Section 281.97.6. Supplementary weighting plan for ICN video services.

       97.6(1) Eligibility. Except for students listed under subrule 97.2(6), a resident student is eligible for supplementary weighting if the student is eligible to be counted as a resident student for certified enrollment, is not eligible for supplementary weighting for the same course under another supplementary weighting plan, and meets any of the criteria in “a,” “b,” or “c” below. For purposes of this subrule, the portion of a course offered via ICN video services shall be considered separately from the portion of the course not offered via ICN video services. Eligible students include:

        a.           Resident students who receive a virtual class provided by another school district via ICN video services.

        b.           Resident students who attend a virtual class that the resident district is providing to students in one or more other school districts via ICN video services.

        c.           Resident students who receive a virtual community college class via ICN video services. The community college class must be a course eligible for supplementary weighting under the criteria listed in subrule 97.2(5).

       97.6(2) Weighting. Resident students eligible for supplementary weighting pursuant to subrule 97.6(1) shall be eligible for a weighting of one-twentieth of the fraction of the school year during which the pupil attends the virtual class.

       97.6(3) Payment to teachers. A school district that includes students in a virtual class for supplementary weighting shall reserve 50 percent of the supplementary weighting funding the district will receive as a result of including the resident students in the virtual class for supplementary weighting as additional pay for the virtual class teacher.

        a.           The employer of the virtual class teacher will make the payment.

        b.           The additional pay includes salary and the employer’s share of FICA and IPERS.

        c.           The employer shall pay the virtual class teacher during the same school year in which the virtual class is provided.

        d.           The employer may pay the virtual class teacher at the conclusion of the virtual class or may pay the teacher periodic payments that represent the portion of the virtual class that has been provided. The employer may not pay the teacher prior to services being rendered.

        e.           The additional pay shall be calculated as 0.5 multiplied by the supplementary weighting for the virtual class multiplied by the district cost per pupil in the subsequent budget year.

        f.            If the teacher’s contract includes additional pay for teaching the virtual class, the teacher shall receive the higher amount of the additional pay in the contract or the amount of the additional pay calculated pursuant to paragraphs “b” and “e” above. For purposes of this comparison, the employer shall compare the salary portions only.

        g.           The contract between the agencies shall provide for the additional pay for the teacher of the virtual class. That 50 percent of the supplementary weighting funding would be paid in addition to the tuition sent to the providing district or community college to be paid as additional pay to its teacher employee.