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 This section is repealed July 1, 2011.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. 1 42 1 43 1 44 1 45 PAUL McKINLEY 1 46 HF 2679.215 82 1 47 kh/mg/12157 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-