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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
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