Bill Text: IA HF136 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa school performance profiles published by the department of education, including how dropout students affect school performance grades contained in the profiles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF136 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-HF136-Introduced.html
House
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HOUSE
FILE
136
BY
WOOD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
Iowa
school
performance
profiles
1
published
by
the
department
of
education,
including
how
2
dropout
students
affect
school
performance
grades
contained
3
in
the
profiles.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
121,
section
73,
1
subsection
2,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
The
department
shall
develop
an
achievement
score
that
3
calculates
aggregate
growth
as
well
as
aggregate
proficiency
4
of
students
which
when
combined
with
other
academic
indicators
5
results
in
an
overall
school
performance
grade
for
each
6
attendance
center
in
the
school
district.
For
purposes
of
7
calculating
the
performance
grade,
if
a
student
returns
to
8
the
school
after
dropping
out
and
subsequently
drops
out
9
again,
the
student’s
second
or
subsequent
dropping
out
of
10
school
shall
not
adversely
affect
the
school’s
performance
11
grade.
The
performance
grade
may
also
be
used
as
one
measure
12
to
rank
and
classify
schools
into
six
different
performance
13
categories:
exceptional,
high
performing,
commendable,
14
acceptable,
needs
improvement,
and
priority.
The
categories
15
may
be
used
to
define
support
and
specialized
assistance
to
16
schools
classified
as
needs
improvement
or
priority
as
well
as
17
to
recognize
schools
designated
exceptional
or
high
performing.
18
Additionally,
a
closing
gap
score
shall
be
calculated
as
19
another
measure
to
determine
subgroup
performance
and
to
rank
20
and
classify
attendance
centers.
Other
academic
indicators
21
shall
be
defined
as
criterion
referenced
variables
that
will
22
be
utilized
in
the
calculation
of
the
performance
grade.
23
Other
academic
indicators
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
24
to
graduation
rates,
attendance
rates,
and
college-readiness
25
rates.
Additional
indicators
of
academic
success
and
progress
26
may
include
post-graduation
data,
suspension
and
expulsion
27
rates,
levels
of
student
engagement,
parent
satisfaction,
28
parent
engagement,
and
staff
working
conditions.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
the
Iowa
school
performance
profiles
33
published
by
the
department
of
education.
Pursuant
to
the
34
federal
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act
and
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
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121,
section
73,
the
department
is
required
to
publish
on
1
its
internet
site
an
online
tool
showing
how
public
schools
2
performed
on
certain
required
measures.
The
department
3
fulfills
these
requirements
by
publishing
the
Iowa
school
4
performance
profiles
annually.
The
bill
provides
that,
for
5
purposes
of
calculating
the
performance
grade
for
an
attendance
6
center,
if
a
student
returns
to
the
school
after
dropping
out
7
and
subsequently
drops
out
again,
the
student’s
second
or
8
subsequent
dropping
out
of
school
shall
not
adversely
affect
9
the
school’s
performance
grade.
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