Senate File 475 H-8016 Amend the amendment, H-8001, to Senate File 475, as amended, 1 passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows: 2 1. By striking page 1, line 7, through page 7, line 25, and 3 inserting: 4 < Section 1. Section 256.42, subsections 1, 5, and 8, Code 5 2018, are amended to read as follows: 6 1. An Iowa learning online initiative is established 7 within the department to partner with school districts and 8 accredited nonpublic schools to provide distance education 9 to high school students statewide. The initiative may also 10 provide distance education to a student receiving independent 11 private instruction as defined in section 299A.1, subsection 12 1, paragraph “b” , competent private instruction under section 13 299A.2, or private instruction by a nonlicensed person under 14 section 299A.3 if the initiative has the capacity. The 15 department shall utilize a variety of content repositories, 16 including those maintained by the area education agencies 17 and the public broadcasting division, in administering the 18 initiative. 19 5. Under the initiative, students a student must be 20 enrolled in a participating school district or accredited 21 nonpublic school , which or be receiving private instruction 22 under chapter 299A as described in subsection 1. For a student 23 enrolled in a participating school district or accredited 24 nonpublic school, the school district or school is responsible 25 for recording grades received for initiative coursework in a 26 student’s permanent record, awarding high school credit for 27 initiative coursework, and issuing high school diplomas to 28 students a student enrolled in the district or school who 29 participate participates and complete completes coursework 30 under the initiative. Each participating school shall identify 31 a site coordinator to serve as a student advocate and as a 32 liaison between the initiative staff and teachers and the 33 school district or accredited nonpublic school. The individual 34 providing instruction to a student under chapter 299A as 35 -1- H8001.3240 (1) 87 kh/rj 1/ 3 #1.

described in subsection 1 shall receive the student’s score 1 for completed initiative coursework. A student receiving 2 private instruction under chapter 299A as described in 3 subsection 1, who completes coursework under the initiative, 4 shall be evaluated by the school district of residence using 5 an assessment approved by the department of education for the 6 subject area in which the student completed coursework. 7 8. The department shall establish fees payable by school 8 districts , and accredited nonpublic schools participating 9 in , and individuals providing instruction to students under 10 chapter 299A as described in subsection 1, for coursework 11 offered under the initiative. Fees collected pursuant to 12 this subsection are appropriated to the department to be 13 used only for the purpose of administering this section and 14 shall be established so as not to exceed the budgeted cost of 15 administering this section to the extent not covered by the 16 moneys appropriated in subsection 9 . Providing professional 17 development necessary to prepare teachers to participate in the 18 initiative shall be considered a cost of administering this 19 section . Notwithstanding section 8.33 , fees collected by the 20 department that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close 21 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available 22 for expenditure for the purpose of expanding coursework offered 23 under the initiative in subsequent fiscal years. 24 Sec. 2. Section 256.42, subsection 9, Code 2018, is amended 25 by striking the subsection. 26 Sec. 3. ONLINE LEARNING WORKING GROUP. The department 27 of education shall convene a working group of education 28 stakeholders to study online learning and programming for 29 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and related 30 educational, assessment, and funding issues. The working 31 group shall review the appropriate use of online learning by 32 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, partnerships 33 between school districts and accredited nonpublic schools 34 and private providers of online programs, and the potential 35 -2- H8001.3240 (1) 87 kh/rj 2/ 3

use of online learning as the exclusive means to provide 1 coursework required under the state’s educational standards. 2 In particular, the working group shall study the effect of 3 online learning on student assessment and achievement results 4 and shall identify and develop measures to reduce the student 5 dropout rate and improve rate-of-retention and achievement 6 results at virtual schools. The working group shall submit 7 its findings and recommendations in a report to the general 8 assembly by January 1, 2019. > 9 2. By renumbering as necessary. 10 ______________________________ R. SMITH of Black Hawk ______________________________ MASCHER of Johnson -3- H8001.3240 (1) 87 kh/rj 3/ 3 #2.