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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2419 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 14, by inserting after line 2 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. . Section 261C.3, subsection 2, Code 1 5 1995, is amended to read as follows: 1 6 2. "Eligible pupil" means a pupil classified by 1 7 the board of directors of a school district, by the 1 8 state board of regents for pupils of the school for 1 9 the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving school, 1 10 or by the authorities in charge of an accredited 1 11 nonpublic school as a ninth or tenth grade pupil who 1 12 is identified according to the school district's 1 13 gifted and talented criteria and procedures, pursuant 1 14 to section 257.43, as a gifted and talented child, or 1 15 an eleventh or twelfth grade pupil, during the period 1 16 the pupil is participating in the enrollment option 1 17 provided under this chapter. A pupil attending an 1 18 accredited nonpublic school shall be counted as a 1 19 shared-time student in the school district in which 1 20 the nonpublic school of attendance is located for 1 21 state foundation aid purposes. All pupils enrolling 1 22 pursuant to this chapter who select postsecondary 1 23 courses in a core course area must be maintaining at 1 24 least a two point nine-five grade average on a four- 1 25 point scale in the related subject area core courses 1 26 offered by the high school the pupil is currently 1 27 enrolled in, and must meet the entrance standards of 1 28 the postsecondary institution without the option of a 1 29 waiver by the district. 1 30 Sec. . Section 261C.4, Code 1995, is amended to 1 31 read as follows: 1 32 261C.4 AUTHORIZATION. 1 33 An eligible pupil may make application to an 1 34 eligible institution to allow the eligible pupil to 1 35 enroll for academic or vocational-technical credit in 1 36 a nonsectarian course offered at that eligible 1 37 institution. A comparable course, as defined in rules 1 38 made by the board of directors of the public school 1 39 district, covers substantially the same subject matter 1 40 in similar scope and depth, and must not be offered by 1 41 the school district or accredited nonpublic school 1 42 which the pupil attends. If an eligible institution 1 43 accepts an eligible pupil for enrollment under this 1 44 section, the institution shall send written notice to 1 45 the pupil, the pupil's school district or accredited 1 46 nonpublic school or the school for the deaf or the 1 47 Iowa braille and sight saving school, and the 1 48 department of education. The notice shall list the 1 49 course, the clock hours the pupil will be attending 1 50 the course, and the number of hours of postsecondary 2 1 academic or vocational-technical credit that the 2 2 eligible pupil will receive from the eligible 2 3 institution upon successful completion of the course. 2 4 Sec. . Section 261C.5, unnumbered paragraph 1, 2 5 Code 1995, is amended to read as follows: 2 6 A school district, the school for the deaf, the 2 7 Iowa braille and sight saving school, or accredited 2 8 nonpublic school shall grant high school academic or 2 9 vocational-technical credit to an eligible pupil 2 10 enrolled in a course under this chapter if the 2 11 eligible pupil successfully completes the course as 2 12 determined by the eligible institution. Eligible 2 13 pupils, who have completed the eleventh grade but who 2 14 have not yet completed the requirements for 2 15 graduation, may take up to seven semester hours of 2 16 credit during the summer months when school is not in 2 17 session and receive credit for that attendance, if the 2 18 pupil pays the cost of attendance of those summer 2 19 credit hours.The board of directors of the school2 20district, the state board of regents for the school2 21for the deaf and the Iowa braille and sight saving2 22school, or authorities in charge of an accredited2 23nonpublic school shall determine the number of high2 24school credits that shall be granted to an eligible2 25pupil who successfully completes a course.During the 2 26 school year, the number of courses an eligible pupil 2 27 may take in any one semester, is limited to not more 2 28 than seven semester hours of credit or three courses 2 29 of instruction. Students must be enrolled in a 2 30 minimum of four high school courses in conjunction 2 31 with postsecondary course work. Credits earned in a 2 32 postsecondary course shall be computed at the rate of 2 33 three postsecondary credits equalling one high school 2 34 course, with the grade received computed into the 2 35 pupil's high school grade point average." 2 36 #2. By renumbering as necessary. 2 37 2 38 2 39 2 40 WILMER RENSINK 2 41 SF 2419.501 76 2 42 rn/jw
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