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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 261C.4, Code 1999, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 261C.4 AUTHORIZATION. 1 4 An eligible pupil may make application to an eligible 1 5 institution to allow theeligiblepupil to enroll for academic 1 6 or vocational-technical credit inaan authorized nonsectarian 1 7 course offered at that eligible institution. Authorized 1 8 courses shall include only those related to mathematics, 1 9 English-language arts, vocational-technical education, and 1 10 science.AHowever, a comparable course, as defined in rules 1 11 made by the board of directors of the public school district, 1 12 must not be offered by the school district or accredited 1 13 nonpublic school which the pupil attends. If an eligible 1 14 institution accepts an eligible pupil for enrollment under 1 15 this section, the institution shall send written notice to the 1 16 pupil, the pupil's school district or accredited nonpublic 1 17 school or the school for the deaf or the Iowa braille and 1 18 sight saving school, and the department of education. The 1 19 notice shall list the course, the clock hours the pupil will 1 20 be attending the course, and the number of hours of 1 21 postsecondary academic or vocational-technical credit that the 1 22 eligible pupil will receive from the eligible institution upon 1 23 successful completion of the course. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 This bill limits the types of courses secondary students 1 26 may take under the postsecondary enrollment options Act to 1 27 those courses related to mathematics, English-language arts, 1 28 vocational-technical education, and science. 1 29 The Act currently allows ninth or 10th grade pupils 1 30 identified as talented and gifted, or an 11th or 12th grade 1 31 pupil, to enroll in a college-level course if the school 1 32 district in which they reside does not provide a comparable 1 33 course. If an eligible student is admitted and enrolled by an 1 34 eligible postsecondary institution, the student is granted 1 35 high school credit and postsecondary academic or vocational- 2 1 technical credit for successful completion of the coursework. 2 2 The school district is required to pay a tuition reimbursement 2 3 amount to the postsecondary institution that has enrolled the 2 4 resident eligible pupil. The amount of tuition reimbursement 2 5 for each separate course is the lesser of the actual and 2 6 customary costs of tuition, textbooks, materials, and fees 2 7 directly related to the course or $250. 2 8 LSB 1169HH 78 2 9 kh/jw/5
Text: HF00066 Text: HF00068 Text: HF00000 - HF00099 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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