S-3174

   Amend Senate File 475 as follows:
   1.  Page 5, by striking lines 11 and 12 and inserting <The department may waive for one year the provisions of section 256.11, subsection 5, which require>
   2.  Page 5, line 14, by striking <school,> by inserting <school, shall not apply for up to two specified subjects at a school district or school under this section>
   3.  Page 5, by striking lines 17 and 18 and inserting <the school district or school proves to the satisfaction of the department that the school district or school is unable to>
   4.  Page 5, line 21, after <school.> by inserting <The department may waive, at its discretion, additional specified subject areas for a school district or school that proves to the satisfaction of the department that the school district or school has made every reasonable effort, but is unable to meet the requirements of section 256.11, subsection 5.>
   5.  By striking page 6, line 31, through page 7, line 3, and inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 257.11, subsection 3, Code 2017, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  c.  Notwithstanding paragraph “b”, subparagraph (1), a school district that otherwise meets the requirements of this subsection may enter into a sharing agreement with a community college under which the community college may offer, or provide a community college-employed instructor to teach, one or more classes in only one of the six career and technical education areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h”, and the pupils enrolled in such a class shall be assigned additional weighting in accordance with this subsection, if the number of pupils enrolled in such a class exceeds five and the school district’s total enrollment does not exceed six hundred pupils.>
   6.  Page 7, line 8, by striking <either>
   7.  Page 7, by striking lines 10 through 12 and inserting <in which the student is enrolled, except as provided under section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph “c”.>
   8.  Page 7, by striking lines 14 through 35 and inserting: 

<STUDENT HEALTH WORKING GROUP
   Sec. ___.  STUDENT HEALTH WORKING GROUP.
   1.  The department of public health and the department of education shall convene a student health working group to review state-initiated student health requirements, including but not limited to requirements relating to dental and vision health screenings under sections 135.17 and 135.39D, blood lead testing under section 135.105D, and immunizations under section 139A.8, and other related requirements imposed on public schools. The working group shall study measures for implementing such student health screening requirements while reducing the administrative burden such requirements impose on public schools. The working group shall develop a uniform enforcement framework that includes a single method for enforcement of the current student health requirements and related data collection.
   2.  Members of the working group shall include the following:
   a.  Two representatives of each of the following, appointed by the respective entity:
   (1)  The department of education.
   (2)  The department of public health.
   (3)  The Iowa association of school boards.
   (4)  The school administrators of Iowa.
   (5)  The Iowa school nurse organization.
   (6)  The Iowa dental association.
   (7)  The Iowa optometric association.
   (8)  The area education agencies.
   (9)  The Iowa academy of family physicians.
   b.  Four legislative members who shall be appointed as ex officio, nonvoting members with one member to be appointed by each of the following: the majority leader of the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the house of representatives.
   3.  a.  The working group shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from the voting members appointed.
   b.  A majority of the voting members of the working group shall constitute a quorum.
   4.  The department of public health and the department of education shall work cooperatively to provide staffing and administrative support to the working group.
   5.  The working group shall submit its uniform enforcement framework, findings, and recommendations to the general assembly not later than December 31, 2017.>
   9.  Page 10, by striking lines 6 through 18 and inserting: 
   <(2)  If a pupil participates in cocurricular or extracurricular activities in accordance with subsection 11A, the district of residence may deduct the prorated amount of the cost of the cocurricular or extracurricular activities paid from general fund revenue from the amount calculated in subparagraph (1). The school district shall not deduct general administrative, overhead, or other indirect costs. The total amount of such costs deducted in a school year for the pupil shall not exceed the lesser of the actual cost of providing the cocurricular or extracurricular activities to the pupil or fifteen percent of the state cost per pupil for the previous school year. The school district of residence may charge the pupil a fee for participation in such cocurricular or extracurricular activities equivalent to the fee charged to and paid in the same manner by other resident pupils.>
   10.  By renumbering as necessary.

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AMY SINCLAIR