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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.11, Code 1999, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  9.  Unless a waiver has been obtained
  1  4 under section 256.11A, each school or school district shall
  1  5 provide an articulated sequential elementary-secondary
  1  6 guidance program for grades kindergarten through twelve and a
  1  7 guidance counselor who meets the licensing standards
  1  8 prescribed by the board of educational examiners.  In
  1  9 determining the requirements of this subsection for nonpublic
  1 10 schools, the department shall evaluate the schools on a school
  1 11 system basis rather than on an individual school basis.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  Section 256.11A, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  1 13 amended to read as follows:
  1 14    1.  Schools and school districts unable to meet the
  1 15 standard adopted by the state board requiring each school or
  1 16 school district operating a kindergarten through grade twelve
  1 17 program to provide an articulated sequential elementary-
  1 18 secondary guidance program The board of directors of a school
  1 19 district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school
  1 20 may, not later than August 1, 1995 1999, for the school year
  1 21 beginning July 1, 1995 1999, file a written request to the
  1 22 department of education that the department waive the
  1 23 requirement for, established in section 256.11, subsection 9,
  1 24 that a school or school district operating a kindergarten
  1 25 through grade twelve program, provide an articulated
  1 26 sequential elementary-secondary guidance program and a
  1 27 guidance counselor who meets the licensing standards
  1 28 prescribed by the board of educational examiners.  The
  1 29 procedures specified in subsection 3 apply to the request.
  1 30 Not later than August 1, 1996 2000, for the school year
  1 31 beginning July 1, 1996 2000, the board of directors of a
  1 32 school district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic
  1 33 school may request a one-year extension of the waiver.
  1 34    Sec. 3.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance
  1 35 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
  2  1 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
  2  2 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
  2  3 received by the school district under section 257.16.  This
  2  4 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
  2  5 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section
  2  6 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
  2  7 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
  2  8 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.  
  2  9                           EXPLANATION
  2 10    This bill reestablishes a statutory requirement that each
  2 11 accredited nonpublic school or school district have for grades
  2 12 kindergarten through 12, unless a waiver has been obtained, an
  2 13 articulated sequential elementary-secondary guidance program
  2 14 and a guidance counselor who meets the licensing standards
  2 15 prescribed by the board of educational examiners.  The bill
  2 16 also provides that a school may apply for a waiver to the
  2 17 requirement by August 1, 1999, and by August 1, 2000, for
  2 18 school years 1999-2000 and 2000-2001.
  2 19    This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  2 20 section 25B.3.  The bill requires that the state cost of any
  2 21 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
  2 22 district from state school foundation aid received by the
  2 23 school district under Code section 257.16.  The specification
  2 24 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
  2 25 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
  2 26 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
  2 27 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
  2 28 state mandates included in the bill.  
  2 29 LSB 1772SS 78
  2 30 kh/cf/24.1
     

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