Iowa Code § 257.38
Funding for at-risk, alternative school, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention programs — plan
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2012
1. Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with boards of other school districts, requesting to use modified allowable growth for programs for returning dropouts and dropout prevention, shall submit comprehensive program plans for the programs and budget costs, including annual requests for modified allowable growth for funding the programs, to the department of education as a component of the comprehensive school improvement plan submitted to the department pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21. The program plans shall include:
1. Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with boards of other school districts, requesting to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of the amount received under section 257.11, subsection 4, for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention, shall approve, by resolution, comprehensive program plans for the programs and budget costs, including annual requests for a modified supplemental amount for funding the programs. The program plans shall include:
a. Program goals, objectives, and activities to meet the needs of children who may drop out of school.
a. Program goals, objectives, and activities to meet the needs of students identified as at risk, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, or potential dropouts or returning dropouts.
b. Student identification criteria and procedures.
b. Student identification criteria and procedures.
c. Staff in-service education design.
c. Staff in-service education design.
d. Staff utilization plans.
d. Staff utilization plans.
e. Evaluation criteria and procedures and performance measures.
e. Evaluation criteria and procedures and performance measures.
f. Program budget.
f. Program budget.
g. Qualifications required of personnel delivering the program.
g. Qualifications required of personnel delivering the program.
h. A provision for dropout prevention and integration of dropouts into the educational program of the district.
i. A provision for identifying dropouts.
h. A program for at-risk students.
k. Other factors the department requires.
i. A provision for identifying at-risk students.
2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that will be implemented first upon approval of the request. If a district is requesting to use modified allowable growth to finance the program, the school district shall not identify more than five percent of its budget enrollment for the budget year as returning dropouts and potential dropouts.
2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that will be implemented first upon adoption of the program plan. If a district is requesting to use a modified supplemental amount to finance the program, the school district shall include in the request the number of students in its budget enrollment for the budget year identified as returning dropouts and potential dropouts.
89 Acts, ch 135, §38; 2001 Acts, ch 159, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §27
89 Acts, ch 135, §38; 2001 Acts, ch 159, §9; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §27; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §35, 36, 42; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §39, 58, 59; 2018 Acts, ch 1112, §4 – 6, 18
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