House
File
2139
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2139
BY
HEARTSILL
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
department
of
education
to
convene
a
work
1
group
for
streamlining
public
school
administration
in
Iowa.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
WORK
GROUP
——
1
STREAMLINING
OF
PUBLIC
SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATION.
The
department
2
of
education
shall
convene
a
work
group
of
education
3
stakeholders,
including
but
not
limited
to
the
Iowa
association
4
of
school
boards,
the
school
administrators
of
Iowa,
and
5
representatives
of
Iowa’s
area
education
agencies
and
approved
6
administrator
preparation
programs
to
review
the
public
school
7
administration
system
in
order
to
develop
a
comprehensive
8
proposal
to
reduce
paperwork,
duplication,
and
bureaucracy
to
9
allow
administrators
to
focus
their
efforts
as
instructional
10
leaders
on
improving
teaching
and
learning
activities
and
11
outcomes.
The
review
shall
encompass
federal,
state,
and
12
professional
responsibilities
and
requirements
applicable
to
13
administrators.
The
work
group
shall
identify
opportunities
14
for
streamlining
regulatory
and
reporting
requirements
and
15
shall
identify
best
practices
for
school
and
instructional
16
leadership.
The
department
of
education
shall
provide
staffing
17
services
for
the
work
group.
The
work
group
shall
submit
its
18
findings,
recommendations,
and
comprehensive
proposal
in
a
19
report
to
the
state
board
of
education,
the
governor,
and
the
20
general
assembly
by
December
14,
2018.
21
EXPLANATION
22
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
23
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
24
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
education
to
convene
25
a
work
group
of
education
stakeholders,
including
but
not
26
limited
to
the
Iowa
association
of
school
boards,
the
school
27
administrators
of
Iowa,
and
representatives
of
Iowa’s
area
28
education
agencies
and
approved
administrator
preparation
29
programs
to
review
the
public
school
administration
system
in
30
order
to
develop
a
comprehensive
proposal
to
reduce
paperwork,
31
duplication,
and
bureaucracy
to
allow
administrators
to
32
focus
their
efforts
as
instructional
leaders.
The
work
group
33
shall
identify
opportunities
for
streamlining
regulatory
and
34
reporting
requirements
and
identify
best
practices
for
school
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and
instructional
leadership.
The
work
group
shall
submit
its
1
findings,
recommendations,
and
comprehensive
proposal
in
a
2
report
to
the
state
board
of
education,
the
governor,
and
the
3
general
assembly
by
December
14,
2018.
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