House File 2102 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2102 BY J. TAYLOR A BILL FOR An Act relating to teaching and credit requirements for courses 1 offered by a school district under the state’s educational 2 standards for grades six through twelve. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5404YH (2) 84 kh/rj
H.F. 2102 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.65 Student advancement from 1 grades six to twelve. 2 1. A school district shall not issue credit to a student 3 enrolled in grades six through twelve for a course offered 4 by the school district pursuant to section 256.11 unless 5 the student demonstrates proficiency in the coursework by 6 successfully meeting the minimum course requirements to the 7 satisfaction of the teacher of record. 8 2. The minimum course requirements for every course offered 9 by a school district pursuant to section 256.11 to students 10 enrolled in grades six through twelve shall be established by 11 the board of directors of the school district. 12 3. The teacher of record for a course offered by a school 13 district to students enrolled in grades six through twelve 14 pursuant to section 256.11 shall hold an endorsement for the 15 subject area of the course offered in accordance with section 16 272.7. 17 4. For purposes of this section, “teacher of record” means 18 a teacher who teaches at least fifty percent of the course 19 curriculum contact hours for a course offered by a school 20 district in accordance with section 256.11, and who is charged 21 with recording the grade for the course in a student’s official 22 education record. 23 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 24 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 25 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 26 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 27 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 28 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 29 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 30 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 31 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 32 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 33 districts. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 5404YH (2) 84 kh/rj 1/ 2
H.F. 2102 This bill prohibits a school district from issuing credit 1 to a student enrolled in grades 6-12 for a course offered by 2 the school district under the state’s educational standards 3 unless the student demonstrates proficiency in the coursework 4 by successfully meeting the minimum course requirements to the 5 satisfaction of the teacher of record. 6 The minimum course requirements must be established by 7 the board of directors of the school district. The teacher 8 of record shall hold an endorsement for the subject area of 9 the course offered. The “teacher of record” is defined to 10 mean a teacher who teaches at least 50 percent of the course 11 curriculum contact hours for the course and who is charged with 12 recording the grade for the course in a student’s official 13 education record. 14 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 15 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 16 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 17 district from state school foundation aid received by the 18 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 19 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 20 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 21 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 22 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 23 mandates included in the bill. 24 -2- LSB 5404YH (2) 84 kh/rj 2/ 2