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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
1 6 For payment of claims to reimburse school districts for the
1 7 costs of acquisition and administration of employability
1 8 skills assessment tools in grades nine and twelve:
1 9 .................................................. $ 750,000
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, Code
1 11 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1 12 b. A set of core academic indicators in mathematics and
1 13 reading in grades four, eight, and eleven, a set of core
1 14 academic indicators in science in grades eight and eleven, and
1 15 another set of core indicators that includes, but is not
1 16 limited to, graduation rate, postsecondary education, and
1 17 successful employment in Iowa. In addition, beginning July 1,
1 18 2000, the rules shall provide for a set of core academic
1 19 indicators in employability skills in grades nine and twelve.
1 20 Annually, the department shall report state data for each
1 21 indicator in the condition of education report.
1 22 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 256.24 PAYMENT OF CLAIMS FOR
1 23 EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSESSMENTS – APPROPRIATION.
1 24 1. The director of the department of education shall
1 25 develop or identify appropriate employability skills
1 26 assessment tools that school districts shall, beginning July
1 27 1, 2000, administer to meet the requirements for core academic
1 28 indicators in employability skills under rules administered by
1 29 the department of education pursuant to section 256.7,
1 30 subsection 21, paragraph "b".
1 31 2. If the general assembly appropriates funds to the
1 32 department for the payment of claims to reimburse school
1 33 districts for the costs of acquisition and administration of
1 34 an employability skills assessment tool in grades nine and
1 35 twelve, a school district may submit a claim to the department
2 1 of education, on forms provided by the department, for
2 2 reimbursement. A claim submitted to the department shall
2 3 state the actual costs incurred and shall be accompanied by an
2 4 affidavit of an officer of the public school district
2 5 affirming the accuracy of the claim.
2 6 3. From the moneys appropriated by the general assembly
2 7 for payment of claims to reimburse school districts for the
2 8 costs of acquisition and administration of employability
2 9 skills assessment tools in grades nine and twelve, taking into
2 10 consideration the relative budget and cash position of the
2 11 state resources, for each year in which an appropriation is
2 12 made for purposes described in this subsection, the department
2 13 of education shall certify to the department of revenue and
2 14 finance, by February 1 and on or about June 15, the amounts of
2 15 approved claims to be paid, and the department of revenue and
2 16 finance shall draw warrants payable to school districts with
2 17 approved claims.
2 18 4. Payments made to a school district under this section
2 19 are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257.
2 20 5. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 21 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
2 22 beginning July 1, 2000, and for each succeeding fiscal year,
2 23 the sum of one million six hundred thousand dollars for
2 24 payment of claims to reimburse school districts for the costs
2 25 incurred by the school districts for acquisition and
2 26 administration of employability skills assessment tools in
2 27 grades nine and twelve.
2 28 6. If the director of the department of education
2 29 determines that the moneys appropriated by the general
2 30 assembly for payment of claims to reimburse school districts
2 31 for the costs of acquiring and administering employability
2 32 skills assessment tools in grades nine and twelve, are
2 33 insufficient to pay in full all claims submitted and approved
2 34 in accordance with this section, the amounts of approved
2 35 claims to be paid shall be prorated among all school districts
3 1 with approved claims.
3 2 7. The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant
3 3 to chapter 17A to administer this section.
3 4 Sec. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. The appropriations made as
3 5 a result of the enactment of this Act are intended to cover
3 6 the costs of any state mandate included in this Act and this
3 7 specification of state funding shall be deemed to meet all the
3 8 state funding-related requirements of section 25B.2,
3 9 subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
3 10 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by, and
3 11 enforcement of this Act against, all affected school
3 12 districts.
3 13 Sec. 5. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of education may
3 14 adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and
3 15 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
3 16 provisions of this Act and the rules shall be effective
3 17 immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in
3 18 the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section
3 19 shall also be published as a notice of intended action as
3 20 provided in section 17A.4.
3 21 Sec. 6. Section 5 of this Act, relating to emergency
3 22 rules, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
3 23 enactment.
3 24 EXPLANATION
3 25 This bill appropriates $750,000 for fiscal year 1999-2000,
3 26 and $1.6 million thereafter to the department of education to
3 27 reimburse school districts for employability skills
3 28 assessments approved by the director of the department of
3 29 education. The director is required to develop or identify
3 30 appropriate employability skills assessment tools.
3 31 House File 2272, enacted in 1998, requires the state board
3 32 of education to develop and adopt rules by July 1, 1999,
3 33 incorporating accountability for student achievement into the
3 34 standards and accreditation process described in Code section
3 35 256.11. The rules are to include a core list of academic
4 1 indicators. To this list of indicators, this bill adds,
4 2 beginning in fiscal year 2000-2001, a set of core academic
4 3 indicators in employability skills in grades nine and 12.
4 4 To meet the July 1, 1999, deadline for rulemaking provided
4 5 in the Code, the department is granted emergency rulemaking
4 6 authority under the bill. This provision takes effect upon
4 7 enactment.
4 8 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
4 9 section 25B.3. The bill provides that the appropriations made
4 10 in this bill are intended to cover the costs of any state
4 11 mandate included in the bill. The inclusion of this
4 12 specification of state funding is intended to reinstate the
4 13 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state
4 14 mandates included in this bill.
4 15 LSB 1337HH 78
4 16 kh/cf/24.1
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