Senate
File
262
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
262
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1077)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
requirements
for
students
under
1
the
senior
year
plus
program
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
261E.3,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
e.
(1)
The
student
,
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
this
3
paragraph
“e”
,
shall
have
demonstrated
proficiency
in
reading,
4
mathematics,
and
science
as
evidenced
by
achievement
any
of
the
5
following:
6
(a)
Achievement
scores
on
the
latest
administration
of
the
7
state
assessment
for
which
scores
are
available
and
as
defined
8
by
the
department.
However,
a
9
(b)
If
the
student
is
receiving
competent
private
10
instruction
under
chapter
299A
,
may
demonstrate
proficiency
11
by
submitting
the
written
recommendation
of
the
licensed
12
practitioner
providing
supervision
to
the
student
in
accordance
13
with
section
299A.2
;
.
Such
student
may
demonstrate
proficiency
14
as
evidenced
by
achievement
scores
on
the
annual
achievement
15
evaluation
required
under
section
299A.4
;
or
may
also
16
demonstrate
proficiency
as
evidenced
by
a
selection
index,
17
which
is
the
sum
of
the
critical
reading,
mathematics,
and
18
writing
skills
assessments,
of
at
least
one
hundred
forty-one
19
on
the
preliminary
scholastic
aptitude
test
administered
by
20
the
college
board;
a
composite
score
of
at
least
twenty-one
on
21
the
college
readiness
assessment
administered
by
ACT,
inc.;
22
or
a
sum
of
the
critical
reading
and
mathematics
scores
of
at
23
least
nine
hundred
ninety
on
the
college
readiness
assessment
24
administered
by
the
college
board.
25
(2)
(a)
If
a
student
is
not
proficient
in
one
or
more
of
26
the
content
areas
listed
in
this
paragraph,
has
not
taken
the
27
college
readiness
assessments
identified
in
this
paragraph,
28
or
has
not
achieved
the
scores
specified
in
this
paragraph,
29
the
subparagraph
(1),
the
student
may
demonstrate
proficiency
30
through
measures
of
college
readiness
jointly
agreed
upon
by
31
the
school
board
and
the
eligible
postsecondary
institution.
32
(b)
The
school
board
may
establish
alternative
but
33
equivalent
qualifying
performance
measures
including
but
not
34
limited
to
additional
administrations
of
the
state
assessment,
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portfolios
of
student
work,
student
performance
rubric,
or
1
end-of-course
assessments.
2
Sec.
2.
APPLICABILITY.
Notwithstanding
section
261E.3,
3
subsection
1,
paragraph
“e”,
subparagraph
(1),
subparagraph
4
division
(a),
as
enacted
by
this
Act,
for
the
school
year
5
beginning
July
1,
2021,
the
achievement
scores
from
the
state
6
assessment
administered
during
the
school
year
beginning
July
7
1,
2019,
shall
be
considered
the
latest
available
scores.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
provides
an
option
for
a
student
who
is
12
unable
to
meet
the
proficiency
requirements
of
the
senior
13
year
plus
program
that
must
otherwise
be
met
prior
to
the
14
student’s
enrollment
in
a
postsecondary
course
through
15
district-to-community
college
sharing
or
a
concurrent
16
enrollment
program.
17
Under
the
bill,
the
school
district
and
the
eligible
18
postsecondary
institution
may
jointly
agree
upon
measures
of
19
college
readiness
which
a
student
may
demonstrate
proficiency.
20
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
the
achievement
21
scores
from
the
state
assessment
administered
during
the
school
22
year
beginning
July
1,
2019,
shall
be
considered
the
latest
23
available
scores.
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