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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
1 2 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 b. Five units of the social studies including instruction
1 4 in voting statutes and procedures, voter registration
1 5 requirements, the use of paper ballots and voting machines in
1 6 the election process, and the method of acquiring and casting
1 7 an absentee ballot. All students shall complete a minimum of
1 8 one-half unit of United States government, one-half unit of
1 9 Iowa history, and one unit of United States history. The one-
1 10 half unit of United States government shall include the voting
1 11 procedure as described in this lettered paragraph and section
1 12 280.9A. The government instruction shall also include a study
1 13 of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of
1 14 Rights contained in the Constitution and an assessment of a
1 15 student's knowledge of the Constitution and the Bill of
1 16 Rights.
1 17 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
1 18 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
1 19 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
1 20 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
1 21 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
1 22 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
1 23 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section
1 24 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
1 25 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
1 26 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
1 27 EXPLANATION
1 28 This bill requires all accredited public and nonpublic
1 29 schools in Iowa to include one-half unit of Iowa history in
1 30 the educational programs taught to ninth through 12th grade
1 31 students.
1 32 Current law requires that the educational program provided
1 33 by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools for
1 34 students in grades nine through 12 include five units of
1 35 social studies. As a component of that requirement, students
2 1 are currently obligated to complete a minimum of one-half unit
2 2 of United States government and one unit of United States
2 3 history.
2 4 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 5 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 6 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 7 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 8 school district under section 257.16. The specification is
2 9 deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate
2 10 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The
2 11 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the
2 12 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state
2 13 mandates included in the bill.
2 14 LSB 2421YH 78
2 15 kh/jw/5
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