Senate File 2216 - Enrolled PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2216 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 CONCERNING STATE AND LOCAL MEASURES FOR PREPARING A STUDENT FOR 1 5 A CAREER OR FOR POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION, INCLUDING A STATE- 1 6 WIDE CORE CURRICULUM FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND ACCREDITED 1 7 NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND A STATE=DESIGNATED CAREER INFORMATION 1 8 AND DECISION=MAKING SYSTEM. 1 9 1 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 11 1 12 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsections 26 and 28, Code 1 13 Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows: 1 14 26. a. Adopt rules that establish avoluntary modelcore 1 15 curriculum and requiring, beginning with the students in the 1 16 2010=2011 school year graduating class, high school graduation 1 17 requirements for all students in school districts and 1 18 accredited nonpublic schools that include at a minimum 1 19 satisfactory completion of four years of English and language 1 20 arts, three years of mathematics, three years of science, and 1 21 three years of social studies. Thevoluntary modelcore 1 22 curriculum adopted shall address the core content standards in 1 23 subsection 28 and the skills and knowledge students need to be 1 24 successful in the twenty=first century. Thevoluntary model1 25 core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty=first 1 26 century learning skills which include but are not limited to 1 27 civic literacy, health literacy, technology literacy, 1 28 financial literacy, and employability skills; and shall 1 29 address the curricular needs of students in kindergarten 1 30 through grade twelve in those areas. For purposes of this 1 31 subsection, "financial literacy" shall include but not be 1 32 limited to financial responsibility and planning skills; money 1 33 management skills, including setting financial goals, creating 1 34 spending plans, and using financial instruments; applying 1 35 decision=making skills to analyze debt incurrence and debt 2 1 management; understanding risk management, including the 2 2 features and functions of insurance; and understanding saving 2 3 and investing as applied to long=term financial security and 2 4 asset building. 2 5 b.The state board shall continueContinue the inclusive 2 6 process begun during the initial development of avoluntary 2 7 modelcore curriculum for grades nine through twelve including 2 8 stakeholder involvement, including but not limited to 2 9 representatives from the private sector and the business 2 10 community, and alignment of thevoluntary modelcore 2 11 curriculum to other recognized sets of national and 2 12 international standards. The state board shall also recommend 2 13 quality assessments to school districts and accredited 2 14 nonpublic schools to measure thevoluntary modelcore 2 15 curriculum. 2 16 The state board shall not require school districts or 2 17 accredited nonpublic schools to adopt a specific textbook or 2 18 textbook series to meet the core curriculum requirements of 2 19 this subsection or the core content standards adopted pursuant 2 20 to subsection 28. 2 21 28. Adopt a set of core content standards applicable to 2 22 all students in kindergarten through grade twelve in every 2 23 school district and accredited nonpublic school. For purposes 2 24 of this subsection, "core content standards" includes reading, 2 25 mathematics, and science. The core content standards shall be 2 26 identical to the core content standards included in Iowa's 2 27 approved 2006 standards and assessment system under Title I of 2 28 the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20 2 29 U.S.C. } 6301 et seq., as amended by the federal No Child Left 2 30 Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107=110. School districts and 2 31 accredited nonpublic schools shall include, at a minimum, the 2 32 core content standards adopted pursuant to this subsection in 2 33 any set of locally developed content standards. School 2 34 districts and accredited nonpublic schools are strongly 2 35 encouraged toinclude the voluntary model core curriculum or3 1 set higher expectations in local standards. As changes in 3 2 federal law or regulation occur, the state board is authorized 3 3 to amend the core content standards as appropriate. 3 4 Sec. 2. Section 256.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by 3 5 adding the following new subsection: 3 6 NEW SUBSECTION. 57. Develop and distribute, in 3 7 collaboration with the area education agencies, core 3 8 curriculum technical assistance and implementation strategies 3 9 that school districts and accredited nonpublic schools may 3 10 utilize, including but not limited to the development and 3 11 delivery of formative and end=of=course assessments classroom 3 12 teachers can use to measure student progress on the core 3 13 curriculum adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26. 3 14 The department shall continue to collaborate with Iowa testing 3 15 programs on the development of end=of=course and additional 3 16 assessments to align with the expectations included in the 3 17 Iowa core curriculum. 3 18 Sec. 3. Section 256.9, Code Supplement 2007, is amended by 3 19 adding the following new subsection: 3 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 58. Submit an annual report to the 3 21 general assembly by January 1 regarding activities, findings, 3 22 and student progress under the core curriculum established 3 23 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26. The annual report 3 24 shall include the state board's findings and recommendations. 3 25 Sec. 4. Section 279.61, Code Supplement 2007, is amended 3 26 to read as follows: 3 27 279.61 STUDENT PLAN FOR PROGRESS TOWARD UNIVERSITY 3 28 ADMISSIONS == REPORT. 3 29 1. For the school year beginning July 1,20072008, and 3 30 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each 3 31 school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in 3 32 grade eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan 3 33 to guide the student toward the goal of successfully 3 34 completing, at a minimum, thevoluntary modelcore curriculum 3 35 developed by the state board of education pursuant to section 4 1 256.7, subsection 26, by the time the student graduates from 4 2 high school. The plan shall include career options and shall 4 3 identify the coursework needed in grades nine through twelve 4 4 to support the student's postsecondary education and career 4 5 options. Additionally, the plan shall include a timeline for 4 6 each student to successfully complete, prior to graduation, 4 7 all components of the state=designated career information and 4 8 decision=making system administered by the department in 4 9 accordance with section 118 of the federal Carl D. Perkins 4 10 Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Pub. 4 11 L. No. 109=270. The student's parent or guardian shall sign 4 12 the core curriculum plan developed with the student and the 4 13 signed plan shall be included in the student's cumulative 4 14 records. 4 15 2. For the school year beginning July 1,20072008, and 4 16 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each 4 17 school district shall report annually to each student enrolled 4 18 in grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if 4 19 the student is under the age of eighteen, to each student's 4 20 parent or guardian, the student's progress toward meeting the 4 21 goal of successfully completing the core curriculum and high 4 22 school graduation requirements adopted by the state board of 4 23 education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26. 4 24 Sec. 5. Section 280.3, Code 2007, is amended to read as 4 25 follows: 4 26 280.3DUTIES OF BOARDEDUCATIONAL PROGRAM == ATTENDANCE 4 27 CENTER REQUIREMENTS. 4 28 1. The board of directors of each public school district 4 29 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall 4 30 prescribe the minimum educational program and an attendance 4 31 policy which shall require each child to attend school for at 4 32 least one hundred forty=eight days, to be met by attendance 4 33 for at least thirty=seven days each school quarter, for the 4 34 schools under their jurisdictions. 4 35 2. The minimum educational program shall be the curriculum 5 1 set forth in subsection 3 of this section and section 256.11, 5 2 except as otherwise provided by law. The board of directors 5 3 of a public school district shall not allow discrimination in 5 4 any educational program on the basis of race, color, creed, 5 5 sex, marital status or place of national origin. 5 6 3. The board of directors of each public school district 5 7 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall 5 8 do all of the following: 5 9 a. Adopt an implementation plan by July 1, 2010, which 5 10 provides for the adoption of at least one core curriculum 5 11 subject area each year as established by the state board of 5 12 education for grades nine through twelve pursuant to section 5 13 256.7, subsection 26. The core curriculum established for 5 14 grades nine through twelve by the state board of education 5 15 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, shall be fully 5 16 implemented by each school district and school by July 1, 5 17 2012. 5 18 b. Adopt an implementation plan, by July 1, 2012, which 5 19 provides for the full implementation of the core curriculum 5 20 established for kindergarten through grade eight by the state 5 21 board of education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, 5 22 by the 2014=2015 school year. 5 23 4. A nonpublic school which is unable to meet the minimum 5 24 educational program may request an exemption from the state 5 25 board of education. The authorities in charge of the 5 26 nonpublic school shall file with the director of the 5 27 department of education the names and locations of all schools 5 28 desiring to be exempted and the names, ages, and post office 5 29 addresses of all pupils of compulsory school age who are 5 30 enrolled. The director, subject to the approval of the state 5 31 board, may exempt the nonpublic school from compliance with 5 32 the minimum educational program for two school years. When 5 33 the exemption has once been granted, renewal of the exemption 5 34 for each succeeding school year may be conditioned by the 5 35 director, with the approval of the board, upon proof of 6 1 achievement in the basic skills of arithmetic, the 6 2 communicative arts of reading, writing, grammar, and spelling, 6 3 and an understanding of United States history, history of 6 4 Iowa, and the principles of American government, of the pupils 6 5 of compulsory school age exempted in the preceding year. 6 6 Proof of achievement shall be determined on the basis of tests 6 7 or other means of evaluation prescribed by the director of the 6 8 department of education with the approval of the state board 6 9 of education. The testing or evaluation, if required, shall 6 10 be accomplished prior to submission of the request for renewal 6 11 of the exemption. Renewal requests shall be filed with the 6 12 director by April 15 of the school year preceding the school 6 13 year for which the applicants desire exemption. This section 6 14 shall not apply to schools eligible for exemption under 6 15 section 299.24. 6 16 5. The board of directors of each public school district 6 17 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall 6 18 establish and maintain attendance centers based upon the needs 6 19 of the school age pupils enrolled in the school district or 6 20 nonpublic school. Public school kindergarten programs shall 6 21 and public and nonpublic school prekindergarten programs may 6 22 be provided. In addition, the board of directors or governing 6 23 authority may include in the educational program of any school 6 24 such additional courses, subjects, or activities which it 6 25 deems fit the needs of the pupils. 6 26 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == CORE CURRICULUM STUDY. 6 27 The department of education shall conduct a study of the 6 28 measures necessary for the successful adoption by the state's 6 29 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools of core 6 30 curriculums and core content standards established by rule 6 31 pursuant to section 256.7, subsections 26 and 28. The 6 32 department shall submit its findings and recommendations, 6 33 including recommendations for statutory and administrative 6 34 rule changes necessary, to the general assembly by November 6 35 14, 2008. 7 1 Sec. 7. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 7 2 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 7 3 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 7 4 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 7 5 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 7 6 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 7 7 to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of 7 8 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 7 9 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by 7 10 and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 7 11 districts. 7 12 7 13 7 14 7 15 JOHN P. KIBBIE 7 16 President of the Senate 7 17 7 18 7 19 7 20 PATRICK J. MURPHY 7 21 Speaker of the House 7 22 7 23 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 7 24 is known as Senate File 2216, Eighty=second General Assembly. 7 25 7 26 7 27 7 28 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 7 29 Secretary of the Senate 7 30 Approved , 2008 7 31 7 32 7 33 7 34 CHESTER J. CULVER 7 35 Governor