S-5090

   Amend  the House amendment, S-5068, to Senate File 2131, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 1, after line 2 by inserting: 
   <___.  Page 1, line 1, after <5,> by inserting <6,>
   ___.  Page 1, after line 32 by inserting: 
   <6.  a.  Coursework offered under the initiative shall be rigorous and high quality, and the department 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.
   b.  The initiative shall provide annually to the department the scores for each student taking coursework through the initiative who is receiving private instruction under chapter 299A as described in subsection 1 and the department shall compile the data in an aggregate form that does not identify individual students and shall provide a detailed analysis of course completion rates. The department shall submit the analysis and the department’s findings and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by January 15 annually. For each report beyond the initial report, the department shall include in its analysis a comparison of the most current year’s data with the data collected and analyzed in prior years.>>
   2.  Page 1, after line 21 by inserting: 
   <___.  Title page, line 3, after <or private instruction> by inserting <, providing for an annual report,>>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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MATT McCOY