House Amendment 8071
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2088, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 198, after line 6 by inserting:
1 4 <DIVISION ___
1 5 COMMUNITY COLLEGE ACCREDITATION
1 6 Sec. ___. Section 260C.47, subsection 1, unnumbered
1 7 paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 8 The state board of education shall establish by
1 9 rule an accreditation process for community college
1 10 programs by July 1, 1997. The process shall be
1 11 jointly developed and agreed upon by the department
1 12 of education and the community colleges. The state
1 13 accreditation process shall be integrated with the
1 14 accreditation process of the north central association
1 15 of colleges and schools, including the evaluation
1 16 cycle, the self=study process, and the criteria for
1 17 evaluation, which shall incorporate the standards for
1 18 community colleges developed under section 260C.48;
1 19 and shall identify and make provision for the needs
1 20 of the state that are not met by the association's
1 21 accreditation process. For the academic year
1 22 commencing July 1, 1998, and in succeeding school
1 23 years, the department of education shall use a
1 24 two=component process for the continued accreditation
1 25 of community college programs. Beginning July 1,
1 26 2006, the The state accreditation process shall
1 27 incorporate the standards developed pursuant to section
1 28 260C.48, subsection 4 and shall include but not be
1 29 limited to procedures for correcting deficiencies,
1 30 appropriate due process procedures including a
1 31 hearing, consequences for failure to meet accreditation
1 32 standards, notification procedures, and a timeline for
1 33 the process. Action taken by the state board pursuant
1 34 to this section for failure to meet accreditation
1 35 standards is final agency action for purposes of
1 36 chapter 17A.
1 37 Sec. ___. Section 260C.47, subsection 1, paragraphs
1 38 a, b, and c, Code 2009, are amended by striking the
1 39 paragraphs.
1 40 Sec. ___. Section 260C.47, subsections 2 through 7,
1 41 Code 2009, are amended by striking the subsections.
1 42 Sec. ___. Section 260C.48, subsection 1, unnumbered
1 43 paragraph 1, Code 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 44 The state board shall develop standards and
1 45 adopt rules for the accreditation of community college
1 46 instructors and programs. Except as provided in
1 47 subsection 4, the standards and rules developed and
1 48 adopted shall not duplicate rules adopted for the
1 49 accreditation process established pursuant to section
1 50 260C.47. The department shall monitor and evaluate
2 1 the standards through a process jointly developed
2 2 and agreed upon by the department and the community
2 3 colleges. Except as provided in this subsection
2 4 and subsection 4, standards developed shall be
2 5 general in nature so as to apply to more than one
2 6 specific program of instruction. With regard to
2 7 community college=employed instructors, the standards
2 8 adopted shall at a minimum require that community
2 9 college instructors who are under contract for at
2 10 least half=time or more, and by July 1, 2011, all
2 11 instructors, meet the following requirements:>
2 12 #2. Page 198, before line 7 by inserting:
2 13 <Sec. ___. Section 260C.48, subsection 2, Code
2 14 2009, is amended to read as follows:
2 15 2. Standards developed shall include a
2 16 provision provide that the minimum standard academic
2 17 workload for an instructor in arts and science
2 18 courses shall be equivalent to fifteen credit hours
2 19 per school college term, and the maximum academic
2 20 workload for any instructor shall be sixteen credit
2 21 hours per school term, for classes taught during
2 22 the normal school day college term. In addition
2 23 thereto, If requested by the community college, any
2 24 faculty member instructor may teach a course or courses
2 25 at times other than the regular school week, involving
2 26 total class instruction time equivalent to not more
2 27 than a three=credit=hour course. The total workload
2 28 for such instructors shall not exceed the equivalent
2 29 of eighteen credit hours per school term beyond the
2 30 standard workload at the discretion of the instructor.>
2 31 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
STRUYK of Pottawattamie
FORRISTALL of Pottawattamie
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