House
File
290
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
290
BY
MASCHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
integration
of
lessons
and
tools
relating
1
to
local
foods
and
farm-to-school
programs
into
curricula
2
developed
for
the
core
content
standards
by
the
department,
3
school
districts,
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
28,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
28.
Adopt
a
set
of
core
content
standards
applicable
to
3
all
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
every
4
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school.
For
purposes
5
of
this
subsection
,
“core
content
standards”
includes
reading,
6
mathematics,
and
science.
The
core
content
standards
shall
7
be
identical
to
the
core
content
standards
included
in
Iowa’s
8
approved
2006
standards
and
assessment
system
under
Tit.
I
of
9
the
federal
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965,
20
10
U.S.C.
§6301
et
seq.,
as
amended
by
the
federal
No
Child
Left
11
Behind
Act
of
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-110.
Curricula
developed
12
by
the
department,
school
districts,
and
accredited
nonpublic
13
schools
for
the
core
content
standards
shall
integrate
lessons
14
and
tools
relating
to
local
foods
and
farm-to-school
programs
15
that
engage
students
in
thinking
and
learning
about
local
food
16
advantages,
agriculture,
and
nutrition.
School
districts
and
17
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
the
18
core
content
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
19
in
any
set
of
locally
developed
content
standards.
School
20
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
are
strongly
21
encouraged
to
set
higher
expectations
in
local
standards.
As
22
changes
in
federal
law
or
regulation
occur,
the
state
board
is
23
authorized
to
amend
the
core
content
standards
as
appropriate.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
requires
that
curricula
developed
for
the
core
28
content
standards
by
the
department
of
education,
school
29
districts,
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
integrate
lessons
30
and
tools
relating
to
local
foods
and
farm-to-school
programs
31
and
activities
that
engage
students
in
thinking
and
learning
32
about
local
food
advantages,
agriculture,
and
nutrition.
33
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