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Senate Amendment 5166

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend House File 2474, as amended, passed, and
  1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
  1  3    #1.  By striking everything after the enacting
  1  4 clause and inserting the following:
  1  5    "Section 1.  Section 256.11, Code 1999, is amended
  1  6 by adding the following new subsection:
  1  7    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Unless a waiver has been
  1  8 obtained under section 256.11A, each accredited
  1  9 nonpublic school or school district shall have all of
  1 10 the following:
  1 11    a.  A media center in each attendance center
  1 12 accessible to students throughout the school day and a
  1 13 qualified school media services specialist who meets
  1 14 the licensing standards prescribed by the board of
  1 15 educational examiners and who is responsible for media
  1 16 center supervision.
  1 17    b.  An articulated sequential elementary-secondary
  1 18 guidance program for grades kindergarten through
  1 19 twelve and a guidance counselor who meets the
  1 20 licensing standards prescribed by the board of
  1 21 educational examiners.
  1 22    In determining the requirements of this subsection
  1 23 for an accredited nonpublic school, the department
  1 24 shall evaluate the accredited nonpublic school on an
  1 25 accredited nonpublic school system basis rather than
  1 26 on an individual accredited nonpublic school basis.
  1 27    Sec. 2.  Section 256.11, Code 1999, is amended by
  1 28 adding the following new subsection:
  1 29    NEW SUBSECTION.  9A.  Each accredited nonpublic
  1 30 school and school district shall adopt a policy for
  1 31 the implementation of a school health services
  1 32 program.  The program shall be designed to help each
  1 33 student protect, improve, and maintain the student's
  1 34 physical, emotional, and social well-being, and shall
  1 35 include a policy on the provision of special health
  1 36 services as defined and established by rule.  Areas to
  1 37 be considered in the development of a policy may
  1 38 include, but are not limited to, environmental health
  1 39 and safety, emergency health procedures and
  1 40 responsibilities, health promotion, communicable
  1 41 disease prevention and control, staffing for the
  1 42 school health program, administering of prescription
  1 43 medication, acute or chronic health problems, health
  1 44 assessment and screening, and recordkeeping and
  1 45 program evaluation.
  1 46    In determining the requirements of this subsection
  1 47 for an accredited nonpublic school, the department
  1 48 shall evaluate the accredited nonpublic school on an
  1 49 accredited nonpublic school system basis rather than
  1 50 on an individual accredited nonpublic school basis.
  2  1    Sec. 3.  Section 256.11A, subsection 1, Code 1999,
  2  2 is amended to read as follows:
  2  3    1.  Schools Accredited nonpublic schools and school
  2  4 districts unable to meet the standard adopted by the
  2  5 state board requiring each school or school district
  2  6 operating a kindergarten through grade twelve program
  2  7 to provide an articulated sequential elementary-
  2  8 secondary guidance program may, not later than August
  2  9 1, 1995 2000, for the school year beginning July 1,
  2 10 1995 2000, file a written request to the department of
  2 11 education that the department waive one or more of the
  2 12 requirement for requirements established in section
  2 13 256.11, subsection 9, that an accredited nonpublic
  2 14 school or school district have a media center and a
  2 15 qualified school media services specialist and that an
  2 16 accredited nonpublic school or school district
  2 17 operating a kindergarten through grade twelve program
  2 18 provide an articulated sequential elementary-secondary
  2 19 guidance program.  The procedures specified in
  2 20 subsection 3 apply to the request.  Not later than
  2 21 August 1, 1996 2001, for the school year beginning
  2 22 July 1, 1996 2001, the board of directors of a school
  2 23 district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic
  2 24 school may request a one-year extension of the waiver.
  2 25    Sec. 4.  Section 256.11A, subsection 2, Code 1999,
  2 26 is amended by striking the subsection.
  2 27    Sec. 5.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In
  2 28 accordance with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state
  2 29 cost of requiring compliance with any state mandate
  2 30 included in this Act shall be paid by a school
  2 31 district from state school foundation aid received by
  2 32 the school district under section 257.16.  This
  2 33 specification of the payment of the state cost shall
  2 34 be deemed to meet all the state funding-related
  2 35 requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no
  2 36 additional state funding shall be necessary for the
  2 37 full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of
  2 38 this Act against all affected school districts."
  2 39    #2.  Title page, line 1, by striking the words
  2 40 "providing for the adoption of administrative rules".  
  2 41 
  2 42 
  2 43                               
  2 44 MIKE CONNOLLY
  2 45 HF 2474.304 78
  2 46 rn/cf
     

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