House File 2354 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2354 BY HAGENOW A BILL FOR An Act relating to the postsecondary enrollment options 1 component of the senior year plus program. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 6012HH (3) 83 kh/sc

H.F. 2354 Section 1. Section 261E.6, subsection 3, Code 2009, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an 3 eligible student shall make application to an eligible 4 postsecondary institution to allow the eligible student to 5 enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered at 6 the institution. A comparable course , as defined in rules 7 adopted by the board of directors of the school district 8 consistent with department administrative rule, with the same 9 or substantially the same content must not be offered by the 10 school district or accredited nonpublic school the student 11 attends. If the postsecondary institution accepts an eligible 12 student for enrollment under this section, the institution 13 shall send written notice to the student, the student’s 14 parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor child, and 15 the student’s school district or accredited nonpublic school 16 and the school district in the case of a nonpublic school 17 student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or the Iowa braille 18 and sight saving school. The notice shall list the course, the 19 clock hours the student will be attending the course, and the 20 number of hours of college credit that the eligible student 21 will receive from the eligible postsecondary institution upon 22 successful completion of the course. 23 Sec. 2. Section 261E.6, subsection 6, Code 2009, is amended 24 to read as follows: 25 6. Definition. For purposes of this section and section 26 261E.7, unless the context otherwise requires, “eligible 27 student” means a student classified by the board of directors 28 of a school district, by the state board of regents for pupils 29 of the Iowa school for the deaf and the Iowa braille and 30 sight saving school, or by the authorities in charge of an 31 accredited nonpublic school as a ninth or tenth grade student 32 who is identified according to the school district’s gifted and 33 talented criteria and procedures, pursuant to section 257.43, 34 as a gifted and talented child, or an eleventh or twelfth grade 35 -1- LSB 6012HH (3) 83 kh/sc 1/ 3

H.F. 2354 student, during the period the student is participating in the 1 postsecondary enrollment options program. For purposes of this 2 section and section 261E.7, a student who meets the definition 3 of eligible student under this subsection is exempt from the 4 proficiency requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 1, 5 paragraph “e” . 6 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 7 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 8 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 9 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 10 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 11 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 12 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 13 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 14 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 15 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 16 districts. 17 EXPLANATION 18 This bill exempts students who wish to participate in the 19 postsecondary enrollment options program from a senior year 20 plus program eligibility provision that requires a student 21 to have demonstrated proficiency in reading, mathematics, 22 and science in order to participate in the senior year plus 23 program. 24 The bill also provides that a student may apply to enroll in 25 an eligible postsecondary institution for college credit in a 26 nonsectarian course under the postsecondary enrollment options 27 program if the school district does not offer a course that is 28 the same or substantially the same as the course offered in 29 the eligible postsecondary institution. Currently, the school 30 district must not offer a comparable course as defined in 31 rules adopted by the board of directors of the school district 32 consistent with department of education administrative rule. 33 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 34 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 35 -2- LSB 6012HH (3) 83 kh/sc 2/ 3

H.F. 2354 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 1 district from state school foundation aid received by the 2 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 3 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 4 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 5 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 6 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 7 mandates included in the bill. 8 -3- LSB 6012HH (3) 83 kh/sc 3/ 3