Senate File 2065 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  DANIELSON


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the industrial technology requirement under
  2    the state's high school educational standards.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5881SS 82
  5 kh/rj/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h, Code
  1  2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    h.  (1)  A minimum of three sequential units in at least
  1  4 four of the following six vocational service areas:
  1  5 agriculture, business or office occupations, health
  1  6 occupations, family and consumer sciences or home economics
  1  7 occupations, industrial technology or trade and industrial
  1  8 education, and marketing education.  Instruction shall be
  1  9 competency=based, articulated with postsecondary programs of
  1 10 study, and include field, laboratory, or on=the=job training.
  1 11 Each sequential unit shall include instruction in a minimum
  1 12 set of competencies established by the department of education
  1 13 that relate to the following:  new and emerging technologies;
  1 14 job=seeking, job=adaptability, and other employment,
  1 15 self=employment and entrepreneurial skills that reflect
  1 16 current industry standards and labor=market needs; and
  1 17 reinforcement of basic academic skills.  The instructional
  1 18 programs shall also comply with the provisions of chapter 258
  1 19 relating to vocational education.  However, this paragraph
  1 20 does not apply to the teaching of vocational education in
  1 21 nonpublic schools.
  1 22    (2)  The department of education shall permit school
  1 23 districts, in meeting the requirements of this section, to use
  1 24 vocational core courses in more than one vocational service
  1 25 area and to use multi=occupational courses to complete a
  1 26 sequence in more than one vocational service area.
  1 27    (3)  A unit of industrial technology or trade and
  1 28 industrial education with sufficient science or mathematics
  1 29 coursework and activities meets one of the unit requirements
  1 30 specified in paragraph "a", "d", or "e" for science or
  1 31 mathematics, as applicable.
  1 32                           EXPLANATION
  1 33    This bill provides that a unit of industrial technology or
  1 34 trade and industrial education with sufficient mathematics or
  1 35 science coursework and activities meets one of the unit
  2  1 requirements specified for the education program which every
  2  2 school district and accredited nonpublic school must offer.
  2  3 LSB 5881SS 82
  2  4 kh/rj/5.1