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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, 2014, 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, 2014. 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, 2014, 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". A
school district participating in a whole grade sharing arrangement
during the budget year beginning July 1, 2001, that adopted a
resolution jointly with other affected boards to study the question
of undergoing a reorganization or dissolution to take effect on or
after July 1, 2002, and on or before July 1, 2006, shall continue to
receive the supplementary weighting to which it was entitled pursuant
to the provisions of this section and section 257.11, subsection 2,
paragraph "c". Section History: Recent Form
2001 Acts, ch 126, §7; 2007 Acts, ch 130, §5
