Senate
Study
Bill
1163
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
QUIRMBACH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
demonstration
of
proficiency
by
students
1
receiving
competent
private
instruction
for
purposes
of
2
senior
year
plus
program
eligibility.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261E.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
The
student
shall
have
demonstrated
proficiency
in
3
reading,
mathematics,
and
science
as
evidenced
by
achievement
4
scores
on
the
latest
administration
of
the
state
assessment
for
5
which
scores
are
available
and
as
defined
by
the
department.
6
However,
a
student
receiving
competent
private
instruction
7
under
chapter
299A
may
demonstrate
proficiency
as
evidenced
8
by
a
selection
index,
which
is
the
sum
of
the
critical
9
reading,
mathematics,
and
writing
skills
assessments,
of
one
10
hundred
forty-one
on
the
preliminary
scholastic
aptitude
11
test
administered
by
the
college
board;
a
composite
score
12
of
at
least
twenty-one
on
the
college
readiness
assessment
13
administered
by
ACT,
inc.;
or
a
sum
of
the
critical
reading
14
and
mathematics
scores
of
at
least
nine
hundred
ninety
on
the
15
college
readiness
assessment
administered
by
the
college
board.
16
If
a
student
is
not
proficient
in
one
or
more
of
the
content
17
areas
listed
in
this
paragraph
,
has
not
taken
the
college
18
readiness
assessments
identified
in
this
paragraph,
or
has
not
19
achieved
the
scores
specified
in
this
paragraph
,
the
school
20
board
may
establish
alternative
but
equivalent
qualifying
21
performance
measures
including
but
not
limited
to
additional
22
administrations
of
the
state
assessment,
portfolios
of
student
23
work,
student
performance
rubric,
or
end-of-course
assessments.
24
EXPLANATION
25
This
bill
provides
that
a
student
who
is
receiving
competent
26
private
instruction
may
demonstrate
the
proficiency
required
to
27
ensure
student
readiness
for
postsecondary
coursework
under
the
28
senior
year
plus
program
eligibility
requirements
by
providing
29
evidence
that
the
student
achieved
a
composite
ACT
score
of
at
30
least
21,
a
sum
of
the
SAT
critical
reading
and
mathematics
31
scores
of
at
least
990,
or
a
PSAT
selection
index
of
141.
32
The
bill
also
provides
that
if
a
student
has
not
taken
33
the
ACT,
PSAT,
or
SAT,
or
has
not
achieved
the
required
34
minimum
scores,
the
school
board
may
establish
alternative
but
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equivalent
qualifying
performance
measures,
including
but
not
1
limited
to
additional
administrations
of
the
state
assessment,
2
portfolios
of
student
work,
student
performance
rubric,
or
3
end-of-course
assessments.
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