Senate File 2218 - Reprinted
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3072)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act allowing the director of the department of education to
2 inform the regulatory boards of school districts, area
3 education agencies, and community colleges when required
4 report submissions are late and providing suspension of
5 professional licenses in certain circumstances.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 18, Code Supplement
1 2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 18. a. Prepare forms and procedures as necessary to be
1 4 used by area education agency boards, district boards, school
1 5 officials, principals, teachers, and other employees, and to
1 6 insure uniformity, accuracy, and efficiency in keeping records
1 7 in both pupil and cost accounting, the execution of contracts,
1 8 and the submission of reports, and notify.
1 9 b. (1) Notify the area education agency board, district
1 10 board, or school authorities when a report has not been filed
1 11 in the manner or on the dates prescribed by law or by rule
1 12 that the school will not be accredited until the report has
1 13 been properly filed.
1 14 (2) If a school district does not file a data or
1 15 information report with the department on the date prescribed
1 16 by law or rule, the department shall inform the school
1 17 district of the overdue submission within fifteen days. If a
1 18 report is more than thirty days overdue, the department shall
1 19 notify the school district board of directors and may inform
1 20 the board of educational examiners of the school district's
1 21 failure to comply with the reporting requirement. The board
1 22 of educational examiners is authorized to suspend the license
1 23 of an administrator responsible for the school district's
1 24 failure to comply with the reporting requirement. A school
1 25 district may apply to the department for an extension of a
1 26 filing deadline. For the purposes of this subparagraph,
1 27 "administrator" means a superintendent or principal of a
1 28 public school, or the authorities in charge at an accredited
1 29 nonpublic school.
1 30 Sec. 2. Section 260C.5, subsection 5, Code 2007, is
1 31 amended to read as follows:
1 32 5. a. Administer, allocate, and disburse federal or state
1 33 funds available to pay a portion of the operating costs of
1 34 community colleges.
1 35 b. If a community college does not file a data or
2 1 information report with the department on the date prescribed
2 2 by law or rule, the department shall inform the community
2 3 college of the overdue submission within fifteen days. If a
2 4 report is more than thirty days overdue, the department may
2 5 notify the community college merged area board and the merged
2 6 area board of directors of the community college's failure to
2 7 comply with the reporting requirement. A community college
2 8 may apply to the department for an extension of a filing
2 9 deadline.
2 10 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 273.14 REPORT DEADLINES ==
2 11 PENALTIES.
2 12 If an area education agency does not file a data or
2 13 information report with the department on the date prescribed
2 14 by law or rule, the department shall inform the area education
2 15 agency of the overdue submission within fifteen days. If the
2 16 report is more than thirty days overdue, the department shall
2 17 notify the area education agency board and may inform the
2 18 board of educational examiners of the area education agency's
2 19 failure to comply with the reporting requirement. The board
2 20 of educational examiners is authorized to suspend the license
2 21 of an area education agency administrator responsible for the
2 22 area education agency's failure to comply with the reporting
2 23 requirement. A school district may apply to the department
2 24 for an extension of a filing deadline. For the purposes of
2 25 this section, "administrator" means a chief administrator,
2 26 special education director, and other division administrators.
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