House
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
IOWA
SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE
PROFILES
PUBLISHED
BY
THE
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION,
INCLUDING
HOW
DROPOUT
STUDENTS
AFFECT
SCHOOL
PERFORMANCE
GRADES
CONTAINED
IN
THE
PROFILES.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
121,
section
73,
subsection
2,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
The
department
shall
develop
an
achievement
score
that
calculates
aggregate
growth
as
well
as
aggregate
proficiency
of
students
which
when
combined
with
other
academic
indicators
results
in
an
overall
school
performance
grade
for
each
attendance
center
in
the
school
district.
For
purposes
of
calculating
the
performance
grade,
if
a
student
returns
to
the
school
after
dropping
out
and
subsequently
drops
out
again,
the
student’s
second
or
subsequent
dropping
out
of
school
shall
not
adversely
affect
the
school’s
performance
grade.
The
performance
grade
may
also
be
used
as
one
measure
to
rank
and
classify
schools
into
six
different
performance
categories:
exceptional,
high
performing,
commendable,
acceptable,
needs
improvement,
and
priority.
The
categories
may
be
used
to
define
support
and
specialized
assistance
to
schools
classified
as
needs
improvement
or
priority
as
well
as
to
recognize
schools
designated
exceptional
or
high
performing.
Additionally,
a
closing
gap
score
shall
be
calculated
as
another
measure
to
determine
subgroup
performance
and
to
rank
and
classify
attendance
centers.
Other
academic
indicators
House
File
393,
p.
2
shall
be
defined
as
criterion
referenced
variables
that
will
be
utilized
in
the
calculation
of
the
performance
grade.
Other
academic
indicators
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
graduation
rates,
attendance
rates,
and
college-readiness
rates.
Additional
indicators
of
academic
success
and
progress
may
include
post-graduation
data,
suspension
and
expulsion
rates,
levels
of
student
engagement,
parent
satisfaction,
parent
engagement,
and
staff
working
conditions.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
393,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor