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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.22A ADVANCED PLACEMENT 1 2 PROGRAM GRANTS. 1 3 1. The department of education shall administer and 1 4 approve grants to school districts that expand the districts' 1 5 advance placement course offerings by doing either or both of 1 6 the following: 1 7 a. Providing for professional development that will 1 8 qualify teachers employed by the district to teach advanced 1 9 placement courses. 1 10 b. Delivering advanced placement coursework and 1 11 instruction through the Iowa communications network. 1 12 2. Grant moneys shall be allocated on a competitive basis 1 13 to a school district or a collaboration of school districts 1 14 that apply to the department on forms provided by the 1 15 department, and submit to the department a plan to expand 1 16 advanced placement course offerings in accordance with 1 17 subsection 1. 1 18 3. Grant moneys shall be distributed to qualifying school 1 19 districts by the department on or about October 15 of the 1 20 fiscal year in which the appropriation is made. Grant amounts 1 21 shall be distributed as determined by the department. 1 22 4. By January 15 of the fiscal year following the fiscal 1 23 year in which an appropriation is made for purposes of this 1 24 section, the department shall summarize the plans for which 1 25 grants were approved in a report to the school district 1 26 reports and submit the summary and any recommendations 1 27 regarding the grants and programs to the chairpersons and 1 28 ranking members of the education standing committees of the 1 29 senate and the house of representatives. 1 30 5. Grant moneys received by school districts under this 1 31 section are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257. 1 32 6. For purposes of this section, unless the context 1 33 otherwise requires, "advanced placement" means a college-level 1 34 course offered by a secondary school using curriculum provided 1 35 by the college board, a nonprofit education association 2 1 chartered by the university of the state of New York education 2 2 department. 2 3 7. There is appropriated from the general fund of the 2 4 state to the department of education for each fiscal year the 2 5 sum of five hundred thousand dollars for advanced placement 2 6 program grants as provided in this section. 2 7 EXPLANATION 2 8 This bill appropriates $500,000 annually from the general 2 9 fund of the state to the department of education for school 2 10 districts to expand their advance placement course offerings 2 11 by providing for professional development that will qualify 2 12 teachers employed by the district to teach advanced placement 2 13 courses or by delivering advanced placement coursework and 2 14 instruction through the Iowa communications network. 2 15 Grant moneys must be allocated on a competitive basis to a 2 16 school district or a collaboration of school districts that 2 17 submit to the department a plan to expand their advanced 2 18 placement course offerings. Grant amounts shall be 2 19 distributed as determined by the department. 2 20 By January 15 of the fiscal year following the fiscal year 2 21 in which an appropriation is made for advanced placement 2 22 program grants, the department must summarize the plans for 2 23 which grants were approved in a report to the chairpersons and 2 24 ranking members of the house and senate standing education 2 25 committees. 2 26 LSB 2419YH 78 2 27 kh/sc/14
Text: HF00626 Text: HF00628 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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