House Amendment 8289


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 2216, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by striking lines 19 through 28 and
     1  4 inserting the following:  <through grade twelve in
     1  5 those areas.  The department shall further define the
     1  6 twenty=first century learning skills components by
     1  7 rule.>
     1  8 #2.  Page 2, by striking lines 5 through 7 and
     1  9 inserting the following:  <Neither the state board nor
     1 10 the department shall require school districts or
     1 11 accredited nonpublic schools to adopt a specific
     1 12 textbook, textbook series, or specific instructional
     1 13 methodology, or acquire specific textbooks, curriculum
     1 14 materials, or educational products from a specific
     1 15 vendor in order to meet the core curriculum
     1 16 requirements of>.
     1 17 #3.  Page 2, line 30, by inserting after the figure
     1 18 <57.> the following:  <a.>
     1 19 #4.  Page 2, by striking lines 33 and 34 and
     1 20 inserting the following:  <that school districts and
     1 21 accredited nonpublic schools shall utilize, including
     1 22 but not limited to the development and>.
     1 23 #5.  Page 2, line 35, by inserting before the word
     1 24 <assessments> the following:  <model>.
     1 25 #6.  Page 3, line 1, by striking the word <can> and
     1 26 inserting the following:  <may>.
     1 27 #7.  Page 3, by striking lines 3 and 4 and
     1 28 inserting the following:  <The department shall, in
     1 29 collaboration with the advisory group convened in
     1 30 accordance with paragraph "b" and educational
     1 31 assessment providers, identify and make available to
     1 32 school districts end=of=course and additional model>.
     1 33 #8.  Page 3, line 6, by inserting after the word
     1 34 <curriculum.> the following:  <The model assessments
     1 35 shall be suitable to meet the multiple assessment
     1 36 measures requirement specified in section 256.7,
     1 37 subsection 21, paragraph "c".
     1 38    b.  Convene an advisory group comprised of
     1 39 education stakeholders including but not limited to
     1 40 school district and accredited nonpublic school
     1 41 teachers, school administrators, higher education
     1 42 faculty who teach in the subjects for which the
     1 43 curriculum is being adopted, private sector employers,
     1 44 members of the boards of directors of school
     1 45 districts, and individuals representing the
     1 46 educational assessment providers.  The task force
     1 47 shall review the national assessment of educational
     1 48 progress standards and assessments used by other
     1 49 states, and shall consider standards identified as
     1 50 best practices in the field of study by the national
     2  1 councils of teachers of English and mathematics, the
     2  2 national council for the social studies, the national
     2  3 science teachers association, and other recognized
     2  4 experts.>
     2  5 #9.  Page 3, by inserting after line 13 the
     2  6 following:
     2  7    <Sec.    .  Section 257.11, Code Supplement 2007,
     2  8 is amended by adding the following new subsection:
     2  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  8A.  A school district shall
     2 10 ensure that any course made available to a student
     2 11 through any sharing agreement between the school
     2 12 district and a community college or any other entity
     2 13 providing course programming pursuant to this section
     2 14 to students enrolled in the school district meets the
     2 15 expectations contained in the core curriculum adopted
     2 16 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26.  The school
     2 17 district shall ensure that any course that has the
     2 18 capacity to generate college credit shall be
     2 19 equivalent to college=level work.>
     2 20 #10.  Page 4, by inserting after line 12 the
     2 21 following:
     2 22    <Sec.    .  Section 280.2, Code 2007, is amended to
     2 23 read as follows:
     2 24    280.2  DEFINITIONS.
     2 25    The term "public school" means any school directly
     2 26 supported in whole or in part by taxation.  The term
     2 27 "nonpublic school" means any other school which is
     2 28 accredited or which uses licensed practitioners as
     2 29 instructors pursuant to section 256.11.>
     2 30 #11.  Page 4, line 15, by striking the words
     2 31 <DUTIES OF BOARD> and inserting the following:
     2 32 <DUTIES OF BOARD ==>.
     2 33 #12.  Page 6, line 20, by inserting after the word
     2 34 <The> the following:  <study shall include an
     2 35 examination of the possible future expansion of the
     2 36 core curriculum to include content areas not currently
     2 37 included under section 256.7, subsection 26, including
     2 38 but not limited to fine arts, applied arts,
     2 39 humanities, and world languages.  The>.
     2 40 #13.  By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
     2 41 and correcting internal references as necessary.
     2 42
     2 43
     2 44                               
     2 45 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
     2 46 WENDT of Woodbury, Chairperson
     2 47 SF 2216.712 82
     2 48 kh/nh/10670

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