House Study Bill 525



                                       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 the core curriculum plan developed by a school
  2    district in cooperation with a student.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5125YC 81
  5 kh/sh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.61, Code Supplement 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    279.61  STUDENT PLAN FOR PROGRESS TOWARD UNIVERSITY
  1  4 ADMISSIONS == REPORT.
  1  5    1.  For the school year beginning July 1, 2006, and each
  1  6 succeeding school year, the board of directors of each school
  1  7 district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in grade
  1  8 eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan to
  1  9 guide the student toward the goal of successfully completing,
  1 10 at a minimum, the model core curriculum developed by the state
  1 11 board of education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26,
  1 12 by the time the student graduates from high school.  The plan
  1 13 shall include career options and shall identify the coursework
  1 14 needed in grades nine through twelve for the student's
  1 15 transition into the appropriate career or postsecondary
  1 16 institution.  If the pupil is under eighteen years of age, the
  1 17 pupil's parent or guardian shall sign the core curriculum plan
  1 18 developed with the student and the signed plan shall be
  1 19 included in the student's records.
  1 20    2.  For the school year beginning July 1, 2006, and each
  1 21 succeeding school year, the board of directors of each school
  1 22 district shall report annually to each student enrolled in
  1 23 grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if the
  1 24 student is under the age of eighteen, to each student's parent
  1 25 or guardian, the student's progress toward meeting the goal of
  1 26 successfully completing the model core curriculum developed by
  1 27 the state board of education pursuant to section 256.7,
  1 28 subsection 26.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill requires the core curriculum plan developed for a
  1 31 student by a school district in cooperation with the student
  1 32 to be signed by the student's parent or guardian if the
  1 33 student is under 18 years of age.  The plan must include
  1 34 career options and shall identify the coursework needed to
  1 35 transition to a career or postsecondary institution.  The plan
  2  1 must also be included in records the school district maintains
  2  2 regarding the student.  The bill makes a conforming change.
  2  3    Under the Code, the core curriculum plan is a tool to be
  2  4 used to guide students toward the goal of successfully
  2  5 completing, at a minimum, the model core curriculum developed
  2  6 by the state board of education.
  2  7 LSB 5125YC 81
  2  8 kh:nh/sh/8.1