Senate Amendment 5205


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2645, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 18, by inserting after line 20 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph
     1  6 c, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
     1  7 follows:
     1  8    c.  A requirement that all school districts and
     1  9 accredited nonpublic schools annually report to the
     1 10 department and the local community the district=wide
     1 11 progress made in attaining student achievement goals
     1 12 on the academic and other core indicators and the
     1 13 district=wide progress made in attaining locally
     1 14 established student learning goals.  The school
     1 15 districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall
     1 16 demonstrate the use of multiple assessment measures in
     1 17 determining student achievement levels.  The school
     1 18 districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall also
     1 19 report the number of students who graduate, utilizing
     1 20 the definition of graduation rate specified by the
     1 21 national governors association; the number of students
     1 22 who drop out of school; the number of students
     1 23 pursuing a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to
     1 24 chapter 259A; the number of students who were enrolled
     1 25 in the district within the past five years and who
     1 26 received a high school equivalency diploma; the
     1 27 percentage of students who receive a high school
     1 28 diploma and who were not proficient in reading,
     1 29 mathematics, and science in grade eleven; the number
     1 30 of students in the prior year who were enrolled as
     1 31 high school juniors who are within four units of
     1 32 meeting the district's graduation requirements; the
     1 33 number of students who are tested and the percentage
     1 34 of students who are so tested annually; the building
     1 35 of attendance summary, by classroom, for the Iowa
     1 36 tests of basic skills and the Iowa tests of
     1 37 educational development within thirty days of receipt
     1 38 of the summary; and the percentage of students who
     1 39 graduated during the prior school year and who
     1 40 completed a core curriculum.  The board shall develop
     1 41 and adopt uniform definitions consistent with the
     1 42 federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No.
     1 43 107=110 and any federal regulations adopted pursuant
     1 44 to the federal Act.  The school districts and
     1 45 accredited nonpublic schools may report on other
     1 46 locally determined factors influencing student
     1 47 achievement.  The school districts and accredited
     1 48 nonpublic schools shall also report to the local
     1 49 community their results by individual attendance
     1 50 center.>
     2  1 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2  5 PAUL McKINLEY
     2  6 HF 2645.744 82
     2  7 ec/rj/20902

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