House File 153 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the development and administration by the
  2    department of education of a program to identify and honor
  3    schools for increasing the number of students enrolled in
  4    advanced=level courses and reducing achievement gaps.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2066HH 82
  7 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.9, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  55.  Develop a program to annually
  1  4 identify and honor schools that succeed in increasing the
  1  5 number of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve in
  1  6 advanced science, mathematics, and reading programs, and
  1  7 schools that succeed in reducing the achievement gaps for any
  1  8 subgroups of students in kindergarten through grade twelve as
  1  9 identified by the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001,
  1 10 Pub. L. No. 107=110, and any federal regulations adopted
  1 11 pursuant to the federal Act.  The department shall establish
  1 12 criteria for the recognition of exemplary schools and programs
  1 13 in accordance with this subsection, and a process to publicly
  1 14 honor the recipients of this recognition, and shall create a
  1 15 noteworthy symbol or certificate of honor suitable for public
  1 16 display in the community by the recipient schools.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill requires the director of the department of
  1 19 education to develop a program to annually identify and honor
  1 20 elementary and secondary schools that succeed in reducing
  1 21 achievement gaps and secondary schools that increase the
  1 22 number and diversity of students enrolled in advanced science,
  1 23 mathematics, and reading programs; to establish criteria for
  1 24 the recognition of exemplary schools and programs and a
  1 25 process to publicly honor the recipients chosen; and to create
  1 26 a noteworthy symbol or certificate of honor suitable for
  1 27 public display in the community by the recipient schools.
  1 28 LSB 2066HH 82
  1 29 kh:nh/gg/14