HF 290 (LSB 2191YH (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 290

BY  MASCHER

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring the integration of lessons and tools relating to local foods and farm-to-school programs into curricula developed for the core content standards by the department, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 28, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   28.  Adopt a set of core content standards applicable to all students in kindergarten through grade twelve in every school district and accredited nonpublic school. For purposes of this subsection, “core content standards” includes reading, mathematics, and science. The core content standards shall be identical to the core content standards included in Iowa’s approved 2006 standards and assessment system under Tit. I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. §6301 et seq., as amended by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107-110.  Curricula developed by the department, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools for the core content standards shall integrate lessons and tools relating to local foods and farm-to-school programs that engage students in thinking and learning about local food advantages, agriculture, and nutrition. School districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall include, at a minimum, the core content standards adopted pursuant to this subsection in any set of locally developed content standards. School districts and accredited nonpublic schools are strongly encouraged to set higher expectations in local standards. As changes in federal law or regulation occur, the state board is authorized to amend the core content standards as appropriate.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires that curricula developed for the core content standards by the department of education, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools integrate lessons and tools relating to local foods and farm-to-school programs and activities that engage students in thinking and learning about local food advantages, agriculture, and nutrition.