House Journal: Page 1375: Friday, April 25, 2003
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1 curriculum qualifications; scheduling; appropriate
2 licensure of individuals, other than teachers licensed
3 under chapter 272, to teach courses using internet
4 web-based and Iowa communications network
5 applications; responsibilities of the district or
6 accredited nonpublic school seeking to access courses
7 from the state-sponsored virtual academy; and the
8 conditions under which the department may grant a
9 waiver to permit a district to meet an accreditation
10 standard through telecommunications. The study shall
11 include a review of other private and publicly
12 sponsored virtual academies. The study shall also
13 include a five-year implementation and fiscal
14 estimate. The fiscal estimate shall include
15 operational costs of the prospective state-sponsored
16 virtual academy and any potential impact on the
17 general fund of the state through the state school
18 foundation program.
19 2. The director of the department shall convene a
20 group of education stakeholders who may provide input
21 into the study and its recommendations. The
22 stakeholders group shall include, at minimum, a
23 representative from a public and private accredited
24 postsecondary institution providing courses under
25 section 261C.4 or section 257.11, subsection 3; an
26 accredited higher education institution providing
27 internet web-based advanced placement courses; the
28 Iowa association of school boards; the school
29 administrators of Iowa; the Iowa state education
30 association; area education agencies; accredited
31 nonpublic schools; the board of educational examiners;
32 and others deemed appropriate by the department.
33 3. The department shall submit its findings and
34 recommendations in a report to the chairpersons and
35 ranking members of the senate and house standing
36 committees on education and the joint appropriations
37 subcommittee on education by December 15, 2003."
38 2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and
39 inserting the following: "An Act relating to the use
40 of telecommunications as an instructional tool,
41 authorizing the state board of education to adopt
42 rules establishing a course catalog and a
43 clearinghouse for courses offered through internet
44 web-based and Iowa communications network
45 applications, and directing the department of
46 education to conduct a virtual academy study."
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