House Study Bill 524



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                            EDUCATION BILL BY
                                            CHAIRPERSON TYMESON)


    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:
  4 TLSB 5132YC 81
  5 kh/sh/8

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 United States department of education; the
  1 16 number of students who drop out of school; the number of
  1 17 students pursuing a high school equivalency diploma pursuant
  1 18 to chapter 259A; the percentage of students who receive a high
  1 19 school diploma and who are not proficient in reading,
  1 20 mathematics, and science; the number of students enrolled as
  1 21 high school juniors who meet the district's graduation
  1 22 requirements; the number of students who are tested and the
  1 23 percentage of students who are so tested annually; and the
  1 24 percentage of students who graduated during the prior school
  1 25 year and who completed a core curriculum.  The board shall
  1 26 develop and adopt uniform definitions consistent with the
  1 27 federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107=110
  1 28 and any federal regulations adopted pursuant to the federal
  1 29 Act.  The school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
  1 30 may report on other locally determined factors influencing
  1 31 student achievement.  The school districts and accredited
  1 32 nonpublic schools shall also report to the local community
  1 33 their results by individual attendance center.
  1 34                           EXPLANATION
  1 35    This bill requires school districts and accredited
  2  1 nonpublic schools to report annually to the department of
  2  2 education and their local communities data related to the
  2  3 school district's graduation, dropout, and equivalency rates,
  2  4 and the number of students who are not proficient in reading,
  2  5 mathematics, and science upon graduation.  The bill requires
  2  6 that the department of education include the data in its
  2  7 annual condition of education report.
  2  8    School districts and the department must use the United
  2  9 States department of education's definition for "graduation
  2 10 rate".  The bill requires that the data reported include the
  2 11 school district's graduation rate, the number of students who
  2 12 drop out of school, the number of students who pursue a high
  2 13 school equivalency diploma, the number of students who receive
  2 14 a high school diploma and who are not proficient in reading,
  2 15 mathematics, and science, and the number of high school
  2 16 seniors who meet graduation requirements.
  2 17 LSB 5132YC 81
  2 18 kh:rj/sh/8