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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.24 ALLOCATION OF
1 2 APPROPRIATED MONEYS – INDEPENDENT EVALUATION.
1 3 1. Notwithstanding any contrary provisions of
1 4 appropriations made for education programs, of the moneys
1 5 appropriated each fiscal year by the general assembly from the
1 6 general fund of the state for education programs established
1 7 on or after July 1, 1996, for public and nonpublic elementary
1 8 and secondary schools, five percent shall not be allocated to
1 9 the department of education or other agency to which the funds
1 10 are appropriated, until the department or agency submits proof
1 11 to the department of management that an independent third
1 12 party has been contracted with to conduct independent
1 13 evaluations of the education programs for public and nonpublic
1 14 elementary and secondary schools. This section does not apply
1 15 to moneys appropriated pursuant to chapter 257 or 294A.
1 16 2. An agency appropriated funds for education programs,
1 17 pursuant to subsection 1, shall develop and issue a request
1 18 for proposals prior to issuing a contract for an independent
1 19 evaluation. The evaluation shall include appropriate,
1 20 customized evaluation instruments which may be summative or
1 21 formative, or both. The evaluation shall be completed in a
1 22 timely manner to allow sufficient opportunity for use of the
1 23 evaluation in reviewing the program. Within thirty days of
1 24 receiving the evaluation results, the agency if other than the
1 25 department of education, shall submit the evaluation results
1 26 in a report to the department of education. The department of
1 27 education shall compile the reports and transmit them to the
1 28 chairpersons of the standing committees on education of the
1 29 general assembly, and shall make the report available to
1 30 interested public and nonpublic school personnel.
1 31 "Independent evaluation", for purposes of this section,
1 32 means an evaluation conducted by an individual who is removed
1 33 from the original planning, development, and implementation of
1 34 the program, and who is responsible for conducting an
1 35 objective evaluation. Independent evaluation goals shall
2 1 include, but are not limited to, improving the quality and
2 2 delivery of educational programs and practices in public and
2 3 nonpublic school classrooms; assessing, objectively and
2 4 methodically, the effectiveness and impact of the state-funded
2 5 educational programs established on or after July 1, 1996;
2 6 providing individuals in the education field and individuals
2 7 making decisions about education programs with objective
2 8 evaluative data to make informed decisions; assisting
2 9 individuals in the education field and individuals making
2 10 decisions about education programs to make decisions about
2 11 continuation and replication of programs; and demonstrating
2 12 program efficiency and accountability.
2 13 Sec. 2. Section 257A.7, Code 1995, is amended to read as
2 14 follows:
2 15 257A.7 FUND CREATED AND TRANSFER OF MONEYS.
2 16 1. The "First In the Nation in Education Fund" is
2 17 established in the office of treasurer of state. The fund
2 18 shall be an endowment for the foundation and moneys deposited
2 19 in the fund shall not be expended, but shall be invested by
2 20 the treasurer of state in investments authorized for the Iowa
2 21 public employees' retirement fund in section 97B.7.
2 22 2. The governing board of the foundation shall establish a
2 23 separate account within the fund for the deposit of moneys
2 24 received pursuant to section 256.24. Moneys deposited in the
2 25 separate account shall be used only for the purposes of
2 26 section 257A.5, subsection 9.
2 27 3. The governing board of the foundation may accept gifts,
2 28 grants, bequests, other moneys, and in-kind contributions for
2 29 deposit in the fund as a part of the endowment or for the use
2 30 of the foundation.
2 31 Gifts, grants, and bequests from public and private
2 32 sources, federal funds, and other moneys received for the
2 33 endowment shall be deposited in the fund. Interest earned on
2 34 the fund shall be transferred by the department of revenue and
2 35 finance to the credit of the foundation at the request of the
3 1 governing board and shall be used for the purposes of this
3 2 chapter.
3 3 4. The governing board may transfer moneys credited for
3 4 the use of the foundation not encumbered or obligated on June
3 5 30 of a fiscal year to the fund and those moneys shall be
3 6 considered interest earned by the fund and may be transferred
3 7 back to the credit of the foundation at the request of the
3 8 governing board at any time.
3 9 EXPLANATION
3 10 This bill allocates 5 percent of the moneys appropriated by
3 11 the general assembly to support independent evaluations of
3 12 state-funded elementary and secondary education programs
3 13 established on or after July 1, 1996.
3 14 "Independent evaluation", for purposes of this bill, means
3 15 an evaluation conducted by an individual removed from the
3 16 original planning, development, and implementation of the
3 17 program, and who is responsible for conducting the objective
3 18 evaluation. Independent evaluation goals include, but are not
3 19 limited to, improving the quality and delivery of educational
3 20 programs and practices in public and nonpublic school
3 21 classrooms; assessing, objectively and methodically, the
3 22 effectiveness and impact of state-funded educational programs;
3 23 providing educators and policymakers with objective evaluative
3 24 data to make informed decisions; assisting educators and
3 25 policymakers in selecting programs deserving continued support
3 26 and replication; and demonstrating efficiency and
3 27 accountability.
3 28 An agency appropriated funds for education programs shall
3 29 contract with an independent third party to conduct
3 30 independent evaluations. The agency shall develop and issue a
3 31 request for proposals prior to issuing a contract for an
3 32 independent evaluation. Within 30 days of receiving the
3 33 evaluation results, the agency shall submit the evaluation
3 34 results in a report to the department of education and to the
3 35 chairpersons of the standing committees on education of the
4 1 general assembly, and shall make the report available to
4 2 interested public and nonpublic schools.
4 3 The governing board for the first in the nation in
4 4 education foundation (FINE) is directed to establish a
4 5 separate account within the FINE fund for the deposit of any
4 6 moneys allocated to the FINE foundation for conducting or
4 7 contracting for independent evaluations.
4 8 LSB 2099HH 76
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