House File 2290 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2290 BY STECKMAN , SALMON , ABDUL-SAMAD , BROWN-POWERS , GAINES , HANSON , MASCHER , RUFF , WINCKLER , COHOON , STAED , GASSMAN , HOLT , HEARTSILL , SHEETS , NUNN , BAXTER , ROGERS , FISHER , KOOIKER , LANDON , BRANHAGEN , GUSTAFSON , WATTS , and KAUFMANN A BILL FOR An Act delaying a requirement relating to an annual assessment 1 of public school student progress. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5291YH (3) 86 kh/rj

H.F. 2290 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 2 (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the school year 3 beginning July 1, 2016 2017 , and each succeeding school year, 4 the rules shall provide that all students enrolled in school 5 districts in grades three through eleven shall be administered 6 an assessment during the last quarter of the school year that 7 at a minimum assesses the core academic indicators identified 8 in this paragraph “b” ; is aligned with the Iowa common core 9 standards in both content and rigor; accurately describes 10 student achievement and growth for purposes of the school, the 11 school district, and state accountability systems; and provides 12 valid, reliable, and fair measures of student progress toward 13 college or career readiness. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill extends by one year, from July 1, 2016, to July 18 1, 2017, the requirement that the state board of education’s 19 rules provide that all students enrolled in school districts in 20 grades 3 through 11 be administered an annual assessment that 21 assesses the core academic indicators, is aligned with the Iowa 22 core, describes student achievement and growth, and measures 23 student progress toward college or career readiness. 24 -1- LSB 5291YH (3) 86 kh/rj 1/ 1