Senate File 30

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  BRUNKHORST


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act limiting the types of courses secondary students may take
  2    under the postsecondary enrollment options Act.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1734SS 80
  5 kh/sh/8

PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 261C.4, Code 2003, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    261C.4  AUTHORIZATION.
  1  4    An eligible pupil may make application to an eligible
  1  5 institution to allow the eligible pupil to enroll for academic
  1  6 or vocational=technical credit in a an authorized nonsectarian
  1  7 course offered at that eligible institution.  Authorized
  1  8 courses shall include only those related to mathematics,
  1  9 English=language arts, vocational=technical education, and
  1 10 science.  A comparable course, as defined in rules made by the
  1 11 board of directors of the public school district, must not be
  1 12 offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic school
  1 13 which the pupil attends.  If an eligible institution accepts
  1 14 an eligible pupil for enrollment under this section, the
  1 15 institution shall send written notice to the pupil, the
  1 16 pupil's school district or accredited nonpublic school or the
  1 17 school for the deaf or the Iowa braille and sight saving
  1 18 school, and the department of education.  The notice shall
  1 19 list the course, the clock hours the pupil will be attending
  1 20 the course, and the number of hours of postsecondary academic
  1 21 or vocational=technical credit that the eligible pupil will
  1 22 receive from the eligible institution upon successful
  1 23 completion of the course.
  1 24                           EXPLANATION
  1 25    This bill limits the types of courses secondary students
  1 26 may take under the postsecondary enrollment options Act to
  1 27 those courses related to mathematics, English=language arts,
  1 28 vocational=technical education, and science.
  1 29    The Act currently allows ninth or 10th grade pupils
  1 30 identified as talented and gifted, or an 11th or 12th grade
  1 31 pupil, to enroll in a college=level course if the school
  1 32 district in which they reside does not provide a comparable
  1 33 course.  If an eligible student is admitted and enrolled by an
  1 34 eligible postsecondary institution, the student is granted
  1 35 high school credit and postsecondary academic or vocational=
  2  1 technical credit for successful completion of the coursework.
  2  2 The school district is required to pay a tuition reimbursement
  2  3 amount to the postsecondary institution that has enrolled the
  2  4 resident eligible pupil.  The amount of tuition reimbursement
  2  5 for each separate course is the lesser of the actual and
  2  6 customary costs of tuition, textbooks, materials, and fees
  2  7 directly related to the course or $250.
  2  8 LSB 1734SS 80
  2  9 kh/sh/8