House File 215 H-1033 Amend House File 215 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, by striking lines 2 through 33 and 2 inserting: 3 < IOWA LEARNING ONLINE INITIATIVE —— APPROPRIATIONS 4 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 32, paragraph 5 a, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows: 6 a. Adopt rules for online learning in accordance 7 with sections 256.41 , 256.42 , and 256.43 , and criteria 8 for waivers granted pursuant to section 256.42 273.28 . 9 Sec. ___. NEW SECTION . 273.28 Iowa learning online 10 initiative. 11 1. An Iowa learning online initiative is 12 established to be administered by the area education 13 agencies to partner with school districts and 14 accredited nonpublic schools to provide distance 15 education to high school students statewide. The area 16 education agencies shall utilize a variety of content 17 repositories, including those maintained by the public 18 broadcasting division, in administering the initiative. 19 2. The initiative shall include an online learning 20 program model designed to prepare teachers to meet the 21 needs of students in an online learning environment, 22 including but not limited to building community 23 interaction and support, developing strategies for 24 working with virtual students, and assessing virtual 25 students. 26 3. Coursework offered under the initiative 27 shall be taught by a teacher licensed 28 under chapter 272 who has completed an 29 online-learning-for-Iowa-educators-professional- 30 development project offered by area education agencies, 31 a teacher preservice program, or comparable coursework. 32 4. Each participating school district and 33 accredited nonpublic school shall submit its online 34 curricula to its area education agency for review. 35 Each participating school district and accredited 36 nonpublic school shall include in its comprehensive 37 school improvement plan submitted pursuant to section 38 256.7, subsection 21 , a list and description of the 39 online coursework offered by the district. 40 5. Under the initiative, students must be enrolled 41 in a participating school district or accredited 42 nonpublic school, which is responsible for recording 43 grades received for initiative coursework in a 44 student’s permanent record, awarding high school credit 45 for initiative coursework, and issuing high school 46 diplomas to students enrolled in the district or school 47 who participate and complete coursework under the 48 initiative. Each participating school shall identify a 49 site coordinator to serve as a student advocate and as 50 -1- HF215.256 (2) 85 je/rj 1/ 2 #1.

a liaison between the initiative staff and teachers and 1 the school district or accredited nonpublic school. 2 6. Coursework offered under the initiative shall 3 be rigorous and high quality, and the area education 4 agencies shall annually evaluate the quality of the 5 courses, ensure that coursework is aligned with the 6 state’s core curriculum and core content requirements 7 and standards, as well as national standards of 8 quality for online courses issued by an internationally 9 recognized association for kindergarten through grade 10 twelve online learning. 11 7. The department may waive for one year the 12 provisions of section 256.11, subsection 5 , which 13 require that specified subjects be offered and taught 14 by professional staff of a school district or school, 15 if the school district or school makes every reasonable 16 and good faith effort to employ a teacher licensed 17 under chapter 272 for such a subject, and the school 18 district or school proves to the satisfaction of the 19 department that the school district or school is unable 20 to employ such a teacher. The specified subject shall 21 be provided by the initiative. 22 8. There is appropriated from the general fund of 23 the state to the department, for the following fiscal 24 years, the following amounts, to be transferred to the 25 area education agencies to be used for administering 26 this section: 27 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, 28 and ending June 30, 2014, the sum of one million five 29 hundred thousand dollars. 30 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, 31 and ending June 30, 2015, the sum of one million five 32 hundred thousand dollars. 33 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, 34 and ending June 30, 2016, the sum of one million five 35 hundred thousand dollars. 36 Sec. 2. REPEAL. Section 256.42, Code 2013, is 37 repealed. > 38 2. By renumbering as necessary. 39 ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -2- HF215.256 (2) 85 je/rj 2/ 2 #2.