House File 269 HOUSE FILE BY FORD Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act directing the state board of education to adopt rules 2 providing criteria and a procedure for recognizing performance 3 excellence that results from the implementation of outstanding 4 comprehensive school improvement plans submitted by school 5 districts. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 2495HH 80 8 kh/cls/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, Code 2003, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. Criteria and a procedure for 1 4 recognizing performance excellence that results from the 1 5 implementation of outstanding comprehensive school improvement 1 6 plans. A school district may apply to the department for 1 7 recognition for the results achieved under the school 1 8 district's comprehensive school improvement plan. The 1 9 recognition process shall emphasize the following: 1 10 (1) School performance results, including but not limited 1 11 to student achievement, especially as the results relate to 1 12 improved instruction in fundamental curricula, such as 1 13 reading. 1 14 (2) Parent and community satisfaction. 1 15 (3) Information analysis and community reporting. 1 16 (4) Community involvement in planning. 1 17 (5) Teacher and administrator development. 1 18 (6) Results of school district efforts to eliminate 1 19 educational inequities in student performance among Iowa's 1 20 minority students as identified in district goals and plans. 1 21 EXPLANATION 1 22 This bill directs the state board of education, as part of 1 23 its mandate to adopt rules incorporating accountability for 1 24 student achievement into the standards and accreditation 1 25 process, to include in those rules criteria and a procedure 1 26 for recognizing performance excellence that results from the 1 27 implementation of outstanding comprehensive school improvement 1 28 plans. A school district may apply to the department for 1 29 recognition. The recognition process must emphasize school 1 30 results, including improved reading achievement, parent and 1 31 community satisfaction, information analysis and community 1 32 reporting, community involvement in planning, teacher and 1 33 administrator development, and the elimination of educational 1 34 inequities in student performance among Iowa's minority 1 35 students. 2 1 LSB 2495HH 80 2 2 kh/cls/14