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Senate Study Bill 1076 - IntroducedA Bill ForAn Act 1relating to education, including modifying provisions
2related to comprehensive school improvement plans, teacher
3librarians and guidance counselors, required days or
4hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools,
5agreements between school districts and community colleges
6to teach certain courses, required courses in school
7districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and shared
8operational functions, and authorizing school districts to
9offer sequential units in one classroom.
10BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2ELIMINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
3 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph a, Code
42023, is amended to read as follows:
5a. Requirements that all school districts and accredited
6nonpublic schools develop, implement, and file with the
7department a comprehensive school improvement plan report that
8includes but is not limited to demonstrated school, parental,
9and community involvement in assessing educational needs,
10establishing local education standards and student achievement
11levels, and, as applicable, the consolidation of federal and
12state planning, goal-setting, and reporting requirements
13 information necessary for the department of education to submit
14to the United States secretary of education the plan required
15pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
16as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub.L.
17No.114-95. Each school district and accredited nonpublic
18school shall include in its comprehensive school improvement
19plan a list and description of the online coursework offered
20by the school district or accredited nonpublic school to which
21the student is enrolled.
22 Sec. 2. Section 279.61, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended
23to read as follows:
245. For the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and each
25succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
26school district shall submit to the local community, and
27to the department as a component of the school district’s
28comprehensive school improvement plan required by section
29256.7, subsection 21, an annual report on student utilization
30of the district’s career information and decision-making
31system.
32 Sec. 3. Section 279.68, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
332023, is amended to read as follows:
34a. To ensure all children are reading proficiently by the
35end of third grade, each school district shall address reading
-1-1proficiency as part of its comprehensive school improvement
2plan, drawing upon information about students from assessments
3and reassessments conducted pursuant to subsection 1 and the
4prevalence of areas in which students are persistently at risk
5in reading identified by classroom, elementary school, and
6other student characteristics. As part of its comprehensive
7school improvement plan, each Each school district shall
8review chronic early elementary absenteeism for its impact
9on literacy development. If more than fifteen percent of an
10attendance center’s students are not reading proficiently and
11are persistently at risk in reading by the end of third grade,
12the comprehensive school improvement plan shall include school
13district shall develop and implement strategies to reduce that
14percentage, including school and community strategies to raise
15the percentage of students who are reading at grade level.
16 Sec. 4. Section 280.19, Code 2023, is amended to read as
17follows:
18280.19 Plans for at-risk children.
19The board of directors of each public school district shall
20incorporate, into the kindergarten admissions program, criteria
21and procedures for identification and integration of at-risk
22children and their developmental needs. This incorporation
23shall be part of the comprehensive school improvement plan
24developed and implemented in accordance with section 256.7,
25subsection 21, paragraph “a”.
26 Sec. 5. Section 280.28, subsection 7, Code 2023, is amended
27to read as follows:
287. Integration of policy and reporting Reporting. The board
29of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge
30of each nonpublic school shall integrate its antiharassment and
31antibullying policy into the comprehensive school improvement
32plan required under section 256.7, subsection 21, and shall
33 report data collected under subsection 6, as specified by the
34department, to the department and to the local community.
35 Sec. 6. Section 284.5, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
-2-1to read as follows:
23. Each school district and area education agency that
3provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
4under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
5school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
6comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
7section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
8provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
9and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
10beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
11training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
12demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
13beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
14placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
15dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
16organizational support for release time for mentors and
17beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
18practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
19for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
20teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
21 Sec. 7. Section 284.6, subsections 3, 4, and 7, Code 2023,
22are amended to read as follows:
233. A school district shall incorporate develop a district
24professional development plan into the district’s comprehensive
25school improvement plan submitted to the department in
26accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21. The district
27professional development plan shall include a description of
28the means by which the school district will provide access
29to all teachers in the district to professional development
30programs or offerings that meet the requirements of subsection
311. The plan shall align all professional development with
32the school district’s long-range student learning goals and
33the Iowa teaching standards. The plan shall indicate the
34school district’s approved professional development provider
35or providers.
-3- 14. In cooperation with the teacher’s evaluator, the
2career teacher employed by a school district shall develop
3an individual teacher professional development plan. The
4evaluator shall consult with the teacher’s supervisor on the
5development of the individual teacher professional development
6plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote individual and
7group professional development. The individual plan shall
8be based, at minimum, on the needs of the teacher, the Iowa
9teaching standards, and the student achievement goals of the
10attendance center and the school district as outlined in the
11comprehensive school improvement plan. The individual plan
12shall include goals for the individual which are beyond those
13required under the attendance center professional development
14plan developed pursuant to subsection 7.
157. Each attendance center shall develop an attendance
16center professional development plan. The purpose of the plan
17is to promote group professional development. The attendance
18center plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the
19teachers, the Iowa teaching standards, district professional
20development plans, and the student achievement goals of the
21attendance center and the school district as set forth in the
22comprehensive school improvement plan.
23 Sec. 8. Section 284.14, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
242023, is amended to read as follows:
25a. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1,
262007, the commission shall initiate planning pilots, in
27selected kindergarten through grade twelve schools, to test
28the effectiveness of the pay-for-performance program. The
29purpose of the planning pilots is to identify the strengths
30and weaknesses of various pay-for-performance program designs,
31evaluate cost effectiveness, analyze student achievement
32needs, select formative and summative student achievement
33measures that align to identify needs, consider necessary
34supports related to the student achievement goals in the school
35district’s comprehensive school improvement plan, review
-4-1assessment needs, identify mechanisms to account for existing
2teacher contract provisions within the proposed career ladder
3salary increments, allow thorough review of data, and make
4necessary adjustments before proposing implementation of the
5pay-for-performance program statewide.
6 Sec. 9. Section 284A.5, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
7to read as follows:
83. Each school board shall establish an administrator
9mentoring program for all beginning administrators. The school
10board may adopt the model program developed by the department
11pursuant to subsection 2. Each school board’s beginning
12administrator mentoring and induction program shall, at a
13minimum, provide for one year of programming to support the
14Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to
15section 256.7, subsection 27, and beginning administrators’
16professional and personal needs. Each school board shall
17develop and implement a beginning administrator mentoring and
18induction plan. The plan shall describe the mentor selection
19process, describe supports for beginning administrators,
20describe program organizational and collaborative structures,
21provide a budget, provide for sustainability of the program,
22and provide for program evaluation. The school board
23employing an administrator shall determine the conditions and
24requirements of an administrator participating in a program
25established pursuant to this section. A school board shall
26include its plan in the school district’s comprehensive
27school improvement plan submitted pursuant to section 256.7,
28subsection 21.
29 Sec. 10. Section 284A.6, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
30to read as follows:
312. In cooperation with the administrator’s evaluator, the
32administrator who has a professional administrator license
33issued by the board of educational examiners pursuant to
34chapter 272 and is employed by a school district or area
35education agency in a school district administrative position
-5-1shall develop an individual administrator professional
2development plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote
3individual and group professional development. The individual
4plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the
5administrator, the Iowa standards for school administrators
6adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27, and the
7student achievement goals of the attendance center and the
8school district as outlined in the comprehensive school
9improvement plan.
10DIVISION II
11TEACHER LIBRARIANS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
12 Sec. 11. Section 256.11, subsections 9 and 9A, Code 2023,
13are amended to read as follows:
149. a. Beginning July 1, 2006 2023, each school district
15shall have employ either a qualified teacher librarian who
16shall be licensed by the board of educational examiners under
17chapter 272 or a person previously employed as a librarian by a
18public library. The board of educational examiners shall not
19require an applicant for a teacher librarian license to have
20a master’s degree.
21b. The state board shall establish in rule standards for
22school district library programs, which shall be designed to
23provide for methods to improve library collections to meet
24student needs, include a current and diverse collection of
25fiction and nonfiction materials in a variety of formats
26to support student curricular needs, and include a plan
27for annually updating and replacing library materials and
28equipment.
29c. The state board shall establish in rule a definition
30of and standards for an articulated sequential kindergarten
31through grade twelve media program.
32d. A school district that entered into a contract with an
33individual for employment as a media specialist or librarian
34prior to June 1, 2006, shall be considered to be in compliance
35with this subsection until June 30, 2011, if the individual
-6-1is making annual progress toward meeting the requirements
2for a teacher librarian endorsement issued by the board of
3educational examiners under chapter 272. A school district
4that entered into a contract with an individual for employment
5as a media specialist or librarian who holds at least a
6master’s degree in library and information studies shall be
7considered to be in compliance with this subsection until the
8individual leaves the employ of the school district.
99A. Beginning July 1, 2007, each school district shall
10have a qualified guidance counselor who shall be licensed by
11the board of educational examiners under chapter 272. Each
12school district shall work toward the goal of having one
13qualified guidance counselor for every three hundred fifty
14students enrolled in the school district. The state board
15shall establish in rule a definition of and standards for
16an articulated sequential kindergarten through grade twelve
17guidance and counseling program. The program shall be designed
18to ensure that the guidance counselor can work collaboratively
19with students, teachers, support staff, and administrators
20to support the curricular goals of the school by offering
21responsive services that address the growth and development
22needs of students and the attainment of student competencies in
23academic, career, and social areas.
24DIVISION III
25REQUIRED ATTENDANCE — SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC
26SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS
27 Sec. 12. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended
28to read as follows:
291. The school year for each school district and accredited
30nonpublic school shall begin on July 1 and the school calendar
31shall begin no sooner than August 23 and no later than the
32first Monday in December. The school calendar shall include
33not less than one hundred eighty days or one thousand eighty
34hours of instruction during the calendar year, of which
35not more than five days or thirty hours of instruction may
-7-1be delivered primarily over the internet. The board of
2directors of a school district and the authorities in charge
3of an accredited nonpublic school shall determine the school
4start date for the school calendar in accordance with this
5subsection and shall set the number of days or hours of
6required attendance for the school year as provided in section
7299.1, subsection 2, but the board of directors of a school
8district shall hold a public hearing on any proposed school
9calendar prior to adopting the school calendar. If the board
10of directors of a district or the authorities in charge of an
11accredited nonpublic school extends the school calendar because
12inclement weather caused the school district or accredited
13nonpublic school to temporarily close during the regular school
14calendar, the school district or accredited nonpublic school
15may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school
16requirements for graduation from attendance during the extended
17school calendar. A school corporation may begin employment
18of personnel for in-service training and development purposes
19before the date to begin elementary and secondary school.
20DIVISION IV
21EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS — AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES
22 Sec. 13. Section 279.50A, Code 2023, is amended to read as
23follows:
24279.50A Educational standards — agreements for mathematics
25and science units with community colleges.
261. If a school district’s total enrollment exceeds six
27hundred pupils, the A school district may enter into an
28agreement with a community college under which the community
29college may offer, or provide a community college-employed
30instructor to teach, one of the units in accordance with
31section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, or one of the units
32in accordance with section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph
33“d” or “e” any unit, and if the unit of coursework under
34the agreement meets the requirements specified in section
35257.11, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2) through
-8-1(7), the unit offered shall be deemed to meet the education
2program requirement for a unit of mathematics or science,
3as applicable, pertaining to the unit under section 256.11,
4subsection 5, paragraph “a”, “d”, or “e” if applicable. The
5provisions of this subsection are applicable only if all of the
6following conditions are met:
7a. The school district has made every reasonable and good
8faith effort to employ a teacher licensed under chapter 272
9 for the unit of science or mathematics, as applicable, and
10is unable to employ such a teacher. For purposes of this
11subsection, “good faith effort” means the same as defined in
12section 279.19A, subsection 9.
13b. Enrollment for the unit exceeds five pupils.
14c. a. The unit is offered during the regular school day.
15d. b. The unit is made accessible by the school district
16to all eligible pupils.
172. Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant
18to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting
19under section 257.11, subsection 3.
20DIVISION V
21AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER SEQUENTIAL UNITS IN ONE CLASSROOM
22 Sec. 14. Section 256.11, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
23following new subsection:
24 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. a. The board of directors of a
25school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
26nonpublic school may authorize a teacher who is appropriately
27licensed by the board of educational examiners under chapter
28272 to teach two or more sequential units of one subject area
29in the same classroom at the same time in grades nine through
30twelve. The board of directors of a school district or the
31authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
32award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
33successful completion of the course. The teacher must meet the
34minimum certification requirements of the national organization
35that administers the advanced placement program if one of the
-9-1units being offered pursuant to this paragraph is an advanced
2placement course.
3b. The board of directors of a school district or the
4authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school may
5authorize a community college-employed instructor who is
6providing instruction in the school pursuant to section 261E.8
7through a contractual agreement between a community college
8and the school district or accredited nonpublic school to
9teach two or more sequential units of one subject area in
10the same classroom at the same time in grades nine through
11twelve. The board of directors of a school district or the
12authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
13award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
14successful completion of the course if the board of directors
15of the school district or the authorities in charge of the
16accredited nonpublic school approved the course pursuant to
17section 261E.8, subsection 3. The community college-employed
18instructor must meet the minimum certification requirements
19of the national organization that administers the advanced
20placement program if one of the units being offered pursuant to
21this paragraph is an advanced placement course.
22DIVISION VI
23EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
24 Sec. 15. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a,
25subparagraph (3), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
26(3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address
27the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and
28knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty-first
29century. The core curriculum shall include social studies and
30twenty-first century learning skills which include but are
31not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology
32literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer
33sciences, and employability skills; and shall address the
34curricular needs of students in kindergarten through grade
35twelve in those areas. The state board shall further define
-10-1the twenty-first century learning skills components by rule.
2 Sec. 16. Section 256.11, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
32023, is amended to read as follows:
4a. If a school offers a prekindergarten program, the
5program shall be designed to help children to work and play
6with others, to express themselves, to learn to use and manage
7their bodies, and to extend their interests and understanding
8of the world about them. The prekindergarten program shall
9relate the role of the family to the child’s developing sense
10of self and perception of others. Planning and carrying out
11prekindergarten activities designed to encourage cooperative
12efforts between home and school and shall focus on community
13resources. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
14a prekindergarten teacher shall hold a license certifying
15that the holder is qualified to teach in prekindergarten. A
16nonpublic school which offers only a prekindergarten may, but
17is not required to, seek and obtain accreditation.
18 Sec. 17. Section 256.11, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2023, are
19amended to read as follows:
203. The following areas shall be taught in grades one through
21six: English-language arts, social studies, mathematics,
22science, health, age-appropriate and research-based human
23growth and development, physical education, traffic safety,
24music, and visual art. Computer science instruction
25incorporating the standards established under section 256.7,
26subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall be
27offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school
28year beginning July 1, 2023. The health curriculum shall
29include the characteristics of communicable diseases including
30acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part
31of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions
32for implementing the elementary program.
334. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
34eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics;
35science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human
-11-1growth and development; career exploration and development;
2physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science
3instruction incorporating the standards established under
4section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4),
5shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with
6the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration
7and development shall be designed so that students are
8appropriately prepared to create an individual career
9and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61, incorporate
10foundational career and technical education concepts aligned
11with the six career and technical education service areas
12as defined in subsection 5, paragraph “h”, and incorporate
13relevant twenty-first century skills to facilitate career
14readiness, and introduce students to career opportunities
15within the local community and across this state. The health
16curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based
17information regarding the characteristics of sexually
18transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of
19a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency
20syndrome. The state board as part of accreditation standards
21shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the
22program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection
23shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and
24development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this
25section,“age-appropriate”,“HPV”, and “research-based” mean the
26same as defined in section 279.50.
27 Sec. 18. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraphs f, g, and
28i, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
29f. Four Two sequential units of one world language, which
30may include American sign language. The department may waive
31the third and fourth years of the world language requirement on
32an annual basis upon the request of the board of directors of
33a school district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic
34school if the board or authorities are able to prove that a
35licensed teacher was employed and assigned a schedule that
-12-1would have allowed students to enroll in a world language
2class, the world language class was properly scheduled,
3students were aware that a world language class was scheduled,
4and no students enrolled in the class.
5g. (1) All students physically able shall be required
6to participate in a minimum of one-eighth unit of physical
7education activities during each semester they are enrolled
8in school except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.
9A minimum of one-eighth unit each semester is required. A
10twelfth grade student who meets the requirements of this
11paragraph may shall be excused from the physical education
12requirement by the principal of the school in which the student
13is enrolled if the parent or guardian of the student requests
14in writing that the student be excused from the physical
15education requirement. A student who wishes to be excused
16from the physical education requirement must be seeking to be
17excused in order to enroll in academic courses not otherwise
18available to the student, or be enrolled or participating in
19one any of the following:
20(a) A work-based learning program or other educational
21program authorized by the school which requires the student to
22leave the school premises for specified periods of time during
23the school day.
24(b) An organized and supervised athletic program which
25requires at least as much participation per week as one-eighth
26unit of physical education An activity that is sponsored by
27the school in which the student is enrolled which requires at
28least as much physical activity per week as one-eighth unit of
29physical education.
30(2) Students in grades nine through eleven may be excused
31from the physical education requirement in order to enroll
32in academic courses not otherwise available to the student
33if the board of directors of the school district in which
34the school is located, or the authorities in charge of the
35school, if the school is a nonpublic school, determine that
-13-1students from the school may be permitted to be excused
2from the physical education requirement. A student may be
3excused by the principal of the school in which the student
4is enrolled, in consultation with the student’s counselor,
5for up to one semester, trimester, or the equivalent of a
6semester or trimester, per year if the parent or guardian of
7the student requests in writing that the student be excused
8from the physical education requirement. The student seeking
9to be excused from the physical education requirement must, at
10some time during the period for which the excuse is sought, be
11a participant in an organized and supervised athletic program
12which requires at least as much time of participation per week
13as one-eighth unit of physical education.
14(3) (2) The principal of the school shall inform the
15superintendent of the school district or nonpublic school that
16the student has been excused. Physical education activities
17shall emphasize leisure time activities which will benefit the
18student outside the school environment and after graduation
19from high school.
20(4) (3) A student who is enrolled in a junior reserve
21officers’ training corps shall not be required to participate
22in physical education activities under subparagraph (1) or
23to meet the physical activity requirements of subsection 6,
24paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), but shall receive one-eighth
25unit of physical education credit for each semester, or the
26equivalent, of junior reserve officers’ training corps the
27student completes.
28i. Three Two units in the fine arts which shall may include
29at least two any of the following: dance, music, theater, and
30 or visual art.
31 Sec. 19. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j,
32subparagraph (1), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
33(1) One unit of health education which shall may
34 include personal health; food and nutrition; environmental
35health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family
-14-1life; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and
2development; substance abuse and nonuse; emotional and social
3health; health resources; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
4prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate
5and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted
6diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to
7prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
8 Sec. 20. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph k, Code
92023, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
10lieu thereof the following:
11k. Units of coursework that meet the requirements of the
12coursework required under paragraphs “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”,
13and “h” may include curriculum related to personal financial
14literacy, including all of the following:
15(1) Savings, including emergency fund, purchases, and
16wealth building.
17(2) Understanding investments, including compound and
18simple interest, liquidity, diversification, risk return
19ratio, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, single
20stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental real estate, annuities,
21commodities, and futures.
22(3) Wealth building and college planning, including
23long-term and short-term investing using tax-favored plans,
24individual retirement accounts and payments from such accounts,
25employer-sponsored retirement plans and investments, public and
26private educational savings accounts, and uniform gifts and
27transfers to minors.
28(4) Credit and debt, including credit cards, payday
29lending, rent-to-own transactions, debt consolidation,
30automobile leasing, cosigning a loan, debt avoidance, and the
31marketing of debt, especially to young people.
32(5) Consumer awareness of the power of marketing on buying
33decisions including zero percent interest offers; marketing
34methods, including product positioning, advertising, brand
35recognition, and personal selling; how to read a credit report
-15-1and correct inaccuracies; how to build a credit score; how to
2develop a plan to deal with creditors and avoid bankruptcy; and
3the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, codified at 15
4U.S.C.§1692 — 1692p.
5(6) Financial responsibility and money management,
6including creating and living on a written budget and balancing
7a checkbook; basic rules of successful negotiating and
8techniques; and personality or other traits regarding money.
9(7) Insurance, risk management, income, and career
10decisions, including career choices that fit personality styles
11and occupational goals, job search strategies, cover letters,
12resumes, interview techniques, payroll taxes and other income
13withholdings, and revenue sources for federal, state, and local
14governments.
15(8) Different types of insurance coverage including
16renters, homeowners, automobile, health, disability, long-term
17care, identity theft, and life insurance; term life, cash
18value and whole life insurance; and insurance terms such
19as deductible, stop loss, elimination period, replacement
20coverage, liability, and out-of-pocket.
21(9) Buying, selling, and renting advantages and
22disadvantages relating to real estate, including adjustable
23rate, balloon, conventional, government-backed, reverse, and
24seller-financed mortgages.
25 Sec. 21. Section 256.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
262023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
27 Sec. 22. Section 279.50, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
28to read as follows:
292. Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and
30research-based instruction in human growth and development
31including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem,
32stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic abuse,
33and HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and
34acquired immune deficiency syndrome as required in section
35256.11, in grades one through twelve.
-16-1 Sec. 23. Section 279.50, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code
22023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
3DIVISION VII
4SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS
5 Sec. 24. Section 257.11, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended
6to read as follows:
75. Shared operational functions — increased student
8opportunities — budget years beginning in 2014 through 2024
9 2034.
10a. (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
11student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
12programming for school districts that share operational
13functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
14one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
15master social worker, independent social worker, work-based
16learning coordinator, special education director, mental health
17professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by the
18board of educational examiners, college and career transition
19counselor or coordinator, school resource officer, or school
20counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas
21of superintendent management, business management, human
22resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
23least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
24supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
25A school district that shares an operational function in
26the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
27supplementary weighting of nine pupils for the function. A
28school district that shares an operational function in the area
29of business management, human resources, transportation, or
30operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
31weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
32that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director;
33a master social worker or an independent social worker licensed
34under chapters 147 and 154C; a work-based learning coordinator;
35a special education director; a mental health professional
-17-1who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board
2of educational examiners; a college and career transition
3counselor or coordinator; a school resource officer; or a
4school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of
5three pupils for the function. The additional weighting shall
6be assigned for each discrete operational function shared.
7However, a school district may receive the additional weighting
8under this subsection for sharing the services of an individual
9with a political subdivision or another school district even if
10the type of operational function performed by the individual
11for the school district and the type of operational function
12performed by the individual for the political subdivision or
13another school district are not the same operational function,
14so long as either both operational functions are eligible for
15weighting under this subsection or the operational function
16the individual performs for the school district is special
17education director. In either case, the school district
18shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of
19operational function that the individual performs for the
20school district, and the school district shall not receive
21additional weighting for any other function performed by the
22individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
23not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
24receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
25(2) For the purposes of this paragraph “a”:
26(a) “College and career transition counselor or coordinator”
27means a licensed school counselor or an appropriately trained
28individual responsible for providing direct services to
29students, parents, families, schools, and postsecondary
30institutions to support college preparation and postsecondary
31success, such as college preparation, financial aid processing,
32and transition to postsecondary institution enrollment.
33(b) “Political subdivision” means a city, township, county,
34school corporation, merged area, area education agency,
35institution governed by the state board of regents, or any
-18-1other governmental subdivision.
2(c) “School resource officer” means the same as defined in
334 U.S.C. §10389.
4(d) “Work-based learning coordinator” means an appropriately
5trained individual responsible for facilitating authentic,
6engaging work-based learning experiences for learners and
7educators in partnership with employers and others to enhance
8learning by connecting the content and skills that are
9necessary for future careers.
10b. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1),
11each operational function assigned a supplementary weighting
12of five pupils under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), shall
13instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of four pupils
14for the school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 1,
152023, and July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2034.
16(2) Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), each
17operational function assigned a supplementary weighting of
18three pupils under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), shall
19instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of two pupils for
20the school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023,
21and July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2034.
22c. School districts that share operational functions with
23other school districts are not required to be contiguous school
24districts. If two or more districts sharing operational
25functions are not contiguous to each other, the districts
26separating those districts are not required to be a party to
27the operational functions sharing arrangement.
28d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
29be available to a school district during the period commencing
30with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the
31budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034. The maximum amount
32of additional weighting for which a school district shall be
33eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils.
34Criteria for determining the qualification of operational
35functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by
-19-1the department by rule, through consideration of increased
2student opportunities.
3e. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
4be available to an area education agency during the period
5commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through
6the budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034. The minimum
7amount of additional funding for which an area education
8agency shall be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand
9dollars, and the maximum amount of additional funding for which
10an area education agency shall be eligible is two hundred
11thousand dollars. The department of management shall annually
12set a weighting for each area education agency to generate
13the approved operational sharing expense using the area
14education agency’s special education cost per pupil amount and
15foundation level. Criteria for determining the qualification
16of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be
17determined by the department by rule, through consideration of
18increased student opportunities.
19f. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2025 2035.
20EXPLANATION
21The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
22the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
23This bill relates to education, including modifying
24provisions related to comprehensive school improvement plans,
25teacher librarians and guidance counselors, required days or
26hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools,
27agreements between school districts and community colleges to
28teach certain courses, required courses in school districts and
29accredited nonpublic schools, and shared operational functions,
30and authorizing school districts to offer sequential units in
31one classroom.
32DIVISION I — ELIMINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
33IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Current law requires all school districts
34and accredited nonpublic schools to file with the department
35of education (DE) a comprehensive school improvement plan
-20-1that includes demonstrated school, parental, and community
2involvement in assessing educational needs, establishing local
3education standards and student achievement levels, and, as
4applicable, the consolidation of federal and state planning,
5goal-setting, and reporting requirements. The division strikes
6this requirement. The division requires all school districts
7and accredited nonpublic schools to file with DE a report that
8includes the information necessary for DE to meet its federal
9reporting requirements. The division makes conforming changes.
10DIVISION II — TEACHER LIBRARIANS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS.
11 Current law requires each school district to employ a qualified
12teacher librarian who shall be licensed by the board of
13educational examiners (BOEE). The division authorizes a school
14district to instead hire a person previously employed as a
15librarian by a public library.
16The division prohibits the BOEE from requiring an applicant
17for a teacher librarian license to have a master’s degree.
18The division requires the state board of education to
19establish standards for school district library programs, which
20shall be designed to provide for methods to improve library
21collections to meet student needs, include a current and
22diverse collection of materials to support student curricular
23needs, and include a plan for annually updating and replacing
24library materials and equipment.
25Current law provides that a school district that entered
26into a contract with an individual for employment as a media
27specialist or librarian who holds at least a master’s degree
28in library and information studies shall be considered to be
29in compliance with state standards until the individual leaves
30the employ of the school district. The division strikes this
31provision.
32The division requires that the kindergarten through grade
3312 guidance and counseling program be designed to ensure that
34the guidance counselor can work collaboratively with students,
35teachers, support staff, and administrators to support the
-21-1curricular goals of the school by offering responsive services
2that address the growth and development needs of students and
3the attainment of student competencies in academic, career, and
4social areas.
5DIVISION III — REQUIRED ATTENDANCE — SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
6ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INNOVATION
7ZONE SCHOOLS. Current law requires the school calendar
8for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter
9schools, and innovation zone schools to include not less than
10180 days or 1,080 hours of instruction during the calendar
11year. The division provides that not more than five days or
1230 hours of this instruction may be delivered primarily over
13the internet.
14DIVISION IV — EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS — AGREEMENTS WITH
15COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Current Code section 279.50A authorizes
16a school district to enter into an agreement with a community
17college pursuant to which the community college may offer, or
18provide an instructor to teach, science or mathematics courses
19in grades 9 through 12 if certain conditions are satisfied,
20including that the school district’s total enrollment must
21exceed 600 pupils, the school district must have made every
22reasonable and good-faith effort to employ a teacher to teach
23the courses, and enrollment for the unit must exceed five
24pupils. The division strikes these three conditions. The
25division also authorizes the community college to offer, or
26provide an instructor to teach, any unit required in grades 9
27through 12.
28DIVISION V — AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER SEQUENTIAL UNITS
29IN ONE CLASSROOM. The division provides that the board of
30directors of a school district or the authorities in charge
31of an accredited nonpublic school may authorize a teacher who
32is appropriately licensed by the BOEE to teach two or more
33sequential units of one subject area in the same classroom at
34the same time in grades 9 through 12. The division requires
35the board of directors of a school district or the authorities
-22-1in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to award high
2school credit to a student upon the student’s successful
3completion of the course. The division provides that if one
4of the units being offered pursuant to this provision is an
5advanced placement course, the teacher must meet the minimum
6certification requirements of the national organization that
7administers the advanced placement program.
8The division provides that the board of directors of a
9school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
10nonpublic school may authorize a community college-employed
11instructor who is providing instruction in the school pursuant
12to Code section 261E.8 (district-to-community college sharing
13or concurrent enrollment program) to teach two or more
14sequential units of one subject area in the same classroom
15at the same time in grades 9 through 12. The division
16requires the board of directors of a school district or the
17authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to
18award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
19successful completion of the course if the board of directors
20of the school district or the authorities in charge of the
21accredited nonpublic school approved the course pursuant to
22Code section 261E.8. The division provides that the community
23college-employed instructor must meet the minimum certification
24requirements of the national organization that administers the
25advanced placement program if one of the units being offered
26pursuant to this provision is an advanced placement course.
27DIVISION VI — EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS. Current law requires
28that the core curriculum established by the state board
29of education shall include, among other things, technology
30literacy. The division strikes this requirement.
31Current law requires that the prekindergarten program shall
32relate the role of the family to the child’s developing sense
33of self and perception of others. The division strikes this
34requirement. The division provides that the prekindergarten
35program shall encourage cooperative efforts between home and
-23-1school and shall focus on community resources.
2The division strikes the requirement that the health
3curriculum provided in school districts and accredited
4nonpublic schools in grades 1 through 12 include instruction
5related to the characteristics of acquired immune deficiency
6syndrome. The division makes conforming changes to Code
7section 279.50 (human growth and development instruction).
8The division provides that the career exploration and
9development curriculum provided in school districts and
10accredited nonpublic schools in grades seven and eight shall
11incorporate relevant skills to facilitate career readiness, and
12introduce students to career opportunities within the local
13community and across this state.
14Current law provides that the world language instruction
15provided in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
16in grades 9 through 12 shall include four sequential units of
17one world language. The division reduces this requirement to
18two sequential units of one world language.
19Current law provides that the fine arts instruction provided
20in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades
219 through 12 shall include three units of the fine arts. The
22division reduces this requirement to two units of fine arts
23and provides that this instruction may include dance, music,
24theater, or visual art.
25Current law requires that all students in grades 9 through
2612 in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools who
27are physically able shall participate in physical education
28activities during each semester, unless certain exceptions
29apply. Current law establishes that a student in grade 12 may
30be excused from this requirement if the parent or guardian of
31the student requests in writing that the student be excused
32from the physical education requirement in order to enroll in
33academic courses not otherwise available to the student or be
34enrolled or participating in certain specified activities,
35including an organized athletic program that requires at least
-24-1as much participation per week as physical education. The
2division provides that any student in grades 9 through 12 may
3be excused from this requirement. The division adds to the
4list of specified activities for which a student may be excused
5from the physical education requirement any activity that
6is sponsored by the school in which the student is enrolled
7which requires at least as much physical activity per week as
8one-eighth unit of physical education. The division removes
9from the list of specified activities for which a student may
10be excused from the physical education requirement an organized
11athletic program that requires at least as much participation
12per week as physical education.
13Current law provides that the health education instruction
14provided in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
15in grades 9 through 12 shall include certain specified subject
16areas. The division provides that the health education
17instruction may include the specified subject areas and adds
18cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the list of subject areas.
19Current law requires that the instruction provided in school
20districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades 9 through
2112 shall include personal financial literacy. The division
22strikes this requirement and authorizes the instruction
23provided in science, social studies, English-language arts,
24mathematics, and career and technical education to include
25curriculum related to personal financial literacy.
26Current law requires that, prior to the end of grade 12,
27every student enrolled in a school district or accredited
28nonpublic school shall complete a certification course for
29cardiopulmonary resuscitation, unless certain exceptions apply.
30The division strikes this requirement.
31DIVISION VII — SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS. Pursuant to
32Code section 257.11, in order to provide additional funding
33to increase student opportunities and redirect resources to
34student programming for school districts that share operational
35functions, a school district that shares with a political
-25-1subdivision one or more operational functions of certain
2specified persons, or one or more operational functions in
3certain specified areas for at least 20 percent of the school
4year, is assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared
5operational function up to a maximum of 21 additional pupils.
6Current law provides that these provisions are repealed
7effective July 1, 2025. The division extends this repeal date
8to July 1, 2035.
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2related to comprehensive school improvement plans, teacher
3librarians and guidance counselors, required days or
4hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools,
5agreements between school districts and community colleges
6to teach certain courses, required courses in school
7districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and shared
8operational functions, and authorizing school districts to
9offer sequential units in one classroom.
10BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1DIVISION I
2ELIMINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PLAN
3 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph a, Code
42023, is amended to read as follows:
5a. Requirements that all school districts and accredited
6nonpublic schools develop, implement, and file with the
7department a comprehensive school improvement plan report that
8includes but is not limited to demonstrated school, parental,
9and community involvement in assessing educational needs,
10establishing local education standards and student achievement
11levels, and, as applicable, the consolidation of federal and
12state planning, goal-setting, and reporting requirements
13 information necessary for the department of education to submit
14to the United States secretary of education the plan required
15pursuant to the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
16as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, Pub.L.
17No.114-95. Each school district and accredited nonpublic
18school shall include in its comprehensive school improvement
19plan a list and description of the online coursework offered
20by the school district or accredited nonpublic school to which
21the student is enrolled.
22 Sec. 2. Section 279.61, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended
23to read as follows:
245. For the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and each
25succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
26school district shall submit to the local community, and
27to the department as a component of the school district’s
28comprehensive school improvement plan required by section
29256.7, subsection 21, an annual report on student utilization
30of the district’s career information and decision-making
31system.
32 Sec. 3. Section 279.68, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
332023, is amended to read as follows:
34a. To ensure all children are reading proficiently by the
35end of third grade, each school district shall address reading
-1-1proficiency as part of its comprehensive school improvement
2plan, drawing upon information about students from assessments
3and reassessments conducted pursuant to subsection 1 and the
4prevalence of areas in which students are persistently at risk
5in reading identified by classroom, elementary school, and
6other student characteristics. As part of its comprehensive
7school improvement plan, each Each school district shall
8review chronic early elementary absenteeism for its impact
9on literacy development. If more than fifteen percent of an
10attendance center’s students are not reading proficiently and
11are persistently at risk in reading by the end of third grade,
12the comprehensive school improvement plan shall include school
13district shall develop and implement strategies to reduce that
14percentage, including school and community strategies to raise
15the percentage of students who are reading at grade level.
16 Sec. 4. Section 280.19, Code 2023, is amended to read as
17follows:
18280.19 Plans for at-risk children.
19The board of directors of each public school district shall
20incorporate, into the kindergarten admissions program, criteria
21and procedures for identification and integration of at-risk
22children and their developmental needs. This incorporation
23shall be part of the comprehensive school improvement plan
24developed and implemented in accordance with section 256.7,
25subsection 21, paragraph “a”.
26 Sec. 5. Section 280.28, subsection 7, Code 2023, is amended
27to read as follows:
287. Integration of policy and reporting Reporting. The board
29of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge
30of each nonpublic school shall integrate its antiharassment and
31antibullying policy into the comprehensive school improvement
32plan required under section 256.7, subsection 21, and shall
33 report data collected under subsection 6, as specified by the
34department, to the department and to the local community.
35 Sec. 6. Section 284.5, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
-2-1to read as follows:
23. Each school district and area education agency that
3provides a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program
4under this chapter shall develop a plan for the program. A
5school district shall include its plan in the school district’s
6comprehensive school improvement plan submitted pursuant to
7section 256.7, subsection 21. The plan shall, at a minimum,
8provide for a two-year sequence of induction program content
9and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards and
10beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
11training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
12demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
13beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
14placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
15dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
16organizational support for release time for mentors and
17beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
18practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
19for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
20teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
21 Sec. 7. Section 284.6, subsections 3, 4, and 7, Code 2023,
22are amended to read as follows:
233. A school district shall incorporate develop a district
24professional development plan into the district’s comprehensive
25school improvement plan submitted to the department in
26accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21. The district
27professional development plan shall include a description of
28the means by which the school district will provide access
29to all teachers in the district to professional development
30programs or offerings that meet the requirements of subsection
311. The plan shall align all professional development with
32the school district’s long-range student learning goals and
33the Iowa teaching standards. The plan shall indicate the
34school district’s approved professional development provider
35or providers.
-3- 14. In cooperation with the teacher’s evaluator, the
2career teacher employed by a school district shall develop
3an individual teacher professional development plan. The
4evaluator shall consult with the teacher’s supervisor on the
5development of the individual teacher professional development
6plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote individual and
7group professional development. The individual plan shall
8be based, at minimum, on the needs of the teacher, the Iowa
9teaching standards, and the student achievement goals of the
10attendance center and the school district as outlined in the
11comprehensive school improvement plan. The individual plan
12shall include goals for the individual which are beyond those
13required under the attendance center professional development
14plan developed pursuant to subsection 7.
157. Each attendance center shall develop an attendance
16center professional development plan. The purpose of the plan
17is to promote group professional development. The attendance
18center plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the
19teachers, the Iowa teaching standards, district professional
20development plans, and the student achievement goals of the
21attendance center and the school district as set forth in the
22comprehensive school improvement plan.
23 Sec. 8. Section 284.14, subsection 3, paragraph a, Code
242023, is amended to read as follows:
25a. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1,
262007, the commission shall initiate planning pilots, in
27selected kindergarten through grade twelve schools, to test
28the effectiveness of the pay-for-performance program. The
29purpose of the planning pilots is to identify the strengths
30and weaknesses of various pay-for-performance program designs,
31evaluate cost effectiveness, analyze student achievement
32needs, select formative and summative student achievement
33measures that align to identify needs, consider necessary
34supports related to the student achievement goals in the school
35district’s comprehensive school improvement plan, review
-4-1assessment needs, identify mechanisms to account for existing
2teacher contract provisions within the proposed career ladder
3salary increments, allow thorough review of data, and make
4necessary adjustments before proposing implementation of the
5pay-for-performance program statewide.
6 Sec. 9. Section 284A.5, subsection 3, Code 2023, is amended
7to read as follows:
83. Each school board shall establish an administrator
9mentoring program for all beginning administrators. The school
10board may adopt the model program developed by the department
11pursuant to subsection 2. Each school board’s beginning
12administrator mentoring and induction program shall, at a
13minimum, provide for one year of programming to support the
14Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to
15section 256.7, subsection 27, and beginning administrators’
16professional and personal needs. Each school board shall
17develop and implement a beginning administrator mentoring and
18induction plan. The plan shall describe the mentor selection
19process, describe supports for beginning administrators,
20describe program organizational and collaborative structures,
21provide a budget, provide for sustainability of the program,
22and provide for program evaluation. The school board
23employing an administrator shall determine the conditions and
24requirements of an administrator participating in a program
25established pursuant to this section. A school board shall
26include its plan in the school district’s comprehensive
27school improvement plan submitted pursuant to section 256.7,
28subsection 21.
29 Sec. 10. Section 284A.6, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
30to read as follows:
312. In cooperation with the administrator’s evaluator, the
32administrator who has a professional administrator license
33issued by the board of educational examiners pursuant to
34chapter 272 and is employed by a school district or area
35education agency in a school district administrative position
-5-1shall develop an individual administrator professional
2development plan. The purpose of the plan is to promote
3individual and group professional development. The individual
4plan shall be based, at a minimum, on the needs of the
5administrator, the Iowa standards for school administrators
6adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 27, and the
7student achievement goals of the attendance center and the
8school district as outlined in the comprehensive school
9improvement plan.
10DIVISION II
11TEACHER LIBRARIANS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS
12 Sec. 11. Section 256.11, subsections 9 and 9A, Code 2023,
13are amended to read as follows:
149. a. Beginning July 1, 2006 2023, each school district
15shall have employ either a qualified teacher librarian who
16shall be licensed by the board of educational examiners under
17chapter 272 or a person previously employed as a librarian by a
18public library. The board of educational examiners shall not
19require an applicant for a teacher librarian license to have
20a master’s degree.
21b. The state board shall establish in rule standards for
22school district library programs, which shall be designed to
23provide for methods to improve library collections to meet
24student needs, include a current and diverse collection of
25fiction and nonfiction materials in a variety of formats
26to support student curricular needs, and include a plan
27for annually updating and replacing library materials and
28equipment.
29c. The state board shall establish in rule a definition
30of and standards for an articulated sequential kindergarten
31through grade twelve media program.
32d. A school district that entered into a contract with an
33individual for employment as a media specialist or librarian
34prior to June 1, 2006, shall be considered to be in compliance
35with this subsection until June 30, 2011, if the individual
-6-1is making annual progress toward meeting the requirements
2for a teacher librarian endorsement issued by the board of
3educational examiners under chapter 272. A school district
4that entered into a contract with an individual for employment
5as a media specialist or librarian who holds at least a
6master’s degree in library and information studies shall be
7considered to be in compliance with this subsection until the
8individual leaves the employ of the school district.
99A. Beginning July 1, 2007, each school district shall
10have a qualified guidance counselor who shall be licensed by
11the board of educational examiners under chapter 272. Each
12school district shall work toward the goal of having one
13qualified guidance counselor for every three hundred fifty
14students enrolled in the school district. The state board
15shall establish in rule a definition of and standards for
16an articulated sequential kindergarten through grade twelve
17guidance and counseling program. The program shall be designed
18to ensure that the guidance counselor can work collaboratively
19with students, teachers, support staff, and administrators
20to support the curricular goals of the school by offering
21responsive services that address the growth and development
22needs of students and the attainment of student competencies in
23academic, career, and social areas.
24DIVISION III
25REQUIRED ATTENDANCE — SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC
26SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS
27 Sec. 12. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2023, is amended
28to read as follows:
291. The school year for each school district and accredited
30nonpublic school shall begin on July 1 and the school calendar
31shall begin no sooner than August 23 and no later than the
32first Monday in December. The school calendar shall include
33not less than one hundred eighty days or one thousand eighty
34hours of instruction during the calendar year, of which
35not more than five days or thirty hours of instruction may
-7-1be delivered primarily over the internet. The board of
2directors of a school district and the authorities in charge
3of an accredited nonpublic school shall determine the school
4start date for the school calendar in accordance with this
5subsection and shall set the number of days or hours of
6required attendance for the school year as provided in section
7299.1, subsection 2, but the board of directors of a school
8district shall hold a public hearing on any proposed school
9calendar prior to adopting the school calendar. If the board
10of directors of a district or the authorities in charge of an
11accredited nonpublic school extends the school calendar because
12inclement weather caused the school district or accredited
13nonpublic school to temporarily close during the regular school
14calendar, the school district or accredited nonpublic school
15may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school
16requirements for graduation from attendance during the extended
17school calendar. A school corporation may begin employment
18of personnel for in-service training and development purposes
19before the date to begin elementary and secondary school.
20DIVISION IV
21EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS — AGREEMENTS WITH COMMUNITY COLLEGES
22 Sec. 13. Section 279.50A, Code 2023, is amended to read as
23follows:
24279.50A Educational standards — agreements for mathematics
25and science units with community colleges.
261. If a school district’s total enrollment exceeds six
27hundred pupils, the A school district may enter into an
28agreement with a community college under which the community
29college may offer, or provide a community college-employed
30instructor to teach, one of the units in accordance with
31section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph “a”, or one of the units
32in accordance with section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph
33“d” or “e” any unit, and if the unit of coursework under
34the agreement meets the requirements specified in section
35257.11, subsection 3, paragraph “b”, subparagraphs (2) through
-8-1(7), the unit offered shall be deemed to meet the education
2program requirement for a unit of mathematics or science,
3as applicable, pertaining to the unit under section 256.11,
4subsection 5, paragraph “a”, “d”, or “e” if applicable. The
5provisions of this subsection are applicable only if all of the
6following conditions are met:
7a. The school district has made every reasonable and good
8faith effort to employ a teacher licensed under chapter 272
9 for the unit of science or mathematics, as applicable, and
10is unable to employ such a teacher. For purposes of this
11subsection, “good faith effort” means the same as defined in
12section 279.19A, subsection 9.
13b. Enrollment for the unit exceeds five pupils.
14c. a. The unit is offered during the regular school day.
15d. b. The unit is made accessible by the school district
16to all eligible pupils.
172. Pupils enrolled in a unit of coursework offered pursuant
18to subsection 1 are not eligible for supplementary weighting
19under section 257.11, subsection 3.
20DIVISION V
21AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER SEQUENTIAL UNITS IN ONE CLASSROOM
22 Sec. 14. Section 256.11, Code 2023, is amended by adding the
23following new subsection:
24 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. a. The board of directors of a
25school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
26nonpublic school may authorize a teacher who is appropriately
27licensed by the board of educational examiners under chapter
28272 to teach two or more sequential units of one subject area
29in the same classroom at the same time in grades nine through
30twelve. The board of directors of a school district or the
31authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
32award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
33successful completion of the course. The teacher must meet the
34minimum certification requirements of the national organization
35that administers the advanced placement program if one of the
-9-1units being offered pursuant to this paragraph is an advanced
2placement course.
3b. The board of directors of a school district or the
4authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school may
5authorize a community college-employed instructor who is
6providing instruction in the school pursuant to section 261E.8
7through a contractual agreement between a community college
8and the school district or accredited nonpublic school to
9teach two or more sequential units of one subject area in
10the same classroom at the same time in grades nine through
11twelve. The board of directors of a school district or the
12authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall
13award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
14successful completion of the course if the board of directors
15of the school district or the authorities in charge of the
16accredited nonpublic school approved the course pursuant to
17section 261E.8, subsection 3. The community college-employed
18instructor must meet the minimum certification requirements
19of the national organization that administers the advanced
20placement program if one of the units being offered pursuant to
21this paragraph is an advanced placement course.
22DIVISION VI
23EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS
24 Sec. 15. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a,
25subparagraph (3), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
26(3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address
27the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and
28knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty-first
29century. The core curriculum shall include social studies and
30twenty-first century learning skills which include but are
31not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology
32literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer
33sciences, and employability skills; and shall address the
34curricular needs of students in kindergarten through grade
35twelve in those areas. The state board shall further define
-10-1the twenty-first century learning skills components by rule.
2 Sec. 16. Section 256.11, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
32023, is amended to read as follows:
4a. If a school offers a prekindergarten program, the
5program shall be designed to help children to work and play
6with others, to express themselves, to learn to use and manage
7their bodies, and to extend their interests and understanding
8of the world about them. The prekindergarten program shall
9relate the role of the family to the child’s developing sense
10of self and perception of others. Planning and carrying out
11prekindergarten activities designed to encourage cooperative
12efforts between home and school and shall focus on community
13resources. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection,
14a prekindergarten teacher shall hold a license certifying
15that the holder is qualified to teach in prekindergarten. A
16nonpublic school which offers only a prekindergarten may, but
17is not required to, seek and obtain accreditation.
18 Sec. 17. Section 256.11, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2023, are
19amended to read as follows:
203. The following areas shall be taught in grades one through
21six: English-language arts, social studies, mathematics,
22science, health, age-appropriate and research-based human
23growth and development, physical education, traffic safety,
24music, and visual art. Computer science instruction
25incorporating the standards established under section 256.7,
26subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4), shall be
27offered in at least one grade level commencing with the school
28year beginning July 1, 2023. The health curriculum shall
29include the characteristics of communicable diseases including
30acquired immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part
31of accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions
32for implementing the elementary program.
334. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
34eight: English-language arts; social studies; mathematics;
35science; health; age-appropriate and research-based human
-11-1growth and development; career exploration and development;
2physical education; music; and visual art. Computer science
3instruction incorporating the standards established under
4section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (4),
5shall be offered in at least one grade level commencing with
6the school year beginning July 1, 2023. Career exploration
7and development shall be designed so that students are
8appropriately prepared to create an individual career
9and academic plan pursuant to section 279.61, incorporate
10foundational career and technical education concepts aligned
11with the six career and technical education service areas
12as defined in subsection 5, paragraph “h”, and incorporate
13relevant twenty-first century skills to facilitate career
14readiness, and introduce students to career opportunities
15within the local community and across this state. The health
16curriculum shall include age-appropriate and research-based
17information regarding the characteristics of sexually
18transmitted diseases, including HPV and the availability of
19a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency
20syndrome. The state board as part of accreditation standards
21shall adopt curriculum definitions for implementing the
22program in grades seven and eight. However, this subsection
23shall not apply to the teaching of career exploration and
24development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this
25section,“age-appropriate”,“HPV”, and “research-based” mean the
26same as defined in section 279.50.
27 Sec. 18. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraphs f, g, and
28i, Code 2023, are amended to read as follows:
29f. Four Two sequential units of one world language, which
30may include American sign language. The department may waive
31the third and fourth years of the world language requirement on
32an annual basis upon the request of the board of directors of
33a school district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic
34school if the board or authorities are able to prove that a
35licensed teacher was employed and assigned a schedule that
-12-1would have allowed students to enroll in a world language
2class, the world language class was properly scheduled,
3students were aware that a world language class was scheduled,
4and no students enrolled in the class.
5g. (1) All students physically able shall be required
6to participate in a minimum of one-eighth unit of physical
7education activities during each semester they are enrolled
8in school except as otherwise provided in this paragraph.
9A minimum of one-eighth unit each semester is required. A
10twelfth grade student who meets the requirements of this
11paragraph may shall be excused from the physical education
12requirement by the principal of the school in which the student
13is enrolled if the parent or guardian of the student requests
14in writing that the student be excused from the physical
15education requirement. A student who wishes to be excused
16from the physical education requirement must be seeking to be
17excused in order to enroll in academic courses not otherwise
18available to the student, or be enrolled or participating in
19one any of the following:
20(a) A work-based learning program or other educational
21program authorized by the school which requires the student to
22leave the school premises for specified periods of time during
23the school day.
24(b) An organized and supervised athletic program which
25requires at least as much participation per week as one-eighth
26unit of physical education An activity that is sponsored by
27the school in which the student is enrolled which requires at
28least as much physical activity per week as one-eighth unit of
29physical education.
30(2) Students in grades nine through eleven may be excused
31from the physical education requirement in order to enroll
32in academic courses not otherwise available to the student
33if the board of directors of the school district in which
34the school is located, or the authorities in charge of the
35school, if the school is a nonpublic school, determine that
-13-1students from the school may be permitted to be excused
2from the physical education requirement. A student may be
3excused by the principal of the school in which the student
4is enrolled, in consultation with the student’s counselor,
5for up to one semester, trimester, or the equivalent of a
6semester or trimester, per year if the parent or guardian of
7the student requests in writing that the student be excused
8from the physical education requirement. The student seeking
9to be excused from the physical education requirement must, at
10some time during the period for which the excuse is sought, be
11a participant in an organized and supervised athletic program
12which requires at least as much time of participation per week
13as one-eighth unit of physical education.
14(3) (2) The principal of the school shall inform the
15superintendent of the school district or nonpublic school that
16the student has been excused. Physical education activities
17shall emphasize leisure time activities which will benefit the
18student outside the school environment and after graduation
19from high school.
20(4) (3) A student who is enrolled in a junior reserve
21officers’ training corps shall not be required to participate
22in physical education activities under subparagraph (1) or
23to meet the physical activity requirements of subsection 6,
24paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2), but shall receive one-eighth
25unit of physical education credit for each semester, or the
26equivalent, of junior reserve officers’ training corps the
27student completes.
28i. Three Two units in the fine arts which shall may include
29at least two any of the following: dance, music, theater, and
30 or visual art.
31 Sec. 19. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph j,
32subparagraph (1), Code 2023, is amended to read as follows:
33(1) One unit of health education which shall may
34 include personal health; food and nutrition; environmental
35health; safety and survival skills; consumer health; family
-14-1life; age-appropriate and research-based human growth and
2development; substance abuse and nonuse; emotional and social
3health; health resources; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and
4prevention and control of disease, including age-appropriate
5and research-based information regarding sexually transmitted
6diseases, including HPV and the availability of a vaccine to
7prevent HPV, and acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
8 Sec. 20. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph k, Code
92023, is amended by striking the paragraph and inserting in
10lieu thereof the following:
11k. Units of coursework that meet the requirements of the
12coursework required under paragraphs “a”, “b”, “c”, “d”, “e”,
13and “h” may include curriculum related to personal financial
14literacy, including all of the following:
15(1) Savings, including emergency fund, purchases, and
16wealth building.
17(2) Understanding investments, including compound and
18simple interest, liquidity, diversification, risk return
19ratio, certificates of deposit, money market accounts, single
20stocks, bonds, mutual funds, rental real estate, annuities,
21commodities, and futures.
22(3) Wealth building and college planning, including
23long-term and short-term investing using tax-favored plans,
24individual retirement accounts and payments from such accounts,
25employer-sponsored retirement plans and investments, public and
26private educational savings accounts, and uniform gifts and
27transfers to minors.
28(4) Credit and debt, including credit cards, payday
29lending, rent-to-own transactions, debt consolidation,
30automobile leasing, cosigning a loan, debt avoidance, and the
31marketing of debt, especially to young people.
32(5) Consumer awareness of the power of marketing on buying
33decisions including zero percent interest offers; marketing
34methods, including product positioning, advertising, brand
35recognition, and personal selling; how to read a credit report
-15-1and correct inaccuracies; how to build a credit score; how to
2develop a plan to deal with creditors and avoid bankruptcy; and
3the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, codified at 15
4U.S.C.§1692 — 1692p.
5(6) Financial responsibility and money management,
6including creating and living on a written budget and balancing
7a checkbook; basic rules of successful negotiating and
8techniques; and personality or other traits regarding money.
9(7) Insurance, risk management, income, and career
10decisions, including career choices that fit personality styles
11and occupational goals, job search strategies, cover letters,
12resumes, interview techniques, payroll taxes and other income
13withholdings, and revenue sources for federal, state, and local
14governments.
15(8) Different types of insurance coverage including
16renters, homeowners, automobile, health, disability, long-term
17care, identity theft, and life insurance; term life, cash
18value and whole life insurance; and insurance terms such
19as deductible, stop loss, elimination period, replacement
20coverage, liability, and out-of-pocket.
21(9) Buying, selling, and renting advantages and
22disadvantages relating to real estate, including adjustable
23rate, balloon, conventional, government-backed, reverse, and
24seller-financed mortgages.
25 Sec. 21. Section 256.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
262023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
27 Sec. 22. Section 279.50, subsection 2, Code 2023, is amended
28to read as follows:
292. Each school board shall provide age-appropriate and
30research-based instruction in human growth and development
31including instruction regarding human sexuality, self-esteem,
32stress management, interpersonal relationships, domestic abuse,
33and HPV and the availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and
34acquired immune deficiency syndrome as required in section
35256.11, in grades one through twelve.
-16-1 Sec. 23. Section 279.50, subsection 9, paragraph b, Code
22023, is amended by striking the paragraph.
3DIVISION VII
4SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS
5 Sec. 24. Section 257.11, subsection 5, Code 2023, is amended
6to read as follows:
75. Shared operational functions — increased student
8opportunities — budget years beginning in 2014 through 2024
9 2034.
10a. (1) In order to provide additional funding to increase
11student opportunities and redirect more resources to student
12programming for school districts that share operational
13functions, a district that shares with a political subdivision
14one or more operational functions of a curriculum director,
15master social worker, independent social worker, work-based
16learning coordinator, special education director, mental health
17professional who holds a statement of recognition issued by the
18board of educational examiners, college and career transition
19counselor or coordinator, school resource officer, or school
20counselor, or one or more operational functions in the areas
21of superintendent management, business management, human
22resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance for at
23least twenty percent of the school year shall be assigned a
24supplementary weighting for each shared operational function.
25A school district that shares an operational function in
26the area of superintendent management shall be assigned a
27supplementary weighting of nine pupils for the function. A
28school district that shares an operational function in the area
29of business management, human resources, transportation, or
30operation and maintenance shall be assigned a supplementary
31weighting of five pupils for the function. A school district
32that shares the operational functions of a curriculum director;
33a master social worker or an independent social worker licensed
34under chapters 147 and 154C; a work-based learning coordinator;
35a special education director; a mental health professional
-17-1who holds a statement of recognition issued by the board
2of educational examiners; a college and career transition
3counselor or coordinator; a school resource officer; or a
4school counselor shall be assigned a supplementary weighting of
5three pupils for the function. The additional weighting shall
6be assigned for each discrete operational function shared.
7However, a school district may receive the additional weighting
8under this subsection for sharing the services of an individual
9with a political subdivision or another school district even if
10the type of operational function performed by the individual
11for the school district and the type of operational function
12performed by the individual for the political subdivision or
13another school district are not the same operational function,
14so long as either both operational functions are eligible for
15weighting under this subsection or the operational function
16the individual performs for the school district is special
17education director. In either case, the school district
18shall be assigned the additional weighting for the type of
19operational function that the individual performs for the
20school district, and the school district shall not receive
21additional weighting for any other function performed by the
22individual. The operational function sharing arrangement does
23not need to be a newly implemented sharing arrangement to
24receive supplementary weighting under this subsection.
25(2) For the purposes of this paragraph “a”:
26(a) “College and career transition counselor or coordinator”
27means a licensed school counselor or an appropriately trained
28individual responsible for providing direct services to
29students, parents, families, schools, and postsecondary
30institutions to support college preparation and postsecondary
31success, such as college preparation, financial aid processing,
32and transition to postsecondary institution enrollment.
33(b) “Political subdivision” means a city, township, county,
34school corporation, merged area, area education agency,
35institution governed by the state board of regents, or any
-18-1other governmental subdivision.
2(c) “School resource officer” means the same as defined in
334 U.S.C. §10389.
4(d) “Work-based learning coordinator” means an appropriately
5trained individual responsible for facilitating authentic,
6engaging work-based learning experiences for learners and
7educators in partnership with employers and others to enhance
8learning by connecting the content and skills that are
9necessary for future careers.
10b. (1) Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1),
11each operational function assigned a supplementary weighting
12of five pupils under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), shall
13instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of four pupils
14for the school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 1,
152023, and July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2034.
16(2) Notwithstanding paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), each
17operational function assigned a supplementary weighting of
18three pupils under paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1), shall
19instead be assigned a supplementary weighting of two pupils for
20the school budget years beginning July 1, 2022, July 1, 2023,
21and July 1, 2024 through July 1, 2034.
22c. School districts that share operational functions with
23other school districts are not required to be contiguous school
24districts. If two or more districts sharing operational
25functions are not contiguous to each other, the districts
26separating those districts are not required to be a party to
27the operational functions sharing arrangement.
28d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
29be available to a school district during the period commencing
30with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through the
31budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034. The maximum amount
32of additional weighting for which a school district shall be
33eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils.
34Criteria for determining the qualification of operational
35functions for supplementary weighting shall be determined by
-19-1the department by rule, through consideration of increased
2student opportunities.
3e. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection shall
4be available to an area education agency during the period
5commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through
6the budget year beginning July 1, 2024 2034. The minimum
7amount of additional funding for which an area education
8agency shall be eligible in a budget year is thirty thousand
9dollars, and the maximum amount of additional funding for which
10an area education agency shall be eligible is two hundred
11thousand dollars. The department of management shall annually
12set a weighting for each area education agency to generate
13the approved operational sharing expense using the area
14education agency’s special education cost per pupil amount and
15foundation level. Criteria for determining the qualification
16of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be
17determined by the department by rule, through consideration of
18increased student opportunities.
19f. This subsection is repealed effective July 1, 2025 2035.
20EXPLANATION
21The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
22the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
23This bill relates to education, including modifying
24provisions related to comprehensive school improvement plans,
25teacher librarians and guidance counselors, required days or
26hours of instruction in elementary and secondary schools,
27agreements between school districts and community colleges to
28teach certain courses, required courses in school districts and
29accredited nonpublic schools, and shared operational functions,
30and authorizing school districts to offer sequential units in
31one classroom.
32DIVISION I — ELIMINATION OF COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL
33IMPROVEMENT PLAN. Current law requires all school districts
34and accredited nonpublic schools to file with the department
35of education (DE) a comprehensive school improvement plan
-20-1that includes demonstrated school, parental, and community
2involvement in assessing educational needs, establishing local
3education standards and student achievement levels, and, as
4applicable, the consolidation of federal and state planning,
5goal-setting, and reporting requirements. The division strikes
6this requirement. The division requires all school districts
7and accredited nonpublic schools to file with DE a report that
8includes the information necessary for DE to meet its federal
9reporting requirements. The division makes conforming changes.
10DIVISION II — TEACHER LIBRARIANS AND GUIDANCE COUNSELORS.
11 Current law requires each school district to employ a qualified
12teacher librarian who shall be licensed by the board of
13educational examiners (BOEE). The division authorizes a school
14district to instead hire a person previously employed as a
15librarian by a public library.
16The division prohibits the BOEE from requiring an applicant
17for a teacher librarian license to have a master’s degree.
18The division requires the state board of education to
19establish standards for school district library programs, which
20shall be designed to provide for methods to improve library
21collections to meet student needs, include a current and
22diverse collection of materials to support student curricular
23needs, and include a plan for annually updating and replacing
24library materials and equipment.
25Current law provides that a school district that entered
26into a contract with an individual for employment as a media
27specialist or librarian who holds at least a master’s degree
28in library and information studies shall be considered to be
29in compliance with state standards until the individual leaves
30the employ of the school district. The division strikes this
31provision.
32The division requires that the kindergarten through grade
3312 guidance and counseling program be designed to ensure that
34the guidance counselor can work collaboratively with students,
35teachers, support staff, and administrators to support the
-21-1curricular goals of the school by offering responsive services
2that address the growth and development needs of students and
3the attainment of student competencies in academic, career, and
4social areas.
5DIVISION III — REQUIRED ATTENDANCE — SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
6ACCREDITED NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS, CHARTER SCHOOLS, AND INNOVATION
7ZONE SCHOOLS. Current law requires the school calendar
8for school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, charter
9schools, and innovation zone schools to include not less than
10180 days or 1,080 hours of instruction during the calendar
11year. The division provides that not more than five days or
1230 hours of this instruction may be delivered primarily over
13the internet.
14DIVISION IV — EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS — AGREEMENTS WITH
15COMMUNITY COLLEGES. Current Code section 279.50A authorizes
16a school district to enter into an agreement with a community
17college pursuant to which the community college may offer, or
18provide an instructor to teach, science or mathematics courses
19in grades 9 through 12 if certain conditions are satisfied,
20including that the school district’s total enrollment must
21exceed 600 pupils, the school district must have made every
22reasonable and good-faith effort to employ a teacher to teach
23the courses, and enrollment for the unit must exceed five
24pupils. The division strikes these three conditions. The
25division also authorizes the community college to offer, or
26provide an instructor to teach, any unit required in grades 9
27through 12.
28DIVISION V — AUTHORIZATION TO OFFER SEQUENTIAL UNITS
29IN ONE CLASSROOM. The division provides that the board of
30directors of a school district or the authorities in charge
31of an accredited nonpublic school may authorize a teacher who
32is appropriately licensed by the BOEE to teach two or more
33sequential units of one subject area in the same classroom at
34the same time in grades 9 through 12. The division requires
35the board of directors of a school district or the authorities
-22-1in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to award high
2school credit to a student upon the student’s successful
3completion of the course. The division provides that if one
4of the units being offered pursuant to this provision is an
5advanced placement course, the teacher must meet the minimum
6certification requirements of the national organization that
7administers the advanced placement program.
8The division provides that the board of directors of a
9school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited
10nonpublic school may authorize a community college-employed
11instructor who is providing instruction in the school pursuant
12to Code section 261E.8 (district-to-community college sharing
13or concurrent enrollment program) to teach two or more
14sequential units of one subject area in the same classroom
15at the same time in grades 9 through 12. The division
16requires the board of directors of a school district or the
17authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to
18award high school credit to a student upon the student’s
19successful completion of the course if the board of directors
20of the school district or the authorities in charge of the
21accredited nonpublic school approved the course pursuant to
22Code section 261E.8. The division provides that the community
23college-employed instructor must meet the minimum certification
24requirements of the national organization that administers the
25advanced placement program if one of the units being offered
26pursuant to this provision is an advanced placement course.
27DIVISION VI — EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS. Current law requires
28that the core curriculum established by the state board
29of education shall include, among other things, technology
30literacy. The division strikes this requirement.
31Current law requires that the prekindergarten program shall
32relate the role of the family to the child’s developing sense
33of self and perception of others. The division strikes this
34requirement. The division provides that the prekindergarten
35program shall encourage cooperative efforts between home and
-23-1school and shall focus on community resources.
2The division strikes the requirement that the health
3curriculum provided in school districts and accredited
4nonpublic schools in grades 1 through 12 include instruction
5related to the characteristics of acquired immune deficiency
6syndrome. The division makes conforming changes to Code
7section 279.50 (human growth and development instruction).
8The division provides that the career exploration and
9development curriculum provided in school districts and
10accredited nonpublic schools in grades seven and eight shall
11incorporate relevant skills to facilitate career readiness, and
12introduce students to career opportunities within the local
13community and across this state.
14Current law provides that the world language instruction
15provided in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
16in grades 9 through 12 shall include four sequential units of
17one world language. The division reduces this requirement to
18two sequential units of one world language.
19Current law provides that the fine arts instruction provided
20in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades
219 through 12 shall include three units of the fine arts. The
22division reduces this requirement to two units of fine arts
23and provides that this instruction may include dance, music,
24theater, or visual art.
25Current law requires that all students in grades 9 through
2612 in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools who
27are physically able shall participate in physical education
28activities during each semester, unless certain exceptions
29apply. Current law establishes that a student in grade 12 may
30be excused from this requirement if the parent or guardian of
31the student requests in writing that the student be excused
32from the physical education requirement in order to enroll in
33academic courses not otherwise available to the student or be
34enrolled or participating in certain specified activities,
35including an organized athletic program that requires at least
-24-1as much participation per week as physical education. The
2division provides that any student in grades 9 through 12 may
3be excused from this requirement. The division adds to the
4list of specified activities for which a student may be excused
5from the physical education requirement any activity that
6is sponsored by the school in which the student is enrolled
7which requires at least as much physical activity per week as
8one-eighth unit of physical education. The division removes
9from the list of specified activities for which a student may
10be excused from the physical education requirement an organized
11athletic program that requires at least as much participation
12per week as physical education.
13Current law provides that the health education instruction
14provided in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
15in grades 9 through 12 shall include certain specified subject
16areas. The division provides that the health education
17instruction may include the specified subject areas and adds
18cardiopulmonary resuscitation to the list of subject areas.
19Current law requires that the instruction provided in school
20districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades 9 through
2112 shall include personal financial literacy. The division
22strikes this requirement and authorizes the instruction
23provided in science, social studies, English-language arts,
24mathematics, and career and technical education to include
25curriculum related to personal financial literacy.
26Current law requires that, prior to the end of grade 12,
27every student enrolled in a school district or accredited
28nonpublic school shall complete a certification course for
29cardiopulmonary resuscitation, unless certain exceptions apply.
30The division strikes this requirement.
31DIVISION VII — SHARED OPERATIONAL FUNCTIONS. Pursuant to
32Code section 257.11, in order to provide additional funding
33to increase student opportunities and redirect resources to
34student programming for school districts that share operational
35functions, a school district that shares with a political
-25-1subdivision one or more operational functions of certain
2specified persons, or one or more operational functions in
3certain specified areas for at least 20 percent of the school
4year, is assigned a supplementary weighting for each shared
5operational function up to a maximum of 21 additional pupils.
6Current law provides that these provisions are repealed
7effective July 1, 2025. The division extends this repeal date
8to July 1, 2035.
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