Bill Text: IA HF2205 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to academic and assessment standards and consortiums and contracts for the development and implementation of such standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 11-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Withdrawn. H.J. 467. [HF2205 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-HF2205-Introduced.html
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BY
SHEETS
,
FISHER
,
HEARTSILL
,
WATTS
,
ALONS
,
GUSTAFSON
,
GASSMAN
,
SHAW
,
SALMON
,
MAXWELL
,
and
VANDER
LINDEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
academic
and
assessment
standards
and
1
consortiums
and
contracts
for
the
development
and
2
implementation
of
such
standards.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraphs
(2)
and
(3),
Code
2014,
are
amended
to
read
as
2
follows:
3
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
for
the
school
year
4
beginning
July
1,
2016,
and
each
succeeding
school
year,
the
5
rules
shall
provide
that
all
students
enrolled
in
school
6
districts
in
grades
three
through
eleven
shall
be
administered
7
an
assessment
during
the
last
quarter
of
the
school
year
8
that
at
a
minimum
assesses
the
indicators
identified
in
this
9
paragraph
“b”
;
is
aligned
with
the
Iowa
common
core
content
10
standards
in
both
content
and
rigor;
accurately
describes
11
student
achievement
and
growth
for
purposes
of
the
school,
the
12
school
district,
and
state
accountability
systems;
and
provides
13
valid,
reliable,
and
fair
measures
of
student
progress
toward
14
college
or
career
readiness.
15
(3)
The
director
shall
establish
an
assessment
task
force
16
to
review
and
make
recommendations
for
a
statewide
assessment
17
of
student
progress
on
the
indicators
identified
pursuant
to
18
this
paragraph
“b”
.
The
task
force
shall
recommend
a
statewide
19
assessment
that
is
aligned
to
the
Iowa
common
core
content
20
standards
and
is,
at
a
minimum,
valid,
reliable,
tested,
and
21
piloted
in
Iowa.
In
addition,
in
developing
recommendations,
22
the
task
force
shall
consider
the
costs
to
school
districts
and
23
the
state
in
providing
and
administering
such
an
assessment
and
24
the
technical
support
necessary
to
implement
the
assessment.
25
The
task
force
shall
submit
its
recommendations
in
a
report
26
to
the
director,
the
state
board,
and
the
general
assembly
by
27
January
1,
2015.
The
task
force
shall
assist
with
the
final
28
development
and
implementation
of
the
assessment
administered
29
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(2).
The
task
force
members
shall
30
include
but
not
be
limited
to
teachers,
school
administrators,
31
business
leaders,
representatives
of
state
agencies,
and
32
members
of
the
general
public.
This
subparagraph
is
repealed
33
July
1,
2020.
34
Sec.
2.
Section
256.7,
subsection
21,
paragraph
c,
Code
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2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
1
c.
A
requirement
that
all
school
districts
and
accredited
2
nonpublic
schools
annually
report
to
the
department
and
the
3
local
community
the
district-wide
progress
made
in
attaining
4
student
achievement
goals
on
the
academic
and
other
core
5
indicators
and
the
district-wide
progress
made
in
attaining
6
locally
established
student
learning
goals.
The
school
7
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
demonstrate
8
the
use
of
multiple
assessment
measures
in
determining
student
9
achievement
levels.
The
school
districts
and
accredited
10
nonpublic
schools
shall
also
report
the
number
of
students
11
who
graduate;
the
number
of
students
who
drop
out
of
school;
12
the
number
of
students
who
are
tested
and
the
percentage
of
13
students
who
are
so
tested
annually;
and
the
percentage
of
14
students
who
graduated
during
the
prior
school
year
and
who
15
completed
a
core
curriculum
the
Iowa
content
standards
.
The
16
board
shall
develop
and
adopt
uniform
definitions
consistent
17
with
the
federal
No
Child
Left
Behind
Act
of
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
18
107-110
and
any
federal
regulations
adopted
pursuant
to
the
19
federal
Act.
The
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
20
schools
may
report
on
other
locally
determined
factors
21
influencing
student
achievement.
The
school
districts
and
22
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
also
report
to
the
local
23
community
their
results
by
individual
attendance
center.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
a,
25
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
26
follows:
27
Adopt
rules
that
establish
a
core
curriculum
and
the
Iowa
28
content
standards
which
school
districts
and
accredited
29
nonpublic
schools
may
elect
to
use.
The
state
board
shall
also
30
adopt
high
school
graduation
requirements
for
all
students
in
31
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
that
include
32
at
a
minimum
satisfactory
completion
of
four
years
of
English
33
and
language
arts,
three
years
of
mathematics,
three
years
of
34
science,
and
three
years
of
social
studies.
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4.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(3)
The
rules
establishing
a
core
curriculum
the
Iowa
3
content
standards
shall
address
the
core
content
assessment
4
standards
in
subsection
28
and
the
skills
and
knowledge
5
students
need
to
be
successful
in
the
twenty-first
century.
6
The
core
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
shall
include
7
social
studies
and
twenty-first
century
learning
skills
which
8
include
but
are
not
limited
to
civic
literacy,
health
literacy,
9
technology
literacy,
financial
literacy,
and
employability
10
skills;
and
shall
address
the
curricular
needs
of
students
11
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
those
areas.
The
12
department
shall
further
define
the
twenty-first
century
13
learning
skills
components
by
rule.
14
Sec.
5.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
b,
Code
15
2014,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
16
Sec.
6.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
c,
Code
17
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
c.
Neither
the
state
board
nor
the
department
shall
require
19
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
adopt
a
20
specific
textbook,
textbook
series,
or
specific
instructional
21
methodology,
or
acquire
specific
textbooks,
curriculum
22
materials,
or
educational
products
from
a
specific
vendor
23
in
order
to
meet
the
core
curriculum
requirements
of
this
24
subsection
or
the
core
content
assessment
standards
adopted
25
pursuant
to
subsection
28
.
26
Sec.
7.
Section
256.7,
subsection
28,
Code
2014,
is
amended
27
to
read
as
follows:
28
28.
Adopt
a
set
of
core
content
assessment
standards
29
applicable
to
all
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
30
in
every
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school.
For
31
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“
core
content
assessment
standards”
32
includes
reading,
mathematics,
and
science.
The
core
content
33
assessment
standards
shall
be
identical
to
the
core
content
34
assessment
standards
included
in
Iowa’s
approved
2006
standards
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and
assessment
system
under
Tit.
I
of
the
federal
Elementary
1
and
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965,
20
U.S.C.
§
6301
et
2
seq.,
as
amended
by
the
federal
No
Child
Left
Behind
Act
of
3
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-110.
School
districts
and
accredited
4
nonpublic
schools
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
the
core
content
5
assessment
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
in
any
6
set
of
locally
developed
content
standards.
School
districts
7
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
are
strongly
encouraged
to
set
8
higher
expectations
in
local
standards.
As
changes
in
federal
9
law
or
regulation
occur,
the
state
board
is
authorized
to
amend
10
the
core
content
assessment
standards
as
appropriate.
11
Sec.
8.
Section
256.7,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
the
12
following
new
subsection:
13
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
33.
Adopt
rules
prohibiting
the
department
14
from
adopting
and
implementing
the
common
core
state
standards
15
published
by
the
national
governors
association
center
for
best
16
practices
and
the
council
of
chief
state
school
officers.
The
17
rules
may
only
allow
the
department
to
adopt
and
implement
18
the
Iowa
content
and
assessment
standards
identified
or
19
developed
by
Iowa
educators.
The
rules
shall
also
prohibit
20
the
department
from
entering
into
a
contract
or
a
memorandum
21
of
understanding
with
another
state
or
national
organization
22
for
the
development
or
implementation
of
statewide
content
23
or
assessment
standards
unless
the
state
board
submits
the
24
contract
or
memorandum
of
understanding
to
the
general
assembly
25
while
the
general
assembly
is
in
session
or
the
director
26
appears
before
the
standing
committees
of
the
senate
and
house
27
of
representatives
having
jurisdiction
over
education
to
report
28
on
the
proposed
contract
or
memorandum
of
understanding.
29
Sec.
9.
Section
256.9,
subsection
53,
paragraph
a,
Code
30
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
a.
Develop
and
distribute,
in
collaboration
with
the
area
32
education
agencies,
core
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
33
technical
assistance
and
implementation
strategies
that
school
34
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
may
utilize,
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including
but
not
limited
to
the
development
and
delivery
1
of
formative
and
end-of-course
model
assessments
classroom
2
teachers
may
use
to
measure
student
progress
on
the
core
3
curriculum
content
standards
adopted
pursuant
to
section
4
256.7,
subsection
26
.
The
department
shall,
in
collaboration
5
with
the
advisory
group
convened
in
accordance
with
paragraph
6
“b”
and
educational
assessment
providers,
identify
and
make
7
available
to
school
districts
end-of-course
and
additional
8
model
end-of-course
and
additional
assessments
to
align
with
9
the
expectations
included
in
the
Iowa
core
curriculum
content
10
standards
.
The
model
assessments
shall
be
suitable
to
meet
the
11
multiple
assessment
measures
requirement
specified
in
section
12
256.7,
subsection
21
,
paragraph
“c”
.
13
Sec.
10.
Section
256.9,
subsection
54,
Code
2014,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
54.
Submit
an
annual
report
to
the
general
assembly
by
16
January
1
regarding
activities,
findings,
and
student
progress
17
under
the
core
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
established
18
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
.
The
annual
report
19
shall
include
the
state
board’s
findings
and
recommendations.
20
Sec.
11.
Section
256.40,
subsection
2,
paragraph
e,
Code
21
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
e.
Integrate
services
provided
through
the
program
with
23
other
career
exploration-related
activities
such
as
the
student
24
core
curriculum
graduation
plan
and
the
career
information
and
25
decision-making
system
developed
and
administered
under
section
26
279.61
,
where
appropriate.
27
Sec.
12.
Section
256.42,
subsection
6,
Code
2014,
is
amended
28
to
read
as
follows:
29
6.
Coursework
offered
under
the
initiative
shall
be
30
rigorous
and
high
quality,
and
the
department
shall
annually
31
evaluate
the
quality
of
the
courses
and
ensure
that
coursework
32
is
aligned
with
the
state’s
core
curriculum
and
core
Iowa
33
content
requirements
standards
and
the
assessment
standards,
as
34
well
as
national
standards
of
quality
for
online
courses
issued
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an
internationally
recognized
association
for
kindergarten
1
through
grade
twelve
online
learning.
2
Sec.
13.
Section
257.11,
subsection
11,
Code
2014,
is
3
amended
to
read
as
follows:
4
11.
Shared
classes
and
curriculum
standards.
A
school
5
district
shall
ensure
that
any
course
made
available
to
a
6
student
through
any
sharing
agreement
between
the
school
7
district
and
a
community
college
or
any
other
entity
providing
8
course
programming
pursuant
to
this
section
to
students
9
enrolled
in
the
school
district
meets
the
expectations
10
contained
in
the
core
curriculum
adopted
pursuant
to
section
11
256.7,
subsection
26
.
The
school
district
shall
ensure
that
12
any
course
that
has
the
capacity
to
generate
college
credit
13
shall
be
equivalent
to
college-level
work.
14
Sec.
14.
Section
258.4,
subsection
8,
Code
2014,
is
amended
15
to
read
as
follows:
16
8.
Establish
a
minimum
set
of
competencies
and
core
17
curriculum
content
standards
for
approval
of
a
vocational
18
program
sequence
that
addresses
the
following:
new
and
19
emerging
technologies;
job-seeking,
job-keeping,
and
20
other
employment
skills,
including
self-employment
and
21
entrepreneurial
skills,
that
reflect
current
industry
22
standards,
leadership
skills,
entrepreneurial,
and
labor-market
23
needs;
and
the
strengthening
of
basic
academic
skills.
24
Sec.
15.
Section
260C.14,
subsection
22,
paragraph
b,
Code
25
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26
b.
Collaborate
with
the
state
board
of
regents
to
meet
27
the
requirements
specified
in
section
262.9,
subsection
33
,
28
including
but
not
limited
to
developing
a
systematic
process
29
for
expanding
academic
discipline
and
meetings
between
the
30
community
college
faculty
and
faculty
of
the
institutions
31
of
higher
education
governed
by
the
state
board
of
regents,
32
developing
criteria
to
prioritize
core
curriculum
areas
33
Iowa
content
standards
,
promoting
greater
awareness
of
34
articulation-related
activities,
facilitating
additional
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opportunities
for
individual
institutions
to
pursue
program
1
articulation
agreements
for
career
and
technical
educational
2
programs,
and
developing
and
implementing
a
process
to
3
examine
a
minimum
of
eight
new
associate
of
applied
science
4
degree
programs
for
which
articulation
agreements
would
serve
5
students’
continued
academic
success
in
those
degree
programs.
6
Sec.
16.
Section
261E.4,
subsection
4,
Code
2014,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
4.
A
school
district
shall
establish
prerequisite
9
coursework
for
each
advanced
placement
course
offered
and
shall
10
describe
the
prerequisites
in
the
course
registration
handbook,
11
which
shall
be
provided
to
every
junior
high
school
or
middle
12
school
student
prior
to
the
development
of
a
core
curriculum
13
graduation
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
.
14
Sec.
17.
Section
261E.6,
subsection
2,
Code
2014,
is
amended
15
to
read
as
follows:
16
2.
Notification.
The
availability
and
requirements
of
this
17
program
shall
be
included
in
each
school
district’s
student
18
registration
handbook.
Information
about
the
program
shall
be
19
provided
to
the
student
and
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
20
prior
to
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
curriculum
21
graduation
plan
under
section
279.61
.
The
school
district
22
shall
establish
a
process
by
which
students
may
indicate
23
interest
in
and
apply
for
enrollment
in
the
program.
24
Sec.
18.
Section
261E.8,
subsection
1,
Code
2014,
is
amended
25
to
read
as
follows:
26
1.
A
district-to-community
college
sharing
or
concurrent
27
enrollment
program
is
established
to
be
administered
by
the
28
department
to
promote
rigorous
academic
or
career
and
technical
29
pursuits
and
to
provide
a
wider
variety
of
options
to
high
30
school
students
to
enroll
part-time
in
eligible
nonsectarian
31
courses
at
or
through
community
colleges
established
under
32
chapter
260C
.
The
program
shall
be
made
available
to
all
33
resident
students
in
grades
nine
through
twelve.
Notice
of
34
the
availability
of
the
program
shall
be
included
in
a
school
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district’s
student
registration
handbook
and
the
handbook
shall
1
identify
which
courses,
if
successfully
completed,
generate
2
college
credit
under
the
program.
A
student
and
the
student’s
3
parent
or
legal
guardian
shall
also
be
made
aware
of
this
4
program
as
a
part
of
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
5
curriculum
graduation
plan
in
accordance
with
section
279.61
.
6
Sec.
19.
Section
261E.9,
subsection
2,
paragraph
b,
Code
7
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
8
b.
A
regional
academy
may
include
in
its
curriculum
virtual
9
or
internet-based
coursework
and
courses
delivered
via
the
Iowa
10
communications
network,
career
and
technical
courses,
core
11
curriculum
Iowa
content
standards
coursework,
courses
required
12
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
or
section
256.11,
13
subsections
4
and
5
,
and
asynchronous
learning
networks.
14
Sec.
20.
Section
261E.9,
subsection
4,
Code
2014,
is
amended
15
to
read
as
follows:
16
4.
Information
regarding
regional
academies
shall
be
17
provided
to
a
student
and
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
18
prior
to
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
curriculum
19
graduation
plan
under
section
279.61
.
20
Sec.
21.
Section
261E.10,
subsection
4,
Code
2014,
is
21
amended
to
read
as
follows:
22
4.
Information
regarding
career
academies
shall
be
provided
23
by
the
school
district
to
a
student
and
the
student’s
parent
24
or
guardian
prior
to
the
development
of
the
student’s
core
25
curriculum
graduation
plan
under
section
279.61
.
26
Sec.
22.
Section
262.9,
subsection
33,
paragraph
c,
Code
27
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
28
c.
Develop
criteria
to
prioritize
core
curriculum
areas
the
29
Iowa
content
standards
and
create
or
review
transition
guides
30
for
the
core
curriculum
areas
Iowa
content
standards
.
31
Sec.
23.
Section
279.61,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
32
follows:
33
279.61
Student
plan
for
progress
toward
university
admissions
34
——
report.
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1.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2008,
and
each
1
succeeding
school
year,
the
The
board
of
directors
of
each
2
school
district
shall
cooperate
with
each
student
enrolled
3
in
grade
eight
to
develop
for
the
student
a
core
curriculum
4
plan
to
guide
the
student
toward
the
goal
of
successfully
5
completing,
at
a
minimum,
the
core
curriculum
developed
high
6
school
graduation
requirements
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
7
education
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
by
the
8
time
the
student
graduates
from
high
school.
The
plan
shall
9
include
career
options
and
shall
identify
the
coursework
10
needed
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
to
support
the
student’s
11
postsecondary
education
and
career
options.
Additionally,
the
12
plan
shall
include
a
timeline
for
each
student
to
successfully
13
complete,
prior
to
graduation,
all
components
of
the
14
state-designated
career
information
and
decision-making
system
15
administered
by
the
department
in
accordance
with
section
118
16
of
the
federal
Carl
D.
Perkins
Career
and
Technical
Education
17
Improvement
Act
of
2006,
Pub.
L.
No.
109-270.
The
student’s
18
parent
or
guardian
shall
sign
the
core
curriculum
graduation
19
plan
developed
with
the
student
and
the
signed
plan
shall
be
20
included
in
the
student’s
cumulative
records.
21
2.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2008,
and
each
22
succeeding
school
year,
the
The
board
of
directors
of
each
23
school
district
shall
report
annually
to
each
student
enrolled
24
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
in
the
school
district,
and,
if
25
the
student
is
under
the
age
of
eighteen,
to
each
student’s
26
parent
or
guardian,
the
student’s
progress
toward
meeting
the
27
goal
of
successfully
completing
the
core
curriculum
and
high
28
school
graduation
requirements
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
29
education
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
26
.
30
Sec.
24.
Section
280.3,
subsection
3,
Code
2014,
is
amended
31
by
striking
the
subsection.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
continues
to
direct
the
state
board
of
education
1
to
adopt
sets
of
academic
and
assessment
standards,
but
amends
2
the
terms
used
to
describe
the
standards
and
makes
use
of
the
3
academic
standards
by
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
4
schools
voluntary.
The
bill
directs
the
state
board
to
adopt
5
rules
to
prohibit
the
department
from
adopting
and
implementing
6
common
core
state
standards
and
from
entering
into
a
contract
7
or
memorandums
of
understanding
with
another
state
or
national
8
organization
for
the
development
or
implementation
of
statewide
9
content
or
assessment
standards
unless
the
contract
or
10
memorandum
is
presented
before
the
general
assembly.
The
11
bill
provides
that
the
rules
may
only
allow
the
department
to
12
adopt
and
implement
the
Iowa
content
and
assessment
standards
13
identified
or
developed
by
Iowa
educators.
14
The
bill
replaces
the
terms
“core
curriculum”,
“Iowa
15
core
curriculum”,
and
“Iowa
common
core”,
which
were
used
to
16
describe
the
academic
standards
adopted
by
the
state
board,
17
with
the
term
“Iowa
content
standards”.
Also,
provisions
18
directing
school
districts
to
cooperate
with
each
eighth
grade
19
student
on
a
core
curriculum
plan
to
meet
core
curriculum
20
requirements
are
amended
to
replace
“core
curriculum
plan”
21
with
“graduation
plan”
and
“core
curriculum
requirements”
22
with
“high
school
graduation
requirements”.
The
term
“core
23
content
standards”,
which
was
used
to
describe
the
assessment
24
standards
adopted
by
the
state
board,
is
replaced
with
the
25
term
“assessment
standards”.
The
assessment
standards
will
26
remain
applicable
to
all
students
in
kindergarten
through
27
grade
12
in
every
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
28
school.
Corresponding
changes
are
made
throughout
the
Code,
29
and
obsolete
language
is
eliminated.
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