Senate File 431 - Introduced SENATE FILE 431 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1234) A BILL FOR An Act relating to required core curriculum and twenty-first 1 century learning skills addressed in rules adopted by the 2 state board of education. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2387SV (2) 86 kh/rj

S.F. 431 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (3), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows: 2 (3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address 3 the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and 4 knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty-first 5 century and shall address the curricular needs of students 6 in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas . The 7 core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty-first 8 century learning skills which shall include but are not limited 9 to the following: 10 (a) Social studies, civic literacy, health literacy, 11 technology literacy, financial literacy, and employability 12 skills ; and shall address the curricular needs of students in 13 kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. The state 14 board shall further define the twenty-first century learning 15 skills components by rule . 16 (b) Music, visual art, drama and theater, and other fine 17 and applied arts. The department shall employ a consultant 18 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine 19 arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for professional 20 development programs, strategies, and materials based on the 21 rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this subparagraph 22 division. This subparagraph division shall not be construed 23 to conflict with the provisions of section 256.11, subsection 24 3, 4, or 5, with regard to areas that are required to be 25 taught. The selection and administration of assessments of 26 music, visual art, drama and theater, or other fine arts 27 courses shall be determined locally by the school district or 28 accredited nonpublic school providing the educational program 29 in accordance with section 256.11. However, the department 30 may provide model assessments aligned with fine arts content 31 standards established by the state board. 32 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance with 33 Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 34 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 35 -1- LSB 2387SV (2) 86 kh/rj 1/ 3

S.F. 431 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 1 received by the school district under Code section 257.16. 2 This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be 3 deemed to meet all of the state funding-related requirements 4 of Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state 5 funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this 6 Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 7 districts. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill modifies the required core curriculum and 12 twenty-first century learning skills and knowledge that the 13 state board of education is required to address in rule. 14 Currently, the required core curriculum includes English 15 or language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies. 16 The core curriculum must also include twenty-first century 17 learning skills, including but not limited to civic literacy, 18 health literacy, technology literacy, financial literacy, and 19 employability skills. The bill requires that the twenty-first 20 century learning skills also include music, visual art, drama 21 and theater, and other fine and applied arts. 22 The educational standards established under Code section 23 256.11 require accredited schools to include in grades 1-8 24 courses in music and visual art, and in grades 9-12, three 25 units in the fine arts which shall include at least two of 26 the following: dance, music, theater, and visual art. The 27 bill provides that nothing in the new provision expanding the 28 twenty-first century skills to include music, visual art, 29 drama and theater, and other fine and applied arts shall be 30 construed to conflict with the courses required under the 31 educational standards. Further, assessments for such courses 32 shall be locally determined, though the department of education 33 may provide model assessments aligned with fine arts content 34 standards established by the state board of education. 35 -2- LSB 2387SV (2) 86 kh/rj 2/ 3

S.F. 431 The bill also requires the department to employ a consultant 1 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine 2 arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for professional 3 development programs, strategies, and materials based on 4 the rules relating to the fine arts core curriculum and the 5 twenty-first century fine arts learning skills adopted by the 6 state board. 7 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 8 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 9 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 10 district from state school foundation aid received by the 11 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 12 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 13 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 14 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 15 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 16 mandates included in the bill. 17 -3- LSB 2387SV (2) 86 kh/rj 3/ 3