Senate File 488 - Introduced SENATE FILE 488 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1163) A BILL FOR An Act authorizing use of concurrent enrollment programs for 1 teaching certain subjects required under the educational 2 standards and making an appropriation to fund enrollment 3 of pupils under concurrent enrollment program agreements 4 between certain accredited nonpublic schools and community 5 colleges. 6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 7 TLSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh
S.F. 488 DIVISION I 1 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT WEIGHTING AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2 EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS 3 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph b, 4 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2019, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 If the school budget review committee certifies to the 7 department of management that the class would not otherwise be 8 implemented without the assignment of additional weighting, 9 pupils attending a community college-offered class or attending 10 a class taught by a community college-employed instructor 11 are assigned a weighting of the percentage of the pupil’s 12 school day during which the pupil attends class in the 13 community college or attends a class taught by a community 14 college-employed instructor times seventy hundredths for career 15 and technical courses or forty-six fifty hundredths for liberal 16 arts and sciences courses. The following requirements shall be 17 met for the purposes of assigning an additional weighting for 18 classes offered through a sharing agreement between a school 19 district and community college. The class must be: 20 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 21 2019, is amended to read as follows: 22 c. Notwithstanding paragraph “b” , subparagraph (1), a 23 school district that otherwise meets the requirements of this 24 subsection may enter into a sharing agreement with a community 25 college under which the community college may offer, or provide 26 a community college-employed instructor to teach, one of the 27 science and one of the mathematics units specified under 28 section 256.11, subsection 5, and one or more classes units 29 in only one of the six career and technical education service 30 areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5 , paragraph 31 “h” , and the pupils . Pupils enrolled in such a class unit in 32 accordance with this paragraph shall be assigned additional 33 weighting in accordance with this subsection if the number 34 of pupils enrolled in such a class unit exceeds five and the 35 -1- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 1/ 8
S.F. 488 school district’s total enrollment does not exceed six hundred 1 pupils. A school district that enters into a sharing agreement 2 with a community college under this paragraph to provide a 3 unit of science or mathematics specified in section 256.11, 4 subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , or “e” , shall be deemed to 5 have met the requirement that the school district teach such 6 a unit under the educational standards of section 256.11, 7 subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , or “e” . 8 Sec. 3. Section 261E.2, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsections: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 05. “Full-time” means enrollment at 11 any one eligible postsecondary institution through a school 12 district or accredited nonpublic school in twenty-four or more 13 postsecondary credit hours per academic year, exclusive of 14 summer terms. Enrollment in a course or courses that result in 15 credit hours in excess of the part-time limit shall be subject 16 to applicable provisions of this chapter including section 17 261E.6 or 261E.8, except that the cost of enrollment shall be 18 the responsibility of the student, or parent or legal guardian 19 of the student. The provisions of section 257.11, subsection 20 3, and section 261E.7 do not apply to such enrollments. 21 NEW SUBSECTION . 06. “Part-time” means enrollment at any 22 one eligible postsecondary institution under section 261E.6 or 23 261E.8 in no more than twenty-three postsecondary credit hours 24 per academic year, exclusive of any summer terms. 25 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 279.50A Educational standards —— 26 agreements for mathematics, science, and career and technical 27 education units. 28 1. If a school district’s total enrollment exceeds six 29 hundred pupils, the school district may enter into an agreement 30 with a community college under which the community college may 31 offer, or provide a community college-employed instructor to 32 teach, one of the units specified in section 256.11, subsection 33 5, paragraph “a” , one of the units specified in section 256.11, 34 subsection 5, paragraph “d” or “e” , and one or more units in 35 -2- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 2/ 8
S.F. 488 only one of the six career and technical education service 1 areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph 2 “h” , and if the unit of coursework under the agreement meets 3 the requirements specified in section 257.11, subsection 3, 4 paragraph “b” , subparagraphs (2) through (7), the unit offered 5 shall be deemed to meet the education program requirement 6 for a unit of mathematics, science, or career and technical 7 education, as applicable, under section 256.11, subsection 5, 8 paragraph “a” , “d” , “e” , or “h” . 9 2. Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant 10 to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting 11 under section 257.11, subsection 3. 12 DIVISION II 13 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM CONTRACTS BETWEEN ACCREDITED 14 NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES —— APPROPRIATION 15 Sec. 5. Section 261E.2, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended 16 to read as follows: 17 1. “Concurrent enrollment” means any course offered to 18 students in grades nine through twelve during the regular 19 school year approved by the board of directors of a school 20 district through a contractual agreement between a community 21 college and the school district that meets the provisions 22 of section 257.11, subsection 3 . “Concurrent enrollment” 23 also means any course offered to students in grades nine 24 through twelve during the regular school year approved by the 25 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school through 26 a contract with a community college in accordance with section 27 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b” . 28 Sec. 6. Section 261E.8, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended 29 to read as follows: 30 2. a. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and 31 students receiving competent private instruction or independent 32 private instruction under chapter 299A may access the program 33 through the school district in which the accredited nonpublic 34 school or private institution is located. 35 -3- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 3/ 8
S.F. 488 b. (1) Students from accredited nonpublic schools may 1 also access the program if the accredited nonpublic school in 2 which the students are enrolled meets the requirements of this 3 section and section 257.11, subsection 3, as if the accredited 4 nonpublic school were a school district, and enters into a 5 contract with a community college that meets the requirements 6 of this section and section 257.11, subsection 3, for the 7 provision of academic or career and technical coursework to 8 high school students enrolled in the accredited nonpublic 9 school. A student who wishes to participate in the program 10 must make application to the accredited nonpublic school 11 and the community college in the manner established under 12 subsection 3 and meet the requirements of this section. 13 (2) An accredited nonpublic school that provides units of 14 mathematics, science, and career and technical education under 15 an agreement that meets the requirements of subparagraph (1) 16 shall be deemed to have met the education program requirement 17 for the units of mathematics, science, and career and technical 18 education provided, as applicable, under section 256.11, 19 subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , “e” , or “h” . 20 (a) A student enrolled in a unit of coursework provided 21 under this subparagraph shall be counted as if the student 22 was assigned a weighting under section 257.11, subsection 3, 23 paragraph “b” , in determining the amount calculated and paid to 24 a community college under subparagraph (4) if the accredited 25 nonpublic school is accredited under the standards required of 26 a school district pursuant to section 256.11, subsection 5, the 27 number of students enrolled in a class used to meet the unit 28 requirement exceeds five, and the accredited nonpublic school’s 29 total enrollment in grades nine through twelve does not exceed 30 two hundred pupils. 31 (b) A student enrolled in a unit of coursework provided 32 under this subparagraph is not eligible to be counted as if 33 the student was assigned a weighting under section 257.11, 34 subsection 3, paragraph “b” , in determining the amount 35 -4- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 4/ 8
S.F. 488 calculated and paid to a community college under subparagraph 1 (4) if the accredited nonpublic school’s total enrollment in 2 grades nine through twelve exceeds two hundred pupils. 3 (3) A community college that enters into a contract as 4 provided in this paragraph shall submit to the department, 5 during the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent, a 6 list of the accredited nonpublic school students enrolled for 7 the semester, or the equivalent, who are participating in the 8 program. The community college and the accredited nonpublic 9 school shall verify to the department that the accredited 10 nonpublic school and the coursework provided under this 11 paragraph meet the requirements of this section and section 12 257.11, subsection 3, and shall provide to the department data 13 and information elements as required under subsection 8 by 14 rule. 15 (4) The department shall calculate, using the state cost 16 per pupil, and pay to a community college for each semester 17 in which a student is concurrently enrolled in the community 18 college in accordance with this paragraph “b” an amount 19 equivalent to the amount a school district would receive if 20 the student was assigned a weighting under section 257.11, 21 subsection 3, paragraph “b” . For each fiscal year beginning 22 on or after July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the 23 general fund of the state to the department of education an 24 amount necessary to make payments to community colleges for 25 the concurrent enrollment of accredited nonpublic school 26 students under this section, as calculated in accordance 27 with this paragraph. A community college shall decrease 28 the amount billed to the accredited nonpublic school by the 29 amount calculated and paid to the community college from the 30 department in accordance with this paragraph. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill authorizes school districts with enrollments of 35 -5- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 5/ 8
S.F. 488 600 or fewer pupils to utilize concurrent enrollment programs 1 to meet the requirements for science and mathematics units 2 under the educational standards; allows school districts with 3 enrollments over 600 pupils to enter into an agreement with 4 a community college to meet the requirements for science, 5 mathematics, and career and technical education units under the 6 educational standards; and allows accredited nonpublic schools 7 to enter into concurrent enrollment contracts with community 8 colleges for the provision of academic or career and technical 9 coursework for high school students and provides for a standing 10 unlimited appropriation to fund the enrollment of accredited 11 nonpublic school pupils under concurrent enrollment contracts 12 between certain accredited nonpublic schools and community 13 colleges. The bill is organized in divisions. 14 Division I of the bill provides an additional exception 15 to a provision that limits concurrent enrollment programs to 16 courses that supplement, rather than supplant, high school 17 units required to be offered and taught under the state’s 18 educational standards. The educational standards require 19 accredited schools to offer and teach five units of science 20 and six units of mathematics. The new exemption allows one of 21 these science units and one of these mathematics units to be 22 offered and taught under a sharing agreement with a community 23 college if the number of pupils enrolled in such a unit exceeds 24 5 and the school district’s total enrollment does not exceed 25 600 pupils. A school district that meets these requirements 26 and offers a unit of science or mathematics under a sharing 27 agreement with a community college shall be deemed to have met 28 the requirement that the school district teach such a unit 29 under the educational standards. 30 Under Code section 257.11(3), pupils enrolled in such 31 classes are assigned additional supplementary weighting. The 32 per pupil amount of supplementary weighting for liberal arts 33 and sciences courses is increased from 0.46 to 0.50. 34 Pupils enrolled in a school district with an enrollment 35 -6- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 6/ 8
S.F. 488 over 600 pupils that enters into an agreement with a community 1 college to meet a science, mathematics, or a career and 2 technical education requirement under the educational standards 3 may be deemed to have met those educational standards, 4 but are ineligible for supplementary weighting under the 5 district-to-community college sharing and concurrent enrollment 6 programs. 7 The bill adds definitions for “full-time” and “part-time” 8 enrollment to Code chapter 261E, relating to the senior 9 year plus program, which includes but is not limited to the 10 concurrent enrollment program and the postsecondary enrollment 11 options program. Under the definitions, the costs for 12 enrollment in coursework in excess of that allowed under those 13 programs shall be the responsibility of the student or parent 14 or legal guardian of the student. “Full-time” means enrollment 15 in 24 or more postsecondary credit hours per academic year and 16 “part-time” means enrollment in no more than 23 postsecondary 17 credit hours per academic year, exclusive of any summer terms. 18 Division II of the bill expands the definition of 19 “concurrent enrollment” for the senior year plus program to 20 include academic and career and technical courses offered to 21 students enrolled in an accredited nonpublic school under a 22 contract with a community college. 23 Similar to the exemption in Division I for school districts, 24 the division provides an exemption to an accredited nonpublic 25 school to enter into an agreement to provide career and 26 technical, science, and mathematics courses that meet unit 27 requirements under the state’s educational standards. 28 Students enrolled under such an agreement shall be counted 29 as if the student was assigned a concurrent enrollment 30 weighting under Code section 257.11(3)(b), in determining the 31 amount calculated and paid to a community college, if the 32 accredited nonpublic school is accredited under the standards 33 required of a school district pursuant to Code section 34 256.11(5), the number of students enrolled in a class used 35 -7- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 7/ 8
S.F. 488 to meet the unit requirement exceeds 5, and the accredited 1 nonpublic school’s total enrollment in grades 9-12 does not 2 exceed 200 pupils. Students are not eligible to be counted for 3 purposes of calculating the amount to be paid to the community 4 college if their school’s enrollment in grades 9-12 exceeds 5 200. 6 The division requires the community college that enters 7 into a contract to provide the department with a list of 8 the accredited nonpublic school students enrolled, and to 9 verify that the coursework meets concurrent enrollment program 10 requirements. The department is directed to calculate, using 11 the state cost per pupil, and pay to the community college an 12 amount equivalent to the amount of supplementary weighting a 13 school district would receive for enrolling such students. 14 The division establishes a standing, unlimited appropriation 15 for each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2019, from 16 the general fund of the state to the department of education, 17 in an amount necessary to make payments to community colleges 18 for the concurrent enrollment of accredited nonpublic school 19 students under a contract. 20 Community colleges are directed to decrease the amount 21 billed to the accredited nonpublic school by the amount 22 calculated and paid to the community college from the 23 department. 24 -8- LSB 1520SV (4) 88 kh/jh 8/ 8