House File 2619 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 524)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to high school graduation, dropout, and
2 equivalency reporting requirements.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph c, Code
1 2 Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 c. A requirement that all school districts and accredited
1 4 nonpublic schools annually report to the department and the
1 5 local community the district=wide progress made in attaining
1 6 student achievement goals on the academic and other core
1 7 indicators and the district=wide progress made in attaining
1 8 locally established student learning goals. The school
1 9 districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall demonstrate
1 10 the use of multiple assessment measures in determining student
1 11 achievement levels. The school districts and accredited
1 12 nonpublic schools shall also report the number of students who
1 13 enter ninth grade but do not graduate from the school or
1 14 school district, utilizing the definition of graduation rate
1 15 specified by the national governors association; the number of
1 16 students who drop out of school; the number of students
1 17 pursuing a high school equivalency diploma pursuant to chapter
1 18 259A; the number of students who were enrolled in the district
1 19 within the past five years and who received a high school
1 20 equivalency diploma; the percentage of students who receive a
1 21 high school diploma and who were not proficient in reading,
1 22 mathematics, and science in grade eleven; the number of
1 23 students in the prior year who were enrolled as high school
1 24 juniors who are within four units or credits of meeting the
1 25 district's graduation requirements; the number of students who
1 26 are tested and the percentage of students who are so tested
1 27 annually; and the percentage of students who graduated during
1 28 the prior school year and who completed a core curriculum.
1 29 The board shall develop and adopt uniform definitions
1 30 consistent with the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
1 31 Pub. L. No. 107=110 and any federal regulations adopted
1 32 pursuant to the federal Act. The school districts and
1 33 accredited nonpublic schools may report on other locally
1 34 determined factors influencing student achievement. The
1 35 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall also
2 1 report to the local community their results by individual
2 2 attendance center.
2 3 Sec. 2. Section 260C.14, Code 2005, is amended by adding
2 4 the following new subsection:
2 5 NEW SUBSECTION. 21. Request that a student pursuing or
2 6 receiving a high school equivalency diploma provide to the
2 7 community college the student's school district of residence
2 8 and the last year the student was enrolled in the school
2 9 district of residence. The community college shall annually
2 10 report the information available to the community college
2 11 pursuant to this subsection to the school district of
2 12 residence.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill requires the state board of education to adopt
2 15 rules requiring school districts and accredited nonpublic
2 16 schools to report annually to the department of education and
2 17 their local communities, utilizing the definition of
2 18 graduation rate specified by the national governors
2 19 association, data related to the school district's graduation,
2 20 dropout, and high school equivalency diploma rates, and the
2 21 number of students who are not proficient in reading,
2 22 mathematics, and science, and the number of high school
2 23 juniors who are within four units or credits of meeting the
2 24 district's graduation requirements in grade 11. The bill
2 25 requires that the department of education include the data in
2 26 its annual condition of education report.
2 27 The bill requires the community college boards of directors
2 28 to request that a student pursuing or receiving a high school
2 29 equivalency diploma provide to the community college the
2 30 student's school district of residence and the last year the
2 31 student was enrolled in the school district. Each community
2 32 college must annually report the information regarding a
2 33 student's pursuit or receipt of a high school equivalency
2 34 diploma to the district of residence.
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