Senate File 603 - Introduced SENATE FILE 603 BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 488) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 1163) A BILL FOR An Act authorizing use of concurrent enrollment programs for 1 teaching certain subjects required under the educational 2 standards and making an appropriation to fund enrollment 3 of pupils under concurrent enrollment program agreements 4 between certain accredited nonpublic schools and community 5 colleges, and including retroactive applicability 6 provisions. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 8 TLSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh

S.F. 603 DIVISION I 1 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT WEIGHTING AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE 2 EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS 3 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph b, 4 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2019, is amended to read as 5 follows: 6 If the school budget review committee certifies to the 7 department of management that the class would not otherwise be 8 implemented without the assignment of additional weighting, 9 pupils attending a community college-offered class or attending 10 a class taught by a community college-employed instructor 11 are assigned a weighting of the percentage of the pupil’s 12 school day during which the pupil attends class in the 13 community college or attends a class taught by a community 14 college-employed instructor times seventy hundredths for career 15 and technical courses or forty-six fifty hundredths for liberal 16 arts and sciences courses. The following requirements shall be 17 met for the purposes of assigning an additional weighting for 18 classes offered through a sharing agreement between a school 19 district and community college. The class must be: 20 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code 21 2019, is amended to read as follows: 22 c. Notwithstanding paragraph “b” , subparagraph (1), a 23 school district that otherwise meets the requirements of this 24 subsection may enter into a sharing agreement with a community 25 college under which the community college may offer, or provide 26 a community college-employed instructor to teach, one of the 27 science and one of the mathematics units in accordance with 28 section 256.11, subsection 5, and one or more classes units 29 in only one of the six career and technical education service 30 areas specified in accordance with section 256.11, subsection 31 5 , paragraph “h” , and the pupils . Pupils enrolled in such a 32 class unit in accordance with this paragraph shall be assigned 33 additional weighting in accordance with this subsection if the 34 number of pupils enrolled in such a class unit exceeds five 35 -1- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 1/ 8

S.F. 603 and the school district’s total enrollment does not exceed six 1 hundred pupils. A school district that enters into a sharing 2 agreement with a community college under this paragraph to 3 provide a unit of science or mathematics in accordance with 4 section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , or “e” , shall 5 be deemed to have met the requirement that the school district 6 offer and teach such a unit under the educational standards of 7 section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , or “e” . 8 Sec. 3. Section 261E.2, Code 2019, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsections: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 05. “Full-time” means enrollment at 11 any one eligible postsecondary institution through a school 12 district or accredited nonpublic school in twenty-four or more 13 postsecondary credit hours per academic year, exclusive of 14 summer terms. Enrollment in a course or courses that result in 15 credit hours in excess of the part-time limit shall be subject 16 to applicable provisions of this chapter including section 17 261E.6 or 261E.8, except that the cost of enrollment shall be 18 the responsibility of the student, or parent or legal guardian 19 of the student. The provisions of section 257.11, subsection 20 3, and section 261E.7 do not apply to such enrollments. 21 NEW SUBSECTION . 06. “Part-time” means enrollment at any 22 one eligible postsecondary institution under section 261E.6 or 23 261E.8 in no more than twenty-three postsecondary credit hours 24 per academic year, exclusive of any summer terms. 25 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION . 279.50A Educational standards —— 26 agreements for mathematics, science, and career and technical 27 education units. 28 1. If a school district’s total enrollment exceeds six 29 hundred pupils, the school district may enter into an agreement 30 with a community college under which the community college may 31 offer, or provide a community college-employed instructor to 32 teach, one of the units in accordance with section 256.11, 33 subsection 5, paragraph “a” , one of the units in accordance 34 with section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “d” or “e” , and 35 -2- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 2/ 8

S.F. 603 one or more units in only one of the six career and technical 1 education service areas in accordance with section 256.11, 2 subsection 5, paragraph “h” , and if the unit of coursework 3 under the agreement meets the requirements specified in section 4 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph “b” , subparagraphs (2) through 5 (7), the unit offered shall be deemed to meet the education 6 program requirement for a unit of mathematics, science, or 7 career and technical education, as applicable, under section 8 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , “e” , or “h” . 9 2. Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant 10 to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting 11 under section 257.11, subsection 3. 12 Sec. 5. RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY. The following applies 13 retroactively to July 1, 2018, for a school district that 14 entered into an agreement with a community college for 15 coursework that meets the requirements of section 279.50A, as 16 enacted by this division of this Act: 17 The section of this division of this Act enacting section 18 279.50A. 19 DIVISION II 20 CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAM CONTRACTS BETWEEN ACCREDITED 21 NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES —— APPROPRIATION 22 Sec. 6. Section 261E.2, subsection 1, Code 2019, is amended 23 to read as follows: 24 1. “Concurrent enrollment” means any course offered to 25 students in grades nine through twelve during the regular 26 school year approved by the board of directors of a school 27 district through a contractual agreement between a community 28 college and the school district that meets the provisions 29 of section 257.11, subsection 3 . “Concurrent enrollment” 30 also means any course offered to students in grades nine 31 through twelve during the regular school year approved by the 32 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school through 33 a contract with a community college in accordance with section 34 261E.8, subsection 2, paragraph “b” . 35 -3- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 3/ 8

S.F. 603 Sec. 7. Section 261E.8, subsection 2, Code 2019, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 2. a. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and 3 students receiving competent private instruction or independent 4 private instruction under chapter 299A may access the program 5 through the school district in which the accredited nonpublic 6 school or private institution is located. 7 b. (1) Students from accredited nonpublic schools may 8 also access the program if the accredited nonpublic school in 9 which the students are enrolled meets the requirements of this 10 section and section 257.11, subsection 3, as if the accredited 11 nonpublic school were a school district, and enters into a 12 contract with a community college that meets the requirements 13 of this section and section 257.11, subsection 3, for the 14 provision of academic or career and technical coursework to 15 high school students enrolled in the accredited nonpublic 16 school. A student who wishes to participate in the program 17 must make application to the accredited nonpublic school 18 and the community college in the manner established under 19 subsection 3 and meet the requirements of this section. 20 (2) An accredited nonpublic school that provides units of 21 mathematics, science, and career and technical education under 22 an agreement that meets the requirements of subparagraph (1) 23 shall be deemed to have met the education program requirement 24 for the units of mathematics, science, and career and technical 25 education provided, as applicable, under section 256.11, 26 subsection 5, paragraph “a” , “d” , “e” , or “h” . 27 (a) A student enrolled in a unit of coursework provided 28 under this subparagraph shall be counted as if the student 29 was assigned a weighting under section 257.11, subsection 3, 30 paragraph “b” , in determining the amount calculated and paid to 31 a community college under subparagraph (4) if the accredited 32 nonpublic school is accredited under the standards required of 33 a school district pursuant to section 256.11, subsection 5, the 34 number of students enrolled in a class used to meet the unit 35 -4- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 4/ 8

S.F. 603 requirement exceeds five, and the accredited nonpublic school’s 1 total enrollment in grades nine through twelve does not exceed 2 two hundred pupils. 3 (b) A student enrolled in a unit of coursework provided 4 under this subparagraph is not eligible to be counted as if 5 the student was assigned a weighting under section 257.11, 6 subsection 3, paragraph “b” , in determining the amount 7 calculated and paid to a community college under subparagraph 8 (4) if the accredited nonpublic school’s total enrollment in 9 grades nine through twelve exceeds two hundred pupils. 10 (3) A community college that enters into a contract as 11 provided in this paragraph shall submit to the department, 12 during the fall and spring semesters, or the equivalent, a 13 list of the accredited nonpublic school students enrolled for 14 the semester, or the equivalent, who are participating in the 15 program. The community college and the accredited nonpublic 16 school shall verify to the department that the accredited 17 nonpublic school and the coursework provided under this 18 paragraph meet the requirements of this section and section 19 257.11, subsection 3, and shall provide to the department data 20 and information elements as required under subsection 8 by 21 rule. 22 (4) The department shall calculate, using the state cost 23 per pupil, and pay to a community college for each semester 24 in which a student is concurrently enrolled in the community 25 college in accordance with this paragraph “b” an amount 26 equivalent to the amount a school district would receive if 27 the student was assigned a weighting under section 257.11, 28 subsection 3, paragraph “b” . For each fiscal year beginning 29 on or after July 1, 2019, there is appropriated from the 30 general fund of the state to the department of education an 31 amount necessary to make payments to community colleges for 32 the concurrent enrollment of accredited nonpublic school 33 students under this section, as calculated in accordance 34 with this paragraph. A community college shall decrease the 35 -5- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 5/ 8

S.F. 603 amount billed to the accredited nonpublic school by the amount 1 calculated and paid to the community college by the department 2 in accordance with this paragraph. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill authorizes school districts with enrollments of 7 600 or fewer pupils to utilize concurrent enrollment programs 8 to meet the requirements for science and mathematics units 9 under the educational standards; allows school districts with 10 enrollments over 600 pupils to enter into an agreement with 11 a community college to meet the requirements for science, 12 mathematics, and career and technical education units under the 13 educational standards; and allows accredited nonpublic schools 14 to enter into concurrent enrollment contracts with community 15 colleges for the provision of academic or career and technical 16 coursework for high school students and provides for a standing 17 unlimited appropriation to fund the enrollment of accredited 18 nonpublic school pupils under concurrent enrollment contracts 19 between certain accredited nonpublic schools and community 20 colleges. The bill is organized in divisions. 21 Division I of the bill provides an additional exception 22 to a provision that limits concurrent enrollment programs to 23 courses that supplement, rather than supplant, high school 24 units required to be offered and taught under the state’s 25 educational standards. The educational standards require 26 accredited schools to offer and teach five units of science 27 and six units of mathematics. The new exemption allows one of 28 these science units and one of these mathematics units to be 29 offered and taught under a sharing agreement with a community 30 college if the number of pupils enrolled in such a unit exceeds 31 5 and the school district’s total enrollment does not exceed 32 600 pupils. A school district that meets these requirements 33 and offers a unit of science or mathematics under a sharing 34 agreement with a community college shall be deemed to have met 35 -6- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 6/ 8

S.F. 603 the requirement that the school district teach such a unit 1 under the educational standards. 2 Under Code section 257.11(3), pupils enrolled in such 3 classes are assigned additional supplementary weighting. The 4 per pupil amount of supplementary weighting for liberal arts 5 and sciences courses is increased from 0.46 to 0.50. 6 Pupils enrolled in a school district with an enrollment 7 over 600 pupils that enters into an agreement with a community 8 college to meet a science, mathematics, or a career and 9 technical education requirement under the educational standards 10 may be deemed to have met those educational standards, 11 but are ineligible for supplementary weighting under the 12 district-to-community college sharing and concurrent enrollment 13 programs. This provision is retroactively applicable to 14 July 1, 2018, for a school district that enters into such an 15 agreement with a community college for such coursework. 16 The bill adds definitions for “full-time” and “part-time” 17 enrollment to Code chapter 261E, relating to the senior 18 year plus program, which includes but is not limited to the 19 concurrent enrollment program and the postsecondary enrollment 20 options program. Under the definitions, the costs for 21 enrollment in coursework in excess of that allowed under those 22 programs shall be the responsibility of the student or parent 23 or legal guardian of the student. “Full-time” means enrollment 24 in 24 or more postsecondary credit hours per academic year and 25 “part-time” means enrollment in no more than 23 postsecondary 26 credit hours per academic year, exclusive of any summer terms. 27 Division II of the bill expands the definition of 28 “concurrent enrollment” for the senior year plus program to 29 include academic and career and technical courses offered to 30 students enrolled in an accredited nonpublic school under a 31 contract with a community college. 32 Similar to the exemption in Division I for school districts, 33 the division provides an exemption to an accredited nonpublic 34 school to enter into an agreement to provide career and 35 -7- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 7/ 8

S.F. 603 technical, science, and mathematics courses that meet unit 1 requirements under the state’s educational standards. 2 Students enrolled under such an agreement shall be counted 3 as if the student was assigned a concurrent enrollment 4 weighting under Code section 257.11(3)(b), in determining the 5 amount calculated and paid to a community college, if the 6 accredited nonpublic school is accredited under the standards 7 required of a school district pursuant to Code section 8 256.11(5), the number of students enrolled in a class used 9 to meet the unit requirement exceeds 5, and the accredited 10 nonpublic school’s total enrollment in grades 9-12 does not 11 exceed 200 pupils. Students are not eligible to be counted for 12 purposes of calculating the amount to be paid to the community 13 college if their school’s enrollment in grades 9-12 exceeds 14 200. 15 The division requires the community college that enters 16 into a contract to provide the department with a list of 17 the accredited nonpublic school students enrolled, and to 18 verify that the coursework meets concurrent enrollment program 19 requirements. The department is directed to calculate, using 20 the state cost per pupil, and pay to the community college an 21 amount equivalent to the amount of supplementary weighting a 22 school district would receive for enrolling such students. 23 The division establishes a standing, unlimited appropriation 24 for each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2019, from 25 the general fund of the state to the department of education, 26 in an amount necessary to make payments to community colleges 27 for the concurrent enrollment of accredited nonpublic school 28 students under a contract. Community colleges are directed to 29 decrease the amount billed to the accredited nonpublic school 30 by the amount calculated and paid to the community college by 31 the department. 32 -8- LSB 1520SZ (2) 88 kh/jh 8/ 8