Iowa-2015-HF2070-Introduced
House File 2070 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY WINCKLER, HUNTER,
MASCHER, HANSON,
WOLFE, ANDERSON,
KEARNS, BEARINGER,
BERRY, OURTH,
STECKMAN, ABDUL=SAMAD,
GASKILL, RUFF,
WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
LENSING, FORBES,
DAWSON, McCONKEY,
DUNKEL, and STUTSMAN
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the concurrent enrollment program between
2 school districts and community colleges.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 3, Code 2016, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. District=to=community college sharing and concurrent
1 4 Concurrent enrollment programs program.
1 5 a. In order to provide additional funds for school districts
1 6 which send their resident high school pupils to a community
1 7 college an eligible postsecondary institution for college=level
1 8 classes, a supplementary weighting plan for determining
1 9 enrollment is adopted.
1 10 b. If the school budget review committee certifies to the
1 11 department of management that the class would not otherwise be
1 12 implemented without the assignment of additional weighting,
1 13 pupils attending a community college=offered class offered
1 14 by an eligible postsecondary institution or attending a
1 15 class taught by a community college=employed an instructor
1 16 employed by an eligible postsecondary institution are
1 17 assigned a weighting of the percentage of the pupil's school
1 18 day during which the pupil attends class in the community
1 19 college an eligible postsecondary institution facility or
1 20 attends a class taught by a community college=employed an
1 21 instructor employed by an eligible postsecondary institution
1 22 times seventy hundredths for career and technical courses or
1 23 forty=six hundredths for liberal arts and sciences courses.
1 24 The following requirements shall be met for the purposes of
1 25 assigning an additional weighting for classes offered through
1 26 a sharing agreement between a school district and community
1 27 college an eligible postsecondary institution. The class must
1 28 be:
1 29 (1) Supplementing, not supplanting, high school courses
1 30 required to be offered pursuant to section 256.11, subsection
1 31 5.
1 32 (2) Included in the community college eligible
1 33 postsecondary institution's catalog or an amendment or addendum
1 34 to the catalog.
1 35 (3) Open to all registered community college students
2 1 enrolled in the eligible postsecondary institution, not just
2 2 high school students. The class may be offered in a high
2 3 school attendance center.
2 4 (4) For college credit, and the credit must apply toward
2 5 an associate of arts or associate of science degree, or
2 6 toward an associate of applied arts or associate of applied
2 7 science degree, or toward completion of a college an eligible
2 8 postsecondary diploma program or certificate.
2 9 (5) Taught by an instructor who is employed or contracted by
2 10 a community college who an eligible postsecondary institution
2 11 and who meets the requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 2.
2 12 (6) Taught utilizing the community college eligible
2 13 postsecondary institution's course syllabus.
2 14 (7) Taught in such a manner as to result in student work and
2 15 student assessment which that meet college=level expectations.
2 16 c. For purposes of this subsection, "eligible postsecondary
2 17 institution" means the same as defined in section 261E.2.
2 18 Sec. 2. Section 257.11, subsection 6, paragraph c, Code
2 19 2016, is amended to read as follows:
2 20 c. A school district receiving a virtual class for a pupil
2 21 from a community college an eligible postsecondary institution,
2 22 which class meets the sharing agreement requirements in
2 23 subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding weighting
2 24 of one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school day
2 25 during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
2 26 Sec. 3. Section 257.11, subsection 6, paragraph d,
2 27 subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
2 28 (2) A class provided by a community college an eligible
2 29 postsecondary institution to a pupil in a school district via
2 30 the Iowa communications network's video services.
2 31 Sec. 4. Section 261E.1, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2 32 2016, is amended to read as follows:
2 33 b. Community college Postsecondary credit courses offered
2 34 through written sharing agreements between school districts and
2 35 community colleges eligible postsecondary institutions.
3 1 Sec. 5. Section 261E.2, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
3 2 to read as follows:
3 3 1. "Concurrent enrollment" means any course offered to
3 4 students in grades nine through twelve during the regular
3 5 school year approved by the board of directors of a school
3 6 district through a contractual agreement between a community
3 7 college an eligible postsecondary institution and the
3 8 school district that meets the provisions of section 257.11,
3 9 subsection 3.
3 10 Sec. 6. Section 261E.8, Code 2016, is amended to read as
3 11 follows:
3 12 261E.8 District=to=community college sharing or concurrent
3 13 Concurrent enrollment program.
3 14 1. A district=to=community college sharing or concurrent
3 15 enrollment program is established to be administered by the
3 16 department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical
3 17 pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high
3 18 school students to enroll part=time in eligible nonsectarian
3 19 courses at or through community colleges established under
3 20 chapter 260C eligible postsecondary institutions. The program
3 21 shall be made available to all resident students in grades nine
3 22 through twelve. Notice of the availability of the program
3 23 shall be included in a school district's student registration
3 24 handbook and the handbook shall identify which courses, if
3 25 successfully completed, generate college credit under the
3 26 program. A student and the student's parent or legal guardian
3 27 shall also be made aware of this program as a part of the
3 28 development of the student's core curriculum plan in accordance
3 29 with section 279.61.
3 30 2. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students
3 31 receiving competent private instruction or independent private
3 32 instruction under chapter 299A may access the program through
3 33 the school district in which the accredited nonpublic school or
3 34 private institution is located.
3 35 3. A student may make application to a community college
4 1 an eligible postsecondary institution and the school district
4 2 to allow the student to enroll for college credit in a
4 3 nonsectarian course offered by the community college eligible
4 4 postsecondary institution. A comparable course, as defined in
4 5 rules adopted by the board of directors of the school district,
4 6 must not be offered by the school district or accredited
4 7 nonpublic school which the student attends. The school board
4 8 shall annually approve courses to be made available for high
4 9 school credit using locally developed criteria that establishes
4 10 which courses will provide the student with academic rigor
4 11 and will prepare the student adequately for transition to a
4 12 postsecondary institution. If a community college an eligible
4 13 postsecondary institution accepts a student for enrollment
4 14 under this section, the school district, in collaboration with
4 15 the community college eligible postsecondary institution, shall
4 16 send written notice to the student, the student's parent or
4 17 legal guardian in the case of a minor child, and the student's
4 18 school district. The notice shall list the course, the clock
4 19 hours the student will be attending the course, and the number
4 20 of hours of college credit that the student will receive from
4 21 the community college eligible postsecondary institution upon
4 22 successful completion of the course.
4 23 4. A school district shall grant high school credit to
4 24 a student enrolled in a course under this chapter if the
4 25 student successfully completes the course as determined by the
4 26 community college eligible postsecondary institution and the
4 27 course was previously approved by the school board pursuant to
4 28 subsection 3. The board of directors of the school district
4 29 shall determine the number of high school credits that shall be
4 30 granted to a student who successfully completes a course.
4 31 5. District=to=community college sharing agreements
4 32 or concurrent Concurrent enrollment programs that meet the
4 33 requirements of section 257.11, subsection 3, are eligible for
4 34 funding under that provision.
4 35 6. Community colleges Eligible postsecondary institutions
5 1 shall comply with the data collection requirements of section
5 2 260C.14, subsection 21 the department in the manner and form
5 3 prescribed by the department.
5 4 7. A student enrolled in a career and technical course
5 5 made available pursuant to subsection 1 is exempt from the
5 6 proficiency requirements of section 261E.3, subsection 1,
5 7 paragraph "e". However, a community college an eligible
5 8 postsecondary institution may require a student who applies for
5 9 enrollment under a district=to=community college sharing or
5 10 concurrent enrollment program to complete an initial assessment
5 11 administered by the community college eligible postsecondary
5 12 institution receiving the application to determine the
5 13 applicant's readiness to enroll in career and technical
5 14 coursework, and the community college eligible postsecondary
5 15 institution may deny the enrollment.
5 16 8. The state board, in collaboration with the board of
5 17 directors of each community college, the state board of
5 18 regents, and individuals representing accredited private
5 19 institutions as defined in section 261.9 shall adopt rules that
5 20 clearly define data and information elements to be collected
5 21 related to the senior year plus programming, including
5 22 concurrent enrollment courses. The data elements shall include
5 23 but not be limited to the following:
5 24 a. The course title and whether the course supplements,
5 25 rather than supplants, a school district course.
5 26 b. An unduplicated enrollment count of eligible students
5 27 participating in the program.
5 28 c. The actual costs and revenues generated for concurrent
5 29 enrollment. An aligned unique student identifier system
5 30 shall be established by the department for students in
5 31 kindergarten through grade twelve and community college
5 32 eligible postsecondary institutions.
5 33 d. Degree, certifications, and other qualifications to meet
5 34 the minimum hiring standards.
5 35 e. Salary information including regular contracted salary
6 1 and total salary.
6 2 f. Credit hours and laboratory contact hours and other data
6 3 on instructional time.
6 4 g. Other information comparable to the data regarding
6 5 teachers collected in the basic education data survey.
6 6 Sec. 7. Section 423F.3, subsection 3, paragraph c, Code
6 7 2016, is amended to read as follows:
6 8 c. The board of directors may use funds received under
6 9 the operation of this chapter for a joint infrastructure
6 10 project with one or more school districts or one or more
6 11 school districts and a community college established under
6 12 chapter 260C an eligible postsecondary institution as defined
6 13 in section 261E.2, for which buildings or facilities are
6 14 constructed or leased for the purpose of offering classes under
6 15 a district=to=community college sharing agreement or concurrent
6 16 enrollment program that meets the requirements for funding
6 17 under section 257.11, subsection 3. If the board intends to
6 18 use funds received under the operation of this chapter for
6 19 such a joint infrastructure project, the board shall adopt a
6 20 revenue purpose statement or amend an existing revenue purpose
6 21 statement, subject to approval of the electors, stating the
6 22 proposed use of the funds.
6 23 EXPLANATION
6 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
6 25 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
6 26 This bill allows regents universities and accredited
6 27 private institutions to participate in the concurrent
6 28 enrollment program administered by the department of education.
6 29 Currently, the program provides supplementary weighting for
6 30 school districts that send their resident high school pupils to
6 31 a community college for college=level classes.
6 32 The bill allows school districts to receive supplementary
6 33 weighting under the concurrent enrollment program and, by
6 34 operation of law, the senior year plus program for sending
6 35 resident students to eligible postsecondary institutions
7 1 for college=level courses. A school district that provides
7 2 a virtual class to a pupil through a concurrent enrollment
7 3 program with an eligible postsecondary institution via the
7 4 Iowa communications network also qualifies for supplementary
7 5 weighting under the bill. The bill defines "eligible
7 6 postsecondary institution" to mean community colleges, regents
7 7 universities, and accredited private institutions.
7 8 The bill allows one or more school districts to use statewide
7 9 school infrastructure funding for a joint infrastructure
7 10 project with an eligible postsecondary institution. Currently,
7 11 only community colleges can partner with a school district on
7 12 such a project.
7 13 The bill eliminates references to "district=to=community
7 14 college sharing" and makes a corresponding change to a
7 15 reference relating to statewide school infrastructure funding
7 16 and to a provision for supplemental funding for virtual
7 17 classes that meet the requirements of the concurrent enrollment
7 18 program.
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