Senate File 2040 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2040 BY DICKEY A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the collection of certain specified 1 information from students enrolled in school districts or 2 charter schools. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5144XS (1) 89 jda/jh
S.F. 2040 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2022, is amended by adding the following 2 new subparagraph division: 3 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION . (e) That the assessment shall 4 not collect information from a student enrolled in a school 5 district related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place 6 of national origin unless required by federal law, including 7 the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95. 8 Sec. 2. Section 256E.7, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 9 following new subsection: 10 NEW SUBSECTION . 13. A charter school governing board shall 11 not administer to any student any test, assessment, or other 12 means of evaluation, or any related form, that collects from 13 the student information related to the student’s race, color, 14 creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal 15 law, including the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. 16 No. 114-95. 17 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 279.76 Information related to a 18 student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin. 19 The board of directors of a school district shall not 20 administer to a student any test, assessment, or other means 21 of evaluation, or any related form, that collects from the 22 student information related to the student’s race, color, 23 creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal 24 law, including the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. 25 No. 114-95. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill prohibits the collection of certain specified 30 information from students enrolled in school districts or 31 charter schools. 32 The bill prohibits the statewide summative assessment of 33 student progress administered by school districts for purposes 34 of the core academic indicators from collecting information 35 -1- LSB 5144XS (1) 89 jda/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2040 from a student enrolled in a school district related to the 1 student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin 2 unless required by federal law. 3 The bill also prohibits the board of directors of a school 4 district and the governing board of a charter school from 5 administering to a student any test or assessment, or any 6 related form, that collects from the student information 7 related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place of 8 national origin unless required by federal law. 9 -2- LSB 5144XS (1) 89 jda/jh 2/ 2