SF 2040 (LSB 5441XS (3) 86)

SENATE FILE 2040

BY  SINCLAIR, SCHULTZ, SHIPLEY, ROZENBOOM, BEHN, DVORSKY, KRAAYENBRINK, CHELGREN, GUTH, GARRETT, BREITBACH, JOHNSON, ANDERSON, ZAUN, KINNEY, BOLKCOM, FEENSTRA, COSTELLO, SEGEBART, BISIGNANO, BERTRAND, CHAPMAN, KAPUCIAN, and BOWMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to statewide assessments of student progress utilizing core academic indicators and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, subparagraphs (2) and (3), Code 2016, are amended by striking the subparagraphs.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Current law requires that the state board of education provide in rule for a set of core academic indicators in mathematics and reading in grades 4, 8, and 11, and for science in grades 8 and 11, and that the Iowa assessments, used by school districts in the school year beginning July 1, 2011, be used for this purpose.
   This bill strikes a requirement that the state board’s rules provide that for the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and each succeeding school year, all students enrolled in school districts in grades 3 through 11 shall be administered an assessment during the last quarter of the school year that assesses student progress on the core academic indicators. The provision also requires that the assessment used after July 1, 2016, at a minimum be aligned with the Iowa common core standards in both content and rigor; accurately describe student achievement and growth for purposes of the school, the school district, and state accountability systems; and provide valid, reliable, and fair measures of student progress toward college or career readiness.
   The bill also strikes a Code provision that requires the director of the department of education to establish an assessment task force to review and make recommendations for a statewide assessment of student progress on the core academic indicators. The Iowa assessment task force submitted its findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly on December 31, 2014.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.