House File 161 - Introduced



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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the recognition of school district performance
  2    excellence resulting from the implementation of outstanding
  3    comprehensive school improvement plans.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2068HH 82
  6 kh/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 21, Code 2007, is
  1  2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
  1  3    NEW PARAGRAPH.  d.  Criteria and a procedure for
  1  4 recognizing performance excellence that results from the
  1  5 implementation of outstanding comprehensive school improvement
  1  6 plans.  A school district may apply to the department for
  1  7 recognition for the results achieved under the school
  1  8 district's comprehensive school improvement plan.  The
  1  9 recognition process shall emphasize the following:
  1 10    (1)  School performance results, including but not limited
  1 11 to student achievement, especially as the results relate to
  1 12 improved instruction in fundamental curricula, such as
  1 13 reading.
  1 14    (2)  Parent and community satisfaction.
  1 15    (3)  Information analysis and community reporting.
  1 16    (4)  Community involvement in planning.
  1 17    (5)  Teacher and administrator development.
  1 18    (6)  Results of school district efforts to eliminate
  1 19 educational inequities in student performance among Iowa's
  1 20 minority students as identified in district goals and plans.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill directs the state board of education, as part of
  1 23 its mandate to adopt rules incorporating accountability for
  1 24 student achievement into the standards and accreditation
  1 25 process, to include in those rules criteria and a procedure
  1 26 for recognizing performance excellence that results from the
  1 27 implementation of outstanding comprehensive school improvement
  1 28 plans.  A school district may apply to the department for
  1 29 recognition.  The recognition process must emphasize school
  1 30 results, including improved reading achievement, parent and
  1 31 community satisfaction, information analysis and community
  1 32 reporting, community involvement in planning, teacher and
  1 33 administrator development, and the elimination of educational
  1 34 inequities in student performance among Iowa's minority
  1 35 students.
  2  1 LSB 2068HH 82
  2  2 kh:rj/gg/14