Senate
File
247
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
247
BY
DANIELSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
an
exemption
from
school
district
retention
1
and
intensive
summer
reading
program
requirements
for
2
students
showing
good
cause.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4
TLSB
2165SS
(3)
87
kh/jh
S.F.
247
Section
1.
Section
279.68,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
Students
requiring
special
education
whose
3
individualized
education
program
indicates
does
any
of
the
4
following:
5
(a)
Indicates
that
participation
in
a
locally
determined
or
6
statewide
assessment
as
provided
in
section
256.7,
subsection
7
31
,
is
not
appropriate,
consistent
with
the
requirements
8
of
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
education
for
the
9
administration
of
chapter
256B
.
10
(b)
Includes
reading
goals
and
the
student
has
been
11
diagnosed
with
autism
spectrum
disorder
and
is
considered
to
12
have
an
intellectual
disability.
13
EXPLANATION
14
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
15
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
16
This
bill
provides
that
a
student
enrolled
in
a
school
17
district
has
a
good
cause
exemption
from
the
retention
and
18
intensive
summer
reading
program
requirements
of
Code
section
19
279.68
if
the
student
has
an
individualized
education
program
20
that
includes
reading
goals
and
the
student
has
been
diagnosed
21
with
autism
spectrum
disorder
and
is
considered
to
have
an
22
intellectual
disability.
23
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LSB
2165SS
(3)
87
kh/jh
1/
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