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1 1 HOUSE FILE 2272
1 2
1 3 AN ACT
1 4 REQUIRING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION TO ADOPT RULES
1 5 RELATING TO THE INCORPORATION OF ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
1 6 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT INTO THE EDUCATION STANDARDS AND
1 7 ACCREDITATION PROCESS.
1 8
1 9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 10
1 11 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 12 the following new subsection:
1 13 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. Develop and adopt rules by July 1,
1 14 1999, incorporating accountability for student achievement
1 15 into the standards and accreditation process described in
1 16 section 256.11. The rules shall provide for all of the
1 17 following:
1 18 a. Requirements that all school districts and accredited
1 19 nonpublic schools develop, implement, and file with the
1 20 department a comprehensive school improvement plan that
1 21 includes, but is not limited to, demonstrated school,
1 22 parental, and community involvement in assessing educational
1 23 needs, establishing local education standards and student
1 24 achievement levels, and, as applicable, the consolidation of
1 25 federal and state planning, goal-setting, and reporting
1 26 requirements.
1 27 b. A set of core academic indicators in mathematics and
1 28 reading in grades four, eight, and eleven, a set of core
1 29 academic indicators in science in grades eight and eleven, and
1 30 another set of core indicators that includes, but is not
1 31 limited to, graduation rate, postsecondary education, and
1 32 successful employment in Iowa. Annually, the department shall
1 33 report state data for each indicator in the condition of
1 34 education report.
1 35 c. A requirement that all school districts and accredited
2 1 nonpublic schools annually report to the department and the
2 2 local community the district-wide progress made in attaining
2 3 student achievement goals on the academic and other core
2 4 indicators and the district-wide progress made in attaining
2 5 locally established student learning goals. The school
2 6 districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall demonstrate
2 7 the use of multiple assessment measures in determining student
2 8 achievement levels. The school districts and accredited
2 9 nonpublic schools may report on other locally determined
2 10 factors influencing student achievement. The school districts
2 11 and accredited nonpublic schools shall also report to the
2 12 local community their results by individual attendance center.
2 13
2 14
2 15
2 16 RON J. CORBETT
2 17 Speaker of the House
2 18
2 19
2 20
2 21 MARY E. KRAMER
2 22 President of the Senate
2 23
2 24 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
2 25 is known as House File 2272, Seventy-seventh General Assembly.
2 26
2 27
2 28
2 29 ELIZABETH ISAACSON
2 30 Chief Clerk of the House
2 31 Approved , 1998
2 32
2 33
2 34
2 35 TERRY E. BRANSTAD
3 1 Governor
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