Senate
File
420
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SENATE
FILE
420
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
310)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
14,
2011
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
planning,
approval,
supplementary
1
weighting,
and
operation
of
regional
academies
and
including
2
effective
date
and
applicability
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.11,
subsection
5,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
261E.9,
subsections
1
through
3,
Code
2011,
3
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
1.
a.
A
regional
academy
is
a
program
established
by
5
a
school
district
to
which
multiple
school
districts
send
6
students
in
grades
nine
seven
through
twelve
,
and
which
may
7
include
internet-based
coursework
and
courses
delivered
via
the
8
Iowa
communications
network.
A
regional
academy
shall
include
9
in
its
curriculum
advanced
level
courses
and
may
include
in
its
10
curriculum
career
and
technical
courses
.
A
school
district
11
establishing
a
regional
academy
may
collaborate
and
partner
12
with,
enter
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
chapter
28E
with,
13
or
enter
into
a
contract
with,
one
or
more
school
districts,
14
area
education
agencies,
community
colleges,
accredited
public
15
and
private
postsecondary
institutions,
accredited
nonpublic
16
schools,
businesses,
and
private
agencies
located
within
or
17
outside
of
the
state.
18
b.
The
purpose
of
a
regional
academy
established
pursuant
19
to
this
section
shall
be
to
build
a
culture
of
innovation
for
20
students
and
community,
to
diversify
educational
and
economic
21
opportunities
by
engaging
in
learning
experiences
that
involve
22
students
in
complex,
real-world
projects,
and
to
develop
23
regional
or
global
innovation
networks.
24
c.
If
a
school
district
establishing
a
regional
academy
in
25
accordance
with
this
section
submits
a
plan
to
the
department
26
for
approval
that
demonstrates
how
the
regional
academy
will
27
increase
and
assess
student
achievement
or
increase
and
assess
28
competency-based
learning
opportunities
for
students,
the
29
department
may
waive
or
modify
any
statutory
or
regulatory
30
provision
applicable
to
school
districts
except
the
department
31
shall
not
waive
or
modify
any
statutory
or
regulatory
provision
32
relating
to
requirements
applicable
to
school
districts
under
33
chapters
11,
21,
22,
216,
216A,
256B,
279,
284,
and
285;
or
34
relating
to
contracts
with
and
discharge
of
teachers
and
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administrators
under
chapters
20
and
279;
or
relating
to
audit
1
requirements
under
section
256.9,
subsection
20,
and
section
2
279.29.
3
2.
a.
A
regional
academy
course
shall
not
qualify
as
a
4
concurrent
enrollment
course
include
in
its
curriculum
advanced
5
level
courses
.
6
b.
A
regional
academy
may
include
in
its
curriculum
virtual
7
or
internet-based
coursework
and
courses
delivered
via
the
Iowa
8
communications
network,
career
and
technical
courses,
core
9
curriculum
coursework,
courses
required
pursuant
to
section
10
256.7,
subsection
26,
or
section
256.11,
subsections
4
and
5,
11
and
asynchronous
learning
networks.
12
3.
School
districts
participating
in
regional
academies
are
13
eligible
for
supplementary
weighting
as
provided
in
section
14
257.11,
subsection
2
.
The
school
districts
participating
in
15
the
regional
academy
shall
enter
into
an
agreement
on
how
the
16
supplementary
weighting
received
shall
be
used
and
shall
submit
17
the
agreement
to
the
department
for
approval
.
18
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE
AND
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
19
takes
effect
July
1,
2012,
and
is
applicable
to
school
years
20
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2012.
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