SF 2192 (LSB 5371SV (1) 90)

SENATE FILE 2192

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3045)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the state board of education’s duties in connection with the core curriculum.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   Adopt rules that establish a core curriculum and adopt rules that establish high school graduation requirements for all students in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools that include at a minimum satisfactory completion of four years of English and language arts, three years of mathematics, three years of science, and three years of social studies.
    Sec. 2.  Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, subparagraph (3), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   (3)  The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty-first century. The core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty-first century learning skills which include but are not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer sciences, and employability skills; and shall address the curricular needs of students in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. The state board shall further define the twenty-first century learning skills components by rule.
    Sec. 3.  STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION —— RULES ESTABLISHING A CORE CURRICULUM.  Rules adopted by the state board of education on or before the effective date of this Act relating to the core curriculum shall remain effective until modified or rescinded by action of the state board of education.
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 state board of education’s duties in connection with the core curriculum.
   Current law requires the state board to adopt rules that establish a core curriculum. The bill modifies this provision to instead require the state board to adopt a core curriculum. The bill provides that rules adopted by the state board on or before the effective date of the bill relating to the core curriculum shall remain effective until modified or rescinded by action of the state board. The bill makes conforming changes.