Senate File 16 



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McKINLEY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the board of directors of a school district to
  2    make completion of a college entrance examination a condition
  3    of graduation and making an appropriation.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1597XS 82
  6 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.54  COLLEGE ADMISSION AND
  1  2 PLACEMENT EXAMINATION REQUIRED.
  1  3    1.  The board of directors of a school district shall
  1  4 require all students, as a condition of graduation, to take
  1  5 the national college admission and placement examination
  1  6 published by the American college testing program, inc.  The
  1  7 school district shall pay the fee for not more than one
  1  8 examination for each student.  The school district shall be
  1  9 reimbursed for payment of the fee by the department of
  1 10 education pursuant to subsection 2.
  1 11    2.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1 12 state to the department of education funds sufficient to
  1 13 reimburse school districts for the costs of paying examination
  1 14 fees as provided in subsection 1.  The state board of
  1 15 education shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
  1 16 establishing procedures for the payment of fees as provided in
  1 17 subsection 1 and for the issuance of a waiver in accordance
  1 18 with subsection 4.
  1 19    3.  The results of the examination required pursuant to
  1 20 subsection 1 shall be included on the student's final report
  1 21 card for the school year during which the examination was
  1 22 taken, and shall be part of the student's permanent academic
  1 23 record.  If a student elects to repeat the examination taken
  1 24 pursuant to subsection 1, the student shall be responsible for
  1 25 paying the examination fee.  The student may request that the
  1 26 later results be placed on the student's transcript and
  1 27 included in the student's permanent academic record.
  1 28    4.  The department may waive the examination requirement
  1 29 set forth in subsection 1 for a student upon the request of
  1 30 the board of directors of a school district if the school
  1 31 district has written authorization from a student's parent or
  1 32 guardian to exempt the student from the examination
  1 33 requirement.
  1 34                           EXPLANATION
  1 35    This bill requires the boards of directors of school
  2  1 districts to require all students, as a condition of
  2  2 graduation, to take the national college admission and
  2  3 placement examination published by the American college
  2  4 testing program, inc.  The bill includes a standing
  2  5 appropriation from the general fund of the state to the
  2  6 department of education to reimburse school districts for
  2  7 payment of the fees.
  2  8    The results of the examination are required to be included
  2  9 on the student's final report card for the school year during
  2 10 which the examination was taken, and as part of the student's
  2 11 permanent academic record.  If a student elects to repeat the
  2 12 examination, the student must pay the fee, and may request
  2 13 that the later results be placed on the student's transcript
  2 14 and included in the student's permanent academic record.
  2 15    The department may waive the examination requirement for a
  2 16 student if the school district submits a request and has
  2 17 written authorization from a student's parent or guardian to
  2 18 exempt the student from the examination requirement.
  2 19 LSB 1597XS 82
  2 20 kh:nh/gg/14