House File 2538 H-8098 Amend House File 2538 as follows: 1 1. By striking page 1, line 1, through page 3, line 9, and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 256.11, subsection 10, unnumbered 4 paragraph 1, Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 5 The state board shall establish, and the department 6 shall use, for the school year commencing July 1, 2021, and 7 each succeeding school year, an accreditation, monitoring, 8 and enforcement process for school districts and nonpublic 9 schools seeking accreditation pursuant to this subsection and 10 subsections 11 and 12 . In applying and taking monitoring and 11 enforcement action under this subsection and subsections 11 and 12 12, the department shall consider the timeliness and accuracy 13 of the information a school district or nonpublic school 14 provides to the department, including potential underreporting 15 or late reporting of data related to school discipline and 16 school safety necessary to monitor and implement the provisions 17 of chapter 280. The process established shall include all of 18 the following requirements: > 19 2. Page 4, line 29, after < readmitted > by inserting < and the 20 principal and teacher meet to discuss the readmission of the 21 student > 22 3. Page 4, line 34, after < readmitted > by inserting < and the 23 principal and teacher meet to discuss the readmission of the 24 student > 25 4. Page 5, by striking line 11 and inserting < two or more 26 times in a semester, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, 27 then the principal shall > 28 5. Page 5, after line 26 by inserting: 29 < 4. a. The board of directors of a school district shall 30 require each attendance center within the school district 31 to create an oversight review committee that is responsible 32 for developing a policy, consistent with this section, that 33 establishes when a student who has been excluded from the 34 classroom pursuant to subsection 2 may be readmitted to the 35 -1- HF 2538.3051 (2) 91 jda/jh 1/ 3 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5.

classroom. 1 b. The oversight review committee must consist of all of the 2 following members: 3 (1) Two teachers who work in the attendance center and who 4 must be selected by the teachers of the attendance center. 5 (2) One professional staff member who works in the 6 attendance center and who must be selected by the principal of 7 the attendance center. > 8 6. Page 5, line 27, by striking < 4. > and inserting < 5. > 9 7. Page 6, line 31, by striking < 5. > and inserting < 6. > 10 8. Page 7, line 33, by striking < 6. > and inserting < 7. > 11 9. Page 8, line 6, by striking < 7. > and inserting < 8. > 12 10. Page 8, line 12, by striking < 8. > and inserting < 9. > 13 11. Page 8, by striking lines 14 and 15 and inserting 14 < mental recovery with full pay for not more than five days if 15 the teacher is injured due to a student’s disorderly conduct; 16 provided, however, that the board of directors of a school 17 district may grant a teacher such a leave of absence for six 18 or more days if the teacher provides to the board of directors 19 of the school district a note from a physician indicating that 20 such a leave of absence is needed. > 21 12. Page 8, line 16, by striking < 9. > and inserting < 10. > 22 13. Page 8, line 27, by striking < 10. > and inserting < 11. > 23 14. Page 9, after line 23 by inserting: 24 < Sec. ___. Section 284.6, subsection 3, Code 2026, is 25 amended to read as follows: 26 3. A school district shall develop a district professional 27 development plan. The district professional development plan 28 shall include must satisfy all of the following requirements: 29 a. Include a description of the means by which the school 30 district will provide access to all teachers in the district to 31 professional development programs or offerings that meet the 32 requirements of subsection 1 . The plan shall align 33 b. Align all professional development with the school 34 district’s long-range student learning goals and the Iowa 35 -2- HF 2538.3051 (2) 91 jda/jh 2/ 3 #6. #7. #8. #9. #10. #11. #12. #13. #14.

teaching standards. The plan shall indicate 1 c. Indicate the school district’s approved professional 2 development provider or providers. 3 d. Include programs and offerings for all teachers to 4 support serving students with disabilities. 5 e. Include information related to all of the following: 6 (1) The general requirements related to providing a free 7 appropriate public education, including the school district’s 8 obligation to identify and evaluate a student who may have a 9 disability. 10 (2) The provision of supports and services through 11 a student’s individualized education program, including 12 each individual teacher’s responsibilities relating to the 13 development and implementation of a student’s individualized 14 education program. 15 (3) The general requirements related to providing education 16 to a student with a disability consistent with the least 17 restrictive environment requirements under the federal 18 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §1400 19 et seq. > 20 15. Page 9, by striking line 24. 21 16. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 7 and 22 inserting < An Act relating to education, including by 23 modifying provisions related to the duties of the department 24 of education, the discipline of students enrolled in school 25 districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools 26 who exhibit disorderly conduct in the classroom, and school 27 district professional development plans, and authorizing 28 teachers to request a meeting of a student’s individualized 29 education program team. > 30 17. By renumbering as necessary. 31 ______________________________ HAYES of Mahaska -3- HF 2538.3051 (2) 91 jda/jh 3/ 3 #15. #16. #17.