HF 2070 (LSB 5283YH (3) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2070

BY  WINCKLER, HUNTER, MASCHER, HANSON, WOLFE, ANDERSON, KEARNS, BEARINGER, BERRY, OURTH, STECKMAN, ABDUL-SAMAD, GASKILL, RUFF, WESSEL-KROESCHELL, LENSING, FORBES, DAWSON, McCONKEY, DUNKEL, and STUTSMAN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the concurrent enrollment program between school districts and community colleges.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 257.11, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  District-to-community college sharing and concurrent Concurrent enrollment programs program.
   a.  In order to provide additional funds for school districts which send their resident high school pupils to a community college an eligible postsecondary institution for college-level classes, a supplementary weighting plan for determining enrollment is adopted.
   b.  If the school budget review committee certifies to the department of management that the class would not otherwise be implemented without the assignment of additional weighting, pupils attending a community college-offered class offered by an eligible postsecondary institution or attending a class taught by a community college-employed an instructor employed by an eligible postsecondary institution are assigned a weighting of the percentage of the pupil’s school day during which the pupil attends class in the community college an eligible postsecondary institution facility or attends a class taught by a community college-employed an instructor employed by an eligible postsecondary institution times seventy hundredths for career and technical courses or forty-six hundredths for liberal arts and sciences courses. The following requirements shall be met for the purposes of assigning an additional weighting for classes offered through a sharing agreement between a school district and community college an eligible postsecondary institution. The class must be:
   (1)  Supplementing, not supplanting, high school courses required to be offered pursuant to section 256.11, subsection 5.
   (2)  Included in the community college eligible postsecondary institution’s catalog or an amendment or addendum to the catalog.
   (3)  Open to all registered community college students enrolled in the eligible postsecondary institution, not just high school students. The class may be offered in a high school attendance center.
   (4)  For college credit, and the credit must apply toward an associate of arts or associate of science degree, or toward an associate of applied arts or associate of applied science degree, or toward completion of a college an eligible postsecondary diploma program or certificate.
   (5)  Taught by an instructor who is employed or contracted by a community college who an eligible postsecondary institution and who meets the requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 2.
   (6)  Taught utilizing the community college eligible postsecondary institution’s course syllabus.
   (7)  Taught in such a manner as to result in student work and student assessment which that meet college-level expectations.
   c.  For purposes of this subsection, “eligible postsecondary institution” means the same as defined in section 261E.2.
    Sec. 2.  Section 257.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  A school district receiving a virtual class for a pupil from a community college an eligible postsecondary institution, which class meets the sharing agreement requirements in subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding weighting of one-twentieth of the percentage of the pupil’s school day during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
    Sec. 3.  Section 257.11, subsection 6, paragraph d, subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  A class provided by a community college an eligible postsecondary institution to a pupil in a school district via the Iowa communications network’s video services.
    Sec. 4.  Section 261E.1, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   b.  Community college Postsecondary credit courses offered through written sharing agreements between school districts and community colleges eligible postsecondary institutions.
    Sec. 5.  Section 261E.2, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  “Concurrent enrollment” means any course offered to students in grades nine through twelve during the regular school year approved by the board of directors of a school district through a contractual agreement between a community college an eligible postsecondary institution and the school district that meets the provisions of section 257.11, subsection 3.
    Sec. 6.  Section 261E.8, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   261E.8  District-to-community college sharing or concurrent Concurrent enrollment program.
   1.  A district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program is established to be administered by the department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high school students to enroll part-time in eligible nonsectarian courses at or through community colleges established under chapter 260C eligible postsecondary institutions. The program shall be made available to all resident students in grades nine through twelve. Notice of the availability of the program shall be included in a school district’s student registration handbook and the handbook shall identify which courses, if successfully completed, generate college credit under the program. A student and the student’s parent or legal guardian shall also be made aware of this program as a part of the development of the student’s core curriculum plan in accordance with section 279.61.
   2.  Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students receiving competent private instruction or independent private instruction under chapter 299A may access the program through the school district in which the accredited nonpublic school or private institution is located.
   3.  A student may make application to a community college an eligible postsecondary institution and the school district to allow the student to enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered by the community college eligible postsecondary institution. A comparable course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of directors of the school district, must not be offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic school which the student attends. The school board shall annually approve courses to be made available for high school credit using locally developed criteria that establishes which courses will provide the student with academic rigor and will prepare the student adequately for transition to a postsecondary institution. If a community college an eligible postsecondary institution accepts a student for enrollment under this section, the school district, in collaboration with the community college eligible postsecondary institution, shall send written notice to the student, the student’s parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor child, and the student’s school district. The notice shall list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the student will receive from the community college eligible postsecondary institution upon successful completion of the course.
   4.  A school district shall grant high school credit to a student enrolled in a course under this chapter if the student successfully completes the course as determined by the community college eligible postsecondary institution and the course was previously approved by the school board pursuant to subsection 3. The board of directors of the school district shall determine the number of high school credits that shall be granted to a student who successfully completes a course.
   5.  District-to-community college sharing agreements or concurrent Concurrent enrollment programs that meet the requirements of section 257.11, subsection 3, are eligible for funding under that provision.
   6.  Community colleges Eligible postsecondary institutions shall comply with the data collection requirements of section 260C.14, subsection 21 the department in the manner and form prescribed by the department.
   7.  A student enrolled in a career and technical course made available pursuant to subsection 1 is exempt from the proficiency requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 1, paragraph “e”. However, a community college an eligible postsecondary institution may require a student who applies for enrollment under a district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program to complete an initial assessment administered by the community college eligible postsecondary institution receiving the application to determine the applicant’s readiness to enroll in career and technical coursework, and the community college eligible postsecondary institution may deny the enrollment.
   8.  The state board, in collaboration with the board of directors of each community college, the state board of regents, and individuals representing accredited private institutions as defined in section 261.9 shall adopt rules that clearly define data and information elements to be collected related to the senior year plus programming, including concurrent enrollment courses. The data elements shall include but not be limited to the following:
   a.  The course title and whether the course supplements, rather than supplants, a school district course.
   b.  An unduplicated enrollment count of eligible students participating in the program.
   c.  The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent enrollment. An aligned unique student identifier system shall be established by the department for students in kindergarten through grade twelve and community college eligible postsecondary institutions.
   d.  Degree, certifications, and other qualifications to meet the minimum hiring standards.
   e.  Salary information including regular contracted salary and total salary.
   f.  Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other data on instructional time.
   g.  Other information comparable to the data regarding teachers collected in the basic education data survey.
    Sec. 7.  Section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   c.  The board of directors may use funds received under the operation of this chapter for a joint infrastructure project with one or more school districts or one or more school districts and a community college established under chapter 260C an eligible postsecondary institution as defined in section 261E.2, for which buildings or facilities are constructed or leased for the purpose of offering classes under a district-to-community college sharing agreement or concurrent enrollment program that meets the requirements for funding under section 257.11, subsection 3. If the board intends to use funds received under the operation of this chapter for such a joint infrastructure project, the board shall adopt a revenue purpose statement or amend an existing revenue purpose statement, subject to approval of the electors, stating the proposed use of the funds.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill allows regents universities and accredited private institutions to participate in the concurrent enrollment program administered by the department of education. Currently, the program provides supplementary weighting for school districts that send their resident high school pupils to a community college for college-level classes.
   The bill allows school districts to receive supplementary weighting under the concurrent enrollment program and, by operation of law, the senior year plus program for sending resident students to eligible postsecondary institutions for college-level courses. A school district that provides a virtual class to a pupil through a concurrent enrollment program with an eligible postsecondary institution via the Iowa communications network also qualifies for supplementary weighting under the bill. The bill defines “eligible postsecondary institution” to mean community colleges, regents universities, and accredited private institutions.
   The bill allows one or more school districts to use statewide school infrastructure funding for a joint infrastructure project with an eligible postsecondary institution. Currently, only community colleges can partner with a school district on such a project.
   The bill eliminates references to “district-to-community college sharing” and makes a corresponding change to a reference relating to statewide school infrastructure funding and to a provision for supplemental funding for virtual classes that meet the requirements of the concurrent enrollment program.