H-8096

   Amend Senate File 2131, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, line 1, by striking <5,> and inserting <4, 6,>
   2.  By striking page 1, line 3, through page 2, line 14, and inserting: 
   <1.  An Iowa learning online initiative is established within the department under the authority of the area education agencies to partner with school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to provide distance education to high school students statewide. The department area education agencies shall utilize a variety of content repositories, including those maintained by the area education agencies and the public broadcasting division, in administering the initiative.
   4.  Each participating school district and accredited nonpublic school shall submit its online curricula to for review by the department for review area education agency in which it is located. Each participating school district and accredited nonpublic school shall include in its comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21, a list and description of the online coursework offered by the district or school.
   6.  Coursework offered under the initiative shall be rigorous and high quality, and the department area education agencies shall annually evaluate the quality of the courses and ensure that coursework is aligned with the state’s core curriculum and core content requirements and standards, as well as national standards of quality for online courses issued by an internationally recognized association for kindergarten through grade twelve online learning.
   8.  The department area education agencies shall establish fees payable by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools participating in the initiative. Fees collected pursuant to this subsection are appropriated to the department which shall allocate the moneys to the area education agencies to be used only for the purpose of administering this section and shall be established so as not to exceed the budgeted cost of administering this section to the extent not covered by the moneys appropriated in subsection 9. Providing professional development necessary to prepare teachers to participate in the initiative shall be considered a cost of administering this section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, fees collected by the department area education agencies that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for expenditure for the purpose of expanding coursework offered under the initiative in subsequent fiscal years.>
   3.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 3 and inserting <An Act placing the Iowa learning online initiative under the authority of the area education agencies, making an appropriation, and>

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WINCKLER of Scott