Senate File 402 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY HAMERLINCK
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a career and technical academy pilot program
2 for junior and senior high school students at the Blong
3 technology center at eastern Iowa community college.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 261E.8A CAREER AND TECHNICAL
1 2 ACADEMY PILOT PROGRAM.
1 3 1. A career and technical academy pilot program is
1 4 established to be administered by the department to promote
1 5 the career and technical pursuits of high school students who
1 6 enroll at least one=half=time or full=time in career or
1 7 technical courses at the Blong technology center at eastern
1 8 Iowa community college. The program shall be made available
1 9 to not more than one hundred high school students in grades
1 10 eleven and twelve. A student who is accepted into the program
1 11 may receive both high school and community college credit for
1 12 courses taken at the community college, whether or not the
1 13 school district offers a comparable course. A student's
1 14 school district of residence shall cooperate with the
1 15 technology center to identify which courses, if successfully
1 16 completed, generate high school and college credit under the
1 17 program.
1 18 2. Students receiving competent private instruction under
1 19 chapter 299A may access the program through the school
1 20 district of residence.
1 21 3. A student who is enrolled at the technology center
1 22 pursuant to this section on a full=time basis in good standing
1 23 is exempt from section 299.1.
1 24 4. A student may make application to eastern Iowa
1 25 community college and the student's school district to allow
1 26 the student to enroll for college credit in a career or
1 27 technical education course offered by the technology center.
1 28 The school board and the technology center shall collaborate
1 29 to identify courses to be made available for high school and
1 30 community college credit that will prepare the student
1 31 adequately for transition to a career. If the technology
1 32 center accepts a student for enrollment under this section,
1 33 the technology center, in collaboration with the school
1 34 district, shall send written notice to the student, the
1 35 student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor
2 1 child, and the student's school district. The notice shall
2 2 list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending
2 3 the course, and the number of hours of community college and
2 4 high school credit that the student will receive from the
2 5 community college upon successful completion of the course.
2 6 5. a. The board of directors of the school district shall
2 7 determine the number of high school credits that shall be
2 8 granted to a student who successfully completes a course
2 9 offered by the technology center. A student who successfully
2 10 completes the coursework identified by the school district as
2 11 necessary for graduation from high school shall be awarded a
2 12 diploma from the school district.
2 13 b. The technology center shall determine the number of
2 14 community college credits that shall be granted to a student
2 15 who successfully completes a course offered by the technology
2 16 center. A student who successfully completes the coursework
2 17 identified by the community college as necessary for
2 18 certification by the community college shall be awarded a
2 19 certificate from the community college. If the student
2 20 achieves a certificate from the community college pursuant to
2 21 this section, all coursework successfully completed by the
2 22 student to achieve a certificate shall be applied by the
2 23 community college toward the number of credits required to
2 24 achieve an associate of applied science degree.
2 25 c. If a student does not successfully complete the
2 26 coursework identified by the school district as necessary for
2 27 graduation from high school, the community college shall
2 28 assist the student to achieve a high school equivalency
2 29 diploma.
2 30 6. The parent or legal guardian of a student who has
2 31 enrolled in and is attending eastern Iowa community college
2 32 under this section shall furnish transportation to and from
2 33 the community college for the student.
2 34 7. A student participating in the pilot program shall be
2 35 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the
3 1 student's district of residence. A student's residence, for
3 2 purposes of this section, means a residence under section
3 3 282.1. The board of directors of the district of residence
3 4 shall pay to the technology center one=half of the state cost
3 5 per pupil for the previous school year.
3 6 8. The technology center shall submit to the department of
3 7 education through the management information system, at a
3 8 minimum, in the manner prescribed by the department, the
3 9 following information for the previous fiscal year:
3 10 a. Total revenue received from each local school district
3 11 as a result of high school students participating in the pilot
3 12 program.
3 13 b. Unduplicated enrollment count of high school students
3 14 participating in the pilot program.
3 15 c. Total credits earned by high school students enrolled
3 16 in community college courses under the pilot program.
3 17 d. Number of courses in which high school students are
3 18 enrolled under the pilot program and the portions of those
3 19 courses that are taught by an instructor who is employed by
3 20 the local school district for a portion of the school day.
3 21 e. The course title and whether the course supplements,
3 22 rather than supplants, a school district course.
3 23 f. The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent
3 24 enrollment under the pilot program.
3 25 g. Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other
3 26 data on instructional time.
3 27 9. The school district providing secondary education under
3 28 this section shall be eligible for supplementary weighting
3 29 under section 257.11, subsection 3, and the community college
3 30 shall be eligible for funds allocated pursuant to section
3 31 260C.18A. Provisions of this section supersede conflicting
3 32 provisions contained in section 257.11, subsection 3, and
3 33 section 260C.18A.
3 34 10. Beginning January 15, 2010, and by January 15 of each
3 35 succeeding year, the department of education shall summarize
4 1 the data submitted in accordance with subsection 7, and shall
4 2 submit the summary with the department's findings and
4 3 recommendations in a report to the general assembly.
4 4 11. This section is repealed June 30, 2014.
4 5 EXPLANATION
4 6 This bill establishes a career and technical academy pilot
4 7 program to be administered by the department to promote the
4 8 career and technical pursuits of high school students who
4 9 enroll at least one=half=time or full=time in career or
4 10 technical courses at the Blong technology center at eastern
4 11 Iowa community college. The four=year pilot program shall be
4 12 made available to not more than 100 high school students in
4 13 grades 11 and 12 annually. A student participating in the
4 14 pilot program shall be counted, for state school foundation
4 15 aid purposes, in the student's district of residence, which
4 16 shall pay to the technology center one=half of the state cost
4 17 per pupil for the previous school year.
4 18 A student who is accepted into the program may receive both
4 19 high school and community college credit for courses taken at
4 20 the community college, whether or not the school district
4 21 offers a comparable course. The student's school district of
4 22 residence must cooperate with the technology center to
4 23 identify which courses, if successfully completed, generate
4 24 high school and college credit.
4 25 A student who successfully completes the coursework
4 26 identified by the school district as necessary for graduation,
4 27 and identified by the community college as necessary for a
4 28 certificate, shall be awarded a diploma from the school
4 29 district and a certificate from the community college. If a
4 30 student does not successfully complete the coursework
4 31 identified as a requirement for graduation from high school,
4 32 the community college shall assist the student to achieve a
4 33 high school equivalency diploma. The community college
4 34 coursework for which the student was awarded a certificate
4 35 shall be applied by the community college toward the number of
5 1 credits required to achieve an associate of applied science
5 2 degree.
5 3 The student's parent or legal guardian is responsible for
5 4 the student's transportation to the community college.
5 5 A school district participating in the pilot program shall
5 6 be eligible for supplementary weighting of seventy hundredths,
5 7 and the community college shall be eligible for community
5 8 college workforce training and economic development funds
5 9 allocated pursuant to Code section 260C.18A.
5 10 The department is directed to submit an annual report to
5 11 the general assembly. The provision establishing the pilot
5 12 program is repealed June 30, 2014.
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