House File 229 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the development and administration by the
  2    department of education of a program to identify and honor
  3    schools for increasing the number of students enrolled in
  4    advanced=level courses and reducing achievement gaps.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2082HH 81
  7 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.9, Code 2005, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  53.  Develop a program to annually
  1  4 identify and honor schools that succeed in increasing the
  1  5 number of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in
  1  6 advanced science, mathematics, and reading programs, and
  1  7 schools that succeed in reducing the achievement gaps for any
  1  8 subgroups of students in kindergarten through grade twelve as
  1  9 identified by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
  1 10 Pub. L. No. 107=110, and any federal regulations adopted
  1 11 pursuant to the federal Act.  The department shall establish
  1 12 criteria for the recognition of exemplary schools and programs
  1 13 in accordance with this subsection, and shall establish a
  1 14 process to publicly honor the recipients of this recognition
  1 15 and shall create a noteworthy symbol or certificate of honor
  1 16 suitable for public display in the community by the recipient
  1 17 schools.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill requires the director of the department of
  1 20 education to develop a program to annually identify and honor
  1 21 elementary and secondary schools that succeed in reducing
  1 22 achievement gaps, and secondary schools that increase the
  1 23 number and diversity of students enrolled in advanced science,
  1 24 mathematics, and reading programs; to establish criteria for
  1 25 the recognition of exemplary schools and programs; to
  1 26 establish a process to publicly honor the recipients chosen;
  1 27 and to create a noteworthy symbol or certificate of honor
  1 28 suitable for public display in the community by the recipient
  1 29 schools.
  1 30 LSB 2082HH 81
  1 31 kh:nh/gg/14