Senate File 137 - Introduced SENATE FILE 137 BY QUIRMBACH , DOTZLER , BOULTON , DVORSKY , HART , JOCHUM , BOLKCOM , PETERSEN , McCOY , and HOGG A BILL FOR An Act relating to school core curriculum and twenty-first 1 century learning skills required to be addressed in rules 2 adopted by the state board of education. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1519XS (7) 87 kh/rj/jh

S.F. 137 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, 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 include but are not limited to 9 civic the following: 10 (a) Civic literacy, health literacy, technology literacy, 11 financial literacy, family life and consumer sciences, and 12 employability skills ; and shall address the curricular needs of 13 students in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. 14 The state board shall further define the twenty-first century 15 learning 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 and applied arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for 20 professional development programs, strategies, and materials 21 based on the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to 22 this subparagraph division. This subparagraph division shall 23 not be construed to conflict with the provisions of section 24 256.11, subsection 3, 4, or 5, with regard to areas that are 25 required to be taught. The selection and administration of 26 assessments of music, visual art, drama and theater, or other 27 fine and applied arts courses shall be determined locally by 28 the school district or accredited nonpublic school providing 29 the educational program in accordance with section 256.11. 30 However, the department may provide model assessments aligned 31 with fine and applied arts content standards established by the 32 state board. 33 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance with 34 Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 35 -1- LSB 1519XS (7) 87 kh/rj/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 137 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 1 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 2 received by the school district under Code section 257.16. 3 This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be 4 deemed to meet all of the state funding-related requirements 5 of Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state 6 funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this 7 Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 8 districts. 9 EXPLANATION 10 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 11 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 12 This bill modifies the school core curriculum and 13 twenty-first century learning skills and knowledge that the 14 state board of education is required to address in rule. 15 Currently, the core curriculum includes English or language 16 arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; and the 17 necessary twenty-first century learning skills include but are 18 not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology 19 literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer 20 sciences, and employability skills. 21 The bill requires that the core curriculum and twenty-first 22 century learning skills address music, visual art, drama and 23 theater, and other fine and applied arts. The bill also 24 requires the department of education to employ a consultant 25 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine 26 and applied arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for 27 professional development programs, strategies, and materials 28 based on the rules adopted by the state board of education. 29 The bill establishes that the provision establishing 30 arts-related core curriculum requirements shall not be 31 construed to conflict with the offer and teach provisions of 32 Code section 256.11, which establishes the educational program 33 accredited schools must offer and teach. 34 The selection and administration of arts-related assessments 35 -2- LSB 1519XS (7) 87 kh/rj/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 137 shall be locally determined, but the department of education is 1 authorized to provide model assessments aligned with the fine 2 and applied arts content standards established by the state 3 board. 4 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 5 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 6 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 7 district from state school foundation aid received by the 8 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 9 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 10 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 11 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 12 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 13 mandates included in the bill. 14 -3- LSB 1519XS (7) 87 kh/rj/jh 3/ 3