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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 420 as follows: 1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting 1 3 clause and inserting the following: 1 4 "Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.17 CAREER PATHWAYS 1 5 PROGRAM. 1 6 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for 1 7 the establishment of a career pathways program, the 1 8 department of education shall develop a career 1 9 pathways grant program, criteria for the formation of 1 10 ongoing career pathways consortia in each merged area, 1 11 and guidelines and a process to be used in selecting 1 12 career pathways consortium grant recipients, including 1 13 a requirement that grant recipients shall provide 1 14 matching funds or match grant funds with in-kind 1 15 resources on a dollar-for-dollar basis. A consortium 1 16 shall include one or more school districts and may 1 17 include, but is not limited to, parents and parent 1 18 organizations, representatives from elementary, 1 19 secondary, postsecondary, and vocational education 1 20 institutions, appropriate state agencies and 1 21 departments, and business, labor, community service, 1 22 and nonprofit organizations. The department shall 1 23 provide assistance to consortia in planning and 1 24 implementing career pathways program efforts. 1 25 2. To be eligible for a career pathways grant, a 1 26 career pathways consortium shall develop a career 1 27 pathways program that includes, but is not limited to, 1 28 the following: 1 29 a. Provision for an employability skills 1 30 assessment to public or nonpublic school students at 1 31 the eighth and twelfth grade levels. The 1 32 employability skills assessment shall measure 1 33 employability skills that include, but are not limited 1 34 to, reading for information, applied mathematics, 1 35 listening, and writing. 1 36 b. Commitment to develop and implement, 1 37 strengthen, and enhance a relevant curriculum for the 1 38 world of work, which includes career paths leading to 1 39 baccalaureate or associate degrees, apprenticeships, 1 40 or employment. The completed set of courses for the 1 41 career path should articulate with postsecondary 1 42 institutions. This curriculum shall be based on the 1 43 results of the employability skills assessment to 1 44 ensure student success in achieving basic skills for 1 45 the workplace. The commitment shall include a plan to 1 46 alter the curriculum in order to address deficiencies 1 47 in the basic skills for the workplace identified by 1 48 the employability skills assessment. 1 49 c. Curricula designed to integrate academic and 1 50 work-based learning to achieve high employability 2 1 skills by all students related to career pathways. 2 2 The curricula shall be designed through the 2 3 cooperative efforts of members of the consortia. 2 4 d. Involvement and recognition of local business, 2 5 labor, and community organizations as partners in the 2 6 career pathways program. 2 7 e. Provision for program accountability. 2 8 f. Provision for career guidance and exploration 2 9 by the tenth grade level. 2 10 g. Encouragement of team teaching within the 2 11 school or in partnership with postsecondary schools, 2 12 and business, labor, community, and nonprofit 2 13 organizations. 2 14 h. Service learning opportunities for students. 2 15 2. Business, labor, and community organizations 2 16 are encouraged to market the career pathways program 2 17 to the local community and provide students with 2 18 mentors, shadow professionals, speakers, field trip 2 19 sites, summer jobs, internships, and job offers for 2 20 students who graduate with high performance records. 2 21 Students are encouraged to volunteer their time to 2 22 community organizations in exchange for workplace 2 23 learning opportunities that do not displace current 2 24 employees. 2 25 3. In developing career pathways program efforts, 2 26 each consortium shall make every effort to cooperate 2 27 with the juvenile courts, the department of economic 2 28 development, the department of employment services, 2 29 the department of human services, and the new Iowa 2 30 schools development corporation. 2 31 4. The area education agency and community college 2 32 within each merged area shall provide support services 2 33 to assist the planning and implementation of career 2 34 pathways programs. 2 35 5. Not later than August 1, for the school year 2 36 beginning the preceding July 1, the board of directors 2 37 of a school district, or the authorities in charge of 2 38 a nonpublic school, or the board of directors of a 2 39 community college may annually file a written request 2 40 with the department of education that the department 2 41 waive rules relating to vocational education that have 2 42 been adopted by the state board since the enactment of 2 43 the 1989 Iowa Acts, chapter 278. A request for a 2 44 waiver filed by the board of directors of a school 2 45 district, the authorities in charge of a nonpublic 2 46 school, or board of directors of a community college 2 47 shall describe actions being taken by the district, 2 48 school, or community college to meet the requirement 2 49 for which the district, school, or community college 2 50 has requested a waiver. 3 1 6. The department of education shall direct and 3 2 monitor the progress of each career pathways 3 3 consortium in developing career pathways programs. By 3 4 January 15, 1998, the department shall submit to the 3 5 general assembly any findings and recommendations of 3 6 the career pathways consortia, along with the 3 7 department's recommendations for specific career 3 8 pathways program efforts and for appropriate funding 3 9 levels to implement and sustain the recommended 3 10 programs. 3 11 7. Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or 3 12 unobligated funds remaining on June 30 of the fiscal 3 13 year for which the funds were appropriated shall not 3 14 revert but shall be available for expenditure for the 3 15 following fiscal year for the purposes of this 3 16 section. 3 17 8. A career pathways program is a comprehensive 3 18 school transformation program under section 294A.14." 3 19 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and 3 20 inserting the following: "An Act relating to the 3 21 establishment of a career pathways program to 3 22 encourage career pathways program efforts by local 3 23 consortia." 3 24 3 25 3 26 3 27 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 3 28 LARRY MURPHY, Chairperson 3 29 SF 420.202 76 3 30 kh/jj
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