House Study Bill 688 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON STATE GOVERNMENT BILL BY CHAIRPERSON KAUFMANN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to career and technical education programs 1 offered by a community college and by other private 2 educational or vocational institutions in the merged area. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6353YC (2) 88 kh/jh

H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 260C.14, subsection 1, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. Determine the curriculum to be offered in such school or 3 college subject to approval of the director and ensure that all 4 career and technical education offerings are competency-based, 5 provide any minimum competencies required by the department of 6 education, comply with any applicable requirements in chapter 7 258 , and are articulated with local school district career 8 and technical education programs. If an existing private 9 educational institution or an existing vocational institution 10 offering a career and technical education program within the 11 merged area has facilities and curriculum of adequate size and 12 quality which would duplicate the functions of the area school, 13 the board of directors shall discuss with the institution the 14 possibility of entering into contracts to have the existing 15 institution offer facilities and curriculum to students of 16 the merged area. The board of directors shall consider any 17 proposals submitted by the private institution for providing 18 such facilities and curriculum. The board of directors 19 may enter into such contracts. In approving curriculum, 20 the director shall ascertain that all courses and programs 21 submitted for approval are needed and that the curriculum 22 being offered by an area school does not duplicate programs 23 provided by existing public or private facilities in the area. 24 In determining whether duplication would actually exist, the 25 director shall consider the needs of the area and consider 26 whether the proposed programs are competitive as to size, 27 quality, tuition, purposes, and area coverage with existing 28 public and private educational or vocational institutions 29 within the merged area. If the board of directors of the 30 merged area chooses not to enter into contracts with private 31 institutions under this subsection , the board shall submit a 32 list of reasons why contracts to avoid duplication were not 33 entered into and an economic impact statement relating to the 34 board’s decision not duplicate an existing program offered by 35 -1- LSB 6353YC (2) 88 kh/jh 1/ 2

H.F. _____ a private educational institution or vocational institution 1 unless it is clearly shown that the program offered by the 2 private educational institution or vocational institution is 3 not meeting the educational needs in the merged area . 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 This bill provides that if an existing private educational 8 institution or an existing vocational institution offers a 9 career and technical education program within the area in which 10 a community college is located, and the private or vocational 11 institution has facilities and curriculum of adequate size and 12 quality which would duplicate the functions of the community 13 college, the community college shall not duplicate the program 14 offered by a private educational institution or vocational 15 institution unless it is clearly shown that the program offered 16 by the private or vocational institution is not meeting the 17 educational needs of the area. 18 The bill eliminates language requiring that the board of 19 directors of the community college discuss with the private 20 or vocational institution the possibility of entering into 21 contracts to offer facilities and curriculum to community 22 college students, directing the board to consider such a 23 proposal offered by another institution, authorizing the board 24 to enter into such contracts, and requiring the board to submit 25 its reasons for not entering into such a contract and submit 26 an economic impact statement. Also eliminated is language 27 requiring the director of the department of education to 28 ascertain that all courses and programs are needed and that the 29 curriculum offered by a community college does not duplicate 30 programs provided by existing public or private facilities in 31 the area, and specifying what the director must consider in 32 making such an assessment. 33 -2- LSB 6353YC (2) 88 kh/jh 2/ 2