H.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLANS 2 Section 1. Section 256.40, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code 3 2016, is amended to read as follows: 4 e. Integrate services provided through the program with 5 other career exploration-related activities such as , which may 6 include but are not limited to the student core curriculum 7 plan career and academic plans and the career information and 8 decision-making system developed and administered under systems 9 utilized in accordance with section 279.61 , where appropriate . 10 Sec. 2. Section 261E.4, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended 11 to read as follows: 12 4. A school district shall establish prerequisite 13 coursework for each advanced placement course offered and shall 14 describe the prerequisites in the course registration handbook, 15 which shall be provided to every junior high school or middle 16 school eighth grade student prior to the development of a core 17 curriculum the student’s career and academic plan pursuant to 18 section 279.61 . 19 Sec. 3. Section 261E.6, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 20 to read as follows: 21 2. Notification. The availability and requirements of this 22 program shall be included in each school district’s student 23 registration handbook. Information about the program shall be 24 provided to the student and the student’s parent or guardian 25 prior to the development of the student’s core curriculum 26 career and academic plan under section 279.61 . The school 27 district shall establish a process by which students may 28 indicate interest in and apply for enrollment in the program. 29 Sec. 4. Section 261E.8, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 30 to read as follows: 31 1. A district-to-community college sharing or concurrent 32 enrollment program is established to be administered by the 33 department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical 34 pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high 35 -1- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 1/ 45

H.F. _____ school students to enroll part-time in eligible nonsectarian 1 courses at or through community colleges established under 2 chapter 260C . The program shall be made available to all 3 resident students in grades nine through twelve. Notice of 4 the availability of the program shall be included in a school 5 district’s student registration handbook and the handbook shall 6 identify which courses, if successfully completed, generate 7 college credit under the program. A student and the student’s 8 parent or legal guardian shall also be made aware of this 9 program as a part of the development of the student’s core 10 curriculum career and academic plan in accordance with section 11 279.61 . 12 Sec. 5. Section 261E.9, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 4. Information regarding regional academies shall be 15 provided to a student and the student’s parent or guardian 16 prior to the development of the student’s core curriculum 17 career and academic plan under section 279.61 . 18 Sec. 6. Section 261E.10, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 4. Information regarding career academies shall be provided 21 by the school district to a student and the student’s parent 22 or guardian prior to the development of the student’s core 23 curriculum career and academic plan under section 279.61 . 24 Sec. 7. Section 279.61, Code 2016, is amended to read as 25 follows: 26 279.61 Student Individual career and academic plan for 27 progress toward university admissions —— report. 28 1. For the school year beginning July 1, 2008 2016 , and 29 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each 30 school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in 31 grade eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan 32 an individualized career and academic plan to guide the student 33 toward the goal of successfully completing . 34 a. The plan shall be developed to achieve , at a minimum, the 35 -2- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 2/ 45

H.F. _____ following: 1 (1) Prepare the student for successful completion of the 2 core curriculum developed by the state board of education 3 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26 , by the time the 4 student graduates from high school. The plan shall include 5 career options and shall identify 6 (2) Identify the coursework needed in grades nine through 7 twelve to support the student’s postsecondary education 8 and career options. Additionally, the plan shall include a 9 timeline for each 10 (3) Prepare the student to successfully complete, prior 11 to graduation and following a timeline included in the plan , 12 all the essential components of the state-designated a career 13 information and decision-making system administered approved by 14 the department in accordance with section 118 of the federal 15 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act 16 of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-270 of education in accordance with 17 subsection 4 . 18 b. The student’s parent or guardian shall sign the core 19 curriculum student’s career and academic plan , developed with 20 the student and the signed plan shall be included in the 21 student’s cumulative records. 22 2. For the school year beginning July 1, 2008, and each 23 succeeding school year, the The board of directors of each 24 school district shall report annually to each student enrolled 25 in grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if 26 the student is under the age of eighteen, to each student’s 27 parent or guardian, the student’s progress toward meeting the 28 goal of successfully completing the core curriculum and high 29 school graduation requirements adopted by the state board of 30 education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26 , and toward 31 achieving the goals of the student’s career and academic plan . 32 3. The superintendent of each school district shall 33 designate a team of education practitioners to carry out the 34 duties assigned to the school district under this section. The 35 -3- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 3/ 45

H.F. _____ team shall include but not be limited to a school counselor; 1 teachers, including career and technical education teachers; 2 and an individual responsible for coordinating work-based 3 learning activities. The team shall regularly consult with 4 representatives of employers, state and local workforce systems 5 and centers, higher education institutions, and postsecondary 6 career training programs. 7 4. The state board of education shall adopt rules 8 setting forth standards for approved career information 9 and decision-making systems. The director shall develop 10 an application and review process for approval of career 11 information and decision-making systems utilized by school 12 districts in accordance with this section. 13 5. For the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and 14 each succeeding school year, the board of directors of 15 each school district shall submit to the local community, 16 and to the department as a component of the school 17 district’s comprehensive school improvement plan required by 18 section 256.7, subsection 21, an annual report on student 19 utilization of the district’s approved career information and 20 decision-making system. 21 6. The director of the department of education shall monitor 22 school districts for compliance with this section through the 23 accreditation process established for school districts under 24 section 256.11. If the department of education finds that a 25 school district is not in substantial compliance with this 26 section, the school district shall submit to the department 27 for approval an action plan which sets forth the steps to be 28 taken to ensure substantial compliance with this section. The 29 department of education shall include in its annual condition 30 of education report a review of school district and student 31 performance required under this section. 32 7. The state board of education shall adopt rules to 33 administer this section. 34 Sec. 8. EMERGENCY RULES. The state board of education may 35 -4- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 4/ 45

H.F. _____ adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and 1 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph “b”, to implement the 2 provisions of this division of this Act, and the rules shall 3 be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is 4 specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with 5 this section shall also be published as a notice of intended 6 action as provided in section 17A.4. 7 Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this 8 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon 9 enactment. 10 DIVISION II 11 CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORK-BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS 12 Sec. 10. Section 49.13, subsection 6, paragraph a, 13 subparagraph (3), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 14 (3) Receive credit in at least four subjects, each of 15 one period or hour, or the equivalent thereof, at all times. 16 The eligible subjects are language arts, social studies, 17 mathematics, science, health, physical education, fine 18 arts, foreign language, and vocational career and technical 19 education. Coursework taken as a postsecondary enrollment 20 option for which a school district or accredited nonpublic 21 school grants academic credit toward high school graduation 22 shall be used in determining eligibility. A student shall not 23 be denied eligibility if the student’s school program deviates 24 from the traditional two-semester school year. Each student 25 wishing to participate under this subsection shall be passing 26 all coursework for which credit is given and shall be making 27 adequate progress toward graduation requirements at the end of 28 each grading period. At the end of a grading period that is the 29 final grading period in a school year, a student who receives 30 a failing grade in any course for which credit is awarded is 31 ineligible to participate under this subsection . A student who 32 is eligible at the close of a semester is academically eligible 33 to participate under this subsection until the beginning of 34 the subsequent semester. A student with a disability who 35 -5- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 5/ 45

H.F. _____ has an individualized education program shall not be denied 1 eligibility to participate under this subsection on the basis 2 of scholarship if the student is making adequate progress, 3 as determined by school officials, towards the goals and 4 objectives of the student’s individualized education program. 5 Sec. 11. Section 84B.1, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 3. Training accounts. Training accounts may be established 8 for both basic skill development and vocational or career and 9 technical training. There shall be no training assistance 10 or limited training assistance in those training areas a 11 center has determined are oversupplied or are for general life 12 improvement. 13 Sec. 12. Section 85.20, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016, 14 is amended to read as follows: 15 The rights and remedies provided in this chapter , chapter 16 85A or chapter 85B for an employee, or a student participating 17 in a school-to-work program work-based learning opportunity as 18 provided in section 85.61 , on account of injury, occupational 19 disease or occupational hearing loss for which benefits under 20 this chapter , chapter 85A or chapter 85B are recoverable, shall 21 be the exclusive and only rights and remedies of the employee 22 or student, the employee’s or student’s personal or legal 23 representatives, dependents, or next of kin, at common law or 24 otherwise, on account of such injury, occupational disease, or 25 occupational hearing loss against any of the following: 26 Sec. 13. Section 85.20, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended 27 to read as follows: 28 3. For a student participating in a school-to-work program 29 work-based learning opportunity as provided in section 85.61 , 30 against the student’s school district of residence, receiving 31 school district if the student is participating in open 32 enrollment under section 282.18 , accredited nonpublic school, 33 community college, and directors, officers, authorities, and 34 employees of the applicable school corporation district . 35 -6- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 6/ 45

H.F. _____ Sec. 14. Section 85.60, Code 2016, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 85.60 Injuries while in employment training or evaluation. 3 A person participating in a school-to-work program 4 work-based learning opportunity referred to in section 85.61 , 5 or receiving earnings while engaged in employment training or 6 while undergoing an employment evaluation under the direction 7 of a rehabilitation facility approved for purchase-of-service 8 contracts or for referrals by the department of human services 9 or the department of education, who sustains an injury 10 arising out of and in the course of the school-to-work program 11 work-based learning opportunity participation, employment 12 training, or employment evaluation is entitled to benefits as 13 provided in this chapter , chapter 85A , chapter 85B , and chapter 14 86 . Notwithstanding the minimum benefit provisions of this 15 chapter , a person referred to in this section and entitled to 16 benefits under this chapter is entitled to receive a minimum 17 weekly benefit amount for a permanent partial disability 18 under section 85.34, subsection 2 , or for a permanent total 19 disability under section 85.34, subsection 3 , equal to the 20 weekly benefit amount of a person whose gross weekly earnings 21 are thirty-five percent of the statewide average weekly wage 22 computed pursuant to section 96.3 and in effect at the time of 23 the injury. 24 Sec. 15. Section 85.61, subsection 2, paragraphs c and d, 25 Code 2016, are amended to read as follows: 26 c. An eligible postsecondary institution as defined in 27 section 261E.2 , a school corporation district , or an accredited 28 nonpublic school if a student enrolled in the eligible 29 postsecondary institution, school corporation district , or 30 accredited nonpublic school is providing unpaid services under 31 a school-to-work program that includes but is not limited to 32 the components provided for in section 258.10, subsection 2 , 33 paragraphs “a” through “f” work-based learning opportunity 34 offered in accordance with section 256.40 . However, if a the 35 -7- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 7/ 45

H.F. _____ student participating in a school-to-work program work-based 1 learning opportunity is participating in open enrollment under 2 section 282.18 , “employer” means the receiving district. 3 d. A community college as defined in section 260C.2 , if 4 a student enrolled in the community college is providing 5 unpaid services under a school-to-work program that includes 6 but is not limited to the components provided for in section 7 258.10, subsection 2 , paragraphs “a” through “f” work-based 8 learning opportunity offered in accordance with section 256.40 , 9 and that is offered by the community college pursuant to a 10 contractual agreement with a school corporation district or 11 accredited nonpublic school to provide the program. If a 12 student participating in a school-to-work program that includes 13 but is not limited to the components provided for in section 14 258.10, subsection 2 , paragraphs “a” through “f” , work-based 15 learning opportunity offered in accordance with section 256.40 16 is paid for services provided under the program, “employer” 17 means any entity otherwise defined as an employer under this 18 subsection which pays the student for providing services under 19 the program. 20 Sec. 16. Section 85.61, subsection 11, paragraph a, 21 subparagraphs (4) and (5), Code 2016, are amended to read as 22 follows: 23 (4) A student enrolled in a public school corporation school 24 district or accredited nonpublic school who is participating 25 in a school-to-work program that includes but is not limited 26 to the components provided for in section 258.10, subsection 27 2 , paragraphs “a” through “f” work-based learning opportunity 28 offered in accordance with section 256.40 . 29 (5) A student enrolled in a community college as defined 30 in section 260C.2 , who is participating in a school-to-work 31 program that includes but is not limited to the components 32 provided for in section 258.10, subsection 2 , paragraphs “a” 33 through “f” , and work-based learning opportunity offered in 34 accordance with section 256.40 that is offered by the community 35 -8- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 8/ 45

H.F. _____ college pursuant to a contractual agreement with a school 1 corporation district or accredited nonpublic school to provide 2 the program. 3 Sec. 17. Section 92.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016, 4 is amended to read as follows: 5 The provisions of sections 92.8 and 92.10 shall not apply 6 to pupils working under an instructor in an industrial arts 7 a career and technical education department in the public 8 schools of the state a school district or under an instructor 9 in a school shop career and technical education classroom or 10 laboratory , or industrial plant, or in a course of vocational 11 career and technical education approved by the board for 12 vocational career and technical education, or to apprentices 13 provided they are employed under all of the following 14 conditions: 15 Sec. 18. Section 216.5, subsections 3 and 6, Code 2016, are 16 amended to read as follows: 17 3. To investigate and study the existence, character, 18 causes, and extent of discrimination in public accommodations, 19 employment, apprenticeship programs, on-the-job training 20 programs, vocational schools , career and technical education 21 programs , credit practices, and housing in this state and to 22 attempt the elimination of such discrimination by education and 23 conciliation. 24 6. To issue such publications and reports of investigations 25 and research as in the judgment of the commission shall tend 26 to promote goodwill among the various racial, religious, and 27 ethnic groups of the state and which shall tend to minimize or 28 eliminate discrimination in public accommodations, employment, 29 apprenticeship and on-the-job training programs, vocational 30 schools , career and technical education programs , or housing 31 because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender 32 identity, national origin, religion, ancestry, or disability. 33 Sec. 19. Section 217.9, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 34 to read as follows: 35 -9- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 9/ 45

H.F. _____ 1. Develop a program of basic education, recreation, 1 vocational career and technical training and guidance for 2 social adjustment. 3 Sec. 20. Section 233B.10, Code 2016, is amended to read as 4 follows: 5 233B.10 Placing child under contract. 6 A child received in the home, unless adopted, may be placed 7 by the department in foster care with any proper person or 8 family. The foster care arrangement shall provide for the 9 custody, care, education, maintenance, and earnings of the 10 child for a fixed time which shall not extend beyond the age of 11 majority, except that the time may extend beyond the child’s 12 eighteenth birthday until the child is twenty-one years of 13 age if the child is regularly attending an accredited school 14 in pursuance of a course of study leading to a high school 15 diploma or its equivalent, or regularly attending a course of 16 vocational career and technical training either as a part of a 17 regular school program or under special arrangements adapted to 18 the individual person’s needs. 19 Sec. 21. Section 237A.13, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 20 2016, is amended to read as follows: 21 a. The child’s parent, guardian, or custodian is 22 participating in approved academic or vocational or technical 23 training. 24 Sec. 22. Section 239B.8, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 25 2016, is amended to read as follows: 26 b. The individual is sixteen through eighteen years 27 of age, is not a parent, and is attending elementary or 28 secondary school, or the equivalent level of vocational or 29 technical school education program , on a full-time basis. If 30 an individual loses exempt status under this paragraph and 31 the individual has signed a family investment agreement, the 32 individual shall remain subject to the terms of the agreement 33 until the terms are completed. 34 Sec. 23. Section 256.7, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 35 -10- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 10/ 45

H.F. _____ to read as follows: 1 2. Constitute the state board for vocational career and 2 technical education under chapter 258 . 3 Sec. 24. Section 256.11, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended 4 to read as follows: 5 4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and 6 eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics; 7 science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human 8 growth and development; family, consumer, career , exploration 9 and technology education development ; physical education; 10 music; and visual art. Career exploration and development 11 shall incorporate twenty-first century skills, be designed 12 so that students are appropriately prepared to create an 13 individual career and academic plan pursuant to section 14 279.61, and incorporate foundational career and technical 15 education concepts aligned with the six career and technical 16 education service areas as defined in paragraph 5, subsection 17 “h” . The health curriculum shall include age-appropriate 18 and research-based information regarding the characteristics 19 of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the 20 availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired 21 immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of 22 accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions 23 for implementing the program in grades seven and eight. 24 However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of 25 family, consumer, career , exploration and technology education 26 development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this 27 section , “age-appropriate” , “HPV” , and “research-based” mean the 28 same as defined in section 279.50 . 29 Sec. 25. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph g, 30 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2016, is 31 amended to read as follows: 32 (a) A cooperative or work-study work-based learning program 33 or other educational program authorized by the school which 34 requires the student to leave the school premises for specified 35 -11- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 11/ 45

H.F. _____ periods of time during the school day. 1 Sec. 26. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h, Code 2 2016, is amended to read as follows: 3 h. (1) A minimum of three sequential units in at least 4 four of the following six vocational career and technical 5 education service areas: agriculture, business or office 6 occupations, health occupations, family and consumer sciences 7 or home economics occupations, industrial technology or trade 8 and industrial education, and marketing education food, and 9 natural resources; arts, communications, and information 10 systems; applied sciences, technology, engineering, and 11 manufacturing; health sciences; human services; and business, 12 finance, marketing, and management . Instruction shall be 13 competency-based, articulated with postsecondary programs of 14 study, and include field, laboratory, or on-the-job training. 15 Each sequential unit shall include instruction in a minimum 16 set of competencies established by the department of contain 17 a portion of a career and technical education that relate to 18 the following: new and emerging technologies; job-seeking, 19 job-adaptability, and other employment, self-employment and 20 entrepreneurial skills that reflect current industry standards 21 and labor-market needs; and reinforcement of basic academic 22 skills program approved by the department . The instructional 23 programs shall also comply with the provisions of chapter 24 258 relating to vocational career and technical education. 25 However, this paragraph does not apply to the teaching of 26 vocational career and technical education in nonpublic schools. 27 (2) The department of education shall permit school 28 districts, in meeting the requirements of this section , to 29 use vocational career and technical core courses in more than 30 one vocational career and technical service area and to use 31 multi-occupational courses to complete a sequence in more than 32 one vocational career and technical service area. 33 Sec. 27. Section 256.11B, Code 2016, is amended to read as 34 follows: 35 -12- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 12/ 45

H.F. _____ 256.11B Vocational Career and technical education instruction 1 —— nonpublic schools. 2 A nonpublic school which that provides an educational 3 program that includes grades nine through twelve shall offer 4 and teach five units of occupational career and technical 5 education subjects, which may include, but are not limited 6 to, programs, services, and activities which prepare students 7 for employment in business or office occupations, trade and 8 industrial occupations, consumer and family sciences or home 9 economics occupations, agriculture occupations, marketing 10 occupations, and health occupations relating to agriculture, 11 food, and natural resources; arts, communications, and 12 information systems; applied sciences, technology, engineering, 13 and manufacturing; health sciences; human services; and 14 business, finance, marketing, and management . By July 1, 1993, 15 instruction Instruction shall be competency-based, articulated 16 with postsecondary programs of study, and may include field, 17 laboratory, or on-the-job training. 18 Sec. 28. Section 256.26, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended 19 to read as follows: 20 3. Activities supported by an applicant may include but 21 are not limited to tutoring and supplementing instruction 22 in basic skills, such as reading, math, and science; drug 23 and violence prevention curricula and counseling; youth 24 leadership activities; volunteer and service learning 25 opportunities; career and vocational technical education 26 awareness preparation; courses and enrichment in arts and 27 culture; computer instruction; character development and civic 28 participation; language instruction, including English as a 29 second language; mentoring; positive interaction with law 30 enforcement; supervised recreation programs; and health and 31 nutrition programs. 32 Sec. 29. Section 256.32, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 33 2016, is amended to read as follows: 34 b. The An individual representing agriculture on the state 35 -13- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 13/ 45

H.F. _____ a council for vocational created to advise the state on career 1 and technical education matters . 2 Sec. 30. Section 256.39, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 3 to read as follows: 4 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for the 5 establishment of a career pathways program, the department 6 of education shall develop a career pathways grant program, 7 criteria for the formation of ongoing career pathways consortia 8 in each merged area, and guidelines and a process to be used 9 in selecting career pathways consortium grant recipients, 10 including a requirement that grant recipients shall provide 11 matching funds or match grant funds with in-kind resources on a 12 dollar-for-dollar basis. A portion of the moneys appropriated 13 by the general assembly shall be made available to schools to 14 pay for the issuance of employability skills assessments to 15 public or nonpublic school students. An existing partnership 16 or organization, including a regional school-to-work career 17 and technical education planning partnership, that meets the 18 established criteria, may be considered a consortium for 19 grant application purposes. One or more school districts may 20 be considered a consortium for grant application purposes, 21 provided the district can demonstrate the manner in which a 22 community college, area education agency, representatives from 23 business and labor organizations, and others as determined 24 within the region will be involved. Existing school-to-work 25 regional career and technical education planning partnerships 26 are encouraged to assist the local consortia in developing a 27 plan and budget. The department shall provide assistance to 28 consortia in planning and implementing career pathways program 29 efforts. 30 Sec. 31. Section 256A.4, subsection 5, Code 2016, is amended 31 to read as follows: 32 5. A district shall coordinate a family support program 33 with district special education and vocational career and 34 technical education programs and with any related services or 35 -14- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 14/ 45

H.F. _____ programs provided by other state, federal, or private nonprofit 1 agencies. 2 Sec. 32. Section 258.1, Code 2016, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 258.1 Federal Act accepted. 5 The provisions of the Act of Congress known as the Carl D. 6 Perkins Vocational Career and Technical Education Improvement 7 Act of 1998 2006 , codified at 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., 8 originally known as the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and 9 enacted December 18, 1963, as part A of Pub. L. No. 88-210, 10 77 Stat. 403, and all amendments thereto as amended, and the 11 benefit of all funds appropriated under said Act and all other 12 Acts pertaining to vocational career and technical education, 13 are accepted. 14 Sec. 33. Section 258.2, Code 2016, is amended to read as 15 follows: 16 258.2 State board for vocational career and technical 17 education. 18 The state board of education shall constitute the board for 19 vocational career and technical education. 20 Sec. 34. Section 258.3A, Code 2016, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 258.3A Duties of board. 23 The board shall do all of the following : 24 1. Cooperate with Approve the multi-year state plan 25 developed in accordance with applicable federal board for 26 vocational laws and regulations governing career and technical 27 education in the administration of the Act of Congress . 28 2. Adopt rules prescribing standards for teachers of 29 agricultural, industrial, and commercial subjects and home 30 economics in the six career and technical education service 31 areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h” , 32 in approved schools, departments, and classes programs . 33 3. Adopt rules prescribing standards for approval of 34 schools, departments, and classes; area vocational-technical 35 -15- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 15/ 45

H.F. _____ high schools school district career and technical education 1 programs; and community colleges with vocational career and 2 technical education programs; and practitioner preparation 3 schools, departments, and classes, applying for federal and 4 state moneys under this chapter . 5 4. Adopt rules prescribing standards for the career and 6 technical education service areas specified in section 256.11, 7 subsection 5, paragraph “h” . 8 5. Adopt rules prescribing standards for approval of career 9 and technical education planning partnerships, collaborations, 10 and regional centers in accordance with section 258.14. The 11 rules shall establish a process for the establishment of no 12 fewer than twelve and no greater than fifteen regions in which 13 regional career and technical education planning partnerships 14 may operate. The rules shall establish standards to ensure 15 regional centers have appropriate educational programs, 16 adequate participation, and are located within an appropriate 17 distance of participating high schools and in a manner 18 compatible with development of a statewide network of regional 19 centers. 20 Sec. 35. Section 258.4, Code 2016, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 258.4 Duties of director. 23 The director of the department of education shall do all of 24 the following : 25 1. Cooperate with the federal board for vocational 26 education in the administration of the Act of Congress Develop 27 and submit to the board for approval the multi-year state plan 28 developed in accordance with federal laws and regulations 29 governing career and technical education . 30 2. Provide for making studies and investigations 31 relating to prevocational career and vocational training in 32 agricultural, industrial, and commercial subjects, and home 33 economics technical education . 34 3. Promote and aid in the establishment of career and 35 -16- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 16/ 45

H.F. _____ technical education programs in local communities and public 1 schools of departments and classes giving instruction in 2 subjects listed in subsection 2 , school districts, and 3 community colleges . 4 4. Cooperate with local communities , school districts, and 5 community colleges in the maintenance of schools, departments, 6 and classes career and technical education programs . 7 5. Make recommendations to the board of educational 8 examiners relating to the enforcement of rules prescribing 9 standards for teachers of subjects listed in subsection 2 10 in accredited schools, departments, and classes career and 11 technical education service areas . 12 6. Cooperate in the maintenance of practitioner preparation 13 schools, departments, and classes, supported and controlled by 14 the public, for the training of career and technical education 15 teachers and supervisors of subjects listed in subsection 2 . 16 7. Annually Review and approve career and technical 17 education programs to ensure that the programs meet standards 18 adopted by the board for career and technical education. The 19 director shall annually review at least twenty percent of 20 the approved vocational career and technical programs as a 21 basis for continuing approval to ensure that the programs meet 22 board standards and are compatible with educational reform 23 efforts, are capable of responding to technological change and 24 innovation, and meet the educational needs of students and the 25 employment community. The review shall include an assessment 26 of the extent to which the competencies in the program 27 are being mastered by the students enrolled, the costs are 28 proportionate to educational benefits received, the vocational 29 career and technical education curriculum is articulated and 30 integrated with other curricular offerings required of all 31 students, the programs would permit students with vocational 32 career and technical education backgrounds to pursue other 33 educational interests in a postsecondary institutional setting, 34 and the programs remove barriers for both traditional and 35 -17- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 17/ 45

H.F. _____ nontraditional students to access educational and employment 1 opportunities. 2 8. Establish a minimum set of competencies and core 3 curriculum for approval of a vocational program sequence that 4 addresses the following: new and emerging technologies; 5 job-seeking, job-keeping, and other employment skills, 6 including self-employment and entrepreneurial skills, that 7 reflect current industry standards, leadership skills, 8 entrepreneurial, and labor-market needs; and the strengthening 9 of basic academic skills. 10 9. 8. Establish a regional planning Facilitate the 11 process to be implemented by established by the board for 12 the implementation of a statewide system of regional career 13 and technical education planning boards, which utilizes 14 partnerships that utilize the services of local school 15 districts, community colleges, sector partnerships, and 16 other resources to assist local school districts in meeting 17 vocational career and technical education standards while 18 avoiding unnecessary duplication of services. The director 19 shall also review and approve regional planning partnerships 20 and regional centers to ensure that the partnerships and 21 centers meet the standards adopted by the board pursuant to 22 section 258.3A, subsection 5. 23 10. 9. Enforce rules prescribing standards for approval 24 of vocational education programs in schools, departments, and 25 classes adopted by the board pursuant to section 258.3A . 26 11. 10. Notwithstanding the accreditation process 27 contained in section 256.11 , permit school districts, which 28 provide a program which that does not meet the standards for 29 accreditation for vocational career and technical education, 30 to cooperate with the regional career and technical education 31 planning boards partnership and contract for an approved 32 program under this chapter without losing accreditation. A 33 school district which that fails to cooperate with the regional 34 career and technical education planning boards partnership and 35 -18- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 18/ 45

H.F. _____ contract for an approved program shall, however, be subject to 1 section 256.11 . 2 12. Notwithstanding the accreditation standard and process 3 contained in section 256.11 for vocational education for 4 students in grades nine through twelve, provide a process 5 that permits school districts to establish community-based 6 workplace learning programs, called “workstart” programs, that 7 provide students with competency-based learning experiences 8 that reinforce basic academic skills and include, but are 9 not limited to, new and emerging technologies; job-seeking, 10 job-adaptability, and other employment; and self-employment and 11 entrepreneurial skills that reflect current industry standards 12 and labor-market needs. An approved workstart program may 13 consist of two of the required sequential units in one of the 14 six occupational service areas in grades nine through twelve, 15 and shall be a priority for receipt of vocational education 16 secondary funds. 17 11. Prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of 18 career academies as defined in section 258.6. 19 Sec. 36. Section 258.5, Code 2016, is amended to read as 20 follows: 21 258.5 Reimbursement from federal and state moneys. 22 1. If a school corporation maintains an approved vocational 23 school, department, or classes in accordance with the rules 24 adopted by the state board, and rules and standards adopted 25 by the board of educational examiners, and the state plan for 26 vocational education, adopted by the board for vocational 27 education and approved by the United States department of 28 education, the director of the department of education shall 29 reimburse the school corporation at At the end of the fiscal 30 year for its expenditures for salaries and authorized travel of 31 vocational teachers , an approved regional career and technical 32 education planning partnership is eligible to receive, from 33 federal and state funds , reimbursement for expenditures made 34 during the fiscal year for purposes allowed under section 35 -19- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 19/ 45

H.F. _____ 258.14, subsection 6 . However, a school corporation shall 1 not receive from federal and state funds a larger amount 2 than one-half the sum which has been expended by the school 3 corporation for that particular type of program. If federal 4 and state funds are not sufficient to make the reimbursement to 5 the extent provided in this section , the director shall prorate 6 the respective amounts available to the corporations regional 7 career and technical education planning partnerships entitled 8 to reimbursement. 9 2. The director may use federal funds to reimburse approved 10 practitioner preparation schools, departments, or classes for 11 the training of teachers of agriculture, home economics, trades 12 and industrial education, distributive education, and food, 13 and natural resources; arts, communications, and information 14 systems; applied sciences, technology, engineering, and 15 manufacturing; health sciences; human services; and business, 16 finance, marketing, and management. The director may also 17 use such funds to reimburse approved practitioner preparation 18 schools, departments, or classes for the training of guidance 19 counselors. 20 Sec. 37. Section 258.6, Code 2016, is amended to read as 21 follows: 22 258.6 Definitions. 23 As used in this chapter : 24 1. “Approved practitioner preparation school, department, 25 or class” means a school, department, or class approved by the 26 board as entitled under this chapter to federal moneys for 27 the training of teachers of vocational career and technical 28 education subjects. 29 2. “Approved school, department, or class” career and 30 technical education program” means a school, department, or 31 class approved career and technical education program offered 32 by a school district or community college and approved by the 33 department which meets the standards for career and technical 34 education programs adopted by the board as entitled under 35 -20- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 20/ 45

H.F. _____ this chapter to federal and state moneys for the salaries and 1 authorized travel of teachers of vocational subjects . 2 3. “Approved regional career and technical education 3 planning partnership” means a regional entity that meets the 4 standards for regional career and technical education planning 5 partnerships adopted by the board pursuant to section 258.3A 6 and section 258.14. 7 4. “Board” means the board for career and technical 8 education as provided in section 258.2. 9 5. “Career academy” means a career academy established under 10 section 258.15. 11 6. “Career and technical education service area” means 12 any one of the service areas specified in section 256.11, 13 subsection 5, paragraph “h” . 14 7. “Department” means the department of education. 15 8. “Director” means the director of the department of 16 education. 17 9. “Sector partnership” means a regional industry sector 18 partnership established pursuant to section 260H.7B. 19 10. “Work-based learning intermediary network” means the 20 statewide work-based learning intermediary network established 21 pursuant to section 256.40. 22 Sec. 38. Section 258.9, Code 2016, is amended to read as 23 follows: 24 258.9 Local advisory council. 25 1. The board of directors of a school district or community 26 college that maintains a school, department, or class career 27 and technical education program receiving federal or state 28 funds under this chapter shall, as a condition of approval 29 by the state board, appoint a local advisory council for 30 vocational each career and technical education composed program 31 offered by the school district or community college. However, 32 a school district and a community college that maintain a 33 career and technical education program receiving federal 34 or state funds may create a joint local advisory council. 35 -21- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 21/ 45

H.F. _____ The membership of each local advisory council shall consist 1 of public members with emphasis on persons representing 2 business, agriculture, industry and labor expertise in the 3 occupation or occupational field related to the career and 4 technical education program . The local advisory council 5 shall give advice and assistance to the board of directors , 6 administrators, and instructors in the establishment and 7 maintenance of schools, departments, and classes that receive 8 federal or state funds under this chapter the career and 9 technical education program . Local advisory councils may be 10 organized according to program area, school, community, or 11 region. 12 2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a regional advisory 13 council established by a regional career and technical 14 education planning partnership approved by the department 15 pursuant to section 258.14 may serve in place of a local 16 advisory council. 17 3. The state board shall adopt rules requiring that the 18 memberships of local Local advisory councils fairly represent 19 each sex and minorities residing in the school district are 20 subject to the requirements of sections 69.16 and 69.16A . 21 4. Members of an advisory council shall serve without 22 compensation. 23 Sec. 39. Section 258.10, Code 2016, is amended to read as 24 follows: 25 258.10 Powers of district boards. 26 1. The board of directors of a school district may carry on 27 prevocational and vocational shall offer career and technical 28 instruction in subjects relating to agriculture, commerce, 29 industry, and home economics service areas as provided in 30 section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h” , and pay the expense 31 of such instruction in the same way as the expenses for other 32 subjects in the public schools school district are paid. 33 2. The board of directors of a school district may establish 34 and maintain school-to-work work-based learning programs 35 -22- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 22/ 45

H.F. _____ including alternative learning opportunities through which 1 students may obtain skills or training outside the classroom in 2 collaboration with a regional work-based learning intermediary 3 network established pursuant to section 256.40 . School-to-work 4 programs include, but are not limited to, the following: 5 a. Short-term job shadowing opportunities for students to 6 explore career interests by observing work at a workplace or to 7 include a series of visits to various workplaces and time spent 8 with individual workers to observe specific jobs. 9 b. Structured work experiences integrating school and 10 work-based experiences in an internship that may be an 11 extension of a job shadowing experience. 12 c. Mentoring experiences providing students with a formal 13 relationship with a worksite role model who shares career 14 insights and teaches students specific work-related skills. 15 d. Career-oriented work experiences tied to school lessons 16 through formal or informal training agreements, formal learning 17 plans or mentoring, by workplace personnel who may be paid or 18 unpaid, and which may earn students credit toward graduation. 19 e. Structured on-the-job training or apprenticeships 20 for students who are enrolled in a technical or professional 21 program that leads to a high school diploma, advanced 22 certificate of mastery, or associate degree. 23 f. Work experiences available to students in school and 24 community placements directly supervised by a school district 25 or community college staff member. 26 3. The board of directors of a school district may provide 27 workers’ compensation coverage by insuring, or self-insuring 28 as provided in section 87.4 , students participating in unpaid 29 school-to-work programs work-based learning opportunities 30 offered in accordance with section 256.40 . A school district’s 31 liability to students injured while participating in an unpaid 32 school-to-work program work-based learning opportunity is as 33 provided in section 85.20 . 34 Sec. 40. Section 258.11, Code 2016, is amended to read as 35 -23- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 23/ 45

H.F. _____ follows: 1 258.11 Salary and expenses for administration. 2 The director may make expenditures for salaries of 3 assistants, actual expenses of the board and the director and 4 the state council incurred in the discharge of their duties, 5 and other expenses as necessary to the proper administration of 6 this chapter . 7 Sec. 41. Section 258.12, Code 2016, is amended to read as 8 follows: 9 258.12 Custodian of funds. 10 The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid 11 to the state from the appropriations made under the federal 12 Carl D. Perkins Vocational Career and Technical Education 13 Improvement Act of 1998 2006 , and shall disburse the same on 14 vouchers audited as provided by law. 15 Sec. 42. NEW SECTION . 258.14 Regional career and technical 16 education planning partnerships. 17 1. Regional career and technical education planning 18 partnerships are established to assist school districts 19 in providing an effective, efficient, and economical means 20 of delivering high-quality secondary career and technical 21 education programs. Regional career and technical education 22 planning partnerships shall do all of the following: 23 a. Provide for the active participation of local school 24 districts and community colleges in the delivery of career and 25 technical education in the region. 26 b. Provide for the participation of representatives of 27 business and industry, including representatives of sector 28 partnerships and community stakeholders. 29 c. Promote career and college readiness through thoughtful 30 career guidance and purposeful academic and technical planning 31 practices. 32 d. Promote high-quality, integrated career and technical 33 education programming, including career academies, comprised 34 of secondary exploratory and transitory coursework to prepare 35 -24- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 24/ 45

H.F. _____ students for higher-level, specialized academic and technical 1 training aligned with labor market needs. 2 e. Afford students the opportunity to access a spectrum 3 of high-quality work-based learning experiences through 4 collaboration with a work-based learning intermediary network. 5 f. Provide for increased and equitable access to 6 high-quality career and technical education programs through 7 the planning and development of a system of regional centers. 8 2. Regional career and technical education planning 9 partnerships shall be established in accordance with section 10 258.3A, subsection 5, to serve each community college and all 11 of the school districts in the state no later than June 30, 12 2017. 13 3. A regional career and technical education planning 14 partnership shall be responsible for the following activities: 15 a. Ensuring compliance with standards adopted by the board 16 under section 258.3A, subsection 5, for regional career and 17 technical education planning partnerships. 18 b. Developing a multi-year plan addressing the delivery 19 of quality career and technical education programs by school 20 districts in fulfillment of the requirements of section 256.11, 21 subsection 4, and section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “h” . 22 The plan shall be updated annually. 23 c. Securing collaboration with secondary schools, 24 postsecondary educational institutions, and employers to 25 ensure the creation of high-quality career and technical 26 education programming, including career academies, for students 27 that aligns career guidance, twenty-first century career and 28 technical education and academic curricula, and work-based 29 learning opportunities that empower students to be successful 30 learners and practitioners. 31 d. Reviewing career and technical education programs of 32 school districts within the region based on standards adopted 33 by the board, and recommending to the department career and 34 technical education programs for approval. 35 -25- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 25/ 45

H.F. _____ e. Coordinating and facilitating local advisory councils 1 for career and technical education programs. As necessary, 2 establishing regional advisory councils to serve in the same 3 capacity as local advisory councils. 4 f. Planning for regional centers with the purpose of 5 achieving equitable access to high-quality career and technical 6 education programming and concurrent enrollment opportunities 7 for all students. As a condition for approval, a regional 8 center shall comply with standards adopted by the board 9 and shall consist of a minimum of four career academies. A 10 regional center shall be compatible with development of a 11 statewide system of regional centers serving all students. A 12 regional center shall serve either of the following: 13 (1) A combined minimum of one hundred twenty students from 14 no fewer than two school districts. 15 (2) A minimum of four school districts. 16 g. Meeting regularly. 17 4. The membership of each regional career and technical 18 education planning partnership shall consist of stakeholders 19 in a position to contribute to the development and successful 20 implementation of high-quality career and technical education 21 programs and shall include but not be limited to the following: 22 a. The superintendent of a school district within the 23 regional planning partnership, or the superintendent’s 24 designee. 25 b. The president of a community college within the regional 26 planning partnership, or the president’s designee. 27 c. The chief administrator of an area education agency 28 within the regional planning partnership, or the chief 29 administrator’s designee. 30 d. Representatives of a regional work-based learning 31 intermediary network. 32 e. Representatives of regional economic and workforce 33 entities including regional advisory boards established under 34 section 84A.4. 35 -26- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 26/ 45

H.F. _____ f. Representatives of business and industry, including 1 representatives of regional industry sector partnerships 2 established pursuant to section 260H.7B. 3 g. Career and technical education teachers or faculty. 4 5. Convening the regional career and technical education 5 planning partnership shall be the joint responsibility of the 6 area education agency and community college located within the 7 region. 8 6. A regional career and technical education partnership 9 may use funds received from state and federal sources to 10 convene, lead, and staff the regional career and technical 11 education planning partnership, offer regional career and 12 technical education professional development opportunities, 13 coordinate and maintain a career guidance system pursuant to 14 section 279.61, and purchase equipment on behalf of school 15 districts and community colleges participating in the regional 16 career and technical education planning partnership. 17 Sec. 43. NEW SECTION . 258.15 Career academy. 18 1. A career academy may be established under an agreement 19 between a single school district and a community college, 20 or by multiple school districts organized into a regional 21 career and technical education planning partnership pursuant 22 to section 258.14 and a community college. A career academy 23 established under this section shall be a career-oriented or 24 occupation-oriented program of study that includes a minimum of 25 two years of secondary education, which at a minimum fulfills 26 the sequential unit requirement in one of the four service 27 areas required under section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph 28 “h” , is articulated with a postsecondary education program, 29 and is approved by the director under section 258.4. A career 30 academy shall do all of the following: 31 a. Utilize regional career and technical education planning 32 partnerships outlined in section 258.14 in an advisory capacity 33 to inform the selection and design of the career academy and 34 establishment of industry standards. 35 -27- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 27/ 45

H.F. _____ b. Establish a program of study that meets all of the 1 following criteria: 2 (1) Is designed to meet industry standards and prepare 3 students for success in postsecondary education and the 4 workforce. 5 (2) Integrates academic coursework, includes work-based 6 learning, and utilizes the individual career and academic 7 planning process established under section 279.61. 8 (3) Allows students enrolled in the academy an opportunity 9 to continue onto an associate degree and, if applicable, a 10 postsecondary baccalaureate degree program. 11 2. The board, in consultation with the division of community 12 colleges of the department, shall adopt rules setting minimum 13 standards for the development and implementation of career 14 academies under this section and ensuring compliance with 15 the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 16 Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq., as amended. 17 Sec. 44. Section 260C.1, subsections 2, 5, 9, and 11, Code 18 2016, are amended to read as follows: 19 2. Vocational Career and technical training. 20 5. Programs for all students of high school age who may 21 best serve themselves by enrolling for vocational career and 22 technical training while also enrolled in a local high school, 23 public or private. 24 9. Vocational Career and technical education for persons 25 who have academic, socioeconomic, or other disabilities which 26 prevent succeeding in regular vocational career and technical 27 education programs. 28 11. Vocational Career and technical training for persons 29 who are not enrolled in a high school and who have not 30 completed high school. 31 Sec. 45. Section 260C.2, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 32 to read as follows: 33 1. “Community college” means a publicly supported school 34 which may offer programs of adult and continuing education, 35 -28- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 28/ 45

H.F. _____ lifelong learning, community education, and up to two years 1 of liberal arts, preprofessional, or occupational instruction 2 partially fulfilling the requirements for a baccalaureate 3 degree but confers no more than an associate degree; or which 4 offers as the whole or as part of the curriculum up to two years 5 of vocational or career and technical education, training, or 6 retraining to persons who are preparing to enter the labor 7 market. 8 Sec. 46. Section 260C.2, subsection 4, paragraphs b and c, 9 Code 2016, are amended to read as follows: 10 b. Vocational-technical Career and technical education 11 preparatory cost center. 12 c. Vocational-technical Career and technical education 13 supplementary cost center. 14 Sec. 47. Section 260C.5, subsections 1, 7, and 8, Code 2016, 15 are amended to read as follows: 16 1. Designate a community college as an “area vocational 17 career and technical education school” within the meaning of, 18 and for the purpose of administering, the Act of Congress 19 designated the “Vocational federal “Career and Technical 20 Education Improvement Act of 1963” 2006” . A community college 21 shall not be so designated by the director of the department 22 of education for the expenditure of funds under 20 U.S.C. 23 §35c(a)(5) §2301 et seq., as amended , which has not been 24 designated and classified as a community college by the state 25 board. 26 7. Enter into contracts with local school boards within 27 the area that have and maintain a career and technical or 28 vocational high school education program and with private 29 schools or colleges in the cooperative or merged areas to 30 provide courses or programs of study in addition to or as a 31 part of the curriculum made available in the community college. 32 8. Make arrangements with boards of merged areas and local 33 school districts to permit students attending high school 34 to participate in vocational-technical career and technical 35 -29- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 29/ 45

H.F. _____ education programs and advanced college placement courses and 1 obtain credit for such participation for application toward the 2 completion of a high school diploma. The granting of credit 3 is subject to the approval of the director of the department 4 of education. 5 Sec. 48. Section 260C.14, subsections 1 and 6, Code 2016, 6 are amended to read as follows: 7 1. Determine the curriculum to be offered in such school 8 or college subject to approval of the director and ensure that 9 all vocational career and technical education offerings are 10 competency-based, provide any minimum competencies required 11 by the department of education, comply with any applicable 12 requirements in chapter 258 , and are articulated with local 13 school district vocational career and technical education 14 programs. If an existing private educational institution or an 15 existing vocational institution offering a career and technical 16 education program within the merged area has facilities and 17 curriculum of adequate size and quality which would duplicate 18 the functions of the area school, the board of directors shall 19 discuss with the institution the possibility of entering into 20 contracts to have the existing institution offer facilities 21 and curriculum to students of the merged area. The board of 22 directors shall consider any proposals submitted by the private 23 institution for providing such facilities and curriculum. The 24 board of directors may enter into such contracts. In approving 25 curriculum, the director shall ascertain that all courses 26 and programs submitted for approval are needed and that the 27 curriculum being offered by an area school does not duplicate 28 programs provided by existing public or private facilities in 29 the area. In determining whether duplication would actually 30 exist, the director shall consider the needs of the area 31 and consider whether the proposed programs are competitive 32 as to size, quality, tuition, purposes, and area coverage 33 with existing public and private educational or vocational 34 institutions within the merged area. If the board of directors 35 -30- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 30/ 45

H.F. _____ of the merged area chooses not to enter into contracts with 1 private institutions under this subsection , the board shall 2 submit a list of reasons why contracts to avoid duplication 3 were not entered into and an economic impact statement relating 4 to the board’s decision. 5 6. Have authority to sell a student-constructed building 6 and the property on which the student-constructed building is 7 located or any article resulting from any vocational career and 8 technical education program or course offered at a community 9 college by any procedure which may be adopted by the board. 10 Governmental agencies and governmental subdivisions of the 11 state within the merged areas shall be given preference in the 12 purchase of such articles. All revenue received from the sale 13 of any article shall be credited to the funds of the board of 14 the merged area. 15 Sec. 49. Section 260C.14, subsection 21, paragraph a, 16 subparagraph (5), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 17 (5) Total credits earned by high school students enrolled in 18 community college courses under the postsecondary enrollment 19 options program, broken down by vocational-technical or career 20 and technical education program and arts and sciences program. 21 Sec. 50. Section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraphs c and d, 22 Code 2016, are amended to read as follows: 23 c. For the development and implementation of career 24 academies designed to provide new career preparation 25 opportunities for high school students that are formally 26 linked with postsecondary career and technical education 27 programs. For purposes of this section , “career academy” 28 means a program of study that combines a minimum of two 29 years of secondary education with an associate degree, or the 30 equivalent, career preparatory program in a nonduplicative, 31 sequential course of study that is standards based, integrates 32 academic and technical instruction, utilizes work-based and 33 worksite learning where appropriate and available, utilizes an 34 individual career planning process with parent involvement, 35 -31- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 31/ 45

H.F. _____ and leads to an associate degree or postsecondary diploma or 1 certificate in a career field that prepares an individual 2 for entry and advancement in a high-skill and reward career 3 field and further education the same as defined in section 4 258.6 . The state board, in conjunction with the division of 5 community colleges and workforce preparation of the department, 6 shall adopt administrative rules for the development and 7 implementation of such career academies pursuant to section 8 256.11, subsection 5 , paragraph “h” , section 260C.1 , and Tit. 9 II of Pub. L. No. 105-332 , Carl D. Perkins Vocational and 10 Technical Education Act of 1998 . 11 d. Programs and courses that provide vocational career and 12 technical training, and programs for in-service training and 13 retraining under section 260C.1, subsections 2 and 3 . 14 Sec. 51. Section 260C.36, subsection 1, unnumbered 15 paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 16 The community college administration shall establish 17 a committee consisting of instructors and administrators, 18 equally representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the 19 vocational-technical career and technical faculty, which has 20 no more than a simple majority of members of the same gender. 21 The faculty members shall be appointed by the certified 22 employee organization if one exists and if not, by the college 23 administration. The administrators shall be appointed by 24 the college administration. The committee shall develop and 25 maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty that 26 includes all of the following: 27 Sec. 52. Section 260E.2, subsection 14, paragraph c, Code 28 2016, is amended to read as follows: 29 c. Vocational Career and technical skill-assessment services 30 and testing. 31 Sec. 53. Section 260F.2, subsection 10, paragraph c, Code 32 2016, is amended to read as follows: 33 c. Vocational Career and technical skill-assessment services 34 and testing. 35 -32- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 32/ 45

H.F. _____ Sec. 54. Section 260G.4, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b, 1 Code 2016, are amended to read as follows: 2 a. A credit career , vocational, or and technical education 3 program resulting in the conferring of a certificate, diploma, 4 associate of science degree, or associate of applied science 5 degree, which increases program capacity to enroll added 6 participants. 7 b. A credit equivalent career , vocational, or and technical 8 educational education program consisting of not less than 9 five hundred forty contact hours of classroom and laboratory 10 instruction and resulting in the conferring of a certificate or 11 other recognized, competency-based credential, which increases 12 program capacity to enroll added participants. 13 Sec. 55. Section 260I.8, Code 2016, is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 260I.8 Program interview. 16 An applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter shall 17 meet with a member of the staff for an eligible certificate 18 program offered by the community college receiving the 19 application. The staff member shall discuss the relevant 20 industry, any applicable occupational research, and any 21 applicable training relating to the eligible certificate 22 program. The discussion shall include an evaluation of 23 the applicant’s capabilities, needs, family situation, work 24 history, educational background, attitude and motivation, 25 employment skills, vocational and technical potential, and 26 employment barriers. The discussion shall also include 27 potential start dates, support needs, and other requirements 28 for an eligible certificate program. 29 Sec. 56. Section 261B.11, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code 30 2016, is amended to read as follows: 31 k. Postsecondary educational institutions offering programs 32 limited to nondegree specialty vocational career and technical 33 training programs. 34 Sec. 57. Section 261E.6, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended 35 -33- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 33/ 45

H.F. _____ to read as follows: 1 3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an 2 eligible student shall make application to an eligible 3 postsecondary institution to allow the eligible student to 4 enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered at 5 the institution. A comparable course, as defined in rules 6 adopted by the board of directors of the school district 7 consistent with department administrative rule, must not 8 be offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic 9 school the student attends. However, a course is ineligible 10 for purposes of this section if the school district has 11 a contractual agreement with the eligible postsecondary 12 institution under section 261E.8 that meets the requirements of 13 section 257.11, subsection 3, and the course may be delivered 14 through such an agreement in accordance with section 257.11, 15 subsection 3. If the postsecondary institution accepts 16 an eligible student for enrollment under this section , the 17 institution shall send written notice to the student, the 18 student’s parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor 19 child, and the student’s school district or accredited 20 nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a 21 nonpublic school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or 22 the Iowa braille and sight saving school. The notice shall 23 list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending 24 the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the 25 eligible student will receive from the eligible postsecondary 26 institution upon successful completion of the course. 27 Sec. 58. Section 261E.10, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 28 amended to read as follows: 29 1. As used in this section , “career academy” means the same 30 as defined in section 260C.18A, subsection 2 , paragraph “c” 31 258.6 . 32 Sec. 59. Section 280.9, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 33 to read as follows: 34 1. The board of directors of each local public school 35 -34- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 34/ 45

H.F. _____ district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic 1 school shall incorporate into the educational program, in 2 accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21 , paragraph “a” , 3 the total concept of career education to enable students to 4 become familiar with the values of a work-oriented society. 5 Curricular and cocurricular teaching-learning experiences 6 from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve shall 7 be provided for all students currently enrolled in order to 8 develop an understanding that employment may be meaningful and 9 satisfying. However, career education does not mean a separate 10 vocational-technical career and technical education program 11 is required. A vocational-technical career and technical 12 education program includes units or partial units in subjects 13 which have as their purpose to equip students with marketable 14 skills. 15 Sec. 60. Section 280.10, subsection 1, paragraph a, 16 subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended 17 to read as follows: 18 Vocational or industrial arts shops Career and technical 19 education programs or laboratories involving experience with 20 any of the following: 21 Sec. 61. Section 280.11, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 22 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 23 Every student and teacher in any public or nonpublic school 24 shall wear industrial quality ear-protective devices while the 25 student or teacher is participating in any phase or activity 26 of a course which may subject the student or teacher to the 27 risk or hazard of hearing loss from noise in processes or 28 procedures used in vocational or industrial arts shops career 29 and technical education programs or laboratories involving 30 experiences with any of the following: 31 Sec. 62. Section 280.20, Code 2016, is amended to read as 32 follows: 33 280.20 Vocational Career and technical agriculture education. 34 1. It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage 35 -35- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 35/ 45

H.F. _____ the public secondary schools to develop comprehensive programs 1 for vocational career and technical education in agriculture 2 technology to meet the diverse needs of Iowa’s students and to 3 ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals 4 in all phases of the agriculture industry. The board of 5 directors of each public school district may develop, as part 6 of the curriculum in grades nine through twelve, programs 7 for vocational career and technical education in agriculture 8 technology. 9 2. a. It is also the intent of the general assembly to 10 encourage the development of programs for vocational career 11 and technical education in agriculture technology which are 12 structured on a twelve-month basis and which include the 13 following: 14 (1) Provision for twelve-month extended contracts to 15 permit entrepreneurial agricultural experience, summer program 16 planning, and recordkeeping. 17 (2) Submission of an annual summer program by each 18 vocational career and technical agriculture instructor employed 19 on an extended contract basis. 20 (3) Provision for instructional supervision for 21 agricultural occupational experience programs. 22 b. Supervision and accountability of vocational career and 23 technical agriculture teachers employed for extended contracts 24 are the responsibility of the local school board. 25 Sec. 63. Section 282.7, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 26 to read as follows: 27 2. If the vocational career and technical education program 28 offered by a school district does not meet the state board 29 of vocational for career and technical education’s standards 30 for program approval, the district shall be granted one year 31 to meet the standards for approval. If a district chooses 32 to waive the one-year grace period, or the district fails to 33 meet the approval standards after one year, the director of 34 the board of vocational for career and technical education 35 -36- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 36/ 45

H.F. _____ shall delegate the authority to the regional planning board 1 career and technical education planning partnership established 2 pursuant to section 258.16 258.14 to direct the district to 3 contract with another school district or a community college 4 which has an approved program, for the provision of vocational 5 career and technical education for students of the district. 6 The district that has waived the one-year grace period or 7 has failed to meet the approval standards shall pay to the 8 district or community college that has an approved program 9 an amount equal to the percent of the school day in which a 10 pupil is receiving vocational career and technical education 11 in the approved program times the district cost per pupil of 12 the district of residence of the pupil. The regional planning 13 board career and technical education planning partnership 14 established pursuant to section 258.16 258.14 shall contract 15 with an approved program for delivery of vocational career 16 and technical education in the district which has failed to 17 meet the approval standards or has waived the one-year grace 18 period. Transportation to and from the approved program 19 shall be provided by the school district that has waived the 20 one-year grace period or has failed to meet approval standards. 21 Reasonable effort shall be made to conduct the approved program 22 at an attendance center in the district that has failed to meet 23 the approval standards or has waived the one-year grace period. 24 Sec. 64. Section 297.7, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended 25 to read as follows: 26 2. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the board 27 of directors of a school district may acquire by purchase, 28 lease, or other arrangement real estate located within or 29 adjoining the boundaries of a municipal airport, and may take 30 title, leasehold, or other interest, subject to a right of 31 purchase or repurchase by the city owning or controlling the 32 municipal airport. The city may purchase, repurchase, or 33 repossess such real estate and the improvements constructed 34 on the real estate upon terms and conditions as agreed to by 35 -37- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 37/ 45

H.F. _____ the board of directors and the city council. The board of 1 directors of any such school district may construct a career 2 and technical education school on the real estate to carry on 3 vocational career and technical training or instruction in 4 aviation mechanics and other aviation programs upon compliance 5 with conditions and limitations otherwise provided by law. 6 Sec. 65. Section 598.1, subsection 8, Code 2016, is amended 7 to read as follows: 8 8. “Postsecondary education subsidy” means an amount 9 which either of the parties may be required to pay under a 10 temporary order or final judgment or decree for educational 11 expenses of a child who is between the ages of eighteen 12 and twenty-two years if the child is regularly attending a 13 course of vocational-technical career and technical training 14 either as a part of a regular school program or under special 15 arrangements adapted to the individual person’s needs; or is, 16 in good faith, a full-time student in a college, university, 17 or community college; or has been accepted for admission to a 18 college, university, or community college and the next regular 19 term has not yet begun. 20 Sec. 66. Section 598.21B, subsection 2, paragraph e, 21 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code 2016, is 22 amended to read as follows: 23 (c) The parent is attending a vocational career and 24 technical education program approved pursuant to chapter 258 . 25 Sec. 67. Section 633.376, subsection 1, paragraph b, 26 subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 27 (2) Regularly attending a course of vocational-technical 28 career and technical training either as a part of a regular 29 school program or under special arrangements adapted to the 30 individual person’s needs. 31 Sec. 68. Section 633.669, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code 32 2016, is amended to read as follows: 33 c. A summary of the medical, educational, vocational and 34 technical, and other professional services provided for the 35 -38- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 38/ 45

H.F. _____ ward. 1 Sec. 69. Section 633A.3115, subsection 2, paragraph b, 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows: 3 (2) Regularly attending a course of vocational-technical 4 career and technical training either as a part of a regular 5 school program or under special arrangements adapted to the 6 individual person’s needs. 7 Sec. 70. Section 633B.213, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 8 2016, is amended to read as follows: 9 d. Provide funds for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate 10 education, including postsecondary and vocational career 11 and technical education, and other current living costs for 12 the individuals described in paragraph “a” to enable those 13 individuals to maintain their customary standard of living. 14 Sec. 71. REPEAL. Sections 258.16 and 258.17, Code 2016, 15 are repealed. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill relates to academic and career guidance and 20 technical education courses, curriculum, and programs and to 21 programs that involve students learning at a workplace. 22 Division I of the bill modifies provisions relating to a 23 student plan for progress toward high school graduation, which 24 each eighth grade student enrolled in a school district must 25 complete. Division II of the bill modifies Code provisions 26 related to career and technical education. 27 Currently, under Code section 279.61, a school district must 28 cooperate with each of its eighth grade students to develop 29 a core curriculum plan to guide each student toward the goal 30 of successfully completing, at a minimum and by high school 31 graduation, the core curriculum and high school graduation 32 requirements developed by the state board of education. 33 Division I renames the “core curriculum plan” the “career and 34 academic plan”. 35 -39- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 39/ 45

H.F. _____ Currently, the plan must include a timeline for each 1 student to successfully complete the state-designated career 2 information and decision-making system administered by the 3 department in accordance with section 118 of the federal Carl 4 D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 5 2006, Pub. L. No. 109-270. The division strikes the language 6 related to the federal Act, and instead requires the state 7 board of education to adopt rules setting forth standards for 8 career information and decision-making systems for utilization 9 by school districts, and requires the department of education’s 10 director to develop an application and review process for 11 approval of such systems. A student’s individualized career 12 and academic plan must include a timeline for the student’s 13 successful completion of system components. 14 Under the division, each school district superintendent 15 shall designate a team of education practitioners to carry out 16 the school district’s duties related to career and academic 17 plans. The team must include but not be limited to a school 18 counselor; teachers, including career and technical education 19 teachers; and an individual responsible for coordinating 20 work-based learning activities. The team must regularly 21 consult with representatives of employers, state and local 22 workforce systems and centers, higher education institutions, 23 and postsecondary career training programs. School districts 24 must also submit to the local community, and to the department 25 as a component of the school district’s comprehensive school 26 improvement plan, an annual report on student utilization of 27 the approved career information and decision-making system. 28 The division requires the state board to adopt rules to 29 administer Code section 279.61 and authorizes the state board 30 to adopt emergency rules. 31 The division takes effect upon enactment. 32 Division II of the bill makes modifications based on 33 recommendations of the secondary career and technical education 34 (CTE) task force established in accordance with 2013 Iowa 35 -40- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 40/ 45

H.F. _____ Acts, ch. 141, section 52, and, where applicable, replaces 1 Code references to “vocational” and “vocational education” 2 with references to “career and technical” and to “career and 3 technical education” and to “vocational and technical”, and 4 makes conforming changes. 5 SCHOOL-TO-WORK AND WORKSTART PROGRAMS. The division 6 eliminates the school-to-work program, but replaces most 7 references to the school-to-work program with references to 8 work-based learning programs and opportunities, including by 9 making corresponding changes to the workers’ compensation 10 provisions of Code chapter 85. School boards may establish 11 and maintain work-based learning programs in collaboration 12 with a regional work-based learning intermediary network. 13 Code section 256.39, providing for the establishment of a 14 career pathways program, is amended to replace references to 15 the school-to-work program with references to CTE planning 16 partnerships. 17 The division repeals Code section 258.17, establishing the 18 community-based workplace learning program —— workstart, and 19 makes conforming changes. 20 EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS. The division amends the educational 21 standards of Code section 256.11 for school districts. For 22 grades seven and eight, instruction in “family, consumer, 23 career, and technology education” is replaced with “career 24 exploration and development”, which must incorporate 21st 25 century skills, be designed to prepare students for career 26 planning, and incorporate foundational CTE concepts. For 27 grades 9 through 12, the current vocational service areas 28 of agriculture, business or office occupations, health 29 occupations, family and consumer sciences or home economics 30 occupations, industrial technology or trade and industrial 31 education, and marketing education are replaced with the 32 following CTE services areas: agriculture, food, and natural 33 resources; arts, communications, and information systems; 34 applied sciences, technology, engineering, and manufacturing; 35 -41- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 41/ 45

H.F. _____ health sciences; human services; and business, finance, 1 marketing, and management. 2 Currently, each sequential unit of instruction in 3 those service areas must include a minimum set of 4 competencies established by the department. Under the 5 division, each sequential unit shall contain a portion of a 6 department-approved CTE program. 7 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT AGREEMENTS. Code section 261E.6, 8 relating to the postsecondary enrollment options program, is 9 amended to provide that a course offered by a community college 10 is ineligible for the program if the course could be offered 11 under an existing district-to-community college or concurrent 12 enrollment program agreement. 13 CODE CHAPTER 258 CHANGES. The duties of the board for career 14 and technical education, formerly the board for vocational 15 education, are updated and expanded to include developing a 16 multi-year state plan, adopting rules prescribing standards for 17 service areas, and adopting rules for approval of CTE planning 18 partnerships, collaborations, and regional centers. The board 19 consists of the members of the state board of education. 20 The duties of the director of the department of education 21 under the Code chapter are updated. Added to the duties is 22 a requirement that the director review and approve regional 23 planning partnerships and regional centers and ensure they 24 meet the board’s standards. Stricken from the duties is a 25 requirement that the director establish a minimum set of 26 competencies and core curriculum for the approval of a program. 27 The division strikes language relating to the reimbursement 28 of a school district from federal and state funds for amounts 29 expended for an approved vocational school, department, or 30 classes, but establishes that an approved regional CTE planning 31 partnership is eligible to receive reimbursement for certain 32 expenditures. 33 The division adds definitions to Code chapter 258, 34 including definitions for “approved regional CTE planning 35 -42- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 42/ 45

H.F. _____ partnership”, and “sector partnership”. The division provides 1 for establishment of “career academies” in new Code section 2 258.15, and uses that definition to replace the definition of 3 “career academy” currently used for purposes of the community 4 college workforce training and economic development funds and 5 for the senior year plus program. 6 Currently, as a condition of approval for a school district 7 to maintain a school department or class receiving public 8 funds, the school district must appoint a local advisory 9 council that must give advice to the school board. Under the 10 division, community colleges must establish a CTE council, 11 though a school district and community college operating a CTE 12 program receiving federal or state funds may jointly create a 13 local advisory council. The membership of each council must 14 consist of public members with expertise related to the CTE 15 program. The local advisory council must give advice and 16 assistance to administrators and instructors. A regional 17 advisory council established by a regional CTE planning 18 partnership approved by the department may serve in place of a 19 local advisory council. 20 Obsolete references to the state council for vocational 21 education in Code chapters 256 and 258 are stricken or 22 modified. 23 REGIONAL CTE PLANNING PARTNERSHIPS. The division provides 24 for the establishment of regional CTE planning partnerships to 25 assist school districts in delivering high-quality secondary 26 CTE programs. Regional CTE planning partnerships must provide 27 for the active participation of local school districts and 28 community colleges in the delivery of CTE in the region and 29 the participation of representatives of business and industry, 30 including representatives of sector partnerships and community 31 stakeholders. They must promote career and college readiness 32 and high-quality, integrated CTE programming, including career 33 academies; afford students the opportunity to access a spectrum 34 of high-quality work-based learning experiences through 35 -43- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 43/ 45

H.F. _____ collaboration with a work-based learning intermediary network; 1 and provide for increased and equitable access to high-quality 2 CTE programs through the planning and development of a system 3 of regional centers. 4 Regional CTE planning partnerships must be established to 5 serve the community colleges and school districts in the state 6 no later than June 30, 2017. 7 A regional CTE planning partnership is responsible for 8 ensuring compliance with standards adopted by the board; 9 developing a multi-year plan; securing collaboration with 10 secondary schools, postsecondary educational institutions, 11 and employers to ensure the creation of high-quality CTE 12 programming that aligns career guidance, twenty-first 13 century CTE and academic curricula, and work-based learning 14 opportunities; reviewing school district CTE programs and 15 recommending to the department CTE programs for approval; 16 coordinating and facilitating local advisory councils or 17 establishing regional advisory councils; and planning for 18 regional centers with the purpose of achieving equitable access 19 to high-quality CTE programming and concurrent enrollment 20 opportunities for all students. 21 As a condition for approval, a regional center must consist 22 of a minimum of four career academies and be compatible with 23 development of a statewide system. A regional center shall 24 serve either a combined minimum of 120 students from no 25 fewer than two school districts or a minimum of four school 26 districts. 27 The membership of each regional CTE planning partnership 28 shall be the superintendent of a school district within 29 the regional planning partnership, or the superintendent’s 30 designee; the president of a community college within the 31 regional planning partnership, or the president’s designee; 32 the chief administrator of an area education agency within the 33 regional planning partnership, or the chief administrator’s 34 designee; representatives of a regional work-based learning 35 -44- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 44/ 45

H.F. _____ intermediary network; representatives of regional economic and 1 workforce entities; representatives of business and industry; 2 and CTE teachers or faculty. 3 A regional CTE planning partnership may use funds received 4 from state and federal sources to convene, lead, and staff 5 the regional CTE planning partnership, to offer regional CTE 6 professional development opportunities, to coordinate and 7 maintain a career guidance system pursuant to Code section 8 279.61, and to purchase equipment on behalf of school districts 9 and community colleges participating in the regional CTE 10 planning partnership. The division repeals Code section 11 258.16, which provides for the establishment of regional 12 vocational education planning boards. 13 -45- LSB 6022YC (7) 86 kh/sc 45/ 45