257.37 - FUNDING MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.

        257.37  FUNDING MEDIA AND EDUCATIONAL SERVICES.
         Media services and educational services provided through the area
      education agencies 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, including the cost for media
      resource material which shall only be used for the purchase or
      replacement of material required in section 273.6, subsection 1,
      paragraphs "a", "b", and "c", 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 allowable growth 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 allowable growth for media services in the budget year times the
      enrollment served in the budget year.  Funds shall be paid to area
      education agencies as provided in section 257.35.
         2.  Thirty percent of the budget of an area for media services
      shall be expended for media resource material which shall only be
      used for the purchase or replacement of material required in section
      273.6, subsection 1.  Funds shall be paid to area education agencies
      as provided in section 257.35.
         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 allowable growth 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
      educational services for the budget year equals the area educational
      services cost per pupil for the base year plus the allowable growth
      for educational services in the budget year times the enrollment
      served in the area in the budget year.  Funds shall be paid to area
      education agencies as provided in section 257.35.
         4.  "Enrollment served" means the basic enrollment plus the
      number of nonpublic school pupils served 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.
         5.  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 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.
         This subsection applies only to media and educational services
      which cannot be diverted for religious purposes.
         Notwithstanding this subsection, an area education agency shall
      distribute to nonpublic 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 may, within the limits
      of the total of the funds provided for the budget years pursuant to
      section 257.35, expend for special education support services an
      amount that exceeds the payment for special education support
      services pursuant to section 257.35 in order to maintain the level of
      required special education support services in the area education
      agency.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         91 Acts, ch 6, §2; 91 Acts, ch 267, §228; 2002 Acts, ch 1167, §3,
      6; 2003 Acts, ch 178, §42, 43; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §26
         Referred to in § 257.15, 257.35, 273.23