House Journal: Page 1766: Thursday, May 1, 2003
5 consecutive pairs of grades for each attendance center
6 and provides for a district-wide study of grade
7 equivalent scores. The system shall create a chart
8 for each district in accordance with this
9 subparagraph.
10 d. Each school district shall have complete access
11 to and utilization of its own value-added assessment
12 reports generated by the system at the student level
13 for the purpose of measuring student achievement at
14 different educational entity levels.
15 Sec. . Section 256.18, subsection 2, unnumbered
16 paragraph 2, Code 2003, is amended by striking the
17 unnumbered paragraph.
18 Sec. . Section 256.39, subsection 8, Code 2003,
19 is amended by striking the subsection.
20 Sec. . Section 256A.4, subsection 1, unnumbered
21 paragraph 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
22 The board of directors of each school district may
23 develop and offer a program which provides outreach
24 and incentives for the voluntary participation of
25 expectant parents and parents of children in the
26 period of life from birth through age five, who reside
27 within district boundaries, in educational family
28 support experiences designed to assist parents in
29 learning about the physical, mental, and emotional
30 development of their children. A district providing a
31 family support program, which seeks additional funding
32 under sections 294A.13 through 294A.16, shall meet the
33 requirements of this section and the program shall be
34 subject to approval by the department of education. A
35 board may contract with another school district or
36 public or private nonprofit agency for provision of
37 the approved program or program site.
38 Sec. 101. Section 256D.9, Code 2003, is amended to
39 read as follows:
40 256D.9 FUTURE REPEAL.
41 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2003
42 2004.
43 Sec. 102. Section 257.3, subsection 2, Code 2003,
44 is amended to read as follows:
45 2. TAX FOR REORGANIZED AND DISSOLVED DISTRICTS.
46 a. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a reorganized
47 school district shall cause a foundation property tax
48 of four dollars and forty cents per thousand dollars
49 of assessed valuation to be levied on all taxable
50 property which, in the year preceding a
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1 reorganization, was within a school district affected
2 by the reorganization as defined in section 275.1, or
3 in the year preceding a dissolution was a part of a
4 school district that dissolved if the dissolution
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