Bills Sponsored By Committee

Education (H)

Bill	Bill Title
HF 276	A bill for an act requiring that meetings relating to postsecondary school registration held by the Iowa coordinating council for post- high school education be open to the public. Effective 07-01-05.
HF 288	A bill for an act relating to the state school foundation program by increasing the regular program foundation base, and providing an effective date. (See Cmte. Bill HF 848) (Formerly HF 139)
HF 398	A bill for an act adding an exemption for colleges and universities established by city ordinance to the requirements relating to the registration of postsecondary schools. Effective 07-01-05.
HF 423	A bill for an act relating to participation in secondary school interscholastic sports at the varsity and inferior levels. Effective 07-01-05.
HF 526	A bill for an act relating to educator licensing by requiring an annual review of administrative rules adopted by the board of educational examiners and directing the board of educational examiners to convene an educator licensing review working group. (Formerly HF 212)
HF 529	A bill for an act relating to the members of the board of educational examiners and the authority of the board regarding complaints. (Formerly HSB 121)
HF 686	A bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of the state board of regents and the institutions under its control. (Formerly HSB 201)
HF 732	A bill for an act relating to the inclusion of kindergarten and prekindergarten pupils in the actual enrollment of a school district, and providing an effective and applicability date. (Formerly HF 303)
HF 739	A bill for an act relating to education technology, including the creation of an Iowa learning technology commission and pilot programs, and the establishment of a research triangle and clearinghouse, and providing for contingent effectiveness. Effective 07-01-05, with exception of sections 3-6 effective contingent on general assembly appropriation.
HF 740	A bill for an act relating to the duties and responsibilities of school districts, area education agencies, and the department of education by expanding school district audit requirements, requiring the department to submit an achievement gap report, changing deadlines and adding reporting requirements related to dropout and dropout prevention programs, changing testing requirements for the issuance of high school equivalency diplomas, eliminating certain requirements for school district payments and settlements, authorizing school site sale revenues to be used for physical plant and equipment levy fund expenditures, allowing school districts to establish nonprofit entities or organizations, eliminating Code provisions related to extended school programs and evening and part-time schools, providing for changes to open enrollment requirements, deadlines, and authorizations, repealing a school district lawful fence requirement, providing for the confidentiality of records regarding a child receiving competent private instruction, eliminating a requirement that school bus drivers submit a certificate of physical fitness annually, expanding the penalties for school bus drivers in violation of Code requirements, and revising requirements for prior authorization and a certificate of need for local option and services tax for school infrastructure fund use, and including a retroactive applicability provision.
HF 741	A bill for an act relating to driver education by a teaching parent. (Formerly HSB 20)
HF 742	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa early intervention block grant program by changing the reporting requirements, extending the repeal of the chapter establishing the program, and providing an effective date. Effective 07-01-05, with exception of section 2 effective 06-06-05.
HF 2095	A bill for an act providing for the establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program and providing an applicability date. Effective 7-01-06.
HF 2161	A bill for an act relating to the state of Iowa scholarship program administered by the college student aid commission and providing an effective date. (Formerly HF 2085)
HF 2239	A bill for an act requiring the board of directors of a school district to adopt a parent and guardian involvement policy. (Formerly HSB 523)
HF 2284	A bill for an act relating to the core curriculum plan developed by a school district in cooperation with a student. (Formerly HSB 525)
HF 2294	A bill for an act providing for an increase in the number of years for which supplementary weighting for limited English proficient students may be obtained, and providing effective and applicability dates. (Formerly HF 2129)
HF 2346	A bill for an act relating to public access to school district financial information, providing for the establishment and distribution of a financial report by school districts, and providing for the posting of information relating to outstanding school district levies. (Formerly HSB 522)
HF 2395	A bill for an act directing the state board of regents to conduct a study of the admissions requirements common to the state universities. Effective 7-01-06.
HF 2396	A bill for an act relating to the Iowa early intervention block grant program by requiring school districts to report certain reading assessment results to parents and extending the program's repeal date. (Formerly HSB 589)
HF 2445	A bill for an act authorizing community colleges and state universities to seek approval to establish charter magnet schools and increasing the number of charter schools that may be approved and providing an effective date. (Formerly HF 2109)
HF 2462	A bill for an act relating to the number of eligible electors' signatures necessary in a school district to propose at a regular election the question of providing free textbooks for the use of the school district's pupils. Effective 7-01-06.
HF 2530	A bill for an act authorizing a school district to share its portion of incremental property taxes with a contiguous school district. (Formerly HF 2229) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2764)
HF 2544	A bill for an act relating to the state board of education's rules regarding educational technology and telecommunications. (Formerly HSB 620)
HF 2617	A bill for an act providing for the extension of a reduction in the foundation property tax levy for reorganized or dissolved districts, and the extension of the period during which supplementary weighting may be received as a reorganization incentive by school districts, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 726) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2617)
HF 2618	A bill for an act relating to state aid to reimburse a portion of the advanced placement examination fee for students enrolled in public school districts. (Formerly HSB 734) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2761)
HF 2619	A bill for an act relating to high school graduation, dropout, and equivalency reporting requirements. (Formerly HSB 524)
HF 2620	A bill for an act providing an exception to the age of admission to kindergarten. (Formerly HSB 537)
HF 2621	A bill for an act requiring reports from the department of education and from school districts relating to student achievement, percentile rank, and grade equivalency levels. (Formerly HSB 539)
HF 2622	A bill for an act establishing statewide proficiency levels and definitions for students in reading, mathematics, and science in grades four, eight, and eleven. (Formerly HSB 591)
HF 2623	A bill for an act relating to the membership, authority, and duties of the board of educational examiners. (Formerly HSB 735)
HF 2631	A bill for an act creating the Iowa proprietary tuition grant program, and adding a member to represent proprietary institutions to the college student aid commission. (Formerly HSB 600)
HF 2636	A bill for an act relating to the development of an Iowa studies professional development plan and the establishment of an Iowa studies committee. (Formerly HF 2269)
HF 2656	A bill for an act relating to school reorganization and dissolution by allowing certain landowners in a reorganizing or dissolving school district to petition to join a contiguous school district. (Formerly HF 2048)
HF 2690	A bill for an act relating to teacher salaries by increasing beginning and career teacher minimum salary levels and creating a teacher shortage salary supplement and making appropriations. (Formerly HSB 739) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2760)
HF 2709	A bill for an act relating to the minimum hours of instructional school time in a school year for grades one through twelve for school districts, charter schools, and accredited nonpublic schools, and providing an effective date. (Formerly HSB 725)
HF 2710	A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a statewide educational standards and accountability task force. (Formerly HSB 758) (See Cmte. Bill HF 2792)
HF 2715	A bill for an act relating to postsecondary education opportunities for high school students by requiring school districts to publicize the available opportunities and by establishing a jump-start grant program for the postsecondary education expenses of Iowa students who receive high school diplomas prior to enrollment as high school seniors. (Formerly HSB 590)