of a course offered via ICN video services will be
				considered separately from the portion of the course not offered via ICN video
				services. Eligible students include:
a.
				Resident students who receive a virtual class provided by another school
				district via ICN video services.
b.
				Resident students who attend a virtual class that the resident district is
				providing to students in one or more other school districts via ICN video
				services.
c. Resident students who
				receive a virtual community college class via ICN video services. The community
				college class must be a course eligible for supplementary weighting under the
				criteria listed in subrule 97.2(5).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.6 - Supplementary Weighting Plan for Operational Services

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(1)
Eligibility.
Supplementary weighting is available if all of
				the following criteria are met:
a. The
				district shares a discrete operational function with one or more other
				political subdivisions pursuant to a written contract.
b. The district shares an operational
				function for at least 20 percent of the contract time period during the fiscal
				year that is customary for a full-time employee in the operational function for
				at least 20 percent of the contract time period during the fiscal year. The 20
				percent is measured each fiscal year and for each discrete operational
				function.
c. Personnel shared as
				part of an operational function are employees of one of the sharing partners
				but are not employees of more than one of the sharing partners.
d. If the district shares an operational
				function with more than one political subdivision, the sharing arrangement is
				listed only once for purposes of supplementary weighting.
e. If the district shares more than one
				individual in the same operational function, that operational function will be
				listed only once for the purposes of supplementary weighting.
f. No individual personnel will be included
				for operational function sharing more than once for supplementary weighting in
				the same fiscal year.
g. If more
				than one sharing arrangement is implemented in any one operational function
				area and the services shared are substantially similar as determined by the
				department, only the sharing arrangement implemented first will be eligible for
				supplementary weighting.
h. The
				operational function areas shared include one or more of the areas listed in
				subrule 97.6(2).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.7 - Concurrent Enrollment Program Contracts Between Accredited Nonpublic Schools and Community Colleges

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For the purpose of determining funding to the community
				  college, subject to an appropriation to the department for this purpose, a
				  student enrolled in a unit of concurrent enrollment coursework offered through
				  a contract by an accredited nonpublic school with an Iowa community college
				  pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  261E.8(2)  will
				  be counted as if the student were assigned a weighting as described in subrule
				  97.2(5).
(1)
Eligibility.
Tobe eligible for supplementary weighting, a
				course will comply with Iowa Code section
				257.11(3).
(2)
Reporting and billing.
An accredited nonpublic school that enters into a contract for concurrent
				enrollment courses will submit student and course information as determined by
				and according to the timeline established by the department. The community
				college and accredited nonpublic school will verify the submitted information
				by semesters or the equivalent. Projected supplementary weighting calculations
				will be available midyear, but payments to community colleges will not be
				disbursed until final costs are known at the end of the school year. Community
				colleges will not bill the accredited nonpublic school until all calculations
				of supplementary weighting for accredited nonpublic schools are
				completed.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 97 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-97.8 - Concurrent Enrollment Program Contracts Between Accredited Nonpublic Schools and Community Colleges

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For the purpose of determining funding to the community
				  college, subject to an appropriation to the department for this purpose, a
				  student enrolled in a unit of concurrent enrollment coursework offered through
				  a contract by an accredited nonpublic school with an Iowa community college
				  pursuant to Iowa Code section 26IE.8(2) shall be counted as if the student were
				  assigned a weighting as described in subrule 97.2(5).
(1)
Eligibility.
All of the
				following conditions must be met for any Iowa resident accredited nonpublic
				school student attending a community college-offered course offered through a
				contract with an accredited nonpublic school to be eligible for funding under
				Iowa Code section
				261E.8(2).
a. The course must supplement, not supplant,
				high school courses.
(1) For purposes of
				these rules, to comply with the "supplement, not supplant" requirement, the
				content of a course provided to a high school student for postsecondary credit
				shall not consist of substantially the same concepts and skills as the content
				of a course provided by the accredited nonpublic school.
(2) The course must not be used by the
				accredited nonpublic school in order to meet the minimum accreditation
				standards in Iowa Code section
				256.11(5)
"b," "c," "f," "g," "i,"
and
"j."
(3) A nonpublic school accredited under the
				standards required pursuant to Iowa Code section
				256.11
				with a total basic educational data survey enrollment in grades 9 through 12 of
				not more than 200 that contracts with a community college to provide one unit
				of science required in Iowa Code section
				256.11(5)
				 "a" or one unit of mathematics required in
				Iowa Code section
				256.11(5)
				 "J" or
"e"
and any of the
				five units of career and technical education required in Iowa Code section
				256.1 IB
				may request weighting for any community college course if the accredited
				nonpublic school's course enrollment exceeds five.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.2 - General Finance

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The categorical funding provided for various purposes to
				  school districts and area education agencies includes general financial
				  characteristics that are detailed in the following subrules:
(1)
Indirect cost recovery.
Categorical funding provided by the state to school districts or area education
				agencies is not eligible for indirect cost recovery unless the Iowa Code
				section authorizing the funding or allocation expressly states that indirect
				cost recovery is permitted from that source. If the Iowa Code permits indirect
				cost recovery, the school district or area education agency will utilize its
				restricted indirect cost rate developed by the department for federal programs
				from data submitted by the school district or area education agency on its
				certified annual report.
(2)
Mandatory carryforward.
Notwithstanding the flexibility
				account as described in rule
				281-98.27 (257,298A), any
				portion of categorical funding provided by the state that is not expended by
				the end of the fiscal year in which it was received by or for which it was
				allocated to the school district or area education agency will be carried
				forward as a reserved fund balance and added to the subsequent year's budget
				for that purpose. The funding can only be expended for the purposes permitted
				for that categorical funding. Where a local match is required for categorical
				funding, the amount unexpended at the end of the fiscal year that is carried
				forward will not be used as part of the required local match.
(3)
Discontinued funding.
In
				the event that a categorical funding source is discontinued and an unexpended
				balance remains, the school district or area education agency may do one of, or
				a combination of, the following:
a. Carry
				forward the unexpended balance and expend the remaining balance within the
				subsequent 24 months for the purposes that were allowed in the final year that
				the funding was allocated or granted prior to discontinuation unless a rule in
				this chapter provides for a longer period. This option does not apply to market
				factor incentive pay funding, which may be carried forward until expended, but
				any expenditures from the market factor incentive pay funding must be
				appropriate under Iowa Code section 284.11.
b. Transfer the unexpended balance to the
				flexibility account as described in rule
				281-98.27(257,298A).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.11 - Categorical and Noncategorical Student Counts

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The certified enrollment data collection includes both
				  student counts related to budgetary allocations for the subsequent budget year
				  that are provided for the purpose of offering a program that is in addition to
				  the basic educational program for a specific category of students and student
				  counts that are general in nature and can be used for any legal general fund
				  purpose. Student counts that are general in nature are used to generate funding
				  through the school aid foundation formula and are not intended to fund a
				  specific program or a specific category of students. General student counts
				  include the basic enrollment of full-time resident students.
Counts for part-time nonpublic students participating in
				  public school classes pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  257.6(3)  and
				  counts for part-time dual enrolled competent private instruction students in
				  grades 9 through 12 are the full-time equivalent enrollment of a regularly
				  enrolled student. Counts for dual enrolled competent private instruction
				  students in grades lower than grade 9 are the legislatively set equivalent of a
				  regularly enrolled full-time student. Counts for part-time nonpublic students
				  and for part-time dual enrolled competent private instruction students in
				  grades 9 through 12 who participate in the postsecondary enrollment option Act
				  classes are the full-time equivalent of a regularly enrolled student based on
				  cost. Because these counts are the full-time equivalent of a regularly enrolled
				  student, and are not in addition to the full-time equivalent, the funding
				  generated within the school aid foundation formula based on these counts is
				  considered general in nature.
Student counts related to categorical budgetary allocations
				  are those that generate funding intended to be used for only that specific
				  category of students being counted or for the specific program for which the
				  additional counts are authorized in the Iowa Code.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.12 - Home School Assistance Program

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The home school assistance program (HSAP) is a program for a
				  specific category of students and is provided outside the basic educational
				  program provided to regularly enrolled students by the school district. If a
				  district offers a home school assistance program, the state foundation aid that
				  the district receives pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  257.6(1)
"a"
(5), and any amount designated for this purpose from the
				  flexibility account as described in rule
				  281-98.27 (257,298A), will be
				  expended for purposes of providing the home school assistance program. However,
				  a district may use items and materials purchased for the home school assistance
				  program for other purposes so long as this use does not prevent or interfere
				  with the item's or material's use by parents or students utilizing the
				  program.
(1)
Appropriate uses
				of categorical funding.
Appropriate uses of the home school assistance
				program funding include the following:
a.
				Instruction for students and assistance for parents with instruction.
b. Services to support students enrolled in a
				home school assistance program, to support the teaching parents of the
				students, and to support home school assistance program staff.
c. Salary and benefits for the supervising
				teacher of the home school assistance program. If the teacher is a part-time
				home school assistance program teacher and a part-time regular classroom
				teacher, then the portion of time that is related to providing the home school
				assistance program can be charged to the program, but the regular classroom
				portion cannot.
d. Salary and
				benefits for clerical and office staff of the home school assistance program.
				If the staff member's employment supports other programs of the school
				district, only that portion of the staff member's salary and benefits that is
				related to providing the home school assistance program can be charged to the
				program.
e. Staff development for
				the home school assistance program teacher.
f. Travel for the home school assistance
				program teacher.
g. Resources,
				materials, computer software, supplies, equipment, and purchased services (1)
				that are necessary to provide the services of home school assistance and (2)
				that will remain with the school district for its home school assistance
				program.
h. A copier and computer
				hardware that support the home school assistance program.
i. Student transportation exclusively for
				home school assistance program-approved field trips or other educational
				activities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.13 - Statewide Voluntary Four-year-old Preschool Program

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The statewide voluntary four-year-old preschool program is a
				  program for a specific category of students. Funding for the program is for the
				  purpose of providing a high-quality early learning environment for
				  four-year-old children whose families choose to access such programs.
(1)
Appropriate uses of categorical
				funding.
Foundation aid funding provided for the program may be used
				by approved local programs and community providers for any purpose designated
				by the board of directors of the school district to meet standards for
				high-quality preschool instruction and for purposes that directly or indirectly
				benefit students enrolled in the approved local program. These purposes include
				the following:
a. Functions of instruction,
				including instructional equipment and supplies and material and equipment
				designed to develop students' large and small motor skills.
b. Functions of student support services,
				including translation services.
c.
				Functions of staff support services, including professional development for
				preschool teachers.
d. Up to 5
				percent of the allocation can be used for actual documented costs of program
				administration, outreach activities, and rent for facilities not owned by the
				school district.
e. Food and
				beverages used by enrolled students.
f. Safety equipment.
g. Playground equipment and repair
				costs.
h. Costs of transportation
				involving children participating in the approved program. The costs of
				transporting other children associated with the preschool program or
				transporting as provided in Iowa Code section
				256C.3(3)
"h"
may be prorated by the school district.
i. Other direct costs that enhance the
				approved local program, including contracting with community providers for such
				services.
j. Costs of attendance
				for a child who is younger or older than four years old and is enrolled in the
				program may be paid from these funds, or from another school district account
				or fund from which preschool program expenditures are authorized by law, if
				space and funding are available; however, the child will not be counted for
				statewide voluntary preschool program funding purposes.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.14 - Supplementary Weighting

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Supplementary weighting provides funding in addition to the
				  student count that generates general purpose revenues and is for the purpose of
				  incenting sharing of students and staff between school districts and providing
				  postsecondary opportunities for qualified students. It is assumed that
				  supplementary weighting covers only a portion of the costs of sharing or
				  providing postsecondary opportunities and will be fully expended within the
				  fiscal year. Therefore, school districts need not account for the supplementary
				  weighting funding separate from the general purpose revenues.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.15 - Operational Function Sharing Supplementary Weighting

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Operational function sharing supplementary weighting provides
				  funding in addition to the student count that generates general purpose
				  revenues and is for the purpose of incenting sharing of management-level staff.
				  It is assumed that operational function sharing supplementary weighting covers
				  only a portion of the costs of sharing staff identified in Iowa Code section
				  257.11(5)  and
				  will be fully expended within the period of sharing. Therefore, school
				  districts need not account for the operational function sharing supplementary
				  weighting funding separate from general purpose revenues.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.16 - English Learner Weighting

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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.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.17 - Special Education Weighting

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Special education weighting provides funding in addition to
				  the student count that generates general purpose revenues for the purpose of
				  providing additional instruction and services to an identified group of
				  students.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.18 - At-risk Program, Alternative Program or Alternative School, and Potential or Returning Dropout Prevention Program Formula Supplementary Weighting

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Formula supplementary weighting provides funding in addition
				  to the student count that generates general purpose revenues for the purpose of
				  providing additional instruction and services to students identified as
				  at-risk, potential or returning dropouts, and secondary students attending an
				  alternative program or alternative school pursuant to Iowa Code section
				  257.11(4)
"a."
(1)
Appropriate uses of categorical funding.
Appropriate uses of
				at-risk formula supplementary weighting funding include costs to develop or
				maintain programs for at-risk pupils, alternative programs and alternative
				schools for secondary students, and returning dropout and dropout prevention
				programs. Appropriate uses include those identified in subrule
				98.21(2).
(2)
Inappropriate
				uses of categorical funding.
Inappropriate uses of at-risk formula
				supplementary weighting program funding include those identified in subrule
				98.21(3).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.19 - Reorganization Incentive Weighting

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Reorganization incentive weighting provides funding in
				  addition to the student count that generates general purpose revenues and is
				  for the purpose of incenting reorganization of school districts to increase
				  student learning opportunities. It is assumed that reorganization incentive
				  weighting covers only a portion of the costs of reorganizing and will be fully
				  expended within the fiscal year. Therefore, school districts need not account
				  for the reorganization incentive weighting funding separate from the general
				  purpose revenues.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.20 - Gifted and Talented Program

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Gifted and talented program funding is included in the school
				  district cost per pupil calculated for each school district under the school
				  foundation formula. The per-pupil amount increases each year by the
				  supplemental state aid percentage. This amount must account for not more than
				  75 percent of the school district's total gifted and talented program budget.
				  The school district must also provide a local match from the school district's
				  regular program district cost, and the local match portion must be a minimum of
				  25 percent of the total gifted and talented program budget. In addition, school
				  districts may receive donations and grants, and the school district may
				  contribute more local school district resources toward the gifted and talented
				  program. The 75 percent portion, the local match, amounts designated from the
				  flexibility account as described in rule
				  281-98.27 (257,298A), and all
				  donations and grants will be accounted for as categorical funding.
The purpose of the gifted and talented funding described in
				  Iowa Code section 257.46 is to provide for
				  identified gifted students' needs beyond those provided by the regular school
				  program pursuant to each gifted student's individualized plan. The funding will
				  be used only for expenditures that are directly related to providing the gifted
				  and talented program.
(1)
Appropriate uses of categorical funding.
Appropriate uses of
				the gifted and talented program funding include:
a. Salary and benefits for the teacher of
				gifted and talented students. If the teacher is a part-time gifted and talented
				and a part-time regular classroom teacher, then only the portion of time that
				is related to the gifted and talented program may be charged to the
				program.
b. Staff development for
				the gifted and talented teacher.
c.
				Resources, materials, software, supplies, equipment, and purchased services
				that meet all of the following criteria:
(1)
				Meet the needs of K through 12 identified students,
(2) Are beyond those provided by the regular
				school program,
(3) Are necessary
				to provide the services listed on the gifted students' individualized plans,
				and
(4) Will remain with the K
				through 12 gifted and talented program.
d. Student transportation exclusively for
				approved gifted and talented program field trips or other educational
				activities.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.21 - At-risk Program, Alternative Program or Alternative School, and Potential or Returning Dropout Prevention Program-modified Supplemental Amount

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A modified supplemental amount is available through a school
				  district-initiated request to the school budget review committee pursuant to
				  Iowa Code sections 257.38 through
				  257.41. This amount must account
				  for no more than 75 percent of the school district's total at-risk program,
				  alternative program or alternative school, and potential or returning dropout
				  budget. The school district must also provide a local match from the school
				  district's regular program district cost, and the local match portion must be a
				  minimum of 25 percent of the total program budget. In addition, school
				  districts may receive donations and grants, and the school district may
				  contribute more local school district resources toward the program. The 75
				  percent portion, local match, previous year carryforward, amounts designated
				  from the flexibility account as described in rule
				  281-98.27 (257,298A), and all
				  donations and grants will be accounted for as categorical funding.
(1)
Purpose of categorical
				funding.
The purpose of the modified supplemental amount is to provide
				funding to meet the needs of identified students for costs in excess of the
				amount received under rule
				281-98.18 (257) pursuant to Iowa
				Code section 257.11(4). The funding will be used only for expenditures that are
				directly related to the district's board-adopted program plan established
				pursuant to Iowa Code sections
				257.38 through
				257.41.
a. Returning dropouts are resident pupils who
				have been enrolled in a school district in any of grades 7 through 12 who
				withdrew from school for a reason other than transfer to another school or
				school district and who subsequently reenrolled in a public school in the
				school district.
b. Potential
				dropouts are resident pupils who are enrolled in a school district who
				demonstrate poor school adjustment as indicated by two or more of the
				following:
(1) High rate of absenteeism,
				truancy, or frequent tardiness.
(2)
				Limited or no extracurricular participation or lack of identification with
				school, including to expressed feelings of not belonging.
(3) Poor grades, including failing in one or
				more school subjects or grade levels.
(4) Low achievement scores in reading or
				mathematics that reflect achievement at two years or more below grade
				level.
(5) Children in grades
				kindergarten through 3 who meet the definition of at-risk children adopted by
				the department of education.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title XVI - School Facilities › Chapter 98 - Supplementary Weighting › Rule 281-98.22 - Use of the Unexpended General Fund Balance

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The unexpended general fund balance refers to the fund
				  balance remaining in the general fund at the end of the fiscal year.
(1)
Authorization required.
The school budget review committee may authorize a school district to spend a
				reasonable and specified amount from its unexpended general fund balance for
				either of the following purposes:
a.
				Furnishing, equipping, and contributing to the construction of a new building
				or structure for which the voters of the school district have approved a bond
				issue as provided by law or the tax levy provided in Iowa Code section
				298.2.
b. The costs associated with
				the demolition of an unused school building, or the conversion of an unused
				school building for community use, in a school district involved in a
				dissolution or reorganization under Iowa Code chapter 275, if the costs are
				incurred within three years of the dissolution or reorganization.