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1 1 Amend Senate File 464 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 12, by inserting after line 23 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. . FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000 EMPLOYABILITY
1 5 SKILLS ASSESSMENT REQUIREMENTS. Notwithstanding
1 6 section 256.39A, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 7 1999, and ending June 30, 2000, the department of
1 8 education shall reimburse only the claims submitted
1 9 for reimbursement of a school district's costs of
1 10 acquiring, using, and making available to accredited
1 11 nonpublic schools employability skills assessment
1 12 tools for students enrolled in grade twelve. If
1 13 moneys appropriated for purposes of claims
1 14 reimbursement for fiscal year 1999-2000 are
1 15 insufficient to pay the claims received in full, the
1 16 provisions of section 256.39A, subsection 6, shall
1 17 apply."
1 18 #2. Page 24, by inserting after line 23 the
1 19 following:
1 20 "Sec. . Section 256.39, Code 1999, is amended
1 21 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
1 22 the following:
1 23 256.39 CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM – GRANT –
1 24 ACTIVITIES – REPORTING.
1 25 1. The department shall develop and establish a
1 26 career pathways grant program, criteria for the
1 27 formation of ongoing career pathways consortia in each
1 28 merged area, and guidelines and a process to be used
1 29 in selecting career pathways consortium grant
1 30 recipients, including a requirement that grant
1 31 recipients provide matching funds or match grant funds
1 32 with in-kind resources on a dollar-for-dollar basis.
1 33 The grant program developed and established by the
1 34 department shall also include the following
1 35 components:
1 36 a. An existing partnership or organization,
1 37 including a regional school-to-work partnership, that
1 38 meets the established criteria, may be considered a
1 39 consortium for grant application purposes. One or
1 40 more school districts may be considered a consortium
1 41 for grant application purposes, provided a district
1 42 can demonstrate the manner in which a community
1 43 college, area education agency, representatives from
1 44 business and labor organizations, and others as
1 45 determined within the region will be involved.
1 46 Existing school-to-work partnerships are encouraged to
1 47 assist the local consortia in developing a plan and
1 48 budget. The department shall provide assistance to
1 49 consortia in planning and implementing career pathways
1 50 program efforts in assessment, and career guidance and
2 1 exploration for students.
2 2 b. A career pathways program may include, but is
2 3 not limited to, the following:
2 4 (1) Career guidance and exploration for students.
2 5 (2) Involvement and recognition of business,
2 6 labor, and community organizations as partners in the
2 7 career pathways program.
2 8 (3) Provision for program accountability.
2 9 (4) Encouragement of team teaching within the
2 10 school or in partnership with postsecondary schools,
2 11 and business, labor, community, and nonprofit
2 12 organizations.
2 13 (5) Service learning opportunities for students.
2 14 c. Business, labor, and community organizations
2 15 are encouraged to market the career pathways program
2 16 established in accordance with this subsection to the
2 17 local community and provide students with mentors,
2 18 shadow professionals, speakers, field trip sites,
2 19 summer jobs, internships, and job offers for students
2 20 who graduate with high performance records. Students
2 21 are encouraged to volunteer their time to community
2 22 organizations in exchange for workplace learning
2 23 opportunities that do not displace current employees.
2 24 d. In developing career pathways program efforts,
2 25 each consortium shall make every effort to cooperate
2 26 with the juvenile courts, the department of economic
2 27 development, the department of workforce development,
2 28 the department of human services, and the new Iowa
2 29 schools development corporation.
2 30 e. The department shall direct and monitor the
2 31 progress of each career pathways consortium in
2 32 developing career pathways programs established in
2 33 accordance with this subsection.
2 34 f. A career pathways program is a comprehensive
2 35 school transformation program under section 294A.14.
2 36 2. The department shall provide technical and
2 37 professional advice upon request to school districts
2 38 and accredited nonpublic schools that wish to
2 39 implement career pathways activities and measures to
2 40 improve the employability skills of their students.
2 41 The activities and measures shall include, but are not
2 42 limited to, the following:
2 43 a. Measurement of the employability skills of
2 44 students in grades nine or ten and twelve.
2 45 Employability skills shall include, but are not
2 46 limited to, reading for information, applied
2 47 mathematics, listening, and writing. Employability
2 48 skills assessments shall be considered an assessment
2 49 measure for purposes of section 256.7, subsection 21,
2 50 paragraph "c".
3 1 b. Curricula designed to integrate academic and
3 2 work-based learning to achieve high employability
3 3 skills by all students related to career pathways.
3 4 The curricula shall be designed through the
3 5 cooperative efforts of secondary and postsecondary
3 6 education professionals, business professionals, and
3 7 community services professionals.
3 8 c. Staff development to implement a high-standard
3 9 curriculum. These efforts may include team teaching
3 10 techniques that utilize expertise from partnership
3 11 businesses and postsecondary institutions.
3 12 3. A school district or accredited nonpublic
3 13 school that adopts and administers employability
3 14 skills assessment tools as provided in this section or
3 15 section 256.39A, shall develop and integrate specific
3 16 career pathways goals and activities into the
3 17 comprehensive school improvement plan required under
3 18 section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "a".
3 19 4. Biennially, on or about January 15, the
3 20 department shall submit to the general assembly a
3 21 summary of the activities and results of the
3 22 implementation of career pathways efforts, especially
3 23 school district and accredited nonpublic school
3 24 progress on the use of employability skills
3 25 assessments.
3 26 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256.39A CAREER PATHWAYS
3 27 EMPLOYABILITY SKILLS ASSESSMENTS – PAYMENT OF SCHOOL
3 28 DISTRICT CLAIMS – APPROPRIATIONS.
3 29 1. The director of the department of education
3 30 shall identify appropriate employability skills
3 31 assessment tools that school districts shall use to
3 32 meet the requirements of section 256.39, subsection 3,
3 33 and the claim reimbursement requirements of this
3 34 section.
3 35 2. A school district may submit a claim on forms
3 36 provided by the department for reimbursement. A claim
3 37 submitted to the department shall state the actual
3 38 costs incurred and shall be accompanied by an
3 39 affidavit of an officer of the public school district
3 40 affirming the accuracy of the claim.
3 41 3. Employability skills assessment tools adopted
3 42 and purchased by a school district may, and shall to
3 43 the extent funds are appropriated to the department by
3 44 the general assembly for the payment of claims under
3 45 this section, be made available to students attending
3 46 accredited nonpublic schools upon request of the
3 47 student or the student's parent under comparable terms
3 48 available to students attending public schools.
3 49 However, the assessment tools must be comparable to
3 50 the assessment tools of the district of attendance and
4 1 cannot exceed the per pupil cost of the assessment
4 2 tools of the district of attendance. A claim
4 3 submitted under this section that includes costs for
4 4 providing accredited nonpublic school pupils with
4 5 employability skills assessment tools shall state the
4 6 actual number of nonpublic students requesting the
4 7 provision of employability skills assessment tools.
4 8 4. For each year in which an appropriation is made
4 9 for the purposes described in this section, the
4 10 department of education shall certify to the
4 11 department of revenue and finance, by February 1 and
4 12 on or about June 15, the amounts of approved claims to
4 13 be paid, and the department of revenue and finance
4 14 shall draw warrants payable to school districts with
4 15 approved claims, taking into consideration the
4 16 relative budget and cash position of the state
4 17 resources.
4 18 5. Moneys received under this section shall not be
4 19 commingled with state aid payments made under section
4 20 257.16 to a school district and shall be accounted for
4 21 by the school district separately from state aid
4 22 payments. Payments made to a school district under
4 23 this section are miscellaneous income for purposes of
4 24 chapter 257.
4 25 6. There is appropriated from the general fund of
4 26 the state to the department of education, for purposes
4 27 of reimbursing school districts for the costs of
4 28 acquiring, using, and making available to nonpublic
4 29 schools employability skills assessment tools in
4 30 accordance with this section, the following amounts
4 31 for the following fiscal years:
4 32 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
4 33 ending June 30, 2000, the amount of seven hundred
4 34 fifty thousand dollars.
4 35 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2000, and
4 36 ending June 30, 2001, the amount of one million six
4 37 hundred thousand dollars.
4 38 7. If the director of the department of education
4 39 determines that the moneys appropriated by the general
4 40 assembly for payment of claims to reimburse school
4 41 districts for the costs of acquiring and administering
4 42 employability skills assessment tools in grades nine
4 43 or ten and twelve are insufficient to pay in full all
4 44 claims submitted and approved in accordance with this
4 45 section, the amounts of approved claims to be paid
4 46 shall be prorated among all school districts with
4 47 approved claims. If a school district is providing
4 48 employability skills assessments to accredited
4 49 nonpublic school pupils as provided in subsection 2,
4 50 any difference between the amount of the claim of a
5 1 school district for the cost of providing
5 2 employability skills assessments to accredited
5 3 nonpublic school pupils and the amount of payment
5 4 received from the department of education, shall be
5 5 paid by the parent or guardian of the nonpublic school
5 6 pupil served.
5 7 8. A school district and, an accredited nonpublic
5 8 school if its pupils are provided with employability
5 9 skills assessment tools under the provisions of this
5 10 section, shall meet the requirements in section
5 11 256.39, subsection 2."
5 12
5 13
5 14
5 15 PATRICK J. DELUHERY
5 16 MATT McCOY
5 17 TOM FLYNN
5 18 BETTY A. SOUKUP
5 19 ROBERT E. DVORSKY
5 20 WALLY E. HORN
5 21 SF 464.707 78
5 22 kh/sc
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