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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.11, Code 2001, 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 accredited nonpublic school or 1 5 school district shall have all of the following: 1 6 a. A media center in each attendance center accessible to 1 7 students throughout the school day and a qualified school 1 8 media services specialist who meets the licensing standards 1 9 prescribed by the board of educational examiners and who is 1 10 responsible for media center supervision. 1 11 b. An articulated sequential elementary-secondary guidance 1 12 program for grades kindergarten through twelve and a guidance 1 13 counselor who meets the licensing standards prescribed by the 1 14 board of educational examiners. 1 15 In determining the requirements of this subsection for an 1 16 accredited nonpublic school, the department shall evaluate the 1 17 accredited nonpublic school on an accredited nonpublic school 1 18 system basis rather than on an individual accredited nonpublic 1 19 school basis. 1 20 Sec. 2. Section 256.11A, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 1 21 amended to read as follows: 1 22 1.SchoolsAccredited nonpublic schools and school 1 23 districtsunable to meet the standard adopted by the state1 24board requiring each school or school district operating a1 25kindergarten through grade twelve program to provide an1 26articulated sequential elementary-secondary guidance program1 27 may, not later than August 1,19952001, for the school year 1 28 beginning July 1,19952001, file a written request to the 1 29 department of education that the department waive one or more 1 30 of therequirement forrequirements established in section 1 31 256.11, subsection 9, that an accredited nonpublic school or 1 32 school district have a media center and a qualified school 1 33 media services specialist and that an accredited nonpublic 1 34 school or school district operating a kindergarten through 1 35 grade twelve program provide an articulated sequential 2 1 elementary-secondary guidance program. The procedures 2 2 specified in subsection 3 apply to the request. Not later 2 3 than August 1,19962002, for the school year beginning July 2 4 1,19962002, the board of directors of a school district or 2 5 the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school may request a 2 6 one-year extension of the waiver. 2 7 Sec. 3. Section 256.11A, subsection 2, Code 2001, is 2 8 amended by striking the subsection. 2 9 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 2 10 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 2 11 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 2 12 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 2 13 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 2 14 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 2 15 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section 2 16 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be 2 17 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and 2 18 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts. 2 19 EXPLANATION 2 20 This bill reestablishes a statutory requirement that each 2 21 accredited nonpublic school or school district have, unless a 2 22 waiver has been obtained, a media center in each attendance 2 23 center accessible to students throughout the school day, a 2 24 qualified school media services specialist responsible for 2 25 media center supervision, an articulated sequential 2 26 elementary-secondary guidance program for grades kindergarten 2 27 through 12, and a licensed guidance counselor. The bill 2 28 authorizes waivers to be requested for school year 2001-2002 2 29 or 2002-2003 if filed by August 1 of the respective year. 2 30 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 2 31 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any 2 32 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 2 33 district from state school foundation aid received by the 2 34 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 2 35 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state 3 1 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. 3 2 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate 3 3 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any 3 4 state mandates included in the bill. 3 5 LSB 1971HH 79 3 6 kh/cf/24
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