House File 2198 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY WISE and RAECKER Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to statewide core content and performance 2 standards and assessments for kindergarten through grade 3 twelve. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5828YH 82 6 kh/nh/8 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, Code 1 2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 b. A set of core academic indicatorsin mathematics and 1 4 reading in grades four, eight, and eleven, a set of core 1 5 academic indicators in science in grades eight and eleven, and 1 6 another set of core indicatorsthat includes, but is not 1 7 limited to, data from the assessments administered pursuant to 1 8 subsection 29, graduation rate, postsecondary education, and 1 9 successful employment in Iowa. Annually, the department shall 1 10 report state data for each indicator in the condition of 1 11 education report. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 28, Code Supplement 1 13 2007, is amended to read as follows: 1 14 28. a. (1) Adopta set ofby rule, for implementation by 1 15 July 1, 2010, core content and performance standards 1 16 applicable to all students in kindergarten through grade 1 17 twelve in every school district and accredited nonpublic 1 18 school. The board shall consider the recommendations of the 1 19 task force convened by the director in accordance with 1 20 subparagraph (2). The board shall establish criteria to 1 21 ensure that the standards adopted are rigorous and support 1 22 best practices. However, the standards adopted shall not 1 23 exceed in scope or depth the curriculum that can be reasonably 1 24 taught in the instructional time available. Prior to 1 25 adoption, the board shall submit the proposed standards to an 1 26 external, nonprofit educational organization for an 1 27 independent review. The results of the review shall be posted 1 28 on the department's internet web site. 1 29 (2) Recommended core content and performance standards 1 30 shall be developed by a task force convened by the director of 1 31 the department. The task force shall be comprised of 1 32 teachers, school administrators, higher education faculty who 1 33 teach in the subjects for which the standards are being 1 34 adopted, private sector employers, and members of the boards 1 35 of directors of school districts. The task force shall review 2 1 the national assessment of educational progress standards and 2 2 standards adopted by other states. The director shall provide 2 3 one staff person at a minimum who is qualified by education 2 4 and experience in developing content and performance standards 2 5 to assist the task force. Members of the task force shall be 2 6 allowed their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the 2 7 performance of their duties. All expenses shall be paid from 2 8 appropriations to the department. The task force shall submit 2 9 its recommendations to the state board of education by January 2 10 2, 2009. The task force may be reconvened whenever the 2 11 director of the department determines there is a need to 2 12 review or amend the core content and performance standards. 2 13 b.For purposes of this subsection, "core content 2 14 standards" includesThe core content standards for 2 15 kindergarten through grade six shall include reading and 2 16 writing, mathematics, and science, while the core content 2 17 standards for grades seven through twelve shall include 2 18 English and language arts, mathematics, science, history and 2 19 social studies, and art. The core content standards shall be 2 20 identical to the core content standards included in Iowa's 2 21 approved 2006 standards and assessment system under Title I of 2 22 the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 2 23 U.S.C. } 6301 et seq., as amended by the federal No Child Left 2 24 Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107=110. School districts and 2 25 accredited nonpublic schools shall include, at a minimum, the 2 26 core content and performance standards adopted pursuant to 2 27 this subsection in any set of locally developed content 2 28 standards.School districts and accredited nonpublic schools 2 29 are strongly encouraged to include the voluntary model core 2 30 curriculum or set higher expectations in local standards. As 2 31 changes in federal law or regulation occur, the state board is 2 32 authorized to amend the core content standards as appropriate.2 33 c. The performance standards are grade=level expectations 2 34 which shall be aligned to the core content standards adopted 2 35 pursuant to this subsection. The performance standards shall 3 1 specify expectations for students' knowledge and performance 3 2 at the end of a given grade level. The performance standards 3 3 for kindergarten through grade six shall include reading and 3 4 writing, mathematics, and science, and for grades seven 3 5 through twelve shall include English and language arts, 3 6 mathematics, science, history and social studies, and art. 3 7 d. The board shall require each school district to align 3 8 the local curriculum, instructional materials, and classroom 3 9 instruction to the standards adopted and to submit evidence of 3 10 such alignment satisfactory to the department. 3 11 e. A student shall not be denied curriculum and 3 12 instruction consistent with the core content standards which 3 13 offer the student an opportunity to become proficient on the 3 14 performance standards adopted pursuant to this subsection. 3 15 Sec. 3. Section 256.7, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by 3 16 adding the following new subsections: 3 17 NEW SUBSECTION. 29. Adopt grade level assessments for 3 18 each of the core content standard subjects. The board shall 3 19 require school districts to administer the assessments to 3 20 students in grades four, eight, and eleven. Where possible, 3 21 the assessments shall be psychometrically equated to 3 22 proficiency on the national assessment for educational 3 23 progress. The assessment results shall be reported annually 3 24 to the department and the local community in accordance with 3 25 subsection 21. 3 26 NEW SUBSECTION. 30. Adopt assessments which the board 3 27 shall require school districts to administer to students at 3 28 the end of each unit of algebra, advanced algebra, geometry, 3 29 biology, chemistry, physics, and fourth=year English. 3 30 Advanced placement examinations may be substituted for the 3 31 end=of=unit examination. A student's score on an end=of=unit 3 32 examination shall be placed in the student's permanent record. 3 33 Sec. 4. Section 256.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by 3 34 adding the following new subsection: 3 35 NEW SUBSECTION. 57. Develop and deliver, in collaboration 4 1 with the institutions of higher education governed by the 4 2 state board of regents and the area education agencies, 4 3 subject matter and grade=level specific training for teachers 4 4 and administrators in standards=based curriculum development 4 5 and standards=based instruction. 4 6 Sec. 5. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 4 7 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 4 8 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 4 9 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 4 10 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 4 11 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 4 12 to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of 4 13 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 4 14 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by 4 15 and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 4 16 districts. 4 17 EXPLANATION 4 18 This bill requires the state board of education to adopt by 4 19 rule core content and performance standards for implementation 4 20 by July 1, 2010; requires the board to adopt assessments for 4 21 grade levels and subject areas; and requires school districts 4 22 to incorporate the standards and administer the assessments. 4 23 The bill expands on the core content standards requirements 4 24 already established in the Code by providing that the content 4 25 standards for kindergarten through grade six must include 4 26 reading and writing, mathematics, and science, while the 4 27 standards for grades seven through 12 must include English and 4 28 language arts, mathematics, science, history and social 4 29 studies, and art. The board must establish criteria to ensure 4 30 that the standards are rigorous and support best practices, 4 31 but the standards are not to exceed in scope or depth the 4 32 curriculum which may be reasonably taught in the instructional 4 33 time available. 4 34 The performance standards, or grade=level expectations, 4 35 must be aligned to the core content standards and must specify 5 1 what all students should know and be able to do at the end of 5 2 a given grade level. 5 3 Recommended core content and performance standards are to 5 4 be developed by a task force convened by the director of the 5 5 department of education and consisting of representatives from 5 6 education and business. The task force shall review national 5 7 standards and standards adopted by other states and submit 5 8 recommended standards to the state board by January 2, 2009. 5 9 Prior to adoption, the board must submit the proposed 5 10 standards to an external organization for an independent 5 11 review, the results of which shall be posted on the 5 12 department's web site. 5 13 Each school district must align the local curriculum, 5 14 instructional materials, and classroom instruction to the 5 15 standards and submit evidence of such alignment satisfactory 5 16 to the department. School districts must administer grade= 5 17 level assessments at a minimum at grades four, eight, and 11. 5 18 Students cannot be denied curriculum and instruction 5 19 consistent with the standards. The results must be submitted 5 20 annually with the core academic indicator data required under 5 21 Code section 256.7, subsection 21. 5 22 The state board must also adopt assessments which the board 5 23 shall require school districts to administer to students at 5 24 the end of each unit of algebra, advanced algebra, geometry, 5 25 biology, chemistry, physics, and fourth=year English. The 5 26 student may substitute an advanced placement examination. The 5 27 results must be placed in the student's permanent record. 5 28 The bill also requires the department to develop and 5 29 deliver, in collaboration with the regents universities and 5 30 area education agencies, subject matter and grade=level 5 31 specific training for teachers and administrators in 5 32 standards=based curriculum development and standards=based 5 33 instruction. 5 34 The bill makes conforming changes by providing that a set 5 35 of core academic indicators required currently must include 6 1 data from the assessments administered in accordance with the 6 2 bill in a report to the department. 6 3 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 6 4 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any 6 5 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 6 6 district from state school foundation aid received by the 6 7 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 6 8 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state 6 9 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2. 6 10 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate 6 11 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any 6 12 state mandates included in the bill. 6 13 LSB 5828YH 82 6 14 kh/nh/8