House Amendment 8347
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2216, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, line 1, by striking the words and
1 4 figures <subsections 26 and 28> and inserting the
1 5 following: <subsection 26>.
1 6 #2. Page 1, line 2, by striking the word <are> and
1 7 inserting the following: <is>.
1 8 #3. Page 2, by striking lines 10 through 27 and
1 9 inserting the following:
1 10 <Sec. . Section 256.7, subsection 28, Code
1 11 Supplement 2007, is amended by striking the subsection
1 12 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 13 28. a. (1) Adopt by rule, for implementation by
1 14 July 1, 2010, core content and performance standards
1 15 applicable to all students in prekindergarten through
1 16 grade twelve in every school district and accredited
1 17 nonpublic school. The board shall consider the
1 18 recommendations of the task force convened by the
1 19 director in accordance with subparagraph (2). The
1 20 board shall establish criteria to ensure that the
1 21 standards adopted are rigorous and support best
1 22 practices. However, the standards adopted shall not
1 23 exceed in scope or depth the curriculum that can be
1 24 reasonably taught in the instructional time available.
1 25 Prior to adoption, the board shall submit the proposed
1 26 standards to an external nonprofit educational
1 27 organization for an independent review. The results
1 28 of the review shall be posted on the department's
1 29 internet web site.
1 30 (2) Recommended core content and performance
1 31 standards shall be developed by a task force convened
1 32 by the director of the department. The task force
1 33 shall be comprised of teachers, school administrators,
1 34 higher education faculty who teach in the subjects for
1 35 which the standards are being adopted, private sector
1 36 employers, and members of the boards of directors of
1 37 school districts. The task force shall review the
1 38 national assessment of educational progress standards,
1 39 standards adopted by other states, and standards
1 40 identified as best practices in the field of study by
1 41 the national councils of teachers of English and
1 42 mathematics, the national council for the social
1 43 studies, the national science teachers association,
1 44 and other recognized experts. The director shall
1 45 provide at least one staff person who is qualified by
1 46 education and experience in developing content and
1 47 performance standards to assist the task force.
1 48 Members of the task force shall be allowed their
1 49 actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
1 50 performance of their duties. All expenses shall be
2 1 paid from appropriations to the department. The task
2 2 force shall submit its recommendations to the state
2 3 board of education by January 2, 2009. The task force
2 4 may be reconvened whenever the director of the
2 5 department determines there is a need to review or
2 6 amend the core content and performance standards.
2 7 b. The core content standards for prekindergarten
2 8 through grade six shall include reading and writing,
2 9 mathematics, science, social studies, and art. The
2 10 core content standards for grades seven through twelve
2 11 shall include English and language arts, mathematics,
2 12 science, history, social studies, and art. The core
2 13 content standards shall be at least as rigorous as the
2 14 core content standards included in Iowa's approved
2 15 2006 standards and assessment system under Title I of
2 16 the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
2 17 1965, 20 U.S.C. } 6301 et seq., as amended by the
2 18 federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No.
2 19 107=110. School districts and accredited nonpublic
2 20 schools shall include, at a minimum, the core content
2 21 and performance standards adopted pursuant to this
2 22 subsection in any set of locally developed content
2 23 standards.
2 24 c. The performance standards shall be grade=level
2 25 expectations which are aligned to the core content
2 26 standards adopted pursuant to this subsection. The
2 27 performance standards shall specify expectations for
2 28 students' knowledge and performance at the end of a
2 29 given grade level. The performance standards for
2 30 kindergarten through grade six shall include reading
2 31 and writing, mathematics, and science, and for grades
2 32 seven through twelve shall include English and
2 33 language arts, mathematics, science, history and
2 34 social studies, and art.
2 35 d. The board shall require each school district to
2 36 align the local curriculum, instructional materials,
2 37 and classroom instruction to the standards adopted and
2 38 to submit evidence of such alignment satisfactory to
2 39 the department.
2 40 e. A student shall not be denied curriculum and
2 41 instruction consistent with the core content standards
2 42 which offer the student an opportunity to become
2 43 proficient on the performance standards adopted
2 44 pursuant to this subsection.>
2 45 #4. Page 2, by inserting before line 28 the
2 46 following:
2 47 <Sec. . Section 256.7, Code Supplement 2007, is
2 48 amended by adding the following new subsections:
2 49 NEW SUBSECTION. 29. Adopt grade level assessments
2 50 for each of the core content standard subjects. The
3 1 board shall require school districts to administer the
3 2 assessments to students in grades four, eight, and
3 3 eleven. Where possible, the assessments shall be
3 4 highly correlated to proficiency on the national
3 5 assessment for educational progress. The assessment
3 6 results shall be reported annually to the department
3 7 and the local community in accordance with subsection
3 8 21.
3 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 30. Adopt assessments which the
3 10 board shall make available to school districts to
3 11 administer to students at the end of each unit of
3 12 algebra, advanced algebra, geometry, biology,
3 13 chemistry, physics, and English. A school district
3 14 may use advanced placement examinations as a reliable
3 15 assessment for an end=of=unit examination for students
3 16 enrolled in advanced placement courses. A school
3 17 district shall consider measures to generate serious
3 18 student consideration of end=of=course assessments and
3 19 shall use data obtained from end=of=course
3 20 examinations, along with formative assessments, to
3 21 form the content of professional development, focused
3 22 on instructional improvement using the Iowa
3 23 professional development model.>
3 24 #5. Page 2, line 29, by striking the word
3 25 <subsection> and inserting the following:
3 26 <subsections>.
3 27 #6. Page 3, by striking lines 7 and 8.
3 28 #7. Page 3, by inserting after line 13 the
3 29 following:
3 30 <NEW SUBSECTION. 59. Develop and deliver, in
3 31 collaboration with the institutions of higher
3 32 education governed by the state board of regents and
3 33 the area education agencies, subject matter and
3 34 specific instructional strategies training for
3 35 teachers and administrators to implement improved
3 36 standards=based instruction and the Iowa professional
3 37 development model.>
3 38 #8. By renumbering as necessary.
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3 41
3 42 RAECKER of Polk
3 43 SF 2216.713 82
3 44 kh/nh/12169
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