Iowa Administrative Code

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 statu…

“Actual enrollment” means the enrollment determined pursuant to Iowa Code section 257.6(1)“a.” “Career academy” means a program of study as defined in 281—Chapter 46. A course offered by a career academy does not qualify as a regional academy course. A career academy course may q…

97.2(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 sect…

97.3(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…

97.4(1) Whole-grade sharing. A school district that participates in a whole-grade sharing arrangement executed pursuant to Iowa Code sections 282.10 to 282.12 and that has adopted a board resolution to study dissolution or has adopted a board resolution jointly with all other aff…

97.5(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 cour…

97.6(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 …

and community colleges. 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 w…

“Budgetary allocation” means the portion of the funding that is specifically earmarked for a particular purpose or designated program and that, in the case of the general fund, has been rolled into, or added to, the school district cost per pupil or school district regular progra…

custodial capacity by the school district for individuals, private organizations, or other governments. Custodial funds may include moneys collected for another government, a grant consortium when the school district serves as fiscal agent for the other school districts but has n…

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 gen…

fund upon the approval of the state appeals board. Once the levy has been received, the district may request approval of the school budget review committee to transfer the funds to any other fund of the district for the purpose of meeting deficiencies in a fund arising within two…

distribution of assets in a reorganization, merger, or dissolution, the board of a school district may provide for the levy of additional taxes upon the property of the former district so as to effect equalization pursuant to Iowa Code section 275.31. Once the levy has been recei…

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 pursua…

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. 98.13(1) Appropriate uses …

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 t…

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 o…

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 g…

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. [ARC 7802C, IAB 4/17/24, effective 5/22/24]

returning dropout prevention program formula supplementary weighting. 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 …

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 c…

districts and area education agencies includes general financial characteristics that are detailed in the following subrules: 98.2(1) Indirect cost recovery. Categorical funding provided by the state to school districts or area education agencies is not eligible for indirect cost…

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 a…

returning dropout prevention program—modified supplemental amount. 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 m…

refers to the fund balance remaining in the general fund at the end of the fiscal year. 98.22(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 eith…

98.23(1) Appropriate uses of categorical funding. Appropriate uses of the early intervention- supplement funding include any general fund-appropriate use described in rule 281—98.61(24,143,257,275,279,280,285,297,298,298A,301,473,670). 98.23(2) Inappropriate uses of categorical f…

and a nonadministrative position by a board of directors of a school district and shall be considered a part- time teacher for the portion of time that the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position. 98.24(1) Appropriate use of categorical funding. Appropriate use of the…

is to improve instruction and elevate the quality of teaching and student learning. 98.25(1) Appropriate uses of categorical funding. Appropriate uses of teacher leadership supplement funding may be used to increase the payment for a teacher assigned to a leadership role pursuant…

development supplement. The purpose of the funding is to implement the professional development provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles specified in Iowa Code section 284.15. 98.26(1) Appropriate uses of categorical funding. Appropriate uses of the educator qu…

accordance with Iowa Code section 298A.2, a flexibility account will be established in the general fund of each school corporation if the school corporation has authorized a transfer of all or a portion of its unexpended and unauthorized funds from any of the following sources: t…

DIVISION III APPROPRIATE USE OF GRANTS IN AID

DIVISION II APPROPRIATE USE OF BUDGETARY ALLOCATIONS

various purposes to school districts and area education agencies in the form of grants in aid. Only those grants in aid allocated to a substantial number of the school districts and area education agencies through the department of education are included in these rules. [ARC 7802…

beginning teacher mentoring and induction program is to promote excellence in teaching, enhance student achievement, build a supportive environment within school districts and area education agencies, increase the retention of promising beginning teachers, and promote the persona…

beginning administrator mentoring and induction program is to promote excellence in school leadership, improve classroom instruction, enhance student achievement, build a supportive environment within school districts, increase the retention of promising school leaders, and promo…

will, to the extent funds are appropriated by the general assembly, be made available to pupils attending accredited nonpublic schools upon request of the pupil or the pupil’s parent under comparable terms as made available to pupils attending public schools. 98.44(1) Appropriate…

any student who has been identified as persistently at risk in reading, based upon an assessment or through teacher observations, and other activities required or authorized by Iowa Code section 279.68. 98.45(1) Appropriate uses of categorical funding. Appropriate uses of early l…

DIVISION IV APPROPRIATE USE OF SPECIAL TAX LEVIES AND FUNDS 281—98.60(24,29C,76,143,256,257,274,275,276,279,280,282,283A,285,291,296,298,298A,300,301, 423E,423F,565,670) Levies and funds. Tax levies or funds that are required by law to be expended only for the specific items list…

by a school corporation from taxes and other sources will be accounted for in the general fund, except moneys required by law to be accounted for in another fund. If another fund specifically lists an expenditure to that other fund, it is assumed not to be appropriate to the gene…

unemployment benefits; early retirement benefits; insurance agreements; liability insurance to protect the school districts from tort liability, loss of property, and environmental hazards; and judgments or settlements relating to such liability. The authority to establish a mana…

public library may contract with any free public library for the free use of such library by the residents of the school district and pay the library the amount agreed upon for the use of the library as provided by law. During the existence of the contract, the board will certify…

equipment levy (PPEL) consists of the regular PPEL not to exceed $0.33 per $1,000 of assessed valuation and a voter-approved PPEL not to exceed $1.34 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, for a total of $1.67. The authority to establish a PPEL fund is available to school districts bu…

school districts may establish and maintain for children and adults public recreation places and playgrounds, and necessary accommodations for the recreation places and playgrounds, in the public school buildings and on the grounds of the district. Financial support for the commu…

account for moneys received in trust where those moneys, both principal and interest, are to benefit the school district. The school district or area education agency will not transfer its own resources to a district support trust fund. If the school district or area education ag…

received that are legally restricted to the extent that only earnings, and not principal, may be used for purposes that support the school district’s programs. The school district or area education agency will not transfer its own resources to a permanent fund. The board of direc…

accumulation of resources for, and the payment of, general long-term debt principal and interest. A school district or area education agency will have only one debt service fund. 98.68(1) Sources of revenue in the debt service fund. Sources of revenue in the debt service fund inc…

account for financial resources to acquire or construct major capital facilities and to account for revenues from the state sales and services tax for school infrastructure. Boards of directors of school districts are authorized to establish more than one capital projects fund as…

school district receiving moneys from student-related activities, such as admissions, activity fees, student dues, student fund-raising events, or other student-related cocurricular or extracurricular activities. Moneys collected through school activities are public funds that ar…