SSB 3081 (LSB 5122XC (5) 89)

SENATE FILE _____ 

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON SINCLAIR)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program and the community colleges through which school districts may offer courses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 261E.8, Code 2022, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  1A.  A school district shall not offer a course pursuant to this section through a community college located outside of the merged area in which the school district is located unless the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located does not offer a comparable course, as defined in rules adopted by the board of directors of the school district, or unless there is a wait list for the course at the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located. If a school district determines that the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located does not offer a comparable course, or if the school district determines that there is a wait list for the course at the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located, the school district may offer the course pursuant to this section through a community college located outside of the merged area in which the school district is located without the prior approval of the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the district-to-community college sharing or concurrent enrollment program and the community colleges through which school districts may offer courses.
   The bill provides that a school district shall not offer a concurrent enrollment course through a community college located outside of the merged area in which the school district is located unless the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located does not offer a comparable course, or unless there is a wait list for the course at the community college located in the merged area in which the school district is located. The bill requires the board of directors of the school district to determine what is a comparable course. The bill provides that if a school district determines that the community college located in the merged area does not offer a comparable course, or determines that there is a wait list for the course at the community college located in the merged area, the school district may offer the course through a community college located outside of the merged area without the prior approval of the community college located in the merged area.