Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 19 - Charter Schools › Rule 281-19.12 - Funding

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1) Each student
				enrolled in a charter school established under this chapter shall be counted,
				for state school foundation purposes, in the student's district of residence
				pursuant to Iowa Code section 257.6(1)
"a"
(9), including any
				applicable amounts under Iowa Code section
				256B.9.
				For purposes of this rule, residence means a residence under Iowa Code section
				282.1.
(2) The charter school in which the student
				is enrolled shall receive under subrule 19.12(4) an amount equal to the sum of
				the state cost per pupil for the previous school year, plus the teacher
				leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year as
				provided in Iowa Code section
				257.9, plus
				any moneys received by the school district of residence for the student as a
				result of the non-English speaking weighting under Iowa Code section
				280.4(3)
				 for the previous school year, multiplied by
				the state cost per pupil for the previous year. Ifa student is an eligible
				pupil under Iowa Code section
				261E.6,
				the charter school shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible
				postsecondary institution as provided in Iowa Code section
				261E.7.
(3) For a student requiring special
				education, the school district of residence shall pay to the charter school,
				pursuant to the timeline in Iowa Code section
				282.20(3),
				the actual costs incurred in providing the appropriate special
				education.
(4) The amount required
				to be paid to the charter school under subrule 19.12(2) shall be paid by the
				department to the charter school during the school year for which the student
				is enrolled in the charter school. The amount paid to the charter school under
				this subrule shall result in an equal reduction to the school district of
				residence's state aid payment amount under Iowa Code chapter 257 for the school
				budget year following the school year for which the payment to the charter
				school is made, so long as the student was counted in the district of
				residence's actual enrollment in the school year for which the student attended
				the charter school.
(5) There is
				appropriated annually from the general fund of the state to the department of
				education an amount necessary to pay all applicable amounts to charter schools
				under subrule 19.12(4).
(6) The
				charter school shall complete and provide to the students' school districts of
				residence all documentation necessary to seek Medicaid reimbursement for
				eligible services.
(7) If
				necessary, and pursuant to paragraph 19.12(7)
"a,"
funding
				amounts required under this rule for the first school year of anew charter
				school shall be based on enrollment estimates for the charter school included
				in the charter school contract. The process set out in paragraph
				19.12(7)
"b"
shall be used for determining estimated
				enrollments for charter school funding purposes in school years after the first
				year of a charter school. Amounts paid using estimated enrollments shall be
				reconciled during subsequent payments based on actual enrollment of the charter
				school during each school year pursuant to paragraph
				19.12(7)
"c."
a. Enrollment
				estimates for the first school year shall be based on the number of enrolled
				students reported to the department through the student information system by
				August 5 of the school year.
b.
				Enrollment estimates for school years following the first school year shall be
				based on the number of enrolled students reported to the department through the
				student information system by August 5 of the school year.
c. Estimated payments shall be reconciled, at
				minimum, based on actual enrollment information reported by the charter school
				pursuant to Iowa Code sections
				256.9(44)
				 and
				257.6.