S-5199

   Amend Senate File 2318, as passed by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  The rules establishing high school graduation requirements shall authorize a school district or accredited nonpublic school to consider provide that any student, at any grade level, who satisfactorily completes a high school-level unit of instruction at a school accredited under section 256.11 has satisfactorily completed a unit of the high school graduation requirements for that area of instruction, and shall authorize the school district or accredited nonpublic school to of enrollment shall issue high school credit for the unit to the student unless the student is unable to demonstrate proficiency or the school district or accredited nonpublic school determines that the course unit completed by the student does not meet the school district’s or accredited nonpublic school’s standards, as appropriate.  If a student is denied credit under this subparagraph, the school district or accredited nonpublic school denying credit shall provide to the student’s parent or guardian in writing the reason for the denial.>