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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256D.1, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 2 subparagraph (1), Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as 1 3 follows: 1 4 (1) A school district shall at a minimum biannually inform 1 5 parents of their individual child's performance on the 1 6 diagnostic assessments in kindergarten through grade three. 1 7 If intervention is appropriate, the school district shall 1 8 inform the parents of the actions the school district intends 1 9 to take to improve the child's reading and mathematics skills 1 10 and provide the parents with strategies to enable the parents 1 11 to improve their child's skills. The board of directors of 1 12 each school district shall adopt a policy indicating the 1 13 methods the school district will use to inform parents of 1 14 their individual child's performance. 1 15 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 279.59 STUDENT PROMOTION OR 1 16 RETENTION. 1 17 1. A student enrolled in grade three who does not perform 1 18 satisfactorily on the school district's reading or mathematics 1 19 curriculum, who is not an active participant in school 1 20 district intervention efforts, and, if the school district 1 21 administers a valid and reliable assessment of student 1 22 progress, who is more than one year below grade level in 1 23 reading or mathematics on the assessment, shall not be 1 24 promoted to grade four. However, retention of a student is 1 25 not recommended or encouraged unless intervention efforts have 1 26 been unsuccessful. The board of directors of each school 1 27 district shall enter into a compact with the parents and 1 28 guardians of the students enrolled in the district by adopting 1 29 a school promotion policy that facilitates collaborations 1 30 among teachers, parents and guardians of the students, and the 1 31 school district to support student reading and mathematics 1 32 proficiency. By the first day of school, the school district 1 33 shall notify the parents and guardians of students in grade 1 34 three of the district's student promotion policy. 1 35 2. If appropriate, the school district shall make every 2 1 reasonable effort to provide interventions designed to improve 2 2 the reading or mathematics skills of a student who is failing 2 3 the school district's reading or mathematics curriculum or, if 2 4 the school district administers a valid and reliable 2 5 assessment of student progress, who is more than one year 2 6 below grade level in reading or mathematics on the assessment, 2 7 and shall provide the student's parent or guardian with 2 8 strategies to enable the parent or guardian to improve the 2 9 student's skills. Notwithstanding section 256D.1, subsection 2 10 1, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), if intervention is 2 11 appropriate, the school district shall provide written notice 2 12 to the parent or guardian of the actions the school district 2 13 intends to take to improve the student's reading or 2 14 mathematics skills. 2 15 3. A parent or guardian of a student in grade three shall 2 16 be notified in writing if the student is receiving a failing 2 17 grade in reading or mathematics. If the school administers a 2 18 valid and reliable assessment of student progress, the parent 2 19 or guardian shall be notified in writing within five days of 2 20 the receipt of the results, if the results indicate a student 2 21 is more than one year below grade level in reading or 2 22 mathematics. Notices shall include a copy of the school 2 23 district's student promotion policy and shall be sent by 2 24 certified mail. Notices shall be written in clear, 2 25 understandable language. If the student is identified as 2 26 limited English proficient, the notice shall be provided in 2 27 English and in the student's home language. In lieu of notice 2 28 by mail, the school district may provide a written notice 2 29 required pursuant to this section to a parent or guardian at a 2 30 parent-teacher conference occurring in the same week in which 2 31 a notice would have been required to be sent by mail pursuant 2 32 to this section. 2 33 4. A student who is identified as limited English 2 34 proficient shall complete the reading and mathematics 2 35 curriculum in the student's home language or in English as 3 1 determined by the student's English as a second language 3 2 teacher, with consideration given to specific assessments 3 3 given in the student's home language. 3 4 5. A student identified as a child requiring special 3 5 education shall be expected to master the general curriculum 3 6 to the maximum extent appropriate with the use of 3 7 supplementary aides and services. However, the individualized 3 8 education program team assigned to the child requiring special 3 9 education shall determine whether the student is expected to 3 10 meet the school district's student promotion policy, which 3 11 must be documented in the student's individualized education 3 12 program. 3 13 6. If the parent or guardian of a student who does not 3 14 perform satisfactorily on the school district's reading or 3 15 mathematics curriculum, and, if the school district 3 16 administers a valid and reliable assessment of student 3 17 progress, who is more than one year below grade level in 3 18 reading or mathematics on the test, notifies the district of 3 19 residence of an intention to enroll the student in a public 3 20 school in another school district under section 282.18, the 3 21 school district in which the student is enrolled shall submit 3 22 copies to the receiving district of any notices provided to 3 23 the parent or guardian under subsections 2 and 3. The 3 24 receiving district shall work with the sending district to 3 25 ensure continuity in intervention efforts for the student. 3 26 However, notwithstanding subsection 1, using standards adopted 3 27 by the receiving district's school board and based upon 3 28 whether the student is likely to perform at grade level if the 3 29 receiving district provides the student with interventions 3 30 designed to improve the student's reading or mathematics 3 31 skills, the receiving district shall determine whether the 3 32 student will be promoted to the grade four level or retained 3 33 at the grade three level. 3 34 7. A school district shall notify a parent or guardian in 3 35 writing of the ability of the parent or guardian to appeal a 4 1 school's decision to deny promotion of a student to the school 4 2 board. The school board shall decide in favor of a student's 4 3 promotion only if the school board concludes, using standards 4 4 adopted by the school board, that if promoted and provided 4 5 with interventions designed to improve the student's reading 4 6 or mathematics skills, the student is likely to perform at 4 7 grade level. A decision of the school board to deny promotion 4 8 is subject to appeal under section 290.1. 4 9 8. The director of the department of education shall 4 10 conduct a review of school district student promotion 4 11 policies, the number of grade three level students retained or 4 12 promoted, and the success of the interventions implemented by 4 13 school districts to improve the students' reading or 4 14 mathematics skills. The director shall submit a report of the 4 15 findings and recommendations resulting from the review to the 4 16 senate and house standing committees on education and the 4 17 joint appropriations subcommittee on education by December 1, 4 18 2002, and biennially thereafter. 4 19 9. A valid and reliable assessment, for purposes of this 4 20 section, shall not be limited to a commercially developed 4 21 measurement. 4 22 SF 2267 4 23 kh/cc/26
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