Senate File 2216 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3097)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act concerning state and local measures for preparing a
2 student for a career or for postsecondary education, including
3 a statewide core curriculum for school districts and
4 accredited nonpublic schools and a state=designated career
5 information and decision=making system.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsections 26 and 28, Code
1 2 Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
1 3 26. a. Adopt rules that establish a voluntary model core
1 4 curriculum and requiring, beginning with the students in the
1 5 2010==2011 school year graduating class, high school
1 6 graduation requirements for all students in school districts
1 7 and accredited nonpublic schools that include at a minimum
1 8 satisfactory completion of four years of English and language
1 9 arts, three years of mathematics, three years of science, and
1 10 three years of social studies. The voluntary model core
1 11 curriculum adopted shall address the core content standards in
1 12 subsection 28 and the skills and knowledge students need to be
1 13 successful in the twenty=first century. The voluntary model
1 14 core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty=first
1 15 century learning skills which include but are not limited to
1 16 civic literacy, health literacy, technology literacy,
1 17 financial literacy, and employability skills; and shall
1 18 address the curricular needs of students in kindergarten
1 19 through grade twelve in those areas. For purposes of this
1 20 subsection, "financial literacy" shall include but not be
1 21 limited to financial responsibility and planning skills; money
1 22 management skills, including setting financial goals, creating
1 23 spending plans, and using financial instruments; applying
1 24 decision=making skills to analyze debt incurrence and debt
1 25 management; understanding risk management, including the
1 26 features and functions of insurance; and understanding saving
1 27 and investing as applied to long=term financial security and
1 28 asset building. School districts and accredited nonpublic
1 29 schools shall adopt the core curriculum developed for grades
1 30 nine through twelve pursuant to this subsection prior to the
1 31 school year beginning July 1, 2010. The state board shall
1 32 adopt rules establishing a core curriculum for kindergarten
1 33 through grade eight, and school districts and accredited
1 34 nonpublic schools shall adopt the core curriculum established
1 35 by the state board prior to the 2014=2015 school year.
2 1 b. The state board shall continue Continue the inclusive
2 2 process begun during the initial development of a voluntary
2 3 model core curriculum for grades nine through twelve including
2 4 stakeholder involvement, including but not limited to
2 5 representatives from the private sector and the business
2 6 community, and alignment of the voluntary model core
2 7 curriculum to other recognized sets of national and
2 8 international standards. The state board shall also recommend
2 9 quality assessments to school districts and accredited
2 10 nonpublic schools to measure the voluntary model core
2 11 curriculum.
2 12 The state board shall not require school districts or
2 13 accredited nonpublic schools to adopt a specific textbook or
2 14 textbook series to meet the core curriculum requirements of
2 15 this subsection or the core content standards adopted pursuant
2 16 to subsection 28.
2 17 28. Adopt a set of core content standards applicable to
2 18 all students in kindergarten through grade twelve in every
2 19 school district and accredited nonpublic school. For purposes
2 20 of this subsection, "core content standards" includes reading,
2 21 mathematics, and science. The core content standards shall be
2 22 identical to the core content standards included in Iowa's
2 23 approved 2006 standards and assessment system under Title I of
2 24 the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, 20
2 25 U.S.C. } 6301 et seq., as amended by the federal No Child Left
2 26 Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107=110. School districts and
2 27 accredited nonpublic schools shall include, at a minimum, the
2 28 core content standards adopted pursuant to this subsection in
2 29 any set of locally developed content standards. School
2 30 districts and accredited nonpublic schools are strongly
2 31 encouraged to include the voluntary model core curriculum or
2 32 set higher expectations in local standards. As changes in
2 33 federal law or regulation occur, the state board is authorized
2 34 to amend the core content standards as appropriate.
2 35 Sec. 2. Section 279.61, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
3 1 to read as follows:
3 2 279.61 STUDENT PLAN FOR PROGRESS TOWARD UNIVERSITY
3 3 ADMISSIONS == REPORT.
3 4 1. For the school year beginning July 1, 2007 2008, and
3 5 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
3 6 school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in
3 7 grade eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan
3 8 to guide the student toward the goal of successfully
3 9 completing, at a minimum, the voluntary model core curriculum
3 10 developed by the state board of education pursuant to section
3 11 256.7, subsection 26, by the time the student graduates from
3 12 high school. The plan shall include career options and shall
3 13 identify the coursework needed in grades nine through twelve
3 14 to support the student's postsecondary education and career
3 15 options. Additionally, the plan shall include a timeline for
3 16 each student to successfully complete, prior to graduation,
3 17 all components of the state=designated career information and
3 18 decision=making system administered by the department in
3 19 accordance with section 118 of the federal Carl D. Perkins
3 20 Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006, Pub.
3 21 L. No. 109=270. The student's parent or guardian shall sign
3 22 the core curriculum plan developed with the student and the
3 23 signed plan shall be included in the student's cumulative
3 24 records.
3 25 2. For the school year beginning July 1, 2007 2008, and
3 26 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
3 27 school district shall report annually to each student enrolled
3 28 in grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if
3 29 the student is under the age of eighteen, to each student's
3 30 parent or guardian, the student's progress toward meeting the
3 31 goal of successfully completing the core curriculum and high
3 32 school graduation requirements adopted by the state board of
3 33 education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26.
3 34 Sec. 3. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == CORE CURRICULUM STUDY.
3 35 The department of education shall conduct a study of the
4 1 measures necessary for the successful adoption by the state's
4 2 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools of core
4 3 curriculums and core content standards established by rule
4 4 pursuant to section 256.7, subsections 26 and 28. The
4 5 department shall submit its findings and recommendations,
4 6 including recommendations for statutory and administrative
4 7 rule changes necessary, to the general assembly by November
4 8 14, 2008.
4 9 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
4 10 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
4 11 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
4 12 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
4 13 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
4 14 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
4 15 to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of
4 16 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding
4 17 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by
4 18 and enforcement of this Act against all affected school
4 19 districts.
4 20 EXPLANATION
4 21 This bill requires the state board of education to adopt
4 22 rules establishing a core curriculum which school districts
4 23 and accredited nonpublic schools must adopt before the start
4 24 of the 2010=2011 school year for grades nine through 12 and
4 25 before the start of the 2014=2015 school year for kindergarten
4 26 through grade eight. The bill also requires a timeline for
4 27 successful completion of core curriculum plans for students
4 28 and provides for a core curriculum study by the department of
4 29 education.
4 30 Under current Code, the core curriculum must include
4 31 "financial literacy", which the bill defines as including but
4 32 not limited to financial responsibility and planning skills,
4 33 money management skills, and decision=making skills.
4 34 The bill prohibits the state board from requiring that
4 35 school districts and schools adopt specific textbooks or
5 1 textbook series to meet the core curriculum or core curriculum
5 2 standards.
5 3 The bill requires that the individual core curriculum plans
5 4 school districts must develop to guide each student toward the
5 5 goal of successfully completing the core curriculum by the
5 6 time the student graduates must include a timeline for the
5 7 successful completion of all components of the
5 8 state=designated career information and decision=making system
5 9 the state maintains under a federal Carl D. Perkins Career and
5 10 Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 grant.
5 11 The department is directed to conduct a study of the
5 12 measures necessary for the successful adoption by the state's
5 13 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools of core
5 14 curriculums and core content standards established by the
5 15 state board. The department must submit its findings and
5 16 recommendations to the general assembly by November 14, 2008.
5 17 The bill eliminates references to a voluntary model core
5 18 curriculum.
5 19 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
5 20 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
5 21 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
5 22 district from state school foundation aid received by the
5 23 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
5 24 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
5 25 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
5 26 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
5 27 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
5 28 state mandates included in the bill.
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