Senate File 2307 - Enrolled PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 2307 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 ESTABLISHING COMMITTEES TO FORMULATE PLANS FOR A STATE 1 5 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PREKINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE 1 6 TWELVE SCHOOL AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. STATE OF IOWA RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, 1 11 DEMONSTRATION, AND DISSEMINATION SCHOOL == COMMITTEES 1 12 ESTABLISHED. 1 13 1. a. The director of the department of education and the 1 14 president of the university of northern Iowa shall jointly 1 15 establish a finance and funding committee and an 1 16 implementation committee to develop detailed plans for 1 17 expansion of the Price laboratory school at the university of 1 18 northern Iowa as the state of Iowa research, development, 1 19 demonstration, and dissemination school. The committees shall 1 20 file a joint report with the general assembly, the governor, 1 21 the board of regents, and the state board of education by 1 22 January 15, 2009. The committees shall collaborate to ensure 1 23 that their recommendations in the joint report are compatible. 1 24 b. The committees shall use the findings and 1 25 recommendations of the research and development 1 26 prekindergarten through grade twelve school feasibility study 1 27 committee created in 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 215, section 128, 1 28 as the basis of each committee's plan. 1 29 2. Members of the finance and funding committee shall 1 30 include individuals from the university of northern Iowa, the 1 31 department of education, and educators with expertise in 1 32 school finance. The committee shall develop a plan for 1 33 sustained operational and capital funding both through the 1 34 identification of new funding sources and through the 1 35 restructuring of existing funding sources for the school. The 2 1 committee shall evaluate the condition of the current Price 2 2 laboratory school facility and determine whether renovation, 2 3 including new construction, is recommended, and, in 2 4 particular, renovation or new construction that would result 2 5 in the Price laboratory school serving as a demonstration site 2 6 in energy efficiency and energy efficient design. 2 7 3. Members of the implementation committee shall include 2 8 Price laboratory school faculty, university of northern Iowa 2 9 faculty, and department of education staff. The committee 2 10 shall develop a detailed transition plan for expanding the 2 11 Price laboratory school as a state of Iowa research, 2 12 development, demonstration, and dissemination school and shall 2 13 develop a detailed governance structure that outlines the 2 14 specific roles and responsibilities of the university of 2 15 northern Iowa, the department of education, and the other 2 16 individuals, boards, committees, and groups involved with the 2 17 school. The committee shall focus on making recommendations 2 18 regarding governance structure that result in creating the 2 19 type of environment that must exist for a research, 2 20 development, demonstration, and dissemination school to be 2 21 effective, including the methods by which research will be 2 22 translated into practice in all accredited public and 2 23 nonpublic prekindergarten through grade twelve schools. 2 24 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 2 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 26 2 27 2 28 2 29 JOHN P. KIBBIE 2 30 President of the Senate 2 31 2 32 2 33 2 34 PATRICK J. MURPHY 2 35 Speaker of the House 3 1 3 2 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 3 3 is known as Senate File 2307, Eighty=second General Assembly. 3 4 3 5 3 6 3 7 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 3 8 Secretary of the Senate 3 9 Approved , 2008 3 10 3 11 3 12 3 13 CHESTER J. CULVER 3 14 Governor