Bill Text: IA HF194 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act directing that students be required to read and demonstrate comprehension of excerpts from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's book "the gulag archipelago" as a condition of high school graduation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-05 - Subcommittee: Mommsen, James and Meyer, A.. H.J. 211. [HF194 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF194-Introduced.html
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BY
SHIPLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
directing
that
students
be
required
to
read
and
1
demonstrate
comprehension
of
excerpts
from
Aleksandr
2
Solzhenitsyn’s
book
“the
gulag
archipelago”
as
a
condition
3
of
high
school
graduation.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.9C
Required
reading
——
the
1
gulag
archipelago.
2
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
and
the
3
authorities
in
charge
of
each
nonpublic
school
shall
require
4
all
students
to
read
and
demonstrate
comprehension
of
excerpts
5
from
the
book
by
Aleksandr
I.
Solzhenitsyn,
“the
gulag
6
archipelago
1918-1956
abridged:
an
experiment
in
literary
7
investigation”,
as
a
condition
of
high
school
graduation.
8
Sec.
2.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
9
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
10
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
11
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
12
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
13
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
14
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
15
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
16
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
17
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
18
districts.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
directs
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
23
schools
to
require
all
students
to
read
and
demonstrate
24
comprehension
of
excerpts
from
the
abridged
version
of
25
Aleksandr
Solzhenitsyn’s
book,
“the
gulag
archipelago”,
as
a
26
condition
of
high
school
graduation.
27
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
28
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
29
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
30
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
31
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
32
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
33
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
34
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
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