Senate Study Bill 3048 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON QUIRMBACH) A BILL FOR An Act relating to required core curriculum and twenty-first 1 century learning skills addressed in rules adopted by the 2 state board of education. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5316XC (4) 85 kh/rj

S.F. _____ Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (3), Code 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 (3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address 3 the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and 4 knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty-first 5 century and shall address the curricular needs of students 6 in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas . The 7 core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty-first 8 century learning skills which shall include but are not limited 9 to the following: 10 (a) Social studies, civic literacy, health literacy, 11 technology literacy, financial literacy, and employability 12 skills ; and shall address the curricular needs of students 13 in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. The 14 department shall further define the twenty-first century 15 learning skills components by rule . 16 (b) Music, visual art, drama and theater, and other fine 17 and applied arts. The department shall employ a consultant 18 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine 19 arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for professional 20 development programs, strategies, and materials based on the 21 rules adopted by the board pursuant to this subparagraph 22 division. 23 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance with 24 Code 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 Code section 257.16. 28 This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be 29 deemed to meet all of the state funding-related requirements 30 of Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state 31 funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this 32 Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 33 districts. 34 EXPLANATION 35 -1- LSB 5316XC (4) 85 kh/rj 1/ 2

S.F. _____ The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 This bill modifies the required core curriculum and 3 twenty-first century learning skills and knowledge that the 4 state board of education is required to address in rule. 5 Currently, the required core curriculum includes English or 6 language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; and 7 the necessary twenty-first century learning skills include but 8 are not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology 9 literacy, financial literacy, and employability skills. The 10 bill requires that such core curriculum and twenty-first 11 century learning skills include music, visual art, drama and 12 theater, and other fine and applied arts. The bill also 13 requires the department to employ a consultant to oversee 14 the development of and compliance with the fine arts core 15 curriculum and to provide guidance for professional development 16 programs, strategies, and materials based on the rules relating 17 to the fine arts core curriculum and the twenty-first century 18 fine arts learning skills adopted by the board. 19 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 20 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 21 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 22 district from state school foundation aid received by the 23 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 24 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 25 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 26 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 27 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 28 mandates included in the bill. 29 -2- LSB 5316XC (4) 85 kh/rj 2/ 2