House
Study
Bill
161
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
duties
and
operations
of
the
state’s
1
community
colleges.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
8A.318,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
c.
A
school
district,
community
college,
or
institution
3
under
the
control
of
the
state
board
of
regents
may,
based
upon
4
the
evaluation
and
assessment
conducted
pursuant
to
paragraph
5
“b”
,
opt
out
of
compliance
with
the
requirements
of
this
section
6
upon
the
affirmative
vote
of
a
majority
of
the
members
of
the
7
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
or
a
determination
by
8
the
president
of
the
community
college
or
by
the
president
or
9
administrative
officer
of
the
regents
institution.
A
school
10
district,
community
college,
or
regents
institution
opting
11
out
of
compliance
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
notify
the
12
department
of
education,
the
state
board
for
community
colleges
13
of
education
,
or
the
state
board
of
regents,
respectively
as
14
appropriate
,
of
this
decision.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
16.162,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
16
follows:
17
16.162
Authority
to
issue
community
college
dormitory
bonds
18
and
notes.
19
The
authority
shall
assist
a
community
college
or
the
state
20
board
for
community
colleges
of
education
as
provided
in
21
chapter
260C
,
and
the
authority
shall
have
all
of
the
powers
22
delegated
to
it
in
a
chapter
28E
agreement
by
a
community
23
college
board
of
directors,
the
state
board
for
community
24
colleges
of
education
,
or
a
private
developer
contracting
with
25
a
community
college
to
develop
a
housing
facility,
such
as
26
a
dormitory,
for
the
community
college,
with
respect
to
the
27
issuance
or
securing
of
bonds
or
notes
as
provided
in
sections
28
260C.71
and
260C.72
.
29
Sec.
3.
Section
22.7,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
30
to
read
as
follows:
31
1.
Personal
information
in
records
regarding
a
student,
32
prospective
student,
or
former
student
maintained,
created,
33
collected
or
assembled
by
or
for
a
school
corporation
or
34
educational
institution
maintaining
such
records.
This
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subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
a
postsecondary
1
education
institution
from
disclosing
to
a
parent
or
guardian
2
information
regarding
a
violation
of
a
federal,
state,
or
3
local
law,
or
institutional
rule
or
policy
governing
the
use
4
or
possession
of
alcohol
or
a
controlled
substance
if
the
5
child
is
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
years
and
the
institution
6
determines
that
the
student
committed
a
disciplinary
violation
7
with
respect
to
the
use
or
possession
of
alcohol
or
a
8
controlled
substance
regardless
of
whether
that
information
is
9
contained
in
the
student’s
education
records.
This
subsection
10
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
a
school
corporation
or
11
educational
institution
from
transferring
student
records
12
electronically
to
the
department
of
education,
an
accredited
13
nonpublic
school,
an
attendance
center,
a
school
district,
or
14
an
accredited
postsecondary
institution
in
accordance
with
15
section
256.9,
subsection
47.
16
Sec.
4.
Section
256.7,
subsection
14,
Code
2011,
is
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
14.
Adopt
rules
which
require
Require
each
community
19
college
which
establishes
a
new
jobs
training
project
or
20
projects
and
receives
funds
derived
from
or
associated
with
21
the
project
or
projects
to
establish
a
separate
account
to
act
22
as
a
repository
for
any
funds
received
and
to
report
annually,
23
by
January
15,
to
the
general
assembly
on
funds
received
and
24
disbursed
during
the
preceding
fiscal
year
in
the
form
required
25
by
the
department
.
26
Sec.
5.
Section
256.7,
subsection
23,
Code
2011,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
23.
Adopt
rules
directing
the
community
colleges
to
29
annually
and
uniformly
submit
data
from
the
most
recent
fiscal
30
year
to
the
division
of
community
colleges
and
workforce
31
preparation,
using
criteria
determined
and
prescribed
by
the
32
division
via
the
management
information
system.
33
a.
Financial
data
submitted
to
the
division
by
a
community
34
college
shall
be
broken
down
by
fund.
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b.
Community
colleges
shall
provide
data
to
the
division
1
by
a
deadline
set
by
the
division.
The
deadline
shall
be
set
2
for
a
date
that
permits
the
division
to
include
the
data
in
3
a
report
submitted
for
state
board
approval
and
for
review
4
by
December
15
of
each
year
by
the
house
and
senate
standing
5
education
committees
and
the
joint
subcommittee
on
education
6
appropriations.
7
c.
The
department
shall
include
a
statewide
summary
of
the
8
financial
data
submitted
in
accordance
with
paragraph
“a”
in
9
the
annual
condition
of
community
colleges
report,
which
upon
10
approval
of
the
state
board,
shall
be
submitted
to
the
general
11
assembly
on
or
before
February
1
of
each
year.
12
Sec.
6.
Section
259A.3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
13
follows:
14
259A.3
Notice
and
fee.
15
Any
applicant
who
has
achieved
the
minimum
passing
standards
16
as
established
by
the
department,
and
approved
by
the
state
17
board,
shall
be
issued
a
high
school
equivalency
diploma
by
the
18
department
upon
payment
of
an
additional
five
dollars
amount
19
determined
in
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
education
20
to
cover
the
actual
costs
of
the
production
and
distribution
21
of
the
diploma
.
The
state
board
of
education
may
also
by
22
rule
establish
a
fee
for
the
issuance
or
verification
of
a
23
transcript
which
shall
be
based
on
the
actual
costs
of
the
24
production
or
verification
of
a
transcript.
25
Sec.
7.
Section
260C.4,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
26
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
The
state
board
for
community
colleges
shall:
28
Sec.
8.
Section
260C.48,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
29
to
read
as
follows:
30
2.
Standards
developed
shall
include
a
provision
that
31
the
standard
academic
workload
full-time
teaching
load
32
for
an
instructor
in
arts
and
science
sciences
courses
33
shall
be
fifteen
credit
hours
per
school
term
semester,
or
34
the
equivalent
,
and
the
maximum
academic
workload
for
any
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instructor
shall
be
sixteen
credit
hours
per
school
term,
1
for
classes
taught
during
the
normal
school
day
semester,
or
2
the
equivalent
.
In
addition
thereto,
any
faculty
member
may
3
teach
a
course
or
courses
at
times
other
than
the
regular
4
school
week,
involving
total
class
instruction
time
equivalent
5
to
not
more
than
a
three-credit-hour
course.
The
total
6
workload
for
such
instructors
shall
not
exceed
the
equivalent
7
of
eighteen
credit
hours
per
school
term.
An
instructor
may
8
also
have
an
additional
teaching
assignment
if
the
instructor
9
and
the
community
college
administration
mutually
consent
to
10
the
additional
assignment
and
the
total
teaching
load
does
11
not
exceed
twenty-two
hours
of
credit
per
semester,
or
the
12
equivalent.
13
Sec.
9.
Section
260C.71,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
2.
The
authority
shall
cooperate
with
the
state
board
for
16
community
colleges
,
individual
community
colleges,
and
private
17
developers,
acting
in
conjunction
with
a
community
college
18
to
build
housing
facilities
in
connection
with
the
community
19
college,
in
the
creation,
administration,
and
funding
of
a
20
community
college
dormitory
bond
program
to
finance
housing
21
facilities,
such
as
dormitories,
in
connection
with
a
community
22
college.
23
Sec.
10.
Section
260C.72,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
24
subparagraphs
(2),
(3),
(4),
and
(6),
Code
2011,
are
amended
25
to
read
as
follows:
26
(2)
From
the
net
rents,
profits,
and
income
which
has
27
not
been
pledged
for
other
purposes
arising
from
any
similar
28
housing
facility
under
the
control
and
management
of
the
29
community
college
or
state
board
for
community
colleges
.
30
(3)
From
the
fees
or
charges
established
by
the
community
31
college
or
state
board
for
community
colleges
for
students
32
attending
the
institution
who
are
living
in
the
housing
33
facility
for
which
the
obligation
was
incurred.
34
(4)
From
the
income
derived
from
gifts
and
bequests
made
to
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the
institutions
under
the
control
of
the
community
college
or
1
state
board
for
community
colleges
for
such
purposes.
2
(6)
From
the
amounts
payable
to
the
authority,
the
community
3
college
board
of
directors,
the
state
board
for
community
4
colleges
,
or
a
private
developer
or
operator,
pursuant
to
a
5
loan
agreement,
lease
agreement,
or
sale
agreement.
6
Sec.
11.
Section
261E.8,
subsection
5,
Code
2011,
is
amended
7
by
striking
the
subsection.
8
Sec.
12.
Section
262.9,
subsection
33,
unnumbered
paragraph
9
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
In
consultation
with
the
state
board
for
community
colleges
11
established
pursuant
to
section
260C.3
of
education
,
establish
12
and
enter
into
a
collective
statewide
articulation
agreement
13
with
the
community
colleges
established
pursuant
to
chapter
14
260C
,
which
shall
provide
for
the
seamless
transfer
of
academic
15
credits
from
a
completed
associate
of
arts
or
associate
of
16
science
degree
program
offered
by
a
community
college
to
a
17
baccalaureate
degree
program
offered
by
an
institution
of
18
higher
education
governed
by
the
board.
The
board
shall
also
19
do
the
following:
20
Sec.
13.
Section
266.39C,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
21
subparagraph
(5),
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
(5)
One
representative
of
community
colleges,
appointed
by
23
the
state
board
for
community
colleges
of
education
.
24
Sec.
14.
Section
321J.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
c,
Code
25
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
c.
The
court
may
prescribe
the
length
of
time
for
the
27
evaluation
and
treatment
or
it
may
request
that
the
community
28
college
or
other
approved
provider
conducting
the
course
29
for
drinking
drivers
which
the
person
is
ordered
to
attend
30
or
the
treatment
program
to
which
the
person
is
committed
31
immediately
report
to
the
court
when
the
person
has
received
32
maximum
benefit
from
the
course
for
drinking
drivers
or
33
treatment
program
or
has
recovered
from
the
person’s
addiction,
34
dependency,
or
tendency
to
chronically
abuse
alcohol
or
drugs.
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Sec.
15.
Section
321J.17,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
The
court
or
department
may
request
that
the
community
3
college
or
substance
abuse
treatment
providers
licensed
under
4
chapter
125
or
other
approved
provider
conducting
the
course
5
for
drinking
drivers
that
the
person
is
ordered
to
attend
6
immediately
report
to
the
court
or
department
that
the
person
7
has
successfully
completed
the
course
for
drinking
drivers.
8
The
court
or
department
may
request
that
the
treatment
program
9
which
the
person
attends
periodically
report
on
the
defendant’s
10
attendance
and
participation
in
the
program,
as
well
as
the
11
status
of
treatment
or
rehabilitation.
12
Sec.
16.
Section
321J.22,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
13
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
14
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0a.
“Approved
provider”
means
a
provider
of
15
a
course
for
drinking
drivers
offered
outside
this
state
which
16
has
been
approved
by
the
department
of
education.
17
Sec.
17.
Section
321J.22,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
18
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
19
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0d.
The
department
of
education
may
approve
20
a
provider
of
a
course
for
drinking
drivers
offered
outside
21
this
state
upon
proof
to
the
department’s
satisfaction
that
the
22
course
is
comparable
to
those
offered
by
community
colleges,
23
substance
abuse
treatment
programs
licensed
under
chapter
125,
24
and
state
correctional
facilities
as
provided
in
this
section.
25
The
department
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
of
subsection
26
5
regarding
such
approved
providers.
27
Sec.
18.
REPEAL.
Section
256.31,
Code
2011,
is
repealed.
28
Sec.
19.
REPEAL.
Section
260C.3,
Code
2011,
is
repealed.
29
EXPLANATION
30
This
bill
makes
miscellaneous
changes
to
Code
provisions
31
relating
to
community
colleges
as
follows:
32
CONFIDENTIAL
RECORDS.
Code
section
22.7(1)
is
amended
33
to
establish
that
the
provision
does
not
prohibit
a
school
34
corporation
or
educational
institution
from
transferring
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student
records
electronically
to
other
school
corporations
or
1
educational
institutions
in
accordance
with
the
department
of
2
education’s
comprehensive
management
information
system
and
3
uniform
coding
and
reporting
system.
4
COMMUNITY
COLLEGE
COUNCIL.
Code
section
256.31,
which
5
establishes
a
community
college
council
to
assist
the
state
6
board
of
education
with
issues
related
to
community
colleges
7
and
prepare
a
five-year
statewide
strategic
plan,
is
repealed.
8
HIGH
SCHOOL
EQUIVALENCY
DIPLOMA
FEE.
Code
section
259A.3
9
is
amended
to
replace
the
$5
fee
the
department
of
education
10
charges
for
issuance
of
a
high
school
equivalency
diploma
with
11
an
amount
to
be
determined
by
the
state
board
of
education
to
12
cover
the
costs
of
producing
and
distributing
the
diploma.
The
13
bill
also
permits
the
state
board
to
establish
a
fee
for
the
14
issuance
or
verification
of
a
transcript
based
on
the
actual
15
costs
of
production
or
verification
of
a
transcript.
16
STATE
BOARD
FOR
COMMUNITY
COLLEGES.
Code
section
260C.3
17
states
that
the
state
board
of
education
constitutes
the
18
state
board
for
community
colleges.
The
bill
repeals
the
19
Code
section
and
amends
Code
sections
8A.318,
16.162,
260C.4,
20
260C.71,
260C.72,
262.9,
and
266.39C
to
replace
references
to
21
the
state
board
for
community
colleges
with
references
to
the
22
state
board
of
education.
23
APPROVED
COURSES
FOR
DRINKING
DRIVERS.
Code
sections
321J.3
24
and
321J.17
are
amended
to
include
as
providers
of
drinking
25
driver
courses
supervised
and
approved
by
the
department
of
26
education
“other
approved
providers”,
which
the
bill
defines
27
in
Code
section
321J.22
as
providers
of
courses
offered
28
out
of
state.
The
providers
of
out-of-state
courses
must
29
prove
to
the
department’s
satisfaction
that
the
course
is
30
comparable
to
those
offered
by
community
colleges
and
substance
31
abuse
treatment
programs.
The
bill
establishes
that
other
32
approved
providers
may
be
requested
to
meet
the
same
reporting
33
requirements
as
the
community
colleges
and
substance
abuse
34
treatment
programs.
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S.F.
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H.F.
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REPORTS.
The
bill
eliminates
the
requirement
from
Code
1
section
256.7(14)
that
each
community
college
which
establishes
2
a
new
jobs
training
project
and
receives
funds
from
the
project
3
report
by
January
15
annually
to
the
general
assembly
on
the
4
funds
received
and
disbursed.
Code
section
256.7(23)
is
5
amended
to
add
a
requirement
that
the
department
of
education
6
include
in
its
annual
condition
of
community
colleges
report
a
7
statewide
summary
of
the
financial
data
it
receives
from
the
8
community
colleges
and
to
submit
the
report
to
the
general
9
assembly
on
or
before
February
1.
10
TEACHING
LOAD
LIMITS.
Code
section
260C.48
is
amended
11
to
provide
that
the
full-time
teaching
load,
rather
than
the
12
standard
academic
workload,
for
arts
and
sciences
instructors
13
is
15
credit
hours,
with
a
maximum
academic
workload
of
16
14
credit
hours.
Also,
the
bill
strikes
language
that
permits
15
a
faculty
member
to
teach
a
course
at
times
other
than
the
16
regular
school
week
for
not
more
than
a
three-credit-hour
17
course,
not
to
exceed
18
credit
hours,
and
replaces
it
18
with
language
that
instead
permits
an
instructor
to
have
an
19
additional
teaching
assignment
provided
that
(1)
both
the
20
community
college
and
the
instructor
mutually
consent
to
the
21
additional
assignment
and
(2)
the
total
teaching
load
does
not
22
exceed
22
credit
hours.
23
TRANSPORTATION
OF
A
STUDENT
UNDER
A
DISTRICT-TO-COMMUNITY
24
COLLEGE
SHARING
OR
CONCURRENT
ENROLLMENT
PROGRAM.
Code
25
section
261E.8(5),
which
requires
the
parent
or
legal
guardian
26
of
a
student
who
is
attending
a
community
college
under
a
27
district-to-community
college
sharing
or
concurrent
enrollment
28
program
to
furnish
transportation
to
and
from
the
community
29
college
for
the
student,
is
stricken.
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