Bill Text: IA HF2317 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills adopted or defined by the state board of education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-15 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF2317 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2317-Introduced.html
House File 2317 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SALMON A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the core curriculum and twenty=first century 2 learning skills adopted or defined by the state board of 3 education. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5732YH (6) 87 kh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, Code 1 2 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 a. Adopt rules that establishathe following: 1 4 (1) A core curriculumand high. However, neither the state 1 5 board nor the department shall require school districts or 1 6 accredited nonpublic schools to adopt the core curriculum, 1 7 or require a specific textbook, textbook series, or specific 1 8 instructional methodology, or acquire specific textbooks, 1 9 curriculum materials, or educational products from a specific 1 10 vendor. 1 11 (a) The state board shall not adopt, and the department 1 12 shall not authorize or require, statewide core social studies 1 13 standards for kindergarten through grade twelve. This 1 14 prohibition shall not be construed to limit the state board's 1 15 or the department's authority relating to the accreditation of 1 16 school districts and nonpublic schools under section 256.11. 1 17 (b) The core curriculum science standards shall be the 1 18 science standards utilized by school districts in this state 1 19 during the 2014=2015 school year. The state board shall submit 1 20 future revisions to the core curriculum science standards to 1 21 the general assembly for approval, modification, or rejection, 1 22 and the state board shall not adopt such revisions unless 1 23 specifically authorized by a constitutional majority of each 1 24 house of the general assembly and approved by the governor. 1 25 (2) High school graduation requirements for all students in 1 26 school districts and accredited nonpublic schools that include 1 27 at a minimum satisfactory completion of four years of English 1 28 and language arts, three years of mathematics, three years of 1 29 science, and three years of social studies. The rules 1 30(1)The rules establishing high school graduation 1 31 requirementsshall authorize a school district or accredited 1 32 nonpublic school toconsiderdo all of the following: 1 33 (a) Consider that any student, at any grade level, 1 34 who satisfactorily completes a high school=level unit of 1 35 instruction has satisfactorily completed a unit of the high 2 1 school graduation requirements for that area of instruction, 2 2 and shall authorize the school district or accredited nonpublic 2 3 school to issue high school credit for the unit to the student. 2 4(2)(b)The rules shall allow a school district or 2 5 accredited nonpublic school to awardAward high school credit 2 6 to an enrolled student upon the demonstration of required 2 7 competencies for a course or content area, as approved by a 2 8 teacher licensed under chapter 272. The school district or 2 9 accredited nonpublic school shall determine the assessment 2 10 methods by which a student demonstrates sufficient evidence of 2 11 the required competencies. 2 12 (3)The rules establishing aA core curriculumshall 2 13 addressaddressing the core content standards in subsection 28 2 14 and the skills and knowledge students need to be successful 2 15 in the twenty=first century. The core curriculum shall 2 16 includesocial studies andtwenty=first century learning 2 17 skillswhich include, including butarenot limited to civic 2 18 literacy, health literacy, technology literacy, financial 2 19 literacy, family life and consumer sciences, and employability 2 20 skills; and shall address the curricular needs of students in 2 21 kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. The state 2 22 board shall further define the twenty=first century learning 2 23 skills components by rule. 2 24 (4)The rules shall provide for the establishment of 2 25 high=qualityHigh=quality standards for computer science 2 26 education taught by elementary, middle, and high schools, 2 27 in accordance with the goal established under section 2 28 284.6A, subsection 1, setting a foundation for personal and 2 29 professional success in a high=technology, knowledge=based 2 30 Iowa economy. Such rules shall be applicable only to school 2 31 districts and accredited nonpublic schools receiving moneys 2 32 from the computer science professional development incentive 2 33 fund under section 284.6A, or from other funds administered by 2 34 the department for the same purposes as specified in section 2 35 284.6A, subsection 2. 3 1 Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph c, Code 3 2 2018, is amended by striking the paragraph. 3 3 Sec. 3. Section 256.9, subsection 49, paragraph a, Code 3 4 2018, is amended to read as follows: 3 5 a. Develop and distribute, in collaboration with the area 3 6 education agencies, core curriculum technical assistance and 3 7 implementation strategies that school districts and accredited 3 8 nonpublic schoolsshallmay utilize, including but not limited 3 9 to the development and delivery of formative and end=of=course 3 10 model assessments classroom teachers may use to measure student 3 11 progress on the core curriculum adopted pursuant to section 3 12 256.7, subsection 26. The department shall, in collaboration 3 13 with the advisory group convened in accordance with paragraph 3 14 "b" and educational assessment providers, identify and make 3 15 available to school districts end=of=course and additional 3 16 model end=of=course and additional assessments to align with 3 17 the expectations included in the Iowa core curriculum. The 3 18 model assessments shall be suitable to meet the multiple 3 19 assessment measures requirement specified in section 256.7, 3 20 subsection 21, paragraph "c". 3 21 Sec. 4. Section 257.11, subsection 9, Code 2018, is amended 3 22 to read as follows: 3 23 9. Shared classes and curriculum standards. A school 3 24district shall ensure that any course made available to a 3 25 student through any sharing agreement between the school3 26 district and a community college or any other entity providing 3 27 course programming pursuant to this section to students 3 28 enrolled in the school district is encouraged to ensure that 3 29 the course programming meets the expectations contained in the 3 30 core curriculum adopted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3 31 26. The school district shall ensure that any course that has 3 32 the capacity to generate college credit shall be equivalent to 3 33 college=level work. 3 34 Sec. 5. Section 279.61, subsection 1, paragraph a, 3 35 subparagraph (1), Code 2018, is amended by striking the 4 1 subparagraph. 4 2 Sec. 6. Section 279.61, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended 4 3 to read as follows: 4 4 2. The board of directors of each school district shall 4 5 report annually to each student enrolled in grades nine through 4 6 twelve in the school district, and, if the student is under 4 7 the age of eighteen, to each student's parent or guardian, the 4 8 student's progress toward meeting the goal of successfully 4 9 completing thecore curriculum andhigh school graduation 4 10 requirements adopted by the state board of education pursuant 4 11 to section 256.7, subsection 26, and toward achieving the goals 4 12 of the student's career and academic plan. 4 13 Sec. 7. Section 280.3, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended 4 14 by striking the subsection. 4 15 EXPLANATION 4 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 4 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 18 This bill modifies Code provisions relating to the core 4 19 curriculum to eliminate language that requires school districts 4 20 and accredited nonpublic schools to utilize statewide core 4 21 curriculum standards adopted by the state board of education 4 22 and instead authorizes the state board to establish a core 4 23 curriculum that school districts and accredited nonpublic 4 24 schools may voluntarily utilize. 4 25 The bill prohibits the state board of education from 4 26 adopting, and the department of education from authorizing 4 27 or requiring, statewide core social studies standards for 4 28 kindergarten through grade 12. 4 29 The bill directs the state board of education to adopt for 4 30 statewide use by school districts and accredited nonpublic 4 31 schools, effective for the school year beginning July 1, 2018, 4 32 and each succeeding school year, the Iowa core kindergarten 4 33 through grade 12 science standards utilized by school districts 4 34 in this state during the 2014=2015 school year. Further, 4 35 the bill prohibits the state board from adopting any future 5 1 revision to the core curriculum science standards unless 5 2 specifically authorized by a constitutional majority of each 5 3 house of the general assembly and approved by the governor. 5 4 Language requiring school districts to develop an 5 5 individualized career and academic plan to prepare a student 5 6 for successful completion of the core curriculum is stricken, 5 7 as is language requiring school districts to adopt plans to 5 8 fully implement the core curriculum. LSB 5732YH (6) 87 kh/rj