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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 2, Code Supplement
1 2 2001, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. In addition to the supplementary
1 4 weighting provided pursuant to paragraph "b", pupils attending
1 5 an advanced-level class pursuant to this paragraph shall be
1 6 assigned an additional weighting of ten hundredths of the
1 7 percentage of the pupil's school day during which the pupil
1 8 attends an advanced-level class in another school district,
1 9 attends an advanced-level class taught by a teacher who is
1 10 employed jointly under section 280.15, or attends an advanced-
1 11 level class taught by a teacher who is employed by another
1 12 school district. The department shall establish by rule
1 13 specific criteria relating to what constitutes an advanced-
1 14 level class. At a minimum, the rules shall provide that an
1 15 advanced-level class is not comparable to another class in the
1 16 district, is offered in the discipline areas of mathematics,
1 17 science, social science, humanities, or vocational-technical
1 18 education, and follows a curriculum designed to promote
1 19 rigorous academic pursuit.
1 20 EXPLANATION
1 21 This bill provides for an additional amount of
1 22 supplementary weighting for pupils enrolled in advanced-level
1 23 courses. The bill provides that the additional weighting
1 24 shall be available under the provisions of Code section
1 25 257.11, subsection 2, for district-to-district sharing
1 26 programs. The bill provides that to be eligible for the
1 27 additional weighting, a pupil shall be attending an advanced-
1 28 level class in another school district, attending an advanced-
1 29 level class taught by a teacher who is employed jointly under
1 30 Code section 280.15, or attending an advanced-level class
1 31 taught by a teacher who is employed by another school
1 32 district. The bill provides that the weighting for an
1 33 advanced-level class shall correspond to ten hundredths of the
1 34 percentage of the pupil's school day spent attending an
1 35 advanced-level class, and that this amount shall be in
2 1 addition to the forty-eight hundredths weighting provided
2 2 pursuant to Code section 257.11, subsection 2, paragraph "b".
2 3 The bill provides that the department shall establish rules
2 4 defining an "advanced-level class", but that at a minimum, an
2 5 advanced-level class shall not be comparable to another class
2 6 in the district, shall be offered in the discipline areas of
2 7 mathematics, science, social science, humanities, or
2 8 vocational-technical education, and shall follow a curriculum
2 9 designed to promote rigorous academic pursuit.
2 10 LSB 6770XC 79
2 11 rn/cls/14
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