Senate Amendment 5429


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2679, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 28, by inserting after line 13 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  256F.3A  CHARTER SCHOOL
     1  6 PILOT.
     1  7    1.  Notwithstanding section 256.11, subsection 12,
     1  8 and section 256F.3, the state board shall approve the
     1  9 establishment of a charter school by a school district
     1 10 which lost its accreditation after a phase II on=site
     1 11 visit to conduct a fiscal review recommended in
     1 12 accordance with section 257.31, subsection 18.  The
     1 13 state board shall permit the school district to
     1 14 operate as a charter school for the fiscal period
     1 15 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2010.  The
     1 16 school district shall comply with the applicable
     1 17 provisions of the chapter and shall work with the
     1 18 department to meet the requirements of the chapter.
     1 19    2.  For each fiscal year in which the school
     1 20 district, approved pursuant to subsection 1, operates
     1 21 as a charter school, the department shall offer each
     1 22 student enrolled in the charter school, as determined
     1 23 utilizing the basic educational data survey, a
     1 24 scholarship in the amount of not more than eight
     1 25 thousand five hundred dollars to pay for the costs of
     1 26 attending the charter school.
     1 27    3.  The department shall monitor the progress of
     1 28 students attending the charter school approved under
     1 29 this section using valid, reliable assessments, which
     1 30 may include but are not limited to the Iowa test of
     1 31 basic skills and the Iowa test of educational
     1 32 development.  The state board shall submit a report to
     1 33 the general assembly detailing the assessment results
     1 34 by July 1, 2010.
     1 35    4.  There is appropriated from the general fund of
     1 36 the state for each fiscal year of the fiscal period
     1 37 beginning July 1, 2008, and ending June 30, 2010, an
     1 38 amount necessary to pay the scholarships provided for
     1 39 students in accordance with subsection 2.
     1 40    5.  This section is repealed July 1, 2011.>
     1 41 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 45 PAUL McKINLEY
     1 46 HF 2679.215 82
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