Text: HF00373 Text: HF00375 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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1 1 Section 1. SCIENCE EDUCATION CLEARINGHOUSE.
1 2 1. The department of education shall establish a science
1 3 education clearinghouse to promote innovation, excellence, and
1 4 collaboration with regard to science education in the state of
1 5 Iowa.
1 6 2. The science education clearinghouse shall be
1 7 established at a location to be determined by the department,
1 8 with a primary goal of facilitating the collaboration of
1 9 individuals who are science instructors, or interested in
1 10 science education, thereby promoting the sharing,
1 11 demonstration, and refinement of new and innovative ideas in
1 12 science education. The science education clearinghouse shall
1 13 consist of three primary components:
1 14 a. A science journal shall be edited, published, and
1 15 distributed on a regular basis. Primary editorial
1 16 supervision, publication, and the furnishing of space and
1 17 supplies shall be coordinated as determined by the department,
1 18 potentially utilizing a university facility and staff which
1 19 expresses interest in housing and facilitating the project.
1 20 The content of the journal shall focus on increasing student
1 21 learning through activities and novel approaches to science
1 22 topics. A majority of the journal articles shall be written
1 23 for science teachers by science teachers. Each journal
1 24 article shall be peer reviewed, and shall include a background
1 25 section from the author on the underlying science of the
1 26 topic. The journal shall include a science briefs feature
1 27 section which shall be designed to assist teachers in keeping
1 28 current with recent developments in science of relevance to
1 29 classroom education. Editorial assistance shall be provided
1 30 to prospective journal contributors and shall include format
1 31 suggestions, refining ideas into manageable topics, and
1 32 locating technical resources.
1 33 b. A series of workshops, based on and expanding upon
1 34 featured articles in the journal, shall be conducted. The
1 35 workshops shall consist of presentations by journal authors at
2 1 state or regional meetings, and in-depth, full-day seminars to
2 2 be held when possible at the journal author's school. The
2 3 objective of the presentations shall be to demonstrate a
2 4 concept or idea presented in a journal article in a manner
2 5 designed to encourage and facilitate application of the idea
2 6 or concept by attendees in their own science classrooms.
2 7 c. An on-line electronic communication service,
2 8 established and maintained in coordination with the science
2 9 journal. The on-line service shall present journal contents
2 10 in an on-line format, facilitate workshop registration, and
2 11 foster journal article and workshop evaluation and feedback,
2 12 and continued science education collaboration.
2 13 Sec. 2. SCIENCE EDUCATION CLEARINGHOUSE APPROPRIATION.
2 14 1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 15 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
2 16 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the amount
2 17 of $50,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to
2 18 establish the first year of the science education
2 19 clearinghouse.
2 20 2. Beginning in the second year of the clearinghouse, the
2 21 project is intended to be self-supporting, with financial
2 22 support received through ongoing science journal
2 23 subscriptions.
2 24 EXPLANATION
2 25 This bill provides for the establishment of a science
2 26 education clearinghouse to promote innovation, excellence, and
2 27 collaboration with regard to science education in the state of
2 28 Iowa.
2 29 The bill provides that the clearinghouse will be
2 30 established and administered by the department of education.
2 31 The bill provides that the goal of the clearinghouse will be
2 32 to facilitate the collaboration of individuals who are science
2 33 instructors, or interested in science education, to promote
2 34 the sharing, demonstration, and refinement of new and
2 35 innovative ideas in science education. The bill provides that
3 1 the clearinghouse will consist of three main components. A
3 2 science journal will be edited, published, and distributed as
3 3 determined by the department, potentially utilizing the
3 4 facilities and staff of a university expressing interest in
3 5 the clearinghouse. Editorial supervision and publication
3 6 services will also be provided. The content of the journal
3 7 will focus on increasing student learning through activities
3 8 and novel approaches to science topics. Most of the journal
3 9 articles shall be written for science teachers by science
3 10 teachers. A series of workshops, based on articles appearing
3 11 in the journal, will be conducted by journal article authors
3 12 with the objective of demonstrating a concept or idea
3 13 presented in a journal article in a manner designed to
3 14 encourage and facilitate application of the idea or concept by
3 15 attendees in their own science classrooms. An on-line
3 16 electronic communication service, established and maintained
3 17 in coordination with the science journal, would present
3 18 journal contents in an on-line format, facilitate workshop
3 19 registration, and foster journal article and workshop
3 20 evaluation and feedback, and continued science education
3 21 collaboration.
3 22 The bill provides for an appropriation from the general
3 23 fund of the state to the department of education for the
3 24 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, of $50,000, or so much
3 25 thereof as may be necessary, to establish the first year of
3 26 the science education clearinghouse. Subsequent years are
3 27 envisioned to be self-supporting through journal
3 28 subscriptions.
3 29 LSB 2072HH 78
3 30 rn/gg/8
Text: HF00373 Text: HF00375 Text: HF00300 - HF00399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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