2016 Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 257 - FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Section 257.40 - Approval of programs for at-risk pupils, alternative programs and schools, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention.

257.40

Approval of programs for at-risk pupils, alternative programs and schools, and returning dropouts and dropout prevention.

The board of directors of a school district requesting to use a modified supplemental amount for costs in excess of the funding received under section 257.11, subsection 4, for programs for at-risk students, secondary students who attend alternative programs and alternative schools, or returning dropouts and dropout prevention shall submit requests for a modified supplemental amount, including budget costs, to the department not later than December 15 of the year preceding the budget year during which the program will be offered. The department shall review the request and shall prior to January 15 either grant approval for the request or return the request for approval with comments of the department included. An unapproved request for a program may be resubmitted with modifications to the department not later than February 1. Not later than February 15, the department shall notify the department of management and the school budget review committee of the names of the school districts for which programs using a modified supplemental amount for funding have been approved and the approved budget of each program listed separately for each school district having an approved request.

89 Acts, ch 135, §40; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §28; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §60; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §37, 42; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §40, 58, 59

Referred to in §257.10, §257.11

2013 amendment to section applies to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §42

2015 amendment to section takes effect July 2, 2015, and applies retroactively to July 1, 2015; 2015 Acts, ch 140, §58, 59

Section amended