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HF 315 modifies the process for budget adjustments available to Iowa school districts impacted by natural disasters. Currently, school districts can receive a budget adjustment based on the difference between their current and 101% of their previous year's regular program district cost. This bill introduces an additional year of budget adjustment for districts that have already received an adjustment and were affected by a federally declared major disaster or state disaster emergency in the base year or the year prior. This additional adjustment would be equal to the amount of the district's budget adjustment from the base year.
HF 515 increases state funding for Iowa school districts that share school resource officer (SRO) services with other entities. It raises the supplementary weighting for SRO sharing from 2 to 4 pupils per shared function (up from current law), meaning districts sharing SRO duties receive more state funding based on this higher rate. The bill applies to school budget years starting July 1, 2025, and affects any district sharing SRO operational functions for at least 20% of the school year with a political subdivision or another district. This change redirects additional resources toward student programming by adjusting the funding formula for shared SRO services.
This bill defines "sex" in Iowa law as a person's biological sex observed or clinically verified at birth, based on reproductive systems, and specifies that "gender" is a synonym for "sex" rather than "gender identity." It requires birth certificates to designate sex based on this definition at birth and eliminates the ability to change a person's sex designation on their birth certificate. The bill clarifies that state
HF 513 requires Iowa school districts, nonpublic schools, charter schools, and innovation zone schools to allow 8th-grade students who meet the school's academic standards to participate in high school athletic competitions designed for grades 9-12. The bill mandates that schools must permit these students to join existing interscholastic athletic programs on the same basis as older students. It does not change eligibility requirements but ensures schools cannot exclude qualified 8th graders from participating in current high school sports offerings. This policy directly affects 8th graders seeking athletic opportunities and the schools managing those programs.
