House Study Bill 539



                                       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 requiring school districts to report proficiency and grade
  2    equivalency levels to parents or guardians of students
  3    administered nationally recognized standardized achievement
  4    evaluations.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 5130YC 81
  7 kh/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.63  STUDENT PROFICIENCY AND
  1  2 GRADE LEVEL EQUIVALENCY REPORT.
  1  3    The board of directors of each school district shall report
  1  4 to the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the
  1  5 school district who is administered a nationally recognized
  1  6 standardized achievement evaluation the proficiency level and
  1  7 grade equivalency level in each of the subject areas for which
  1  8 the student was evaluated.  The school district shall describe
  1  9 in the report how the levels were determined.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance
  1 11 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
  1 12 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
  1 13 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
  1 14 received by the school district under section 257.16.  This
  1 15 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
  1 16 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
  1 17 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
  1 18 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
  1 19 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
  1 20                           EXPLANATION
  1 21    This bill requires school districts to report to the parent
  1 22 or guardian of a student who is administered a nationally
  1 23 recognized standardized achievement evaluation the proficiency
  1 24 level and the grade equivalency level in each of the subject
  1 25 areas for which the student was evaluated.  The school
  1 26 district must also describe how the levels were determined.
  1 27    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  1 28 section 25B.3.  The bill requires that the state cost of any
  1 29 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
  1 30 district from state school foundation aid received by the
  1 31 school district under Code section 257.16.  The specification
  1 32 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
  1 33 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
  1 34 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
  1 35 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
  2  1 state mandates included in the bill.
  2  2 LSB 5130YC 81
  2  3 kh:nh/cf/24.2