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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
STUDENTS
UNDER
THE
SENIOR
YEAR
PLUS
PROGRAM
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
261E.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
e.
(1)
The
student
,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
this
paragraph
“e”
,
shall
have
demonstrated
proficiency
in
reading,
mathematics,
and
science
as
evidenced
by
achievement
any
of
the
following:
(a)
Achievement
scores
on
the
latest
administration
of
the
state
assessment
for
which
scores
are
available
and
as
defined
by
the
department.
However,
a
(b)
If
the
student
is
receiving
competent
private
instruction
under
chapter
299A
,
may
demonstrate
proficiency
by
submitting
the
written
recommendation
of
the
licensed
practitioner
providing
supervision
to
the
student
in
accordance
with
section
299A.2
;
.
Such
student
may
demonstrate
proficiency
as
evidenced
by
achievement
scores
on
the
annual
achievement
evaluation
required
under
section
299A.4
;
or
may
also
demonstrate
proficiency
as
evidenced
by
a
selection
index,
which
is
the
sum
of
the
critical
reading,
mathematics,
and
writing
skills
assessments,
of
at
least
one
hundred
forty-one
on
the
preliminary
scholastic
aptitude
test
administered
by
the
college
board;
a
composite
score
of
at
least
twenty-one
on
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the
college
readiness
assessment
administered
by
ACT,
inc.;
or
a
sum
of
the
critical
reading
and
mathematics
scores
of
at
least
nine
hundred
ninety
on
the
college
readiness
assessment
administered
by
the
college
board.
(2)
(a)
If
a
student
is
not
proficient
in
one
or
more
of
the
content
areas
listed
in
this
paragraph,
has
not
taken
the
college
readiness
assessments
identified
in
this
paragraph,
or
has
not
achieved
the
scores
specified
in
this
paragraph,
the
subparagraph
(1),
the
student
may
demonstrate
proficiency
through
measures
of
college
readiness
jointly
agreed
upon
by
the
school
board
and
the
eligible
postsecondary
institution.
(b)
The
school
board
may
establish
alternative
but
equivalent
qualifying
performance
measures
including
but
not
limited
to
additional
administrations
of
the
state
assessment,
portfolios
of
student
work,
student
performance
rubric,
or
end-of-course
assessments.
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
Notwithstanding
section
261E.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“e”,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
division
(a),
as
enacted
by
this
Act,
for
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
the
achievement
scores
from
the
state
assessment
administered
during
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
shall
be
considered
the
latest
available
scores.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
andis
known
as
House
File
308,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor