House Amendment 8313
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2623 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21,
1 5 paragraph c, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read
1 6 as follows:
1 7 c. A requirement that all school districts and
1 8 accredited nonpublic schools annually report to the
1 9 department and the local community the district=wide
1 10 progress made in attaining student achievement goals
1 11 on the academic and other core indicators and the
1 12 district=wide progress made in attaining locally
1 13 established student learning goals. The school
1 14 districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall
1 15 demonstrate the use of multiple assessment measures in
1 16 determining student achievement levels. The school
1 17 districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall also
1 18 report the number of students who graduate, utilizing
1 19 the definition of graduation rate specified by the
1 20 national governors association; the number of students
1 21 who drop out of school; the number of students
1 22 pursuing a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to
1 23 chapter 259A; the number of students who were enrolled
1 24 in the district within the past five years and who
1 25 received a high school equivalency diploma; the
1 26 percentage of students who receive a high school
1 27 diploma and who were not proficient in reading,
1 28 mathematics, and science in grade eleven; the number
1 29 of students in the prior year who were enrolled as
1 30 high school juniors who are within four units of
1 31 meeting the district's graduation requirements; the
1 32 number of students in the prior year who were enrolled
1 33 as high school freshmen and did not earn enough
1 34 credits to become sophomores; the number of students
1 35 who are tested and the percentage of students who are
1 36 so tested annually; and the percentage of students who
1 37 graduated during the prior school year and who
1 38 completed a core curriculum. The board shall develop
1 39 and adopt uniform definitions consistent with the
1 40 federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No.
1 41 107=110 and any federal regulations adopted pursuant
1 42 to the federal Act. The school districts and
1 43 accredited nonpublic schools may report on other
1 44 locally determined factors influencing student
1 45 achievement. The school districts and accredited
1 46 nonpublic schools shall also report to the local
1 47 community their results by individual attendance
1 48 center.
1 49 Sec. 2. Section 279.61, subsection 2, Code
1 50 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 1 2. a. For the school year beginning July 1, 2007,
2 2 and each succeeding school year, the board of
2 3 directors of each school district shall report
2 4 annually to each student enrolled in grades nine
2 5 through twelve in the school district, and, if the
2 6 student is under the age of eighteen, to each
2 7 student's parent or guardian, the student's progress
2 8 toward meeting the goal of successfully completing the
2 9 high school graduation requirements adopted by the
2 10 state board of education pursuant to section 256.7,
2 11 subsection 26.
2 12 b. If a student is not progressing toward
2 13 successful and timely fulfillment of the student's
2 14 core curriculum plan, a school counselor or other
2 15 school official shall provide advisory services for
2 16 the purpose of advising the student and the student's
2 17 parent or guardian, if the student is under the age of
2 18 eighteen, of options and programs available to assist
2 19 the student in graduating on time.>
2 20 #2. Title page, by striking line 1 and inserting
2 21 the following: <An Act relating to efforts
2 22 encouraging the successful completion of high school,
2 23 including reporting and advisory services and a change
2 24 in the compulsory school attendance age, and>.
2 25 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 28
2 29 WISE of Lee
2 30 HF 2623.703 82
2 31 kh/rj/11876
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