SF 2040 (LSB 5144XS (1) 89)

SENATE FILE 2040

BY  DICKEY

A BILL FOR

An Act prohibiting the collection of certain specified information from students enrolled in school districts or charter schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph division:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH DIVISION.  (e)  That the assessment shall not collect information from a student enrolled in a school district related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal law, including the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95.
    Sec. 2.  Section 256E.7, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  13.  A charter school governing board shall not administer to any student any test, assessment, or other means of evaluation, or any related form, that collects from the student information related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal law, including the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95.
    Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  279.76  Information related to a student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin.
   The board of directors of a school district shall not administer to a student any test, assessment, or other means of evaluation, or any related form, that collects from the student information related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal law, including the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub. L. No. 114-95.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits the collection of certain specified information from students enrolled in school districts or charter schools.
   The bill prohibits the statewide summative assessment of student progress administered by school districts for purposes of the core academic indicators from collecting information from a student enrolled in a school district related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal law.
   The bill also prohibits the board of directors of a school district and the governing board of a charter school from administering to a student any test or assessment, or any related form, that collects from the student information related to the student’s race, color, creed, or place of national origin unless required by federal law.