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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code Supplement 1999, is amended 1 2 by adding the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 22. Adopt rules directing the community 1 4 colleges to annually and uniformly submit data from the most 1 5 recent fiscal year to the division of community colleges and 1 6 workforce preparation, using criteria determined and 1 7 prescribed by the division via the management information 1 8 system. Data submitted to the division by a community college 1 9 shall be broken down by fund. Community colleges shall 1 10 provide data to the division by a deadline set by the 1 11 division. The deadline shall be set for a date that permits 1 12 the division to include the data in a report submitted for 1 13 state board approval and for review by December 1 of each year 1 14 by the house and senate standing education committees and the 1 15 joint subcommittee on education appropriations. 1 16 Sec. 2. Section 256.9, Code Supplement 1999, is amended by 1 17 adding the following new subsection: 1 18 NEW SUBSECTION. 49. Develop and implement a certified 1 19 annual report to be submitted to the state board by the 1 20 division of community colleges and workforce preparation from 1 21 data submitted in a uniform and consistent manner by the 1 22 community colleges in accordance with section 256.7, 1 23 subsection 22. The division shall reconcile, with the 1 24 assistance of the community colleges, audited financial 1 25 statements with the financial data submitted to the 1 26 department. 1 27 Sec. 3. Section 256.31, Code 1999, is amended by adding 1 28 the following new subsection: 1 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. The council shall annually prepare a 1 30 written five-year statewide strategic plan for Iowa's 1 31 community colleges, in consultation with a working group of 1 32 stakeholders which shall be appointed by the director to 1 33 assist the council in formulating the plan. The plan shall be 1 34 submitted to the state board of education for approval and 1 35 adoption by rule, and shall be submitted to the joint 2 1 subcommittee on education appropriations for review prior to 2 2 implementation. By February 1, 2001, and at least every five 2 3 years thereafter, the council shall recommend to the general 2 4 assembly a system of incentives and penalties for community 2 5 colleges based upon the level of responsiveness to the 2 6 strategic plan demonstrated by a given community college. 2 7 Sec. 4. COMMUNITY COLLEGE DATA COMPARISON AND PROGRESS 2 8 REPORT. The director of the department of education shall 2 9 provide the following: 2 10 1. A comparison of the data collected by the basic 2 11 educational data survey for K-12 schools to the data being 2 12 collected by the management information system for community 2 13 colleges to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint 2 14 subcommittee on education appropriations by January 15, 2001. 2 15 2. A report on the progress toward implementation of the 2 16 management information system to the legislative fiscal bureau 2 17 and department of management by June 30, 2000. 2 18 3. An update on the progress toward implementation of the 2 19 management information system to the house and senate standing 2 20 education committees and the joint subcommittee on education 2 21 appropriations by January 15, 2001. 2 22 The report and the update required pursuant to subsections 2 23 2 and 3 shall include, but shall not be limited to, 2 24 information on the total amounts appropriated and expended for 2 25 purposes of the management information system, the amount 2 26 needed to complete the system, the hardware and software 2 27 needed, and a description of the information the complete 2 28 system is capable of providing. 2 29 Sec. 5. K-16 SHARING INCENTIVES TASK FORCE. The 2 30 department of education and the board of regents shall work 2 31 together to establish a K-16 sharing incentives task force and 2 32 shall jointly provide staffing assistance to the task force. 2 33 The task force shall be charged with conceiving, considering, 2 34 and recommending incentives to encourage elementary, 2 35 secondary, and postsecondary institutions to partner in order 3 1 to share the costs of providing career and technical programs. 3 2 Members of the task force shall include, but shall not be 3 3 limited to, persons representing the Iowa association of 3 4 school boards, the Iowa state education association, school 3 5 administrators of Iowa, the Iowa association of community 3 6 college presidents, the Iowa association of community college 3 7 trustees, the division of community colleges and workforce 3 8 preparation, area education agencies of Iowa, the urban 3 9 education network of Iowa, and rural schools of Iowa, and the 3 10 Iowa communications network. The task force shall report its 3 11 findings, including the costs estimates for any initiatives 3 12 recommended, and its recommendations to the senate and house 3 13 standing education committees and the joint subcommittees on 3 14 education appropriations by January 31, 2001. 3 15 Sec. 6. INITIAL STATEWIDE STRATEGIC PLAN. In accordance 3 16 with section 256.31, subsection 4, the state board of 3 17 education shall approve and adopt by rule the initial 3 18 statewide strategic plan by December 1, 2000. The department 3 19 shall implement the initial plan by July 1, 2001. 3 20 EXPLANATION 3 21 This bill requires the community college council to 3 22 annually prepare a five-year statewide strategic plan, 3 23 requires uniform reporting via the management information 3 24 system by the community colleges, and directs the department 3 25 of education and the board of regents to work together to 3 26 establish a K-16 sharing incentives task force. 3 27 In preparing the statewide strategic plan, the council must 3 28 consult with a working group of stakeholders appointed by the 3 29 director of the department of education. The plan must be 3 30 submitted to the state board of education for approval and 3 31 adoption by rule, and to the joint subcommittee on education 3 32 appropriations for review prior to the plan's July 1, 2001, 3 33 implementation. By February 1, 2001, and at least every five 3 34 years thereafter, the state board must recommend to the 3 35 general assembly a system of incentives and penalties for 4 1 community colleges based upon the level of responsiveness to 4 2 the strategic plan demonstrated by a given community college. 4 3 The bill directs the state board of education to adopt 4 4 rules directing and authorizing the division of community 4 5 colleges and workforce preparation to prescribe and collect 4 6 data, which the community colleges shall be required to 4 7 provide via the management information system. 4 8 The bill requires that the director of the department of 4 9 education develop and implement a certified annual report to 4 10 be submitted to the state board by the division from the data 4 11 submitted by the community colleges. The division is directed 4 12 to reconcile, with the assistance of the community colleges, 4 13 audited financial statements with the financial data submitted 4 14 to the department. 4 15 The bill also requires the director to provide to the 4 16 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint subcommittee on 4 17 education appropriations, by January 15, 2001, a comparison of 4 18 the data collected by the basic educational data survey for K- 4 19 12 schools to the data being collected by the management 4 20 information system for community colleges. In addition, the 4 21 director must submit a progress report on the management 4 22 information system to the legislative fiscal bureau and 4 23 department of management by June 30, 2000, with an update of 4 24 the progress report to be submitted to the general assembly's 4 25 education committees by January 15, 2001. 4 26 The bill requires that the department of education and the 4 27 board of regents jointly provide staffing assistance to the K- 4 28 16 sharing incentives task force, and provides that the task 4 29 force shall be charged with conceiving, considering, and 4 30 recommending incentives to encourage institutions to partner 4 31 in order to share the costs of providing career and technical 4 32 programs. The task force must report its findings, including 4 33 the costs estimates for any initiatives recommended, and its 4 34 recommendations to the general assembly's education committees 4 35 by January 31, 2001. 5 1 LSB 5818HH 78 5 2 kh/cf/24
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