Bill Text: IA HSB561 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to terminology changes in education-related Iowa Code references to foreign languages.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-02-12 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HSB561 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB561-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
561
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
terminology
changes
in
education-related
1
Iowa
Code
references
to
foreign
languages.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
49.13,
subsection
6,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(3)
Receive
credit
in
at
least
four
subjects,
each
of
3
one
period
or
hour,
or
the
equivalent
thereof,
at
all
times.
4
The
eligible
subjects
are
language
arts,
social
studies,
5
mathematics,
science,
health,
physical
education,
fine
arts,
6
foreign
world
language,
and
career
and
technical
education.
7
Coursework
taken
as
a
postsecondary
enrollment
option
for
8
which
a
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
grants
9
academic
credit
toward
high
school
graduation
shall
be
used
10
in
determining
eligibility.
A
student
shall
not
be
denied
11
eligibility
if
the
student’s
school
program
deviates
from
the
12
traditional
two-semester
school
year.
Each
student
wishing
13
to
participate
under
this
subsection
shall
be
passing
all
14
coursework
for
which
credit
is
given
and
shall
be
making
15
adequate
progress
toward
graduation
requirements
at
the
end
of
16
each
grading
period.
At
the
end
of
a
grading
period
that
is
the
17
final
grading
period
in
a
school
year,
a
student
who
receives
18
a
failing
grade
in
any
course
for
which
credit
is
awarded
is
19
ineligible
to
participate
under
this
subsection
.
A
student
who
20
is
eligible
at
the
close
of
a
semester
is
academically
eligible
21
to
participate
under
this
subsection
until
the
beginning
of
22
the
subsequent
semester.
A
student
with
a
disability
who
23
has
an
individualized
education
program
shall
not
be
denied
24
eligibility
to
participate
under
this
subsection
on
the
basis
25
of
scholarship
if
the
student
is
making
adequate
progress,
26
as
determined
by
school
officials,
towards
the
goals
and
27
objectives
of
the
student’s
individualized
education
program.
28
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
f,
Code
29
2018,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
30
f.
Four
sequential
units
of
one
foreign
world
language
other
31
than
which
may
include
American
sign
language.
Provision
of
32
instruction
in
American
sign
language
shall
be
in
addition
to
33
and
not
in
lieu
of
provision
of
instruction
in
other
foreign
34
languages.
The
department
may
waive
the
third
and
fourth
years
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of
the
foreign
world
language
requirement
on
an
annual
basis
1
upon
the
request
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
2
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
a
nonpublic
school
if
the
3
board
or
authorities
are
able
to
prove
that
a
licensed
teacher
4
was
employed
and
assigned
a
schedule
that
would
have
allowed
5
students
to
enroll
in
a
foreign
world
language
class,
the
6
foreign
world
language
class
was
properly
scheduled,
students
7
were
aware
that
a
foreign
world
language
class
was
scheduled,
8
and
no
students
enrolled
in
the
class.
9
Sec.
3.
Section
280.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
1.
The
medium
of
instruction
in
all
secular
subjects
taught
12
in
both
public
and
nonpublic
schools
shall
be
the
English
13
language,
except
when
the
use
of
a
foreign
world
language
is
14
deemed
appropriate
in
the
teaching
of
any
subject
or
when
the
15
student
is
limited
English
proficient.
When
the
student
is
16
limited
English
proficient,
both
public
and
nonpublic
schools
17
shall
provide
special
instruction,
which
shall
include
but
18
need
not
be
limited
to
either
instruction
in
English
as
a
19
second
language
or
transitional
bilingual
instruction
until
20
the
student
is
fully
English
proficient
or
demonstrates
a
21
functional
ability
to
speak,
read,
write,
and
understand
the
22
English
language.
As
used
in
this
section
,
“limited
English
23
proficient”
means
a
student’s
language
background
is
in
a
24
language
other
than
English,
and
the
student’s
proficiency
25
in
English
is
such
that
the
probability
of
the
student’s
26
academic
success
in
an
English-only
classroom
is
below
that
27
of
an
academically
successful
peer
with
an
English
language
28
background.
“Fully
English
proficient”
means
a
student
who
is
29
able
to
read,
understand,
write,
and
speak
the
English
language
30
and
to
use
English
to
ask
questions,
to
understand
teachers
31
and
reading
materials,
to
test
ideas,
and
to
challenge
what
is
32
being
asked
in
the
classroom.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
replaces
references
to
“foreign
language”
with
the
2
term
“world
language”
when
used
in
Code
provisions
relating
to
3
the
appointment
of
high
school
students
as
precinct
election
4
board
members,
to
the
education
standards
for
the
accreditation
5
of
schools,
and
to
the
medium
of
instruction
when
a
student
6
is
limited
English
proficient.
The
bill
provides
that
“world
7
language”
may
include
American
sign
language
and
strikes
8
language
that
prohibits
school
districts
and
accredited
9
nonpublic
schools
from
using
an
American
sign
language
course
10
to
meet
certain
education
standards
for
accreditation
purposes.
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