Senate File 2317 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                       (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2132)


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to a state of Iowa scholar program to award
  2    certificates of recognition to qualified graduating seniors.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5905SV 81
  5 kh/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  261.130  STATE OF IOWA SCHOLARS
  1  2 CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
  1  3    1.  A state of Iowa scholar recognition program is created
  1  4 to award state of Iowa scholar certificates of recognition to
  1  5 high school students who graduate with a minimum grade point
  1  6 average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and attain a composite score of
  1  7 at least twenty=seven on the national college admission and
  1  8 placement examination published by the American college
  1  9 testing program, inc., or an equivalent score on another
  1 10 national standardized college admissions examination.
  1 11    2.  The governor and the general assembly shall issue the
  1 12 state of Iowa scholar certificates of recognition annually to
  1 13 students who have met the criteria specified in subsection 1.
  1 14    3.  The commission shall provide staffing and
  1 15 administrative support for the program.  A school district or
  1 16 accredited nonpublic school may submit to the commission the
  1 17 names of students who qualify for an award in accordance with
  1 18 this subsection on forms and by the date specified by the
  1 19 commission.
  1 20    4.  The commission shall publicize the program to school
  1 21 districts and accredited nonpublic schools on its internet
  1 22 website.  The commission shall also list annually on its
  1 23 internet website the name of each student who is awarded a
  1 24 state of Iowa scholar certificate, the school district from
  1 25 which the student graduated, and the city in which the student
  1 26 resides.
  1 27                           EXPLANATION
  1 28    This bill creates a state of Iowa scholar program to award
  1 29 state of Iowa scholar certificates of recognition to high
  1 30 school students who graduate with a minimum grade point
  1 31 average of 3.5 on a 4.0 scale and attain a composite score of
  1 32 at least 27 on the national college admission and placement
  1 33 examination published by the American college testing program,
  1 34 inc., or an equivalent score on another national standardized
  1 35 college admissions examination.  The governor and the general
  2  1 assembly shall issue the certificates of recognition annually
  2  2 to qualified students.
  2  3    The college student aid commission is directed to provide
  2  4 staffing and administrative support for the program.  A school
  2  5 district or accredited nonpublic school may submit to the
  2  6 commission the names of students who qualify for an award.
  2  7 The commission must publicize the program to school districts
  2  8 and accredited nonpublic schools on its website; and list on
  2  9 its website the name of each student who is awarded a
  2 10 certificate, the school district from which the student
  2 11 graduated, and the city in which the student resides.
  2 12 LSB 5905SV 81
  2 13 kh:nh/cf/24