Bill Text: IA HF2173 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act authorizing certain students to enroll in a career and technical course offered through a district-to-community college sharing program for high school credit only, exempting such students from proficiency requirements, and prohibiting school districts from receiving supplementary weighting for such students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-02 - Subcommittee, J. Taylor, Byrnes, and Gaines. H.J. 197. [HF2173 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2173-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2173
BY
J.
TAYLOR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
certain
students
to
enroll
in
a
career
and
1
technical
course
offered
through
a
district-to-community
2
college
sharing
program
for
high
school
credit
only,
3
exempting
such
students
from
proficiency
requirements,
and
4
prohibiting
school
districts
from
receiving
supplementary
5
weighting
for
such
students.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
1
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
If
the
school
budget
review
committee
certifies
to
the
4
department
of
management
that
the
class
would
not
otherwise
be
5
implemented
without
the
assignment
of
additional
weighting,
6
pupils
who
meet
the
senior
year
plus
program
student
7
eligibility
criteria
pursuant
to
section
261E.3,
subsection
8
1,
attending
a
community
college-offered
class
or
attending
9
a
class
taught
by
a
community
college-employed
instructor
10
are
assigned
a
weighting
of
the
percentage
of
the
pupil’s
11
school
day
during
which
the
pupil
attends
class
in
the
12
community
college
or
attends
a
class
taught
by
a
community
13
college-employed
instructor
times
seventy
hundredths
for
career
14
and
technical
courses
or
forty-six
hundredths
for
liberal
arts
15
and
sciences
courses.
The
following
requirements
shall
be
16
met
for
the
purposes
of
assigning
an
additional
weighting
for
17
classes
offered
through
a
sharing
agreement
between
a
school
18
district
and
community
college.
The
class
must
be:
19
Sec.
2.
Section
260C.14,
subsection
21,
paragraph
a,
Code
20
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
21
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(05)
Unduplicated
headcount
of
pupils
22
who
are
enrolled
in
a
district-to-community
college
sharing
23
program
for
high
school
credit
only
in
accordance
with
section
24
261E.8,
subsection
6A.
25
Sec.
3.
Section
261E.8,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
by
26
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
27
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
6A.
Notwithstanding
section
261E.3,
28
subsection
1,
if
a
school
district’s
student
registration
29
handbook
includes
notice
of
the
availability
of
a
career
and
30
technical
course
pursuant
to
subsection
1,
a
student
enrolled
31
in
the
school
district
may
make
application
to
a
community
32
college
and
the
school
district
to
allow
the
student
to
enroll
33
in
the
career
and
technical
course
offered
by
the
community
34
college
for
high
school
credit
only.
If
the
student
applies
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only
for
high
school
credit,
the
student
is
exempt
from
the
1
proficiency
requirements
of
section
261E.3,
subsection
1,
2
paragraph
“e”
,
and
the
school
district
shall
not
receive
3
additional
weighting
for
the
student’s
enrollment
in
the
course
4
under
section
257.11,
subsection
3.
5
Sec.
4.
Section
261E.8,
subsection
7,
paragraph
b,
Code
6
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
b.
An
unduplicated
enrollment
count
of
eligible
8
students
participating
in
the
program
,
and
a
separate
9
unduplicated
enrollment
count
of
students
participating
in
10
district-to-community
college
programs
for
high
school
credit
11
only
in
accordance
with
subsection
6A
.
12
EXPLANATION
13
This
bill
provides
that
if
a
school
district’s
14
student
registration
handbook
includes
notice
of
the
15
availability
of
a
career
and
technical
course
offered
under
16
a
district-to-community
college
sharing
program,
a
student
17
enrolled
in
the
school
district
may
make
application
to
a
18
community
college
and
the
school
district
to
allow
the
student
19
to
enroll
in
the
career
and
technical
course
to
receive
high
20
school
credit
only.
If
the
student
applies
only
for
high
21
school
credit,
the
student
is
exempt
from
the
proficiency
22
requirements
of
Code
section
261E.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
23
“e”,
and
the
school
district
shall
not
receive
additional
24
supplementary
weighting
for
the
student’s
enrollment
in
the
25
course.
26
The
bill
requires
community
colleges
and
the
state
board
of
27
education
to
include
a
count
of
these
students
in
the
reports
28
and
data
collection
elements
currently
required
through
the
29
department
of
education’s
management
information
system
and
the
30
district-to-community
college
and
concurrent
enrollment
program
31
requirements.
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