Bill Text: IA HF2369 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act concerning instruction provided through the Iowa learning online initiative. (Formerly HSB 635)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-25 - Withdrawn. H.J. 344. [HF2369 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF2369-Introduced.html

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House File 2369 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 635)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act concerning instruction provided through the Iowa
  2    learning online initiative.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.42, subsection 7, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    7.  The department may waive for one year the provisions
  1  4 of section 256.11, subsection 5, which require that specified
  1  5 subjects be offered and taught by professional staff of a
  1  6 school district or school, if the school district or school
  1  7 makes every reasonable and good faith good=faith effort to
  1  8 employ a teacher licensed under chapter 272 for such a subject,
  1  9 and the school district or school proves to the satisfaction
  1 10 of the department that the school district or school is unable
  1 11 to employ such a teacher. The specified subject shall be
  1 12 provided by the initiative.  The specified subject may instead
  1 13 be provided by the school district or school if all of the
  1 14 following conditions are met:
  1 15    a.  The course content is provided through an online learning
  1 16 platform by a licensed teacher with online learning experience.
  1 17    b.  The course content provided is aligned with school
  1 18 district or school standards.
  1 19    c.  The course is not offered by the initiative pursuant to
  1 20 this section, or the course offered by the initiative lacks the
  1 21 capacity to accommodate additional students.
  1 22    d.  The course is the sole course per semester that
  1 23 the school district or school is providing instead of the
  1 24 initiative pursuant to this subsection.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 27 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 28    Current law permits the state department of education to
  1 29 waive a requirement that specified subjects available through
  1 30 the Iowa learning online initiative be offered and taught by
  1 31 professional staff of a school district or school if the school
  1 32 district or school makes every reasonable and good=faith effort
  1 33 to employ a teacher licensed for such a subject, and the school
  1 34 district or school proves to the satisfaction of the department
  1 35 that the school district or school is unable to employ such a
  2  1 teacher. The specified subject can only be provided by the
  2  2 initiative.
  2  3    This bill provides that if the department grants such a
  2  4 waiver, the specified subject may be provided by the district
  2  5 or school instead of the initiative if certain conditions
  2  6 specified in the bill are met.
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