§ 257.37 — Funding media and educational services

Iowa § 257.37

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VII: EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE
• Ch. 257: FINANCING SCHOOL PROGRAMS

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Media services and educational services provided by a school district or through the area
education agency shall be funded, to the extent provided, by an addition to the combined
district cost of each school district, determined as follows:
1. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and succeeding budget years, the total
amount funded in each area for media services shall be computed as provided in this
subsection. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, the total amount funded in each area
for media services in the base year shall be divided by the enrollment served in the base
year to provide an area media services cost per pupil in the base year, and the department
of management shall compute the state media services cost per pupil in the base year which
is equal to the average of the area media services costs per pupil in the base year. For
the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and succeeding budget years, the department of
management shall compute the supplemental state aid for media services in the budget year
by multiplying the state media services cost per pupil in the base year times the state percent
of growth for the budget year, and the total amount funded in each area for media services
cost in the budget year equals the area media services cost per pupil in the base year plus
the supplemental state aid for media services in the budget year times the enrollment served
in the budget year. For fiscal years beginning before July 1, 2025, funds shall be paid to
area education agencies as provided in section 257.35. For fiscal years beginning on or after
July 1, 2024, funds not required to be paid to an area education agency may be used by the
school district for any school district general fund purpose.
2. Up to thirty percent of the budget of an area for media services may be expended
for media resource material including the purchase or replacement of material required in
section 273.6, subsection 1.
3. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and succeeding budget years, the total
amount funded in each area for educational services shall be computed as provided in this
subsection. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, the total amount funded in each area
for educational services in the base year shall be divided by the enrollment served in the area
in the base year to provide an area educational services cost per pupil in the base year, and
the department of management shall compute the state educational services cost per pupil in
the base year, which is equal to the average of the area educational services costs per pupil

in the base year. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and succeeding budget years,
the department of management shall compute the supplemental state aid for educational
services by multiplying the state educational services cost per pupil in the base year times
the state percent of growth for the budget year, and the total amount funded in each area for
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thebaseyearplusthesupplementalstateaidforeducationalservicesinthebudgetyeartimes
the enrollment served in the area in the budget year. For fiscal years beginning before July 1,
2025, funds shall be paid to area education agencies as provided in section 257.35. For fiscal
years beginning on or after July 1, 2024, funds not required to be paid to an area education
agency may be used by the school district for any school district general fund purpose.
4. “Enrollment served” means the basic enrollment of all school districts within the
boundaries of the area education agency plus the number of nonpublic school pupils served
by the area education agency with media services or educational services, as applicable,
except that if a nonpublic school pupil or a pupil attending another district under a whole
grade sharing agreement or open enrollment receives services through an area other than
the area of the pupil’s residence, the pupil shall be deemed to be served by the area of the
pupil’s residence, which shall by contractual arrangement reimburse the area through which
the pupil actually receives services. Each school district shall include in the enrollment
report submitted pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1, the number of nonpublic school
pupils within each school district for media and educational services served by the area.
However, the school district shall not include in the enrollment report nonpublic school
pupils receiving classes or services funded entirely by federal grants or allocations.
5. a. If an area education agency does not serve nonpublic school pupils in a manner
comparable to services provided public school pupils for media and educational services, as
determined by the state board of education, the state board shall instruct the department of
management to reduce the funds for media services and educational services within the area
one time by an amount to compensate for such reduced services. The media services budget
shall be reduced by an amount equal to the product of the cost per pupil in basic enrollment
for the budget year for media services times the difference between the enrollment served
and the basic enrollment recorded for the area. The educational services budget shall be
reduced by an amount equal to the product of the cost per pupil in basic enrollment for the
budget year for educational services times the difference between the enrollment served and
the basic enrollment recorded for the area.
b. This subsection applies only to media and educational services which cannot be
diverted for religious purposes.
c. Notwithstandingthissubsection, anareaeducationagencyshalldistributetononpublic
schools media materials purchased wholly or partially with federal funds in a manner
comparable to the distribution of such media materials to public schools as determined by
the director of the department of education.
6. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2002, and each succeeding budget year,
notwithstanding the requirements of this section for determining the budgets and funding
of media services and education services, an area education agency or school district
may expend for special education support services an amount that exceeds the payment
for special education support services in order to maintain the level of required special
education support services in the area education agency or the school district, as applicable.