Bill Text: IA SSB1076 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to comprehensive school improvement plans, teacher librarians and guidance counselors, required days or hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools, agreements between school districts and community colleges to teach certain courses, required courses in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and shared operational functions, and authorizing school districts to offer sequential units in one classroom.(See SF 391.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 391. [SSB1076 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-SSB1076-Introduced.html

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Senate Study Bill 1076 - Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____
BY (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BILL)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to education, including modifying provisions
related to comprehensive school improvement plans, teacher
librarians and guidance counselors, required days or
hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools,
agreements between school districts and community colleges
to teach certain courses, required courses in school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and shared
operational functions, and authorizing school districts to
offer sequential units in one classroom.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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DIVISION I
ELIMINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph a, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. Requirements that all school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools develop, implement, and file with the
department a comprehensive school improvement plan report that
includes but is not limited to demonstrated school, parental,
and community involvement in assessing educational needs,
establishing local education standards and student achievement
levels, and, as applicable, the consolidation of federal and
state planning, goal-setting, and reporting requirements
information necessary for the department of education to submit
to the United States secretary of education the plan required
pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L.
No. 114-95 . Each school district and accredited nonpublic
school shall include in its comprehensive school improvement
plan a list and description of the online coursework offered
by the school district or accredited nonpublic school to which
the student is enrolled.
Sec. 2. Section 279.61, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
5. For the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and each
succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
school district shall submit to the local community , and
to the department as a component of the school district’s
comprehensive school improvement plan required by section
256.7, subsection 21 , an annual report on student utilization
of the district’s career information and decision-making
system.
Sec. 3. Section 279.68, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. To ensure all children are reading proficiently by the
end of third grade, each school district shall address reading
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proficiency as part of its comprehensive school improvement
plan , drawing upon information about students from assessments
and reassessments conducted pursuant to subsection 1 and the
prevalence of areas in which students are persistently at risk
in reading identified by classroom, elementary school, and
other student characteristics. As part of its comprehensive
school improvement plan, each Each school district shall
review chronic early elementary absenteeism for its impact
on literacy development. If more than fifteen percent of an
attendance center’s students are not reading proficiently and
are persistently at risk in reading by the end of third grade,
the comprehensive school improvement plan shall include school
district shall develop and implement strategies to reduce that
percentage, including school and community strategies to raise
the percentage of students who are reading at grade level.
Sec. 4. Section 280.19, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
280.19 Plans for at-risk children.
The board of directors of each public school district shall
incorporate, into the kindergarten admissions program, criteria
and procedures for identification and integration of at-risk
children and their developmental needs. This incorporation
shall be part of the comprehensive school improvement plan
developed and implemented in accordance with section 256.7,
subsection 21 , paragraph “a” .
Sec. 5. Section 280.28, subsection 7, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
7. Integration of policy and reporting Reporting . The board
of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge
of each nonpublic school shall integrate its antiharassment and
antibullying policy into the comprehensive school improvement
plan required under section 256.7, subsection 21 , and shall
report data collected under subsection 6 , as specified by the
department, to the department and to the local community.
Sec. 6. Section 284.5, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
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to read as follows:
3. Each school district and area education agency that
provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 21 . The plan shall, at a minimum,
provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
organizational support for release time for mentors and
beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
Sec. 7. Section 284.6, subsections 3, 4, and 7, Code 2023,
are amended to read as follows:
3. A school district shall incorporate develop a district
professional development plan into the district’s comprehensive
school improvement plan submitted to the department in
accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21 . The district
professional development plan shall include a description of
the means by which the school district will provide access
to all teachers in the district to professional development
programs or offerings that meet the requirements of subsection
1 . The plan shall align all professional development with
the school district’s long-range student learning goals and
the Iowa teaching standards. The plan shall indicate the
school district’s approved professional development provider
or providers.
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4. In cooperation with the teacher’s evaluator, the
career teacher employed by a school district shall develop
an individual teacher professional development plan. The
evaluator shall consult with the teacher’s supervisor on the
development of the individual teacher professional development
plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote individual and
group professional development. The individual plan shall
be based, at minimum, on the needs of the teacher, the Iowa
teaching standards, and the student achievement goals of the
attendance center and the school district as outlined in the
comprehensive school improvement plan . The individual plan
shall include goals for the individual which are beyond those
required under the attendance center professional development
plan developed pursuant to subsection 7 .
7. Each attendance center shall develop an attendance
center professional development plan. The purpose of the plan
is to promote group professional development. The attendance
center plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the
teachers, the Iowa teaching standards, district professional
development plans, and the student achievement goals of the
attendance center and the school district as set forth in the
comprehensive school improvement plan .
Sec. 8. Section 284.14, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1,
2007, the commission shall initiate planning pilots, in
selected kindergarten through grade twelve schools, to test
the effectiveness of the pay-for-performance program. The
purpose of the planning pilots is to identify the strengths
and weaknesses of various pay-for-performance program designs,
evaluate cost effectiveness, analyze student achievement
needs, select formative and summative student achievement
measures that align to identify needs, consider necessary
supports related to the student achievement goals in the school
district’s comprehensive school improvement plan , review
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assessment needs, identify mechanisms to account for existing
teacher contract provisions within the proposed career ladder
salary increments, allow thorough review of data, and make
necessary adjustments before proposing implementation of the
pay-for-performance program statewide.
Sec. 9. Section 284A.5, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Each school board shall establish an administrator
mentoring program for all beginning administrators. The school
board may adopt the model program developed by the department
pursuant to subsection 2 . Each school board’s beginning
administrator mentoring and induction program shall, at a
minimum, provide for one year of programming to support the
Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 27 , and beginning administrators’
professional and personal needs. Each school board shall
develop and implement a beginning administrator mentoring and
induction plan. The plan shall describe the mentor selection
process, describe supports for beginning administrators,
describe program organizational and collaborative structures,
provide a budget, provide for sustainability of the program,
and provide for program evaluation. The school board
employing an administrator shall determine the conditions and
requirements of an administrator participating in a program
established pursuant to this section . A school board shall
include its plan in the school district’s comprehensive
school improvement plan submitted pursuant to section 256.7,
subsection 21 .
Sec. 10. Section 284A.6, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
2. In cooperation with the administrator’s evaluator, the
administrator who has a professional administrator license
issued by the board of educational examiners pursuant to
chapter 272 and is employed by a school district or area
education agency in a school district administrative position
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shall develop an individual administrator professional
development plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote
individual and group professional development. The individual
plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the
administrator, the Iowa standards for school administrators
adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27 , and the
student achievement goals of the attendance center and the
school district as outlined in the comprehensive school
improvement plan .
DIVISION II
TEACHER LIBRARIANS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
Sec. 11. Section 256.11, subsections 9 and 9A, Code 2023,
are amended to read as follows:
9. a. Beginning July 1, 2006 2023 , each school district
shall have employ either a qualified teacher librarian who
shall be licensed by the board of educational examiners under
chapter 272 or a person previously employed as a librarian by a
public library . The board of educational examiners shall not
require an applicant for a teacher librarian license to have
a master’s degree.
b. The state board shall establish in rule standards for
school district library programs, which shall be designed to
provide for methods to improve library collections to meet
student needs, include a current and diverse collection of
fiction and nonfiction materials in a variety of formats
to support student curricular needs, and include a plan
for annually updating and replacing library materials and
equipment.
c. The state board shall establish in rule a definition
of and standards for an articulated sequential kindergarten
through grade twelve media program.
d. A school district that entered into a contract with an
individual for employment as a media specialist or librarian
prior to June 1, 2006, shall be considered to be in compliance
with this subsection until June 30, 2011, if the individual
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is making annual progress toward meeting the requirements
for a teacher librarian endorsement issued by the board of
educational examiners under chapter 272 . A school district
that entered into a contract with an individual for employment
as a media specialist or librarian who holds at least a
master’s degree in library and information studies shall be
considered to be in compliance with this subsection until the
individual leaves the employ of the school district.
9A. Beginning July 1, 2007, each school district shall
have a qualified guidance counselor who shall be licensed by
the board of educational examiners under chapter 272 . Each
school district shall work toward the goal of having one
qualified guidance counselor for every three hundred fifty
students enrolled in the school district. The state board
shall establish in rule a definition of and standards for
an articulated sequential kindergarten through grade twelve
guidance and counseling program. The program shall be designed
to ensure that the guidance counselor can work collaboratively
with students, teachers, support staff, and administrators
to support the curricular goals of the school by offering
responsive services that address the growth and development
needs of students and the attainment of student competencies in
academic, career, and social areas.
DIVISION III
REQUIRED ATTENDANCE —— SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS
Sec. 12. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The school year for each school district and accredited
nonpublic school shall begin on July 1 and the school calendar
shall begin no sooner than August 23 and no later than the
first Monday in December. The school calendar shall include
not less than one hundred eighty days or one thousand eighty
hours of instruction during the calendar year , of which
not more than five days or thirty hours of instruction may
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be delivered primarily over the internet . The board of
directors of a school district and the authorities in charge
of an accredited nonpublic school shall determine the school
start date for the school calendar in accordance with this
subsection and shall set the number of days or hours of
required attendance for the school year as provided in section
299.1, subsection 2 , but the board of directors of a school
district shall hold a public hearing on any proposed school
calendar prior to adopting the school calendar. If the board
of directors of a district or the authorities in charge of an
accredited nonpublic school extends the school calendar because
inclement weather caused the school district or accredited
nonpublic school to temporarily close during the regular school
calendar, the school district or accredited nonpublic school
may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school
requirements for graduation from attendance during the extended
school calendar. A school corporation may begin employment
of personnel for in-service training and development purposes
before the date to begin elementary and secondary school.
DIVISION IV
EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS —— AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES
Sec. 13. Section 279.50A, Code 2023, is amended to read as
follows:
279.50A Educational standards —— agreements for mathematics
and science units with community colleges .
1. If a school district’s total enrollment exceeds six
hundred pupils, the A school district may enter into an
agreement with a community college under which the community
college may offer, or provide a community college-employed
instructor to teach, one of the units in accordance with
section 256.11, subsection 5 , paragraph “a” , or one of the units
in accordance with section 256.11, subsection 5 , paragraph
“d” or “e” any unit , and if the unit of coursework under
the agreement meets the requirements specified in section
257.11, subsection 3 , paragraph “b” , subparagraphs (2) through
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(7), the unit offered shall be deemed to meet the education
program requirement for a unit of mathematics or science,
as applicable, pertaining to the unit under section 256.11,
subsection 5 , paragraph “a” , “d” , or “e” if applicable . The
provisions of this subsection are applicable only if all of the
following conditions are met:
a. The school district has made every reasonable and good
faith effort to employ a teacher licensed under chapter 272
for the unit of science or mathematics, as applicable, and
is unable to employ such a teacher. For purposes of this
subsection , “good faith effort” means the same as defined in
section 279.19A, subsection 9 .
b. Enrollment for the unit exceeds five pupils.
c. a. The unit is offered during the regular school day.
d. b. The unit is made accessible by the school district
to all eligible pupils.
2. Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant
to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting
under section 257.11, subsection 3 .
DIVISION V
AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER SEQUENTIAL UNITS IN ONE CLASSROOM
Sec. 14. Section 256.11, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 5A. a. The board of directors of a
school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
nonpublic school may authorize a teacher who is appropriately
licensed by the board of educational examiners under chapter
272 to teach two or more sequential units of one subject area
in the same classroom at the same time in grades nine through
twelve. The board of directors of a school district or the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
successful completion of the course. The teacher must meet the
minimum certification requirements of the national organization
that administers the advanced placement program if one of the
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units being offered pursuant to this paragraph is an advanced
placement course.
b. The board of directors of a school district or the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school may
authorize a community college-employed instructor who is
providing instruction in the school pursuant to section 261E.8
through a contractual agreement between a community college
and the school district or accredited nonpublic school to
teach two or more sequential units of one subject area in
the same classroom at the same time in grades nine through
twelve. The board of directors of a school district or the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
successful completion of the course if the board of directors
of the school district or the authorities in charge of the
accredited nonpublic school approved the course pursuant to
section 261E.8, subsection 3. The community college-employed
instructor must meet the minimum certification requirements
of the national organization that administers the advanced
placement program if one of the units being offered pursuant to
this paragraph is an advanced placement course.
DIVISION VI
EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
Sec. 15. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a,
subparagraph (3), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address
the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and
knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty-first
century. The core curriculum shall include social studies and
twenty-first century learning skills which include but are
not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology
literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer
sciences, and employability skills; and shall address the
curricular needs of students in kindergarten through grade
twelve in those areas. The state board shall further define
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the twenty-first century learning skills components by rule.
Sec. 16. Section 256.11, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2023, is amended to read as follows:
a. If a school offers a prekindergarten program, the
program shall be designed to help children to work and play
with others, to express themselves, to learn to use and manage
their bodies, and to extend their interests and understanding
of the world about them. The prekindergarten program shall
relate the role of the family to the child’s developing sense
of self and perception of others. Planning and carrying out
prekindergarten activities designed to encourage cooperative
efforts between home and school and shall focus on community
resources. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection ,
a prekindergarten teacher shall hold a license certifying
that the holder is qualified to teach in prekindergarten. A
nonpublic school which offers only a prekindergarten may, but
is not required to, seek and obtain accreditation.
Sec. 17. Section 256.11, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2023, are
amended to read as follows:
3. The following areas shall be taught in grades one through
six: English-language arts, social studies, mathematics,
science, health, age-appropriate and research-based human
growth and development, physical education, traffic safety,
music, and visual art. Computer science instruction
incorporating the standards established under section 256.7,
subsection 26 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (4), shall be
offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school
year beginning July 1, 2023. The health curriculum shall
include the characteristics of communicable diseases including
acquired immune deficiency syndrome . The state board as part
of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions
for implementing the elementary program.
4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics;
science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human
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growth and development; career exploration and development;
physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science
instruction incorporating the standards established under
section 256.7, subsection 26 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (4),
shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with
the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration
and development shall be designed so that students are
appropriately prepared to create an individual career
and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61 , incorporate
foundational career and technical education concepts aligned
with the six career and technical education service areas
as defined in subsection 5 , paragraph “h” , and incorporate
relevant twenty-first century skills to facilitate career
readiness, and introduce students to career opportunities
within the local community and across this state . The health
curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based
information regarding the characteristics of sexually
transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of
a vaccine to prevent HPV , and acquired immune deficiency
syndrome . The state board as part of accreditation standards
shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the
program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection
shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and
development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this
section , “age-appropriate” , “HPV” , and “research-based” mean the
same as defined in section 279.50 .
Sec. 18. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraphs f, g, and
i, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
f. Four Two sequential units of one world language , which
may include American sign language. The department may waive
the third and fourth years of the world language requirement on
an annual basis upon the request of the board of directors of
a school district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic
school if the board or authorities are able to prove that a
licensed teacher was employed and assigned a schedule that
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would have allowed students to enroll in a world language
class, the world language class was properly scheduled,
students were aware that a world language class was scheduled,
and no students enrolled in the class.
g. (1) All students physically able shall be required
to participate in a minimum of one-eighth unit of physical
education activities during each semester they are enrolled
in school except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.
A minimum of one-eighth unit each semester is required. A
twelfth grade student who meets the requirements of this
paragraph may shall be excused from the physical education
requirement by the principal of the school in which the student
is enrolled if the parent or guardian of the student requests
in writing that the student be excused from the physical
education requirement. A student who wishes to be excused
from the physical education requirement must be seeking to be
excused in order to enroll in academic courses not otherwise
available to the student, or be enrolled or participating in
one any of the following:
(a) A work-based learning program or other educational
program authorized by the school which requires the student to
leave the school premises for specified periods of time during
the school day.
(b) An organized and supervised athletic program which
requires at least as much participation per week as one-eighth
unit of physical education An activity that is sponsored by
the school in which the student is enrolled which requires at
least as much physical activity per week as one-eighth unit of
physical education .
(2) Students in grades nine through eleven may be excused
from the physical education requirement in order to enroll
in academic courses not otherwise available to the student
if the board of directors of the school district in which
the school is located, or the authorities in charge of the
school, if the school is a nonpublic school, determine that
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students from the school may be permitted to be excused
from the physical education requirement. A student may be
excused by the principal of the school in which the student
is enrolled, in consultation with the student’s counselor,
for up to one semester, trimester, or the equivalent of a
semester or trimester, per year if the parent or guardian of
the student requests in writing that the student be excused
from the physical education requirement. The student seeking
to be excused from the physical education requirement must, at
some time during the period for which the excuse is sought, be
a participant in an organized and supervised athletic program
which requires at least as much time of participation per week
as one-eighth unit of physical education.
(3) (2) The principal of the school shall inform the
superintendent of the school district or nonpublic school that
the student has been excused. Physical education activities
shall emphasize leisure time activities which will benefit the
student outside the school environment and after graduation
from high school.
(4) (3) A student who is enrolled in a junior reserve
officers’ training corps shall not be required to participate
in physical education activities under subparagraph (1) or
to meet the physical activity requirements of subsection 6 ,
paragraph “b” , subparagraph (2), but shall receive one-eighth
unit of physical education credit for each semester, or the
equivalent, of junior reserve officers’ training corps the
student completes.
i. Three Two units in the fine arts which shall may include
at least two any of the following: dance, music, theater, and
or visual art.
Sec. 19. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j,
subparagraph (1), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
(1) One unit of health education which shall may
include personal health; food and nutrition; environmental
health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family
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life; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and
development; substance abuse and nonuse; emotional and social
health; health resources; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate
and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted
diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to
prevent HPV , and acquired immune deficiency syndrome .
Sec. 20. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph k, Code
2023, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
lieu thereof the following:
k. Units of coursework that meet the requirements of the
coursework required under paragraphs “a” , “b” , “c” , “d” , “e” ,
and “h” may include curriculum related to personal financial
literacy, including all of the following:
(1) Savings, including emergency fund, purchases, and
wealth building.
(2) Understanding investments, including compound and
simple interest, liquidity, diversification, risk return
ratio, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, single
stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental real estate, annuities,
commodities, and futures.
(3) Wealth building and college planning, including
long-term and short-term investing using tax-favored plans,
individual retirement accounts and payments from such accounts,
employer-sponsored retirement plans and investments, public and
private educational savings accounts, and uniform gifts and
transfers to minors.
(4) Credit and debt, including credit cards, payday
lending, rent-to-own transactions, debt consolidation,
automobile leasing, cosigning a loan, debt avoidance, and the
marketing of debt, especially to young people.
(5) Consumer awareness of the power of marketing on buying
decisions including zero percent interest offers; marketing
methods, including product positioning, advertising, brand
recognition, and personal selling; how to read a credit report
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and correct inaccuracies; how to build a credit score; how to
develop a plan to deal with creditors and avoid bankruptcy; and
the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, codified at 15
U.S.C. §1692 — 1692p.
(6) Financial responsibility and money management,
including creating and living on a written budget and balancing
a checkbook; basic rules of successful negotiating and
techniques; and personality or other traits regarding money.
(7) Insurance, risk management, income, and career
decisions, including career choices that fit personality styles
and occupational goals, job search strategies, cover letters,
resumes, interview techniques, payroll taxes and other income
withholdings, and revenue sources for federal, state, and local
governments.
(8) Different types of insurance coverage including
renters, homeowners, automobile, health, disability, long-term
care, identity theft, and life insurance; term life, cash
value and whole life insurance; and insurance terms such
as deductible, stop loss, elimination period, replacement
coverage, liability, and out-of-pocket.
(9) Buying, selling, and renting advantages and
disadvantages relating to real estate, including adjustable
rate, balloon, conventional, government-backed, reverse, and
seller-financed mortgages.
Sec. 21. Section 256.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
2023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 22. Section 279.50, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and
research-based instruction in human growth and development
including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem,
stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic abuse,
and HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV , and
acquired immune deficiency syndrome as required in section
256.11 , in grades one through twelve.
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Sec. 23. Section 279.50, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code
2023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
DIVISION VII
SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS
Sec. 24. Section 257.11, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended
to read as follows:
5. Shared operational functions —— increased student
opportunities —— budget years beginning in 2014 through 2024
2034 .
a. (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
programming for school districts that share operational
functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
master social worker, independent social worker, work-based
learning coordinator, special education director, mental health
professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by the
board of educational examiners, college and career transition
counselor or coordinator, school resource officer, or school
counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas
of superintendent management, business management, human
resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
A school district that shares an operational function in
the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
supplementary weighting of nine pupils for the function. A
school district that shares an operational function in the area
of business management, human resources, transportation, or
operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director;
a master social worker or an independent social worker licensed
under chapters 147 and 154C ; a work-based learning coordinator;
a special education director; a mental health professional
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who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board
of educational examiners; a college and career transition
counselor or coordinator; a school resource officer; or a
school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of
three pupils for the function. The additional weighting shall
be assigned for each discrete operational function shared.
However, a school district may receive the additional weighting
under this subsection for sharing the services of an individual
with a political subdivision or another school district even if
the type of operational function performed by the individual
for the school district and the type of operational function
performed by the individual for the political subdivision or
another school district are not the same operational function,
so long as either both operational functions are eligible for
weighting under this subsection or the operational function
the individual performs for the school district is special
education director. In either case, the school district
shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of
operational function that the individual performs for the
school district, and the school district shall not receive
additional weighting for any other function performed by the
individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
receive supplementary weighting under this subsection .
(2) For the purposes of this paragraph “a” :
(a) “College and career transition counselor or coordinator”
means a licensed school counselor or an appropriately trained
individual responsible for providing direct services to
students, parents, families, schools, and postsecondary
institutions to support college preparation and postsecondary
success, such as college preparation, financial aid processing,
and transition to postsecondary institution enrollment.
(b) “Political subdivision” means a city, township, county,
school corporation, merged area, area education agency,
institution governed by the state board of regents, or any
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other governmental subdivision.
(c) “School resource officer” means the same as defined in
34 U.S.C. §10389.
(d) “Work-based learning coordinator” means an appropriately
trained individual responsible for facilitating authentic,
engaging work-based learning experiences for learners and
educators in partnership with employers and others to enhance
learning by connecting the content and skills that are
necessary for future careers.
b. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1),
each operational function assigned a supplementary weighting
of five pupils under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), shall
instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of four pupils
for the school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 1,
2023, and July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2034 .
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), each
operational function assigned a supplementary weighting of
three pupils under paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), shall
instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of two pupils for
the school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023,
and July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2034 .
c. School districts that share operational functions with
other school districts are not required to be contiguous school
districts. If two or more districts sharing operational
functions are not contiguous to each other, the districts
separating those districts are not required to be a party to
the operational functions sharing arrangement.
d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
be available to a school district during the period commencing
with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the
budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034 . The maximum amount
of additional weighting for which a school district shall be
eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils.
Criteria for determining the qualification of operational
functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by
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the department by rule, through consideration of increased
student opportunities.
e. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
be available to an area education agency during the period
commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through
the budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034 . The minimum
amount of additional funding for which an area education
agency shall be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand
dollars, and the maximum amount of additional funding for which
an area education agency shall be eligible is two hundred
thousand dollars. The department of management shall annually
set a weighting for each area education agency to generate
the approved operational sharing expense using the area
education agency’s special education cost per pupil amount and
foundation level. Criteria for determining the qualification
of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be
determined by the department by rule, through consideration of
increased student opportunities.
f. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2025 2035 .
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill relates to education, including modifying
provisions related to comprehensive school improvement plans,
teacher librarians and guidance counselors, required days or
hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools,
agreements between school districts and community colleges to
teach certain courses, required courses in school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools, and shared operational functions,
and authorizing school districts to offer sequential units in
one classroom.
DIVISION I —— ELIMINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Current law requires all school districts
and accredited nonpublic schools to file with the department
of education (DE) a comprehensive school improvement plan
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that includes demonstrated school, parental, and community
involvement in assessing educational needs, establishing local
education standards and student achievement levels, and, as
applicable, the consolidation of federal and state planning,
goal-setting, and reporting requirements. The division strikes
this requirement. The division requires all school districts
and accredited nonpublic schools to file with DE a report that
includes the information necessary for DE to meet its federal
reporting requirements. The division makes conforming changes.
DIVISION II —— TEACHER LIBRARIANS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS.
Current law requires each school district to employ a qualified
teacher librarian who shall be licensed by the board of
educational examiners (BOEE). The division authorizes a school
district to instead hire a person previously employed as a
librarian by a public library.
The division prohibits the BOEE from requiring an applicant
for a teacher librarian license to have a master’s degree.
The division requires the state board of education to
establish standards for school district library programs, which
shall be designed to provide for methods to improve library
collections to meet student needs, include a current and
diverse collection of materials to support student curricular
needs, and include a plan for annually updating and replacing
library materials and equipment.
Current law provides that a school district that entered
into a contract with an individual for employment as a media
specialist or librarian who holds at least a master’s degree
in library and information studies shall be considered to be
in compliance with state standards until the individual leaves
the employ of the school district. The division strikes this
provision.
The division requires that the kindergarten through grade
12 guidance and counseling program be designed to ensure that
the guidance counselor can work collaboratively with students,
teachers, support staff, and administrators to support the
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curricular goals of the school by offering responsive services
that address the growth and development needs of students and
the attainment of student competencies in academic, career, and
social areas.
DIVISION III —— REQUIRED ATTENDANCE —— SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INNOVATION
ZONE SCHOOLS. Current law requires the school calendar
for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter
schools, and innovation zone schools to include not less than
180 days or 1,080 hours of instruction during the calendar
year. The division provides that not more than five days or
30 hours of this instruction may be delivered primarily over
the internet.
DIVISION IV —— EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS — AGREEMENTS WITH
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Current Code section 279.50A authorizes
a school district to enter into an agreement with a community
college pursuant to which the community college may offer, or
provide an instructor to teach, science or mathematics courses
in grades 9 through 12 if certain conditions are satisfied,
including that the school district’s total enrollment must
exceed 600 pupils, the school district must have made every
reasonable and good-faith effort to employ a teacher to teach
the courses, and enrollment for the unit must exceed five
pupils. The division strikes these three conditions. The
division also authorizes the community college to offer, or
provide an instructor to teach, any unit required in grades 9
through 12.
DIVISION V —— AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER SEQUENTIAL UNITS
IN ONE CLASSROOM. The division provides that the board of
directors of a school district or the authorities in charge
of an accredited nonpublic school may authorize a teacher who
is appropriately licensed by the BOEE to teach two or more
sequential units of one subject area in the same classroom at
the same time in grades 9 through 12. The division requires
the board of directors of a school district or the authorities
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in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to award high
school credit to a student upon the student’s successful
completion of the course. The division provides that if one
of the units being offered pursuant to this provision is an
advanced placement course, the teacher must meet the minimum
certification requirements of the national organization that
administers the advanced placement program.
The division provides that the board of directors of a
school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
nonpublic school may authorize a community college-employed
instructor who is providing instruction in the school pursuant
to Code section 261E.8 (district-to-community college sharing
or concurrent enrollment program) to teach two or more
sequential units of one subject area in the same classroom
at the same time in grades 9 through 12. The division
requires the board of directors of a school district or the
authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to
award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
successful completion of the course if the board of directors
of the school district or the authorities in charge of the
accredited nonpublic school approved the course pursuant to
Code section 261E.8. The division provides that the community
college-employed instructor must meet the minimum certification
requirements of the national organization that administers the
advanced placement program if one of the units being offered
pursuant to this provision is an advanced placement course.
DIVISION VI —— EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS. Current law requires
that the core curriculum established by the state board
of education shall include, among other things, technology
literacy. The division strikes this requirement.
Current law requires that the prekindergarten program shall
relate the role of the family to the child’s developing sense
of self and perception of others. The division strikes this
requirement. The division provides that the prekindergarten
program shall encourage cooperative efforts between home and
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school and shall focus on community resources.
The division strikes the requirement that the health
curriculum provided in school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools in grades 1 through 12 include instruction
related to the characteristics of acquired immune deficiency
syndrome. The division makes conforming changes to Code
section 279.50 (human growth and development instruction).
The division provides that the career exploration and
development curriculum provided in school districts and
accredited nonpublic schools in grades seven and eight shall
incorporate relevant skills to facilitate career readiness, and
introduce students to career opportunities within the local
community and across this state.
Current law provides that the world language instruction
provided in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
in grades 9 through 12 shall include four sequential units of
one world language. The division reduces this requirement to
two sequential units of one world language.
Current law provides that the fine arts instruction provided
in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades
9 through 12 shall include three units of the fine arts. The
division reduces this requirement to two units of fine arts
and provides that this instruction may include dance, music,
theater, or visual art.
Current law requires that all students in grades 9 through
12 in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools who
are physically able shall participate in physical education
activities during each semester, unless certain exceptions
apply. Current law establishes that a student in grade 12 may
be excused from this requirement if the parent or guardian of
the student requests in writing that the student be excused
from the physical education requirement in order to enroll in
academic courses not otherwise available to the student or be
enrolled or participating in certain specified activities,
including an organized athletic program that requires at least
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as much participation per week as physical education. The
division provides that any student in grades 9 through 12 may
be excused from this requirement. The division adds to the
list of specified activities for which a student may be excused
from the physical education requirement any activity that
is sponsored by the school in which the student is enrolled
which requires at least as much physical activity per week as
one-eighth unit of physical education. The division removes
from the list of specified activities for which a student may
be excused from the physical education requirement an organized
athletic program that requires at least as much participation
per week as physical education.
Current law provides that the health education instruction
provided in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
in grades 9 through 12 shall include certain specified subject
areas. The division provides that the health education
instruction may include the specified subject areas and adds
cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the list of subject areas.
Current law requires that the instruction provided in school
districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades 9 through
12 shall include personal financial literacy. The division
strikes this requirement and authorizes the instruction
provided in science, social studies, English-language arts,
mathematics, and career and technical education to include
curriculum related to personal financial literacy.
Current law requires that, prior to the end of grade 12,
every student enrolled in a school district or accredited
nonpublic school shall complete a certification course for
cardiopulmonary resuscitation, unless certain exceptions apply.
The division strikes this requirement.
DIVISION VII —— SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS. Pursuant to
Code section 257.11, in order to provide additional funding
to increase student opportunities and redirect resources to
student programming for school districts that share operational
functions, a school district that shares with a political
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subdivision one or more operational functions of certain
specified persons, or one or more operational functions in
certain specified areas for at least 20 percent of the school
year, is assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared
operational function up to a maximum of 21 additional pupils.
Current law provides that these provisions are repealed
effective July 1, 2025. The division extends this repeal date
to July 1, 2035.
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