House
File
273
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
273
BY
SALMON
,
WILLS
,
FISHER
,
GUSTAFSON
,
HEARTSILL
,
HOLT
,
RIZER
,
GASSMAN
,
WINDSCHITL
,
SHEETS
,
WATTS
,
and
LANDON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
academic
and
assessment
standards
for
school
1
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraphs
(2)
and
(3),
Code
2015,
are
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
for
the
school
year
4
beginning
July
1,
2016,
and
each
succeeding
school
year,
the
5
rules
shall
provide
that
all
students
enrolled
in
school
6
districts
in
grades
three
through
eleven
shall
be
administered
7
an
assessment
during
the
last
quarter
of
the
school
year
that
8
at
a
minimum
assesses
the
core
academic
indicators
identified
9
in
this
paragraph
“b”
;
is
aligned
with
the
Iowa
common
core
10
content
standards
in
both
content
and
rigor;
accurately
11
describes
student
achievement
and
growth
for
purposes
of
the
12
school,
the
school
district,
and
state
accountability
systems;
13
and
provides
valid,
reliable,
and
fair
measures
of
student
14
progress
toward
college
or
career
readiness.
15
(3)
The
director
shall
establish
an
assessment
task
16
force
to
review
and
make
recommendations
for
a
statewide
17
assessment
of
student
progress
on
the
core
academic
indicators
18
identified
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
“b”
.
The
task
force
19
shall
recommend
a
statewide
assessment
that
is
aligned
to
20
the
Iowa
common
core
content
standards
and
is,
at
a
minimum,
21
valid,
reliable,
tested,
and
piloted
in
Iowa.
In
addition,
22
in
developing
recommendations,
the
task
force
shall
consider
23
the
costs
to
school
districts
and
the
state
in
providing
and
24
administering
such
an
assessment
and
the
technical
support
25
necessary
to
implement
the
assessment.
The
task
force
shall
26
submit
its
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
director,
the
27
state
board,
and
the
general
assembly
by
January
1,
2015.
28
The
task
force
shall
assist
with
the
final
development
and
29
implementation
of
the
assessment
administered
pursuant
to
30
subparagraph
(2).
The
task
force
members
shall
include
but
31
not
be
limited
to
teachers,
school
administrators,
business
32
leaders,
representatives
of
state
agencies,
and
members
of
the
33
general
public.
This
subparagraph
is
repealed
July
1,
2020.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
c,
Code
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2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
c.
A
requirement
that
all
school
districts
and
accredited
2
nonpublic
schools
annually
report
to
the
department
and
the
3
local
community
the
district-wide
progress
made
in
attaining
4
student
achievement
goals
on
the
academic
and
other
core
5
indicators
and
the
district-wide
progress
made
in
attaining
6
locally
established
student
learning
goals.
The
school
7
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
demonstrate
8
the
use
of
multiple
assessment
measures
in
determining
student
9
achievement
levels.
The
school
districts
and
accredited
10
nonpublic
schools
shall
also
report
the
number
of
students
11
who
graduate;
the
number
of
students
who
drop
out
of
school;
12
the
number
of
students
who
are
tested
and
the
percentage
of
13
students
who
are
so
tested
annually;
and
the
percentage
of
14
students
who
graduated
during
the
prior
school
year
and
who
15
completed
a
core
curriculum
the
Iowa
content
standards
.
The
16
board
shall
develop
and
adopt
uniform
definitions
consistent
17
with
the
federal
No
Child
Left
Behind
Act
of
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
18
107-110
and
any
federal
regulations
adopted
pursuant
to
the
19
federal
Act.
The
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
20
schools
may
report
on
other
locally
determined
factors
21
influencing
student
achievement.
The
school
districts
and
22
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
also
report
to
the
local
23
community
their
results
by
individual
attendance
center.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
a,
25
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
26
follows:
27
Adopt
rules
that
establish
a
core
curriculum
and
the
Iowa
28
content
standards,
which
school
districts
and
accredited
29
nonpublic
schools
may
elect
to
use,
in
whole
or
in
part,
at
the
30
discretion
of
the
school
district
or
school.
The
state
board
31
shall
also
adopt
high
school
graduation
requirements
for
all
32
students
in
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
33
that
include
at
a
minimum
satisfactory
completion
of
four
years
34
of
English
and
language
arts,
three
years
of
mathematics,
three
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years
of
science,
and
three
years
of
social
studies.
1
Sec.
4.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
a,
2
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
3
(3)
The
rules
establishing
a
core
curriculum
the
Iowa
4
content
standards
shall
address
the
core
content
assessment
5
standards
in
subsection
28
and
the
skills
and
knowledge
6
students
need
to
be
successful
in
the
twenty-first
century.
7
The
core
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
shall
include
8
social
studies
and
twenty-first
century
learning
skills
which
9
include
but
are
not
limited
to
civic
literacy,
health
literacy,
10
technology
literacy,
financial
literacy,
and
employability
11
skills;
and
shall
address
the
curricular
needs
of
students
in
12
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
those
areas.
The
state
13
board
shall
further
define
the
twenty-first
century
learning
14
skills
components
by
rule.
15
Sec.
5.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
b,
Code
16
2015,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
17
Sec.
6.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
c,
Code
18
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
c.
Neither
the
state
board
nor
the
department
shall
require
20
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
adopt
a
21
specific
textbook,
textbook
series,
or
specific
instructional
22
methodology,
or
acquire
specific
textbooks,
curriculum
23
materials,
or
educational
products
from
a
specific
vendor
24
in
order
to
meet
the
core
curriculum
requirements
of
this
25
subsection
or
the
core
content
assessment
standards
adopted
26
pursuant
to
subsection
28
.
27
Sec.
7.
Section
256.7,
subsection
28,
Code
2015,
is
amended
28
to
read
as
follows:
29
28.
Adopt
a
set
of
core
content
assessment
standards
30
applicable
to
all
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
31
in
every
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school.
32
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“
core
content
assessment
33
standards”
includes
reading,
mathematics,
and
science.
The
core
34
content
assessment
standards
shall
be
identical
to
the
core
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content
assessment
standards
included
in
Iowa’s
approved
2006
1
standards
and
assessment
system
under
Tit.
I
of
the
federal
2
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965,
20
U.S.C.
§6301
3
et
seq.,
as
amended
by
the
federal
No
Child
Left
Behind
Act
of
4
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-110.
School
districts
and
accredited
5
nonpublic
schools
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
the
core
content
6
assessment
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
in
any
7
set
of
locally
developed
content
standards.
School
districts
8
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
are
strongly
encouraged
to
set
9
higher
expectations
in
local
standards.
As
changes
in
federal
10
law
or
regulation
occur,
the
state
board
is
authorized
to
amend
11
the
core
content
standards
as
appropriate.
12
Sec.
8.
Section
256.9,
subsection
53,
paragraph
a,
Code
13
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
a.
Develop
and
distribute,
in
collaboration
with
the
area
15
education
agencies,
core
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
16
technical
assistance
and
implementation
strategies
that
school
17
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
may
utilize,
18
including
but
not
limited
to
the
development
and
delivery
19
of
formative
and
end-of-course
model
assessments
classroom
20
teachers
may
use
to
measure
student
progress
on
the
core
21
curriculum
content
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
section
22
256.7,
subsection
26
.
The
department
shall,
in
collaboration
23
with
the
advisory
group
convened
in
accordance
with
paragraph
24
“b”
and
educational
assessment
providers,
identify
and
make
25
available
to
school
districts
end-of-course
and
additional
26
model
end-of-course
and
additional
assessments
to
align
with
27
the
expectations
included
in
the
Iowa
core
curriculum
content
28
standards
.
The
model
assessments
shall
be
suitable
to
meet
the
29
multiple
assessment
measures
requirement
specified
in
section
30
256.7,
subsection
21
,
paragraph
“c”
.
31
Sec.
9.
Section
256.9,
subsection
54,
Code
2015,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
54.
Submit
an
annual
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
34
January
1
regarding
activities,
findings,
and
student
progress
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under
the
core
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
established
1
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
.
The
annual
report
2
shall
include
the
state
board’s
findings
and
recommendations.
3
Sec.
10.
Section
256.40,
subsection
2,
paragraph
e,
Code
4
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
e.
Integrate
services
provided
through
the
program
with
6
other
career
exploration-related
activities
such
as
the
student
7
core
curriculum
graduation
plan
and
the
career
information
and
8
decision-making
system
developed
and
administered
under
section
9
279.61
,
where
appropriate.
10
Sec.
11.
Section
256.42,
subsection
6,
Code
2015,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
6.
Coursework
offered
under
the
initiative
shall
be
13
rigorous
and
high
quality,
and
the
department
shall
annually
14
evaluate
the
quality
of
the
courses
and
ensure
that
coursework
15
is
aligned
with
the
state’s
core
curriculum
and
core
Iowa
16
content
requirements
standards
and
the
assessment
standards,
as
17
well
as
national
standards
of
quality
for
online
courses
issued
18
by
an
internationally
recognized
association
for
kindergarten
19
through
grade
twelve
online
learning.
20
Sec.
12.
Section
257.11,
subsection
9,
Code
2015,
is
amended
21
to
read
as
follows:
22
9.
Shared
classes
and
curriculum
standards.
A
school
23
district
shall
ensure
that
any
course
made
available
to
a
24
student
through
any
sharing
agreement
between
the
school
25
district
and
a
community
college
or
any
other
entity
providing
26
course
programming
pursuant
to
this
section
to
students
27
enrolled
in
the
school
district
meets
the
expectations
28
contained
in
the
core
curriculum
adopted
pursuant
to
section
29
256.7,
subsection
26
.
The
school
district
shall
ensure
that
30
any
course
that
has
the
capacity
to
generate
college
credit
31
shall
be
equivalent
to
college-level
work.
32
Sec.
13.
Section
258.4,
subsection
8,
Code
2015,
is
amended
33
to
read
as
follows:
34
8.
Establish
a
minimum
set
of
competencies
and
core
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curriculum
content
standards
for
approval
of
a
vocational
1
program
sequence
that
addresses
the
following:
new
and
2
emerging
technologies;
job-seeking,
job-keeping,
and
3
other
employment
skills,
including
self-employment
and
4
entrepreneurial
skills,
that
reflect
current
industry
5
standards,
leadership
skills,
entrepreneurial,
and
labor-market
6
needs;
and
the
strengthening
of
basic
academic
skills.
7
Sec.
14.
Section
260C.14,
subsection
22,
paragraph
b,
Code
8
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
b.
Collaborate
with
the
state
board
of
regents
to
meet
10
the
requirements
specified
in
section
262.9,
subsection
33
,
11
including
but
not
limited
to
developing
a
systematic
process
12
for
expanding
academic
discipline
and
meetings
between
the
13
community
college
faculty
and
faculty
of
the
institutions
14
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
state
board
of
regents,
15
developing
criteria
to
prioritize
core
curriculum
areas
16
Iowa
content
standards
,
promoting
greater
awareness
of
17
articulation-related
activities,
facilitating
additional
18
opportunities
for
individual
institutions
to
pursue
program
19
articulation
agreements
for
career
and
technical
educational
20
programs,
and
developing
and
implementing
a
process
to
21
examine
a
minimum
of
eight
new
associate
of
applied
science
22
degree
programs
for
which
articulation
agreements
would
serve
23
students’
continued
academic
success
in
those
degree
programs.
24
Sec.
15.
Section
261E.4,
subsection
4,
Code
2015,
is
amended
25
to
read
as
follows:
26
4.
A
school
district
shall
establish
prerequisite
27
coursework
for
each
advanced
placement
course
offered
and
shall
28
describe
the
prerequisites
in
the
course
registration
handbook,
29
which
shall
be
provided
to
every
junior
high
school
or
middle
30
school
student
prior
to
the
development
of
a
core
curriculum
31
graduation
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
.
32
Sec.
16.
Section
261E.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
amended
33
to
read
as
follows:
34
2.
Notification.
The
availability
and
requirements
of
this
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program
shall
be
included
in
each
school
district’s
student
1
registration
handbook.
Information
about
the
program
shall
be
2
provided
to
the
student
and
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
3
prior
to
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
curriculum
4
graduation
plan
under
section
279.61
.
The
school
district
5
shall
establish
a
process
by
which
students
may
indicate
6
interest
in
and
apply
for
enrollment
in
the
program.
7
Sec.
17.
Section
261E.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2015,
is
amended
8
to
read
as
follows:
9
1.
A
district-to-community
college
sharing
or
concurrent
10
enrollment
program
is
established
to
be
administered
by
the
11
department
to
promote
rigorous
academic
or
career
and
technical
12
pursuits
and
to
provide
a
wider
variety
of
options
to
high
13
school
students
to
enroll
part-time
in
eligible
nonsectarian
14
courses
at
or
through
community
colleges
established
under
15
chapter
260C
.
The
program
shall
be
made
available
to
all
16
resident
students
in
grades
nine
through
twelve.
Notice
of
17
the
availability
of
the
program
shall
be
included
in
a
school
18
district’s
student
registration
handbook
and
the
handbook
shall
19
identify
which
courses,
if
successfully
completed,
generate
20
college
credit
under
the
program.
A
student
and
the
student’s
21
parent
or
legal
guardian
shall
also
be
made
aware
of
this
22
program
as
a
part
of
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
23
curriculum
graduation
plan
in
accordance
with
section
279.61
.
24
Sec.
18.
Section
261E.9,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
25
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
b.
A
regional
academy
may
include
in
its
curriculum
virtual
27
or
internet-based
coursework
and
courses
delivered
via
the
Iowa
28
communications
network,
career
and
technical
courses,
core
29
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
coursework,
courses
required
30
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
or
section
256.11,
31
subsections
4
and
5
,
and
asynchronous
learning
networks.
32
Sec.
19.
Section
261E.9,
subsection
4,
Code
2015,
is
amended
33
to
read
as
follows:
34
4.
Information
regarding
regional
academies
shall
be
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provided
to
a
student
and
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
1
prior
to
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
curriculum
2
graduation
plan
under
section
279.61
.
3
Sec.
20.
Section
261E.10,
subsection
4,
Code
2015,
is
4
amended
to
read
as
follows:
5
4.
Information
regarding
career
academies
shall
be
provided
6
by
the
school
district
to
a
student
and
the
student’s
parent
7
or
guardian
prior
to
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
8
curriculum
graduation
plan
under
section
279.61
.
9
Sec.
21.
Section
262.9,
subsection
33,
paragraph
c,
Code
10
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
11
c.
Develop
criteria
to
prioritize
core
curriculum
areas
the
12
Iowa
content
standards
and
create
or
review
transition
guides
13
for
the
core
curriculum
areas
Iowa
content
standards
.
14
Sec.
22.
Section
279.61,
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
15
follows:
16
279.61
Student
plan
for
progress
toward
university
admissions
17
——
report.
18
1.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2008,
and
each
19
succeeding
school
year,
the
The
board
of
directors
of
each
20
school
district
shall
cooperate
with
each
student
enrolled
21
in
grade
eight
to
develop
for
the
student
a
core
curriculum
22
plan
to
guide
the
student
toward
the
goal
of
successfully
23
completing,
at
a
minimum,
the
core
curriculum
developed
high
24
school
graduation
requirements
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
25
education
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
by
the
26
time
the
student
graduates
from
high
school.
The
plan
shall
27
include
career
options
and
shall
identify
the
coursework
28
needed
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
to
support
the
student’s
29
postsecondary
education
and
career
options.
Additionally,
the
30
plan
shall
include
a
timeline
for
each
student
to
successfully
31
complete,
prior
to
graduation,
all
components
of
the
32
state-designated
career
information
and
decision-making
system
33
administered
by
the
department
in
accordance
with
section
118
34
of
the
federal
Carl
D.
Perkins
Career
and
Technical
Education
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Improvement
Act
of
2006,
Pub.
L.
No.
109-270.
The
student’s
1
parent
or
guardian
shall
sign
the
core
curriculum
graduation
2
plan
developed
with
the
student
and
the
signed
plan
shall
be
3
included
in
the
student’s
cumulative
records.
4
2.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2008,
and
each
5
succeeding
school
year,
the
The
board
of
directors
of
each
6
school
district
shall
report
annually
to
each
student
enrolled
7
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
in
the
school
district,
and,
if
8
the
student
is
under
the
age
of
eighteen,
to
each
student’s
9
parent
or
guardian,
the
student’s
progress
toward
meeting
the
10
goal
of
successfully
completing
the
core
curriculum
and
high
11
school
graduation
requirements
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
12
education
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
.
13
Sec.
23.
Section
280.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2015,
is
amended
14
by
striking
the
subsection.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
continues
to
direct
the
state
board
of
education
19
to
adopt
sets
of
academic
and
assessment
standards,
but
amends
20
the
terms
used
to
describe
the
standards
and
makes
use
of
the
21
academic
standards
by
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
22
schools
voluntary.
The
bill
also
strikes
language
that
23
authorizes
the
state
board
to
amend
the
core
content
standards
24
as
changes
in
federal
law
or
regulation
occur.
25
The
bill
replaces
the
terms
“core
curriculum”,
“Iowa
26
core
curriculum”,
and
“Iowa
common
core”,
which
were
used
to
27
describe
the
academic
standards
adopted
by
the
state
board,
28
with
the
term
“Iowa
content
standards”.
Also,
provisions
29
directing
school
districts
to
cooperate
with
each
eighth
grade
30
student
on
a
core
curriculum
plan
to
meet
core
curriculum
31
requirements
are
amended
to
replace
“core
curriculum
plan”
32
with
“graduation
plan”
and
“core
curriculum
requirements”
33
with
“high
school
graduation
requirements”.
The
term
“core
34
content
standards”,
which
was
used
to
describe
the
assessment
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standards
adopted
by
the
state
board,
is
replaced
with
the
1
term
“assessment
standards”.
The
assessment
standards
will
2
remain
applicable
to
all
students
in
kindergarten
through
3
grade
12
in
every
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
4
school.
Corresponding
changes
are
made
throughout
the
Code,
5
and
obsolete
language
is
eliminated.
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