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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 279.59 CITIZENSHIP GRADE POINT
1 2 AVERAGE.
1 3 1. The board of directors of a school district shall
1 4 prescribe procedures for the establishment and implementation
1 5 of a citizenship grade point average for students enrolled in
1 6 grades seven through twelve, in a manner that makes evident
1 7 the connection between academic achievement, attitude, and
1 8 individual responsibility. The board shall appoint an
1 9 advisory committee to assist the board in determining a set of
1 10 behavioral standards by which students will be assessed and
1 11 graded. The members of the advisory committee shall include,
1 12 but shall not be limited to, licensed practitioners, parents,
1 13 and a representative from the local area education agency.
1 14 The board shall adopt, giving due consideration to the
1 15 recommendations of the advisory committee, a set of standards
1 16 to be used to assess and grade a student's behavior. The
1 17 board shall periodically examine the efficacy of the
1 18 citizenship grade point average, and make adjustments as
1 19 needed in accordance with this section.
1 20 2. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2000,
1 21 the board of directors of a school district shall provide for
1 22 the assessment of a student's behavior against the standards
1 23 adopted by the board pursuant to subsection 1, and shall
1 24 include the behavioral assessment in the student's report
1 25 card, portfolio, or other periodic assessment of the student's
1 26 achievement.
1 27 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
1 28 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
1 29 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
1 30 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
1 31 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
1 32 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
1 33 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section
1 34 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
1 35 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
2 1 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
2 2 EXPLANATION
2 3 This bill directs school district boards of directors to
2 4 prescribe procedures for the establishment and implementation
2 5 of a citizenship grade point average for students enrolled in
2 6 grades seven through 12.
2 7 The boards are required to appoint an advisory committee to
2 8 assist the board in determining a set of behavioral standards
2 9 by which students will be assessed and graded. Advisory
2 10 committee members are to include licensed practitioners,
2 11 parents, and a representative from the local area education
2 12 agency.
2 13 The board is directed to adopt, giving due consideration to
2 14 the recommendations of the advisory committee, a set of
2 15 standards for assessing and grading a student's behavior and
2 16 must periodically examine the efficacy of the citizenship
2 17 grade point average and make adjustments as needed.
2 18 Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2000, the
2 19 board must provide for the assessment of a student's behavior
2 20 against the standards adopted by the board, and must include
2 21 the behavioral assessment in the student's report card,
2 22 portfolio, or other periodic assessment of the student's
2 23 achievement.
2 24 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 25 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 26 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 27 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 28 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 29 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 30 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 31 The inclusion of this specification reinstates the requirement
2 32 of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates
2 33 included in the bill.
2 34 LSB 1685HH 78
2 35 kh/sc/14
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