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PAG LIN 1 1 1 2 Section 1. Section 256.9, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 3 the following new subsection: 1 4 NEW SUBSECTION. 52. Develop and implement a comprehensive 1 5 management information system designed for the purpose of 1 6 establishing standardized electronic data collections and 1 7 reporting protocols that facilitate compliance with state and 1 8 federal reporting requirements, improve school-to-school and 1 9 district-to-district information exchanges, and maintain the 1 10 confidentiality of individual student and staff data. The 1 11 system shall provide for the electronic transfer of individual 1 12 student records between schools, districts, postsecondary 1 13 institutions, and the department. The director may establish, 1 14 to the extent practicable, a uniform coding and reporting 1 15 system, including a statewide uniform student identification 1 16 system. 1 17 Sec. 2. Section 273.21, subsection 2, Code 2003, is 1 18 amended read as follows: 1 19 2. If twenty percent or more of the school districts 1 20 within an affected area education agency file a petition by 1 21MarchDecember 1 with the affected area education agency board 1 22 to consider reorganization, the affected board shall consider 1 23 the request and vote on the petition. If a majority of the 1 24 affected board members vote to study the reorganization of the 1 25 affected area education agency, the affected board shall 1 26 immediately begin the study to consider reorganization 1 27 effective by July 1 of the next year. 1 28 Sec. 3. Section 273.21, subsection 3, paragraph g, Code 1 29 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 30 g. Transmit the completed plan to the state board by 1 31November 1July 15. Plans received by the state board after 1 32November 1July 15 shall be considered for area education 1 33 agency reorganization taking effect no sooner than July 1 1 34 after the next succeeding fiscal year. 1 35 Sec. 4. Section 273.21, subsection 4, Code 2003, is 2 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2 4. The state board shall review the reorganization plan 2 3 and shall, prior toFebruary 1September 30, either approve 2 4 the planor returnas submitted, approve the plan contingent 2 5 upon compliance with the state board's recommendations, or 2 6 disapprove the plan.An unapprovedA contingently approved 2 7 planmayshall be resubmitted with modifications to the 2 8 department not later thanFebruary 10October 30. An approved 2 9 plan shall take effect on July 1 of the fiscal year following 2 10 the date of approval by the state board, except that plans2 11submitted to the state board after November 1 shall take2 12effect no sooner than July 1 after the next succeeding fiscal2 13year. 2 14 Sec. 5. Section 273.22, Code 2003, is amended by adding 2 15 the following new subsection: 2 16 NEW SUBSECTION. 4A. Not later than fifteen days after the 2 17 state board notifies an area education agency of its approval 2 18 of the area education agency's reorganization plan or 2 19 dissolution proposal, the area education agency shall notify, 2 20 by certified mail, the school districts located within the 2 21 area education agency boundaries, the school districts and 2 22 area education agencies that are contiguous to its boundaries, 2 23 and any other school district under contract with the area 2 24 education agency, of the state board's approval of the plan or 2 25 proposal, and shall provide the department of education with a 2 26 copy of any notice sent in accordance with this subsection. A 2 27 petition to join an area education agency or for release from 2 28 a contract with an area education agency, in accordance with 2 29 subsections 4, 6, and 7, shall be filed not later than forty- 2 30 five days after the state board approves a reorganization plan 2 31 or dissolution proposal in accordance with this chapter. 2 32 Sec. 6. Section 273.22, subsections 5 and 6, Code 2003, 2 33 are amended to read as follows: 2 34 5.TheWithin forty-five days of the state board's 2 35 approval, the board of directors of a school district that is 3 1 contiguous to a newly reorganized area education agency may 3 2 petition the board of directors of their current area 3 3 education agency and the newly reorganized area education 3 4 agency to join the newly reorganized area education agency. 3 5 Ifboth area education agency boardsthe initial, or new board 3 6 if established in time under section 273.23, subsection 3, and 3 7 the board of the contiguous area education agency approve the 3 8 petition, the reorganization shall take effect in accordance 3 9 with the dates established under section 273.21, subsection 4. 3 10 Both the initial, or new, and the contiguous area education 3 11 agency boards must act within forty-five days of the filing of 3 12 the school district's petition. A school district may appeal 3 13 to the state board the decision of an area education agency 3 14 board to deny the school district's petition. 3 15 6.TheWithin forty-five days of the state board's 3 16 approval, the board of directors of a school district that is 3 17 within a newly reorganized area education agency and whose 3 18 school districtwasis contiguous to another area education 3 19 agencyprior to the reorganizationnot included in the newly 3 20 reorganized area education agency may petition the board of 3 21 directors of the newly reorganized area education agency and 3 22 the contiguous area education agency to join that area 3 23 education agency. Ifboth area education agency boardsthe 3 24 initial, or new board if established in time under section 3 25 273.23, subsection 3, and the board of the contiguous area 3 26 education agency approve the petition, the reorganization 3 27 shall take effect in accordance with the dates established 3 28 under section 273.21, subsection 4. Both the initial, or new, 3 29 and the contiguous area education agency boards must act 3 30 within forty-five days of the filing of the school district's 3 31 petition. A school district may appeal to the state board the 3 32 decision of an area education agency board to deny the school 3 33 district's petition. 3 34 Sec. 7. Section 273.22, subsection 7, Code 2003, is 3 35 amended by striking the subsection. 4 1 Sec. 8. Section 273.23, subsections 3 and 5, Code 2003, 4 2 are amended to read as follows: 4 3 3.Prior to the effective date of the reorganizationNot 4 4 later than January 15 of the calendar year in which the 4 5 reorganization takes effect, the initial board shall call a 4 6 director district convention under the provisions of section 4 7 273.8, subsection 2, for the purpose of electing a board for 4 8 the reorganized area education agency. However, 4 9 notwithstanding the provisions of section 273.8, subsection 2, 4 10 unnumbered paragraph 2, the notice of the time, date, and 4 11 place of the director district convention shall be published 4 12 at least thirty days prior to the day of the district 4 13 convention in at least one newspaper of general circulation in 4 14 the director district. The new board shall have control of 4 15 the employment of all personnel for the newly formed area 4 16 education agency for the ensuing school year. Following the 4 17 organization of the new board, the board shall have authority 4 18 to establish policy, enter into contracts, and complete such 4 19 planning and take such action as is essential for the 4 20 efficient management of the newly formed area education 4 21 agency. 4 22 5. The initial board, or new board if established in time 4 23 under section 273.23, subsection 3, of the newly formed agency 4 24 shall prepare an annual budget estimating income and 4 25 expenditures for programs and services as provided in sections 4 26 273.1 through 273.9 and chapter 256B within the limits of 4 27 funds provided under section 256B.9 and chapter 257. The 4 28 board shall give notice of a public hearing on the proposed 4 29 budget by publication in an official county newspaper in each 4 30 county in the territory of the area education agency in which 4 31 the principal place of business of a school district that is a 4 32 part of the area education agency is located. The notice 4 33 shall specify the date, which shall not be later than March 1, 4 34 the time, and the location of the public hearing. The 4 35 proposed budget as approved by the board shall be submitted to 5 1 the state board, on forms provided by the department, no later 5 2 than March 15 for approval. The state board shall review the 5 3 proposed budget of the newly formed area education agency and 5 4 shall, before April 1, either grant approval or return the 5 5 budget without approval with comments of the state board 5 6 included. An unapproved budget shall be resubmitted to the 5 7 state board for final approval not later than April 15. The 5 8 state board shall give final approval only to budgets 5 9 submitted by area education agencies accredited by the state 5 10 board or that have been given conditional accreditation by the 5 11 state board. 5 12 Sec. 9. Section 273.23, subsection 11, Code 2003, is 5 13 amended to read as follows: 5 14 11. Unless the reorganization of an area education agency 5 15 takes effect less than two years before the taking of the next 5 16 federal decennial census, a newly formed area education agency 5 17 shall, within one year of the effective date of the 5 18 reorganization, redraw the boundary lines of director 5 19 districts in the area education agency if a petition filed by 5 20 a school district to join the newly formed area education 5 21 agency, or for release from the newly formed area education 5 22 agency, in accordance with section 273.22, subsections 4 5 23through, 6, and 7, was approved. Until the boundaries are 5 24 redrawn, the boundaries for the newly formed area education 5 25 agency shall be as provided in the reorganization plan 5 26 approved by the state board in accordance with section 273.21. 5 27 Sec. 10. Section 279.3, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 2003, 5 28 is amended to read as follows: 5 29 These officers shall be appointed from outside the 5 30 membership of the boardfor terms of one year beginning with5 31the date of appointment,and the appointment and qualification 5 32 shall be entered of record in the minutes of the secretary. 5 33 They shall qualify within ten days following appointment by 5 34 taking the oath of office in the manner required by section 5 35 277.28 and filing a bond as required by section 291.2 and 6 1 shall hold office until their successors are appointed and 6 2 qualified. 6 3 Sec. 11. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 6 4 amended to read as follows: 6 5 1. The school year shall begin annually onthe first day6 6ofJulyand each regularly established elementary and6 7secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day during the6 8calendar week in which the first day of September falls but no6 9later than the first Monday in December. However, if the6 10first day of September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on6 11a day during the calendar week which immediately precedes the6 12first day of September. School1 and end on June 30 of the 6 13 following year. The school calendar shallcontinue for6 14 consist of at least one hundred eighty days, except as 6 15 provided in subsection 3, and may be maintained during the 6 16 entirecalendarschool year. However, if the board of 6 17 directors of a district extends the school calendar because 6 18 inclement weather caused the district to temporarily close 6 19 school during the regular school calendar, the district may 6 20 excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school 6 21 requirements for graduation from attendance during the 6 22 extended school calendar. A school corporation may begin 6 23 employment of personnel for in-service training and 6 24 development purposes before the date to begin elementary and 6 25 secondary school. 6 26 Sec. 12. Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2003, is 6 27 amended by striking the subsection. 6 28 Sec. 13. Section 279.11, Code 2003, is amended to read as 6 29 follows: 6 30 279.11 NUMBER OF SCHOOLS – ATTENDANCE – TERMS. 6 31 1. The board of directors shall determine the number of 6 32 schools to be taught, divide the corporation into such wards 6 33 or other divisions for school purposes as may be proper, 6 34 determine the particular school which each child shall attend, 6 35 and designate the period each school shall be held beyond the 7 1 time required by law. 7 2 2. In order to create a positive learning environment for 7 3 all students, the board of directors shall consider the racial 7 4 and socioeconomic makeup of all of the schools in the district 7 5 when the district makes changes in the district's boundaries 7 6 as attendance centers are added or removed. 7 7 Sec. 14. Section 285.10, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code 7 8 2003, is amended to read as follows: 7 9 b. May purchase buses and enter into contracts to pay for 7 10 such buses over a five-year period as follows: one-fourth of 7 11 the cost when the bus is delivered and the balance in equal 7 12 annual installments, plus simple interest due. The interest 7 13 rate shall be the lowest rate available and shall not exceed 7 14 the rate in effect under section 74A.2. The bus shall serve 7 15 as security for balance due. Competitive bids on comparable 7 16 equipment shall be requested on all school busbody and7 17chassispurchases and shall be based upon minimum construction 7 18 standards established by the department of education. 7 19Separate body and chassis bidsBids shall be requested unless 7 20 the bus isconstructed as an integral unit, inseparable as to7 21body and chassis, by the manufacturer or isa used or 7 22 demonstrator bus. 7 23 Sec. 15. Section 299.4, Code 2003, is amended to read as 7 24 follows: 7 25 299.4 REPORTS AS TO PRIVATE INSTRUCTION. 7 26 The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is 7 27 of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under 7 28 competent private instruction under either section 299A.2 or 7 29 299A.3, not in an accredited school or a home school 7 30 assistance program operated by a public or accredited 7 31 nonpublic school, shall furnish to the public school district, 7 32 by September 15 annually, a report in duplicate on forms 7 33 provided by the public school district, to the district by the7 34earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, subsection7 351. The secretary shall retain and file one copy and forward 8 1 the other copy to the district's area education agency. The 8 2 report shall state the name and age of the child, the period 8 3 of time during which the child has been or will be under 8 4 competent private instruction for the year, an outline of the 8 5 course of study, texts used, and the name and address of the 8 6 instructor. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a 8 7 child, who is placing the child under competent private 8 8 instruction for the first time, shall also provide the 8 9 district with evidence that the child has had the 8 10 immunizations required under section 139A.8. The term 8 11 "outline of course of study" shall include subjects covered, 8 12 lesson plans, and time spent on the areas of study. 8 13 Sec. 16. Section 321J.22, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code 8 14 2003, is amended to read as follows: 8 15 d. The department of education shall establish reasonable 8 16 fees to defray the expense of obtaining classroom space, 8 17 instructor salaries, and class materials for courses offered 8 18 both by community colleges and by substance abuse treatment 8 19 programs licensed under chapter 125, and for administrative 8 20 expenses incurred by the department of education in 8 21 implementing subsection 5 on behalf of in-state and out-of- 8 22 state offenders. 8 23 Sec. 17. Section 257.17, Code 2003, is repealed. 8 24 EXPLANATION 8 25 This bill directs the department of education to create a 8 26 comprehensive management information system and permits the 8 27 director of the department to establish a uniform coding and 8 28 reporting system including a statewide uniform student 8 29 identification system. The Act also requires area education 8 30 agencies (AEAs) to send reorganization approval notices by 8 31 certified mail, makes changes in notification dates related to 8 32 AEA reorganization, abolishes the term of appointment for 8 33 school board secretaries and treasurers, eliminates the school 8 34 start date, eliminates language related to the earliest school 8 35 start date, strikes language that requires separate bids for 9 1 school bus bodies and chassis, and permits the department of 9 2 education to establish reasonable fees for forwarding drinking 9 3 driver course data to the courts. 9 4 AEA REORGANIZATION NOTIFICATION. The bill directs an AEA 9 5 that must notify school districts and other AEAs of state 9 6 board approval of its reorganization plan or proposal to do so 9 7 by certified mail and to submit a copy of the notice to the 9 8 department of education. The bill requires an initial AEA 9 9 board to call a director district convention for the purpose 9 10 of electing a new board by January 15, and publish notice of 9 11 the convention at least 30 days before the convention. Boards 9 12 contemplating reorganization must, under the bill, transmit 9 13 their plans to the state board by July 15, rather than by the 9 14 current Code deadline of November 1. The bill also advances 9 15 the date for state board approval or return of the plan to 9 16 September 30, rather than February 1, and moves the deadline 9 17 for resubmission of a contingently approved plan to October 9 18 30. The bill also establishes a 45-day deadline for school 9 19 districts to petition to join an AEA when the district is 9 20 affected by a reorganization. The district's board and the 9 21 appropriate AEA board must act within 45 days of the filing of 9 22 the school district's petition. The bill changes the 9 23 placement of a provision in Code section 273.22. 9 24 SCHOOL START DATE. The bill eliminates language specifying 9 25 the earliest date a school can begin its calendar and provides 9 26 that the school year shall begin annually on July 1 and end on 9 27 June 30 of the following year. The bill also states that the 9 28 school calendar consists of 180 days unless the school 9 29 district requests approval from the department of education 9 30 for a pilot program for an innovative school year. The bill 9 31 strikes a related provision that permits the director of the 9 32 department to waive the requirement for the school start date 9 33 upon the request of a school. The bill also provides that a 9 34 report filed for a child placed under competent private 9 35 instruction, which current Code states must be filed by the 10 1 earliest school start date, must be filed by September 15 10 2 annually. The bill repeals a provision that reduces state aid 10 3 payments to a school if the school commences classes prior to 10 4 the earliest starting date. 10 5 ATTENDANCE CENTER BOUNDARIES. The bill requires school 10 6 districts to consider the racial and socioeconomic makeup of 10 7 the district when making attendance center boundary changes. 10 8 SCHOOL BUSES. The bill strikes language that requires 10 9 separate bids for school bus bodies and chassis. 10 10 ADMINISTRATIVE FEES FOR OWI OFFENDERS. The bill permits 10 11 the department of education to establish reasonable fees to 10 12 defray the expense of forwarding to the courts enrollment, 10 13 attendance, and successful and nonsuccessful course completion 10 14 data for out-of-state persons ordered to enroll, attend, and 10 15 successfully complete a course for drinking drivers. 10 16 LSB 1265DP 80 10 17 kh/pj/5.2
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