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House Journal: Page 1716: Thursday, April 16, 1998

30   school to a frontier school or to an extended school
31   year calendar prior to July 1, 1999.
32     5.  Except as provided in this subsection, frontier
33   schools are exempt from all statutes and rules
34   applicable to a school, a school board, or a school
35   district, although a frontier school may elect to
36   comply with one or more provisions of statute or rule.
37   However, a frontier school shall meet all applicable
38   state and local health and safety requirements; the
39   frontier school shall be organized and operated as a
40   nonprofit cooperative association under chapter 498 or
41   nonprofit corporation under chapter 504A; the
42   provisions of chapters 21 and 22 shall apply to
43   meetings and records of the frontier school board; and
44   frontier schools are subject to and shall comply with
45   chapters 216 and 216A relating to civil and human
46   rights, and sections 275.55A, 279.9A, 280.17B,
47   280.21B, and 282.4, relating to suspension and
48   expulsion of a student.  The frontier school shall
49   employ or contract with necessary teachers, as defined
50   in section 272.1, who hold a valid license with an

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 1   endorsement for the type of service for which the
 2   teacher is employed.  Frontier schools are subject to
 3   the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit
 4   requirements as a school district.  The audits shall
 5   be consistent with the requirements of sections 11.6,
 6   11.14, 11.19, 256.9, subsection 19, and section
 7   279.29, except to the extent deviations are necessary
 8   because of the program at the school.  The department,
 9   auditor of state, or the legislative fiscal bureau may
10   conduct financial, program, or compliance audits.  The
11   provisions of chapter 20 shall not apply to the board
12   of directors of a frontier school or its employees.
13     Sec. ___.  Section 256.22, if enacted by 1998 Iowa
14   Acts, Senate File 2366, section 4, is amended by
15   adding the following new subsection:
16     NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  Notwithstanding section 8.33,
17   unencumbered or unobligated funds remaining on June 30
18   of the fiscal year for which the funds were
19   appropriated shall not revert but shall be available
20   for expenditure for the following fiscal year for
21   purposes of this section.
22     Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  256.24  MATHEMATICS PILOT
23   PROGRAMS.
24     1.  The Iowa mathematics and science coalition
25   shall administer a two-year mathematics pilot program
26   to help teachers become aware of possibilities for
27   mathematics instruction other than traditional
28   approaches and discuss those approaches with other
29   teachers, employ new problem-centered approaches,

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