HF 2348 (LSB 5730YH (3) 88)

HOUSE FILE 2348

BY  HUNTER

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the Iowa core standards for social studies and providing for regular review and revision of the standards and related administrative rules.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (5)  By July 1, 2021, the rules establishing the Iowa core standards for social studies for kindergarten through grade twelve shall include the history, contributions, and perspectives of populations in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 60.
    Sec. 2.  Section 256.9, Code 2020, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  60.  a.  By May 1, 2021, review and revise the Iowa core standards to ensure that the content anchor standards for United States history, geography, economics, civics, and government include the histories, contributions, and perspectives of all of the following populations:
   (1)  Native Americans.
   (2)  People of African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latino, or Middle Eastern heritage.
   (3)  Women.
   (4)  Persons with disabilities.
   (5)  Immigrants or refugees.
   (6)  Persons who are or who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
   b.  Provide technical assistance and implementation strategies to school districts if revisions made pursuant to this subsection require curriculum and instruction changes.
   c.  Regularly review and recommend changes as necessary to the rules adopted by the state board establishing the Iowa core standards for social studies pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (5), and section 256.7, subsection 28.
    Sec. 3.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under section 257.16. This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the director of the department of education to review and revise the Iowa core standards for social studies by May 1, 2021, and requires the state board of education to adopt rules by July 1, 2021, based on the director’s revisions.
   The director must ensure that the content anchor standards for United States history, geography, economics, civics, and government include the histories, contributions, and perspectives of Native Americans; people of African, Asian, Pacific Islander, Hispanic, Latino, or Middle Eastern heritage; women; persons with disabilities; immigrants or refugees; and persons who are or who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender.
   The director must also provide technical assistance and implementation strategies to school districts if the revisions require curriculum and instruction changes.
   The director is further tasked with regularly reviewing and recommending administrative rule changes as necessary relating to the Iowa core standards for social studies.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid received by the school district under Code section 257.16. The specification is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state mandates included in the bill.