House File 2188 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2188 BY RAECKER A BILL FOR An Act relating to requirements for certain school districts 1 implementing interventions for attendance centers identified 2 as persistently lowest-achieving schools. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6137YH (3) 83 kh/rj

H.F. 2188 Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 60, paragraph b, as 1 enacted by 2010 Iowa Acts, Senate File 2033, section 1, is 2 amended by striking the paragraph. 3 EXPLANATION 4 This bill eliminates a provision that requires a school 5 district, which must implement one or more interventions 6 mandated by the U.S. department of education for a persistently 7 lowest-achieving school, and the employee organization 8 representing the school district’s teachers, to meet at 9 reasonable times to negotiate a memorandum of understanding. 10 The memorandum of understanding must contain an agreement 11 on the specific intervention to be implemented and a provision 12 stating that the terms of any collective bargaining agreement 13 between the parties shall remain in effect and unaltered except 14 as specifically agreed to in the memorandum of understanding. 15 If the parties are unable to reach an agreement, the school 16 district and the employee organization must select an impartial 17 and disinterested mediator. If mediation fails, the school 18 district shall not receive any school improvement funds, under 19 Tit. I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 20 1965, for the attendance center identified as a persistently 21 lowest-achieving school. 22 -1- LSB 6137YH (3) 83 kh/rj 1/ 1