House File 2054 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2054 BY J. TAYLOR A BILL FOR An Act relating to the state-designated career information and 1 decision-making system administered by the department of 2 education and including effective date and implementation 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5405YH (1) 84 je/rj

H.F. 2054 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.61A State-designated career 1 information and decision-making system —— oversight. 2 1. For the purposes of this section, “system” means the 3 state-designated career information and decision-making system 4 provided for in section 279.61, subsection 1, and administered 5 by the state department of education in accordance with 6 section 118 of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 7 Education Improvement Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-270. 8 2. The department of education and the college student 9 aid commission shall jointly submit to the general assembly’s 10 standing committees on government oversight on a quarterly 11 basis a written report discussing in detail the effectiveness 12 of the system in meeting the needs of school districts during 13 the most recently completed calendar quarter. 14 3. The department of education and the college student aid 15 commission shall seek feedback from school districts regarding 16 the system at least forty-five days before a quarterly report 17 is submitted. A school district or any interested person 18 may submit information regarding the system directly to the 19 general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight 20 information at any time to supplement the quarterly reports. 21 4. If at any time the general assembly’s standing 22 committees on government oversight determine that the system 23 is not effectively meeting the needs of school districts, 24 the committees shall issue a written report documenting such 25 determination. The report shall include any deficiencies in 26 the functionality of the system and any proposed solutions for 27 such deficiencies. If the committees issue such a report, 28 school districts shall not be required to participate in the 29 system for the remainder of the school year in which the report 30 is issued. 31 Sec. 2. IMPLEMENTATION. The department of education and the 32 college student aid commission shall submit the first quarterly 33 report required by this Act to the general assembly’s standing 34 committees on government oversight within sixty days of the 35 -1- LSB 5405YH (1) 84 je/rj 1/ 3

H.F. 2054 effective date of this Act. The first feedback period for 1 school districts and interested persons required by this Act 2 shall begin on the effective date of this Act. 3 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 4 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 5 EXPLANATION 6 This bill directs the department of education and the 7 college student aid commission to jointly submit a written 8 report on the state-designated career information and 9 decision-making system provided for in Code section 279.61(1) 10 and administered by the department to the general assembly’s 11 standing committees on government oversight on a quarterly 12 basis. The report is required to discuss in detail the 13 effectiveness of the system in meeting the needs of school 14 districts. 15 The bill directs the department of education and the college 16 student aid commission to seek feedback from school districts 17 regarding the system at least 45 days before a quarterly report 18 is submitted. The bill provides that a school district or 19 any interested person may submit information directly to the 20 general assembly’s standing committees on government oversight 21 information at any time to supplement the reports. 22 The bill provides that if at any time the general assembly’s 23 standing committees on government oversight determine that 24 the system is not effectively meeting the needs of school 25 districts, the committees shall issue a written report 26 documenting such determination. The report shall include 27 any deficiencies in the functionality of the system and any 28 proposed solutions for such deficiencies. The bill provides 29 that if the committees issue such a report, school districts 30 shall not be required to participate in the system for the 31 remainder of the school year in which the report is issued. 32 The bill takes effect upon enactment. The bill directs the 33 department of education and the college student aid commission 34 to submit the first quarterly report required by the bill 35 -2- LSB 5405YH (1) 84 je/rj 2/ 3

H.F. 2054 to the general assembly’s standing committees on government 1 oversight within 60 days of the effective date of the bill. 2 The bill provides that the first feedback period for school 3 districts and interested persons required by the bill begins on 4 the effective date of the bill. 5 -3- LSB 5405YH (1) 84 je/rj 3/ 3