Bill Text: IA HF2392 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for academic and career guidance and career and technical education programs and requirements and workplace learning programs, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 620)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2016-05-04 - Sent to Governor. H.J. 999. [HF2392 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HF2392-Enrolled.html
House File 2392 - Enrolled
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 620)
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A BILL FOR
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House File 2392
AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR ACADEMIC AND CAREER GUIDANCE AND CAREER AND
TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS AND REQUIREMENTS AND WORKPLACE
LEARNING PROGRAMS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
CAREER AND ACADEMIC PLANS
Section 1. Section 256.40, subsection 2, paragraph e, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
e. Integrate services provided through the program with
other career exploration=related activities such as, which may
include but are not limited to the student core curriculum
plan career and academic plans and the career information and
decision=making system developed and administered under systems
utilized in accordance with section 279.61, where appropriate.
Sec. 2. Section 261E.4, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
4. A school district shall establish prerequisite
coursework for each advanced placement course offered and shall
describe the prerequisites in the course registration handbook,
which shall be provided to every junior high school or middle
school eighth grade student prior to the development of a core
curriculum the student's career and academic plan pursuant to
section 279.61.
Sec. 3. Section 261E.6, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Notification. The availability and requirements of this
program shall be included in each school district's student
registration handbook. Information about the program shall be
provided to the student and the student's parent or guardian
prior to the development of the student's core curriculum
career and academic plan under section 279.61. The school
district shall establish a process by which students may
indicate interest in and apply for enrollment in the program.
Sec. 4. Section 261E.8, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
1. A district=to=community college sharing or concurrent
enrollment program is established to be administered by the
department to promote rigorous academic or career and technical
pursuits and to provide a wider variety of options to high
school students to enroll part=time in eligible nonsectarian
courses at or through community colleges established under
chapter 260C. The program shall be made available to all
resident students in grades nine through twelve. Notice of
the availability of the program shall be included in a school
district's student registration handbook and the handbook shall
identify which courses, if successfully completed, generate
college credit under the program. A student and the student's
parent or legal guardian shall also be made aware of this
program as a part of the development of the student's core
curriculum career and academic plan in accordance with section
279.61.
Sec. 5. Section 261E.9, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
4. Information regarding regional academies shall be
provided to a student and the student's parent or guardian
prior to the development of the student's core curriculum
career and academic plan under section 279.61.
Sec. 6. Section 261E.10, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
4. Information regarding career academies shall be provided
by the school district to a student and the student's parent
or guardian prior to the development of the student's core
curriculum career and academic plan under section 279.61.
Sec. 7. Section 279.61, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
279.61 Student Individual career and academic plan for
progress toward university admissions ==== report.
1. For the school year beginning July 1, 2008 2016, and
each succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
school district shall cooperate with each student enrolled in
grade eight to develop for the student a core curriculum plan
an individualized career and academic plan to guide the student
toward the goal of successfully completing.
a. The plan shall be developed to achieve, at a minimum, the
following:
(1) Prepare the student for successful completion of the
core curriculum developed by the state board of education
pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, by the time the
student graduates from high school. The plan shall include
career options and shall identify
(2) Identify the coursework needed in grades nine through
twelve to support the student's postsecondary education
and career options. Additionally, the plan shall include a
timeline for each
(3) Prepare the student to successfully complete, prior
to graduation and following a timeline included in the plan,
all the essential components of the state=designated a career
information and decision=making system administered that
meets standards adopted by the department in accordance with
section 118 of the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Improvement Act of 2006, Pub. L. No. 109=270 state
board of education in accordance with subsection 4.
b. The student's parent or guardian shall sign the core
curriculum student's career and academic plan, developed with
the student and the signed plan shall be included in the
student's cumulative records.
2. For the school year beginning July 1, 2008, and each
succeeding school year, the The board of directors of each
school district shall report annually to each student enrolled
in grades nine through twelve in the school district, and, if
the student is under the age of eighteen, to each student's
parent or guardian, the student's progress toward meeting the
goal of successfully completing the core curriculum and high
school graduation requirements adopted by the state board of
education pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, and toward
achieving the goals of the student's career and academic plan.
3. The superintendent of each school district shall
designate a team of education practitioners to carry out the
duties assigned to the school district under this section. The
team shall include but not be limited to a school counselor;
teachers, including career and technical education teachers;
and an individual responsible for coordinating work=based
learning activities. The team shall regularly consult with
representatives of employers, state and local workforce systems
and centers, higher education institutions, and postsecondary
career training programs.
4. The state board of education shall adopt rules setting
forth standards for career information and decision=making
systems. The rules adopted under this section shall establish
an approval process for the approval of a vendor=provided
career information and decision=making system which school
districts may use in compliance with this section.
5. For the school year beginning July 1, 2016, and each
succeeding school year, the board of directors of each
school district shall submit to the local community, and
to the department as a component of the school district's
comprehensive school improvement plan required by section
256.7, subsection 21, an annual report on student utilization
of the district's career information and decision=making
system.
6. The director of the department of education shall monitor
school districts for compliance with this section through the
accreditation process established for school districts under
section 256.11. If the department of education finds that a
school district is not in substantial compliance with this
section, the school district shall submit to the department
for approval an action plan which sets forth the steps to be
taken to ensure substantial compliance with this section. The
department of education shall include in its annual condition
of education report a review of school district and student
performance required under this section.
7. The state board of education shall adopt rules to
administer this section.
Sec. 8. EMERGENCY RULES. The state board of education may
adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 3, and
section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
provisions of this division of this Act, and the rules shall
be effective immediately upon filing unless a later date is
specified in the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with
this section shall also be published as a notice of intended
action as provided in section 17A.4.
Sec. 9. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
DIVISION II
CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND WORK=BASED LEARNING PROGRAMS
Sec. 10. Section 49.13, subsection 6, paragraph a,
subparagraph (3), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(3) Receive credit in at least four subjects, each of
one period or hour, or the equivalent thereof, at all times.
The eligible subjects are language arts, social studies,
mathematics, science, health, physical education, fine
arts, foreign language, and vocational career and technical
education. Coursework taken as a postsecondary enrollment
option for which a school district or accredited nonpublic
school grants academic credit toward high school graduation
shall be used in determining eligibility. A student shall not
be denied eligibility if the student's school program deviates
from the traditional two=semester school year. Each student
wishing to participate under this subsection shall be passing
all coursework for which credit is given and shall be making
adequate progress toward graduation requirements at the end of
each grading period. At the end of a grading period that is the
final grading period in a school year, a student who receives
a failing grade in any course for which credit is awarded is
ineligible to participate under this subsection. A student who
is eligible at the close of a semester is academically eligible
to participate under this subsection until the beginning of
the subsequent semester. A student with a disability who
has an individualized education program shall not be denied
eligibility to participate under this subsection on the basis
of scholarship if the student is making adequate progress,
as determined by school officials, towards the goals and
objectives of the student's individualized education program.
Sec. 11. Section 84B.1, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Training accounts. Training accounts may be established
for both basic skill development and vocational or career and
technical training. There shall be no training assistance
or limited training assistance in those training areas a
center has determined are oversupplied or are for general life
improvement.
Sec. 12. Section 85.20, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016,
is amended to read as follows:
The rights and remedies provided in this chapter, chapter
85A or chapter 85B for an employee, or a student participating
in a school=to=work program work=based learning opportunity as
provided in section 85.61, on account of injury, occupational
disease or occupational hearing loss for which benefits under
this chapter, chapter 85A or chapter 85B are recoverable, shall
be the exclusive and only rights and remedies of the employee
or student, the employee's or student's personal or legal
representatives, dependents, or next of kin, at common law or
otherwise, on account of such injury, occupational disease, or
occupational hearing loss against any of the following:
Sec. 13. Section 85.20, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
3. For a student participating in a school=to=work program
work=based learning opportunity as provided in section 85.61,
against the student's school district of residence, receiving
school district if the student is participating in open
enrollment under section 282.18, accredited nonpublic school,
community college, and directors, officers, authorities, and
employees of the applicable school corporation district.
Sec. 14. Section 85.60, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
85.60 Injuries while in employment training or evaluation.
A person participating in a school=to=work program
work=based learning opportunity referred to in section 85.61,
or receiving earnings while engaged in employment training or
while undergoing an employment evaluation under the direction
of a rehabilitation facility approved for purchase=of=service
contracts or for referrals by the department of human services
or the department of education, who sustains an injury
arising out of and in the course of the school=to=work program
work=based learning opportunity participation, employment
training, or employment evaluation is entitled to benefits as
provided in this chapter, chapter 85A, chapter 85B, and chapter
86. Notwithstanding the minimum benefit provisions of this
chapter, a person referred to in this section and entitled to
benefits under this chapter is entitled to receive a minimum
weekly benefit amount for a permanent partial disability
under section 85.34, subsection 2, or for a permanent total
disability under section 85.34, subsection 3, equal to the
weekly benefit amount of a person whose gross weekly earnings
are thirty=five percent of the statewide average weekly wage
computed pursuant to section 96.3 and in effect at the time of
the injury.
Sec. 15. Section 85.61, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. An eligible postsecondary institution as defined in
section 261E.2, a school corporation district, or an accredited
nonpublic school if a student enrolled in the eligible
postsecondary institution, school corporation district, or
accredited nonpublic school is providing unpaid services under
a school=to=work program that includes but is not limited to
the components provided for in section 258.10, subsection 2,
paragraphs "a" through "f" work=based learning opportunity
offered in accordance with section 256.40. However, if a the
student participating in a school=to=work program work=based
learning opportunity is participating in open enrollment under
section 282.18, "employer" means the receiving district.
Sec. 16. Section 85.61, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2016, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 17. Section 85.61, subsection 11, paragraph a,
subparagraphs (4) and (5), Code 2016, are amended to read as
follows:
(4) A student enrolled in a public school corporation school
district or accredited nonpublic school who is participating
in a school=to=work program that includes but is not limited
to the components provided for in section 258.10, subsection
2, paragraphs "a" through "f" work=based learning opportunity
offered in accordance with section 256.40.
(5) A student enrolled in a community college as defined
in section 260C.2, who is participating in a school=to=work
program that includes but is not limited to the components
provided for in section 258.10, subsection 2, paragraphs "a"
through "f", and work=based learning opportunity offered in
accordance with section 256.40 that is offered by the community
college pursuant to a contractual agreement with a school
corporation or accredited nonpublic school to provide the
program.
Sec. 18. Section 92.9, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016,
is amended to read as follows:
The provisions of sections 92.8 and 92.10 shall not apply
to pupils working under an instructor in an industrial arts
a career and technical education department in the public
schools of the state a school district or under an instructor
in a school shop career and technical education classroom or
laboratory, or industrial plant, or in a course of vocational
career and technical education approved by the board for
vocational career and technical education, or to apprentices
provided they are employed under all of the following
conditions:
Sec. 19. Section 216.5, subsections 3 and 6, Code 2016, are
amended to read as follows:
3. To investigate and study the existence, character,
causes, and extent of discrimination in public accommodations,
employment, apprenticeship programs, on=the=job training
programs, vocational schools, career and technical education
programs, credit practices, and housing in this state and to
attempt the elimination of such discrimination by education and
conciliation.
6. To issue such publications and reports of investigations
and research as in the judgment of the commission shall tend
to promote goodwill among the various racial, religious, and
ethnic groups of the state and which shall tend to minimize or
eliminate discrimination in public accommodations, employment,
apprenticeship and on=the=job training programs, vocational
schools, career and technical education programs, or housing
because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, religion, ancestry, or disability.
Sec. 20. Section 217.9, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Develop a program of basic education, recreation,
vocational career and technical training and guidance for
social adjustment.
Sec. 21. Section 233B.10, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
233B.10 Placing child under contract.
A child received in the home, unless adopted, may be placed
by the department in foster care with any proper person or
family. The foster care arrangement shall provide for the
custody, care, education, maintenance, and earnings of the
child for a fixed time which shall not extend beyond the age of
majority, except that the time may extend beyond the child's
eighteenth birthday until the child is twenty=one years of
age if the child is regularly attending an accredited school
in pursuance of a course of study leading to a high school
diploma or its equivalent, or regularly attending a course of
vocational career and technical training either as a part of a
regular school program or under special arrangements adapted to
the individual person's needs.
Sec. 22. Section 237A.13, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
a. The child's parent, guardian, or custodian is
participating in approved academic or vocational or technical
training.
Sec. 23. Section 239B.8, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
b. The individual is sixteen through eighteen years
of age, is not a parent, and is attending elementary or
secondary school, or the equivalent level of vocational or
technical school education program, on a full=time basis. If
an individual loses exempt status under this paragraph and
the individual has signed a family investment agreement, the
individual shall remain subject to the terms of the agreement
until the terms are completed.
Sec. 24. Section 256.7, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Constitute the state board for vocational career and
technical education under chapter 258.
Sec. 25. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a,
subparagraph (3), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address
the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and
knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty=first
century. The core curriculum shall include social studies and
twenty=first century learning skills which include but are
not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology
literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer
sciences, and employability skills; and shall address the
curricular needs of students in kindergarten through grade
twelve in those areas. The state board shall further define
the twenty=first century learning skills components by rule.
Sec. 26. Section 256.11, subsection 4, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
4. The following shall be taught in grades seven and
eight: English=language arts; social studies; mathematics;
science; health; age=appropriate and research=based human
growth and development; family, consumer, career, exploration
and technology education development; physical education;
music; and visual art. Career exploration and development
shall be designed so that students are appropriately prepared
to create an individual career and academic plan pursuant
to section 279.61, incorporate foundational career and
technical education concepts aligned with the six career and
technical education service areas as defined in paragraph 5,
subsection "h", and incorporate relevant twenty=first century
skills. The health curriculum shall include age=appropriate
and research=based information regarding the characteristics
of sexually transmitted diseases, including HPV and the
availability of a vaccine to prevent HPV, and acquired
immune deficiency syndrome. The state board as part of
accreditation standards shall adopt curriculum definitions
for implementing the program in grades seven and eight.
However, this subsection shall not apply to the teaching of
family, consumer, career, exploration and technology education
development in nonpublic schools. For purposes of this
section, "age=appropriate", "HPV", and "research=based" mean the
same as defined in section 279.50.
Sec. 27. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph g,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (a), Code 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A cooperative or work=study work=based learning program
or other educational program authorized by the school which
requires the student to leave the school premises for specified
periods of time during the school day.
Sec. 28. Section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph h, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
h. (1) A minimum of three sequential units in at least
four of the following six vocational career and technical
education service areas: agriculture, business or office
occupations, health occupations, family and consumer sciences
or home economics occupations, industrial technology or trade
and industrial education, and marketing education
(a) Agriculture, food, and natural resources.
(b) Arts, communications, and information systems.
(c) Applied sciences, technology, engineering, and
manufacturing, including transportation, distribution,
logistics, architecture, and construction.
(d) Health sciences.
(e) Human services, including law, public safety,
corrections, security, government, public administration, and
education and training.
(f) Business, finance, marketing, and management.
(02) Instruction Instructional programs provided under
subparagraph (1) shall comply with the provisions of chapter
258 relating to career and technical education, and shall be
competency=based, articulated with postsecondary programs of
study, and include field, laboratory, or on=the=job training.
Each sequential unit shall include instruction in a minimum
set of competencies established contain a portion of a career
and technical education program approved by the department
of education that relate to the following:. Standards for
instructional programs shall include but not be limited to new
and emerging technologies; job=seeking, job=adaptability, and
other employment, self=employment and entrepreneurial skills
that reflect current industry standards and labor=market needs;
and reinforcement of basic academic skills. The instructional
programs shall also comply with the provisions of chapter 258
relating to vocational education. However, this paragraph does
not apply to the teaching of vocational education in nonpublic
schools.
(2) The department of education shall permit school
districts, in meeting the requirements of this section, to
use vocational career and technical core courses in more than
one vocational career and technical service area and to use
multi=occupational courses to complete a sequence in more than
one vocational career and technical service area.
(3) This paragraph "h" does not apply to the teaching of
career and technical education in nonpublic schools.
Sec. 29. Section 256.11B, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
256.11B Vocational Career and technical education instruction
==== nonpublic schools.
A nonpublic school which that provides an educational
program that includes grades nine through twelve shall offer
and teach five units of occupational career and technical
education subjects, which may include, but are not limited
to, programs, services, and activities which prepare students
for employment in business or office occupations, trade and
industrial occupations, consumer and family sciences or home
economics occupations, agriculture occupations, marketing
occupations, and health occupations relating to service
areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph
"h". By July 1, 1993, instruction Instruction shall be
competency=based, articulated with postsecondary programs
of study, and may include field, laboratory, or on=the=job
training.
Sec. 30. Section 256.26, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Activities supported by an applicant may include but
are not limited to tutoring and supplementing instruction
in basic skills, such as reading, math, and science; drug
and violence prevention curricula and counseling; youth
leadership activities; volunteer and service learning
opportunities; career and vocational technical education
awareness preparation; courses and enrichment in arts and
culture; computer instruction; character development and civic
participation; language instruction, including English as a
second language; mentoring; positive interaction with law
enforcement; supervised recreation programs; and health and
nutrition programs.
Sec. 31. Section 256.32, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
b. The An individual representing agriculture on the state
a council for vocational created to advise the state on career
and technical education matters.
Sec. 32. Section 256.39, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for the
establishment of a career pathways program, the department
of education shall develop a career pathways grant program,
criteria for the formation of ongoing career pathways consortia
in each merged area, and guidelines and a process to be used
in selecting career pathways consortium grant recipients,
including a requirement that grant recipients shall provide
matching funds or match grant funds with in=kind resources on a
dollar=for=dollar basis. A portion of the moneys appropriated
by the general assembly shall be made available to schools to
pay for the issuance of employability skills assessments to
public or nonpublic school students. An existing partnership
or organization, including a regional school=to=work career
and technical education planning partnership, that meets the
established criteria, may be considered a consortium for
grant application purposes. One or more school districts may
be considered a consortium for grant application purposes,
provided the district can demonstrate the manner in which a
community college, area education agency, representatives from
business and labor organizations, and others as determined
within the region will be involved. Existing school=to=work
regional career and technical education planning partnerships
are encouraged to assist the local consortia in developing a
plan and budget. The department shall provide assistance to
consortia in planning and implementing career pathways program
efforts.
Sec. 33. Section 256.40, subsection 2, paragraph d, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
d. Provide a one=stop contact point for information
useful to both educators and employers, including information
on internships, job shadowing experiences, apprenticeable
occupations as defined in section 15B.2, and other workplace
learning opportunities for students, particularly related to
science, technology, engineering, or mathematics occupations,
occupations related to critical infrastructure and commercial
and residential construction, or targeted industries as defined
in section 15.102.
Sec. 34. Section 256.40, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
3. The department shall establish and facilitate a steering
committee comprised of representatives from the department of
workforce development, the economic development authority,
the community colleges, the institutions under the control of
the state board of regents, accredited private institutions,
area education agencies, school districts, and the workplace
learning connection, and an apprenticeship sponsor as defined
in section 15B.2. The steering committee shall be responsible
for the development and implementation of the statewide
work=based learning intermediary network.
Sec. 35. Section 256A.4, subsection 5, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
5. A district shall coordinate a family support program
with district special education and vocational career and
technical education programs and with any related services or
programs provided by other state, federal, or private nonprofit
agencies.
Sec. 36. Section 258.1, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.1 Federal Act accepted.
The provisions of the Act of Congress known as the Carl D.
Perkins Vocational Career and Technical Education Improvement
Act of 1998 2006, codified at 20 U.S.C. {2301 et seq.,
originally known as the Vocational Education Act of 1963, and
enacted December 18, 1963, as part A of Pub. L. No. 88=210,
77 Stat. 403, and all amendments thereto as amended, and the
benefit of all funds appropriated under said Act and all other
Acts pertaining to vocational career and technical education,
are accepted.
Sec. 37. Section 258.2, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.2 State board for vocational career and technical
education.
The state board of education shall constitute the board for
vocational career and technical education.
Sec. 38. Section 258.3A, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.3A Duties of board.
The board shall do all of the following:
1. Cooperate with Approve the multi=year state plan
developed in accordance with applicable federal board for
vocational laws and regulations governing career and technical
education in the administration of the Act of Congress.
2. Adopt rules prescribing standards for teachers of
agricultural, industrial, and commercial subjects and home
economics in the six career and technical education service
areas specified in section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h",
in approved schools, departments, and classes programs.
3. Adopt rules prescribing standards for approval of
schools, departments, and classes; area vocational=technical
high schools school district career and technical education
programs; and community colleges with vocational career and
technical education programs; and practitioner preparation
schools, departments, and classes, applying for federal and
state moneys under this chapter.
4. Adopt rules prescribing standards for the career and
technical education service areas specified in section 256.11,
subsection 5, paragraph "h".
5. Adopt rules prescribing standards for approval of career
and technical education planning partnerships, collaborations,
and regional centers in accordance with section 258.14. The
rules shall establish a process for the establishment of no
fewer than twelve and no greater than fifteen regions in which
regional career and technical education planning partnerships
may operate. The rules shall establish standards to ensure
regional centers have appropriate educational programs,
adequate participation, and are located within an appropriate
distance of participating high schools and in a manner
compatible with development of a statewide network of regional
centers.
Sec. 39. Section 258.4, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.4 Duties of director.
The director of the department of education shall do all of
the following:
1. Cooperate with the federal board for vocational
education in the administration of the Act of Congress Develop
and submit to the board for approval the multi=year state plan
developed in accordance with federal laws and regulations
governing career and technical education.
2. Provide for making studies and investigations
relating to prevocational career and vocational training in
agricultural, industrial, and commercial subjects, and home
economics technical education.
3. Promote and aid in the establishment of career and
technical education programs in local communities and public
schools of departments and classes giving instruction in
subjects listed in subsection 2, school districts, and
community colleges.
4. Cooperate with local communities, school districts, and
community colleges in the maintenance of schools, departments,
and classes career and technical education programs.
5. Make recommendations to the board of educational
examiners relating to the enforcement of rules prescribing
standards for teachers of subjects listed in subsection 2
in accredited schools, departments, and classes career and
technical education service areas.
6. Cooperate in the maintenance of practitioner preparation
schools, departments, and classes, supported and controlled by
the public, for the training of career and technical education
teachers and supervisors of subjects listed in subsection 2.
7. Annually Review and approve career and technical
education programs to ensure that the programs meet standards
adopted by the board for career and technical education. The
director shall annually review at least twenty percent of
the approved vocational career and technical programs as a
basis for continuing approval to ensure that the programs meet
board standards and are compatible with educational reform
efforts, are capable of responding to technological change and
innovation, and meet the educational needs of students and the
employment community. The review shall include an assessment
of the extent to which the competencies in the program
are being mastered by the students enrolled, the costs are
proportionate to educational benefits received, the vocational
career and technical education curriculum is articulated and
integrated with other curricular offerings required of all
students, the programs would permit students with vocational
career and technical education backgrounds to pursue other
educational interests in a postsecondary institutional setting,
and the programs remove barriers for both traditional and
nontraditional students to access educational and employment
opportunities.
8. Establish a minimum set of competencies and core
curriculum for approval of a vocational program sequence that
addresses the following: new and emerging technologies;
job=seeking, job=keeping, and other employment skills,
including self=employment and entrepreneurial skills, that
reflect current industry standards, leadership skills,
entrepreneurial, and labor=market needs; and the strengthening
of basic academic skills.
9. 8. Establish a regional planning Facilitate the
process to be implemented by established by the board for
the implementation of a statewide system of regional career
and technical education planning boards, which utilizes
partnerships that utilize the services of local school
districts, community colleges, sector partnerships, and
other resources to assist local school districts in meeting
vocational career and technical education standards while
avoiding unnecessary duplication of services. The director
shall also review and approve regional planning partnerships
and regional centers to ensure that the partnerships and
centers meet the standards adopted by the board pursuant to
section 258.3A, subsection 5.
10. 9. Enforce rules prescribing standards for approval
of vocational education programs in schools, departments, and
classes adopted by the board pursuant to section 258.3A.
11. 10. Notwithstanding the accreditation process
contained in section 256.11, permit school districts, which
that provide a program which does not meet the standards for
accreditation for vocational career and technical education,
to cooperate with the regional career and technical education
planning boards partnership and contract for an approved
program under this chapter without losing accreditation. A
school district which that fails to cooperate with the regional
career and technical education planning boards partnership and
contract for an approved program shall, however, be subject to
section 256.11.
12. Notwithstanding the accreditation standard and process
contained in section 256.11 for vocational education for
students in grades nine through twelve, provide a process
that permits school districts to establish community=based
workplace learning programs, called "workstart" programs, that
provide students with competency=based learning experiences
that reinforce basic academic skills and include, but are
not limited to, new and emerging technologies; job=seeking,
job=adaptability, and other employment; and self=employment and
entrepreneurial skills that reflect current industry standards
and labor=market needs. An approved workstart program may
consist of two of the required sequential units in one of the
six occupational service areas in grades nine through twelve,
and shall be a priority for receipt of vocational education
secondary funds.
11. Prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of
career academies as defined in section 258.6.
Sec. 40. Section 258.5, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.5 Reimbursement from federal and state moneys.
1. If a school corporation maintains an approved vocational
school, department, or classes in accordance with the rules
adopted by the state board, and rules and standards adopted
by the board of educational examiners, and the state plan for
vocational education, adopted by the board for vocational
education and approved by the United States department of
education, the director of the department of education shall
reimburse the school corporation at At the end of the fiscal
year for its expenditures for salaries and authorized travel of
vocational teachers, an approved regional career and technical
education planning partnership is eligible to receive, from
federal and state funds, reimbursement for expenditures made
during the fiscal year for purposes allowed under section
258.14, subsection 6. However, a school corporation shall
not receive from federal and state funds a larger amount
than one=half the sum which has been expended by the school
corporation for that particular type of program. If federal
and state funds are not sufficient to make the reimbursement to
the extent provided in this section, the director shall prorate
the respective amounts available to the corporations regional
career and technical education planning partnerships entitled
to reimbursement.
2. The director may use federal funds to reimburse approved
practitioner preparation schools, departments, or classes for
the training of teachers of agriculture, home economics, trades
and industrial education, distributive education, and food,
and natural resources; arts, communications, and information
systems; applied sciences, technology, engineering, and
manufacturing; health sciences; human services; and business,
finance, marketing, and management. The director may also
use such funds to reimburse approved practitioner preparation
schools, departments, or classes for the training of guidance
counselors.
Sec. 41. Section 258.6, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.6 Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
1. "Approved practitioner preparation school, department,
or class" means a school, department, or class approved by the
board as entitled under this chapter to federal moneys for
the training of teachers of vocational career and technical
education subjects.
2. "Approved school, department, or class" career and
technical education program" means a school, department, or
class approved career and technical education program offered
by a school district or community college and approved by the
department which meets the standards for career and technical
education programs adopted by the board as entitled under
this chapter to federal and state moneys for the salaries and
authorized travel of teachers of vocational subjects.
3. "Approved regional career and technical education
planning partnership" means a regional entity that meets the
standards for regional career and technical education planning
partnerships adopted by the board pursuant to section 258.3A
and section 258.14.
4. "Board" means the board for career and technical
education as provided in section 258.2.
5. "Career academy" means a career academy established under
section 258.15.
6. "Career and technical education service area" means
any one of the service areas specified in section 256.11,
subsection 5, paragraph "h".
7. "Department" means the department of education.
8. "Director" means the director of the department of
education.
9. "Sector partnership" means a regional industry sector
partnership established pursuant to section 260H.7B.
10. "Work=based learning" means opportunities and
experiences that include but are not limited to tours, job
shadowing, rotations, mentoring, entrepreneurship, service
learning, internships, and apprenticeships.
11. "Work=based learning intermediary network" means the
statewide work=based learning intermediary network established
pursuant to section 256.40.
Sec. 42. Section 258.9, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.9 Local advisory council.
1. The board of directors of a school district or community
college that maintains a school, department, or class career
and technical education program receiving federal or state
funds under this chapter shall, as a condition of approval
by the state board, appoint a local advisory council for
vocational each career and technical education composed program
offered by the school district or community college. However,
a school district and a community college that maintain a
career and technical education program receiving federal
or state funds may create a joint local advisory council.
The membership of each local advisory council shall consist
of public members with emphasis on persons representing
business, agriculture, industry and labor expertise in the
occupation or occupational field related to the career and
technical education program. The local advisory council
shall give advice and assistance to the board of directors,
administrators, and instructors in the establishment and
maintenance of schools, departments, and classes that receive
federal or state funds under this chapter the career and
technical education program. Local advisory councils may be
organized according to program area, school, community, or
region.
2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, a regional advisory
council established by a regional career and technical
education planning partnership approved by the department
pursuant to section 258.4 may serve in place of a local
advisory council.
3. The state board shall adopt rules requiring that the
memberships of local Local advisory councils fairly represent
each sex and minorities residing in the school district are not
subject to the requirements of section 69.16.
4. Members of an advisory council shall serve without
compensation.
Sec. 43. Section 258.10, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.10 Powers of district boards.
1. The board of directors of a school district may carry on
prevocational and vocational shall offer career and technical
instruction in subjects relating to agriculture, commerce,
industry, and home economics service areas as provided in
section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h", and pay the expense
of such instruction in the same way as the expenses for other
subjects in the public schools school district are paid.
2. The board of directors of a school district may establish
and maintain school=to=work work=based learning programs
including alternative learning opportunities through which
students may obtain skills or training outside the classroom in
collaboration with a regional work=based learning intermediary
network established pursuant to section 256.40. School=to=work
programs include, but are not limited to, the following:
a. Short=term job shadowing opportunities for students to
explore career interests by observing work at a workplace or to
include a series of visits to various workplaces and time spent
with individual workers to observe specific jobs.
b. Structured work experiences integrating school and
work=based experiences in an internship that may be an
extension of a job shadowing experience.
c. Mentoring experiences providing students with a formal
relationship with a worksite role model who shares career
insights and teaches students specific work=related skills.
d. Career=oriented work experiences tied to school lessons
through formal or informal training agreements, formal learning
plans or mentoring, by workplace personnel who may be paid or
unpaid, and which may earn students credit toward graduation.
e. Structured on=the=job training or apprenticeships
for students who are enrolled in a technical or professional
program that leads to a high school diploma, advanced
certificate of mastery, or associate degree.
f. Work experiences available to students in school and
community placements directly supervised by a school district
or community college staff member.
3. The board of directors of a school district may provide
workers' compensation coverage by insuring, or self=insuring
as provided in section 87.4, students participating in unpaid
school=to=work programs work=based learning opportunities
offered in accordance with section 256.40. A school district's
liability to students injured while participating in an unpaid
school=to=work program work=based learning opportunity is as
provided in section 85.20.
Sec. 44. Section 258.11, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.11 Salary and expenses for administration.
The director may make expenditures for salaries of
assistants, actual expenses of the board and the director and
the state council incurred in the discharge of their duties,
and other expenses as necessary to the proper administration of
this chapter.
Sec. 45. Section 258.12, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
258.12 Custodian of funds.
The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid
to the state from the appropriations made under the federal
Carl D. Perkins Vocational Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 1998 2006, and shall disburse the same on
vouchers audited as provided by law.
Sec. 46. NEW SECTION. 258.14 Regional career and technical
education planning partnerships.
1. Regional career and technical education planning
partnerships are established to assist school districts
in providing an effective, efficient, and economical means
of delivering high=quality secondary career and technical
education programs. Regional career and technical education
planning partnerships shall do all of the following:
a. Provide for the active participation of local school
districts and community colleges in the delivery of career and
technical education in the region.
b. Provide for the participation of representatives
of business and industry and representatives of sector
partnerships and community stakeholders.
c. Promote career and college readiness through thoughtful
career guidance and purposeful academic and technical planning
practices.
d. Promote high=quality, integrated career and technical
education programming, including career academies, comprised
of secondary exploratory and transitory coursework to prepare
students for higher=level, specialized academic and technical
training aligned with labor market needs.
e. Afford students the opportunity to access a spectrum
of high=quality work=based learning experiences through
collaboration with a work=based learning intermediary network.
f. Provide for increased and equitable access to
high=quality career and technical education programs through
the planning and development of a system of regional centers.
2. Regional career and technical education planning
partnerships shall be established in accordance with section
258.3A, subsection 5, to serve each community college and all
of the school districts in the state no later than June 30,
2017.
3. A regional career and technical education planning
partnership shall be responsible for the following activities:
a. Ensuring compliance with standards adopted by the board
under section 258.3A, subsection 5, for regional career and
technical education planning partnerships.
b. Developing a multi=year plan addressing the delivery
of quality career and technical education programs by school
districts in fulfillment of the requirements of section 256.11,
subsection 4, and section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h".
The plan shall be updated annually.
c. Securing collaboration with secondary schools,
postsecondary educational institutions, and employers to
ensure the creation of high=quality career and technical
education programming, including career academies, for students
that aligns career guidance, twenty=first century career and
technical education and academic curricula, and work=based
learning opportunities that empower students to be successful
learners and practitioners.
d. Reviewing career and technical education programs of
school districts within the region based on standards adopted
by the board, and recommending to the department career and
technical education programs for approval.
e. Coordinating and facilitating local advisory councils
for career and technical education programs. As necessary,
establishing regional advisory councils to serve in the same
capacity as local advisory councils.
f. Planning for regional centers with the purpose of
achieving equitable access to high=quality career and technical
education programming and concurrent enrollment opportunities
for all students. As a condition for approval, a regional
center shall comply with standards adopted by the board
and shall consist of a minimum of four career academies. A
regional center shall be compatible with development of a
statewide system of regional centers serving all students. A
regional center shall serve either of the following:
(1) A combined minimum of one hundred twenty students from
no fewer than two school districts.
(2) A minimum of four school districts.
g. Meeting regularly.
4. The membership of each regional career and technical
education planning partnership shall consist of stakeholders
in a position to contribute to the development and successful
implementation of high=quality career and technical education
programs and shall include but not be limited to the following:
a. The superintendent of a school district within the
regional planning partnership, or the superintendent's
designee.
b. The president of a community college within the regional
planning partnership, or the president's designee.
c. The chief administrator of an area education agency
within the regional planning partnership, or the chief
administrator's designee.
d. Representatives of a regional work=based learning
intermediary network.
e. Representatives of regional economic and workforce
entities including regional advisory boards established under
section 84A.4.
f. Representatives of business and industry, including
representatives of regional industry sector partnerships
established pursuant to section 260H.7B.
g. Career and technical education teachers and faculty.
5. Convening the regional career and technical education
planning partnership shall be the joint responsibility of the
area education agency and community college located within
the region. In convening the regional career and technical
education planning partnership, the area education agency and
the community college shall include stakeholders from each
member district of the partnership.
6. A regional career and technical education partnership
may use funds received from state and federal sources to
convene, lead, and staff the regional career and technical
education planning partnership, offer regional career and
technical education professional development opportunities,
coordinate and maintain a career guidance system pursuant to
section 279.61, and purchase equipment on behalf of school
districts and community colleges participating in the regional
career and technical education planning partnership.
Sec. 47. NEW SECTION. 258.15 Career academy.
1. A career academy may be established under an agreement
between a single school district and a community college, or
by multiple school districts and a community college organized
into a regional career and technical education planning
partnership pursuant to section 258.14. A career academy
established under this section shall be a career=oriented or
occupation=oriented program of study that includes a minimum
of two years of secondary education, which may fulfill the
sequential unit requirement in one of the four service areas
required under section 256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h",
is articulated with a postsecondary education program, and is
approved by the director under section 258.4. A career academy
shall do all of the following:
a. Utilize regional career and technical education planning
partnerships outlined in section 258.14 in an advisory capacity
to inform the selection and design of the career academy and
establishment of industry standards.
b. Establish a program of study that meets all of the
following criteria:
(1) Is designed to meet industry standards and prepare
students for success in postsecondary education and the
workforce.
(2) Integrates academic coursework, includes work=based
learning, and utilizes the individual career and academic
planning process established under section 279.61.
(3) Allows students enrolled in the academy an opportunity
to continue onto an associate degree and, if applicable, a
postsecondary baccalaureate degree program.
2. The board, in consultation with the division of community
colleges of the department, shall adopt rules setting minimum
standards for the development and implementation of career
academies under this section and ensuring compliance with
the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education
Improvement Act of 2006, 20 U.S.C. {2301 et seq., as amended.
Sec. 48. Section 260C.1, subsections 2, 5, 9, and 11, Code
2016, are amended to read as follows:
2. Vocational Career and technical training.
5. Programs for all students of high school age who may
best serve themselves by enrolling for vocational career and
technical training while also enrolled in a local high school,
public or private.
9. Vocational Career and technical education for persons
who have academic, socioeconomic, or other disabilities which
prevent succeeding in regular vocational career and technical
education programs.
11. Vocational Career and technical training for persons
who are not enrolled in a high school and who have not
completed high school.
Sec. 49. Section 260C.2, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
1. "Community college" means a publicly supported school
which may offer programs of adult and continuing education,
lifelong learning, community education, and up to two years
of liberal arts, preprofessional, or occupational instruction
partially fulfilling the requirements for a baccalaureate
degree but confers no more than an associate degree; or which
offers as the whole or as part of the curriculum up to two years
of vocational or career and technical education, training, or
retraining to persons who are preparing to enter the labor
market.
Sec. 50. Section 260C.2, subsection 4, paragraphs b and c,
Code 2016, are amended to read as follows:
b. Vocational=technical Career and technical education
preparatory cost center.
c. Vocational=technical Career and technical education
supplementary cost center.
Sec. 51. Section 260C.5, subsections 1, 7, and 8, Code 2016,
are amended to read as follows:
1. Designate a community college as an "area vocational
career and technical education school" within the meaning of,
and for the purpose of administering, the Act of Congress
designated the "Vocational federal "Career and Technical
Education Improvement Act of 1963" 2006". A community college
shall not be so designated by the director of the department
of education for the expenditure of funds under 20 U.S.C.
{35c(a)(5) {2301 et seq., as amended, which has not been
designated and classified as a community college by the state
board.
7. Enter into contracts with local school boards within
the area that have and maintain a career and technical or
vocational high school education program and with private
schools or colleges in the cooperative or merged areas to
provide courses or programs of study in addition to or as a
part of the curriculum made available in the community college.
8. Make arrangements with boards of merged areas and local
school districts to permit students attending high school
to participate in vocational=technical career and technical
education programs and advanced college placement courses and
obtain credit for such participation for application toward the
completion of a high school diploma. The granting of credit
is subject to the approval of the director of the department
of education.
Sec. 52. Section 260C.14, subsections 1 and 6, Code 2016,
are amended to read as follows:
1. Determine the curriculum to be offered in such school
or college subject to approval of the director and ensure that
all vocational career and technical education offerings are
competency=based, provide any minimum competencies required
by the department of education, comply with any applicable
requirements in chapter 258, and are articulated with local
school district vocational career and technical education
programs. If an existing private educational institution or an
existing vocational institution offering a career and technical
education program within the merged area has facilities and
curriculum of adequate size and quality which would duplicate
the functions of the area school, the board of directors shall
discuss with the institution the possibility of entering into
contracts to have the existing institution offer facilities
and curriculum to students of the merged area. The board of
directors shall consider any proposals submitted by the private
institution for providing such facilities and curriculum. The
board of directors may enter into such contracts. In approving
curriculum, the director shall ascertain that all courses
and programs submitted for approval are needed and that the
curriculum being offered by an area school does not duplicate
programs provided by existing public or private facilities in
the area. In determining whether duplication would actually
exist, the director shall consider the needs of the area
and consider whether the proposed programs are competitive
as to size, quality, tuition, purposes, and area coverage
with existing public and private educational or vocational
institutions within the merged area. If the board of directors
of the merged area chooses not to enter into contracts with
private institutions under this subsection, the board shall
submit a list of reasons why contracts to avoid duplication
were not entered into and an economic impact statement relating
to the board's decision.
6. Have authority to sell a student=constructed building
and the property on which the student=constructed building is
located or any article resulting from any vocational career and
technical education program or course offered at a community
college by any procedure which may be adopted by the board.
Governmental agencies and governmental subdivisions of the
state within the merged areas shall be given preference in the
purchase of such articles. All revenue received from the sale
of any article shall be credited to the funds of the board of
the merged area.
Sec. 53. Section 260C.14, subsection 21, paragraph a,
subparagraph (5), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(5) Total credits earned by high school students enrolled in
community college courses under the postsecondary enrollment
options program, broken down by vocational=technical or career
and technical education program and arts and sciences program.
Sec. 54. Section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraphs c and d,
Code 2016, are amended to read as follows:
c. For the development and implementation of career
academies designed to provide new career preparation
opportunities for high school students that are formally
linked with postsecondary career and technical education
programs. For purposes of this section, "career academy"
means a program of study that combines a minimum of two
years of secondary education with an associate degree, or the
equivalent, career preparatory program in a nonduplicative,
sequential course of study that is standards based, integrates
academic and technical instruction, utilizes work=based and
worksite learning where appropriate and available, utilizes an
individual career planning process with parent involvement,
and leads to an associate degree or postsecondary diploma or
certificate in a career field that prepares an individual
for entry and advancement in a high=skill and reward career
field and further education the same as defined in section
258.6. The state board, in conjunction with the division of
community colleges and workforce preparation of the department,
shall adopt administrative rules for the development and
implementation of such career academies pursuant to section
256.11, subsection 5, paragraph "h", section 260C.1, and Tit.
II of Pub. L. No. 105=332, Carl D. Perkins Vocational and
Technical Education Act of 1998.
d. Programs and courses that provide vocational career and
technical training, and programs for in=service training and
retraining under section 260C.1, subsections 2 and 3.
Sec. 55. Section 260C.36, subsection 1, unnumbered
paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
The community college administration shall establish
a committee consisting of instructors and administrators,
equally representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the
vocational=technical career and technical faculty, which has
no more than a simple majority of members of the same gender.
The faculty members shall be appointed by the certified
employee organization if one exists and if not, by the college
administration. The administrators shall be appointed by
the college administration. The committee shall develop and
maintain a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty that
includes all of the following:
Sec. 56. Section 260E.2, subsection 14, paragraph c, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. Vocational Career and technical skill=assessment services
and testing.
Sec. 57. Section 260F.2, subsection 10, paragraph c, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. Vocational Career and technical skill=assessment services
and testing.
Sec. 58. Section 260G.4, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b,
Code 2016, are amended to read as follows:
a. A credit career, vocational, or and technical education
program resulting in the conferring of a certificate, diploma,
associate of science degree, or associate of applied science
degree, which increases program capacity to enroll added
participants.
b. A credit equivalent career, vocational, or and technical
educational education program consisting of not less than
five hundred forty contact hours of classroom and laboratory
instruction and resulting in the conferring of a certificate or
other recognized, competency=based credential, which increases
program capacity to enroll added participants.
Sec. 59. Section 260I.8, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
260I.8 Program interview.
An applicant for tuition assistance under this chapter shall
meet with a member of the staff for an eligible certificate
program offered by the community college receiving the
application. The staff member shall discuss the relevant
industry, any applicable occupational research, and any
applicable training relating to the eligible certificate
program. The discussion shall include an evaluation of
the applicant's capabilities, needs, family situation, work
history, educational background, attitude and motivation,
employment skills, vocational and technical potential, and
employment barriers. The discussion shall also include
potential start dates, support needs, and other requirements
for an eligible certificate program.
Sec. 60. Section 261B.11, subsection 1, paragraph k, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
k. Postsecondary educational institutions offering programs
limited to nondegree specialty vocational career and technical
training programs.
Sec. 61. Section 261E.6, subsection 3, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Authorization. To participate in this program, an
eligible student shall make application to an eligible
postsecondary institution to allow the eligible student to
enroll for college credit in a nonsectarian course offered at
the institution. A comparable course, as defined in rules
adopted by the board of directors of the school district
consistent with department administrative rule, must not
be offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic
school the student attends. However, a course is ineligible
for purposes of this section if the school district has
a contractual agreement with the eligible postsecondary
institution under section 261E.8 that meets the requirements of
section 257.11, subsection 3, and the course may be delivered
through such an agreement in accordance with section 257.11,
subsection 3. If the postsecondary institution accepts
an eligible student for enrollment under this section, the
institution shall send written notice to the student, the
student's parent or legal guardian in the case of a minor
child, and the student's school district or accredited
nonpublic school and the school district in the case of a
nonpublic school student, or the Iowa school for the deaf or
the Iowa braille and sight saving school. The notice shall
list the course, the clock hours the student will be attending
the course, and the number of hours of college credit that the
eligible student will receive from the eligible postsecondary
institution upon successful completion of the course.
Sec. 62. Section 261E.10, subsection 1, Code 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
1. As used in this section, "career academy" means the same
as defined in section 260C.18A, subsection 2, paragraph "c"
258.6.
Sec. 63. Section 280.9, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The board of directors of each local public school
district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic
school shall incorporate into the educational program, in
accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph "a",
the total concept of career education to enable students to
become familiar with the values of a work=oriented society.
Curricular and cocurricular teaching=learning experiences
from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve shall
be provided for all students currently enrolled in order to
develop an understanding that employment may be meaningful and
satisfying. However, career education does not mean a separate
vocational=technical career and technical education program
is required. A vocational=technical career and technical
education program includes units or partial units in subjects
which have as their purpose to equip students with marketable
skills.
Sec. 64. Section 280.10, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
Vocational or industrial arts shops Career and technical
education programs or laboratories involving experience with
any of the following:
Sec. 65. Section 280.11, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
Every student and teacher in any public or nonpublic school
shall wear industrial quality ear=protective devices while the
student or teacher is participating in any phase or activity
of a course which may subject the student or teacher to the
risk or hazard of hearing loss from noise in processes or
procedures used in vocational or industrial arts shops career
and technical education programs or laboratories involving
experiences with any of the following:
Sec. 66. Section 280.20, Code 2016, is amended to read as
follows:
280.20 Vocational Career and technical agriculture education.
1. It is the intent of the general assembly to encourage
the public secondary schools to develop comprehensive programs
for vocational career and technical education in agriculture
technology to meet the diverse needs of Iowa's students and to
ensure an adequate supply of trained and skilled individuals
in all phases of the agriculture industry. The board of
directors of each public school district may develop, as part
of the curriculum in grades nine through twelve, programs
for vocational career and technical education in agriculture
technology.
2. a. It is also the intent of the general assembly to
encourage the development of programs for vocational career
and technical education in agriculture technology which are
structured on a twelve=month basis and which include the
following:
(1) Provision for twelve=month extended contracts to
permit entrepreneurial agricultural experience, summer program
planning, and recordkeeping.
(2) Submission of an annual summer program by each
vocational career and technical agriculture instructor employed
on an extended contract basis.
(3) Provision for instructional supervision for
agricultural occupational experience programs.
b. Supervision and accountability of vocational career and
technical agriculture teachers employed for extended contracts
are the responsibility of the local school board.
Sec. 67. Section 282.7, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
2. If the vocational career and technical education program
offered by a school district does not meet the state board
of vocational for career and technical education's standards
for program approval, the district shall be granted one year
to meet the standards for approval. If a district chooses
to waive the one=year grace period, or the district fails to
meet the approval standards after one year, the director of
the board of vocational for career and technical education
shall delegate the authority to the regional planning board
career and technical education planning partnership established
pursuant to section 258.16 258.14 to direct the district to
contract with another school district or a community college
which has an approved program, for the provision of vocational
career and technical education for students of the district.
The district that has waived the one=year grace period or
has failed to meet the approval standards shall pay to the
district or community college that has an approved program
an amount equal to the percent of the school day in which a
pupil is receiving vocational career and technical education
in the approved program times the district cost per pupil of
the district of residence of the pupil. The regional planning
board career and technical education planning partnership
established pursuant to section 258.16 258.14 shall contract
with an approved program for delivery of vocational career
and technical education in the district which has failed to
meet the approval standards or has waived the one=year grace
period. Transportation to and from the approved program
shall be provided by the school district that has waived the
one=year grace period or has failed to meet approval standards.
Reasonable effort shall be made to conduct the approved program
at an attendance center in the district that has failed to meet
the approval standards or has waived the one=year grace period.
Sec. 68. Section 297.7, subsection 2, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, the board
of directors of a school district may acquire by purchase,
lease, or other arrangement real estate located within or
adjoining the boundaries of a municipal airport, and may take
title, leasehold, or other interest, subject to a right of
purchase or repurchase by the city owning or controlling the
municipal airport. The city may purchase, repurchase, or
repossess such real estate and the improvements constructed
on the real estate upon terms and conditions as agreed to by
the board of directors and the city council. The board of
directors of any such school district may construct a career
and technical education school on the real estate to carry on
vocational career and technical training or instruction in
aviation mechanics and other aviation programs upon compliance
with conditions and limitations otherwise provided by law.
Sec. 69. Section 598.1, subsection 8, Code 2016, is amended
to read as follows:
8. "Postsecondary education subsidy" means an amount
which either of the parties may be required to pay under a
temporary order or final judgment or decree for educational
expenses of a child who is between the ages of eighteen
and twenty=two years if the child is regularly attending a
course of vocational=technical career and technical training
either as a part of a regular school program or under special
arrangements adapted to the individual person's needs; or is,
in good faith, a full=time student in a college, university,
or community college; or has been accepted for admission to a
college, university, or community college and the next regular
term has not yet begun.
Sec. 70. Section 598.21B, subsection 2, paragraph e,
subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c), Code 2016, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The parent is attending a vocational career and
technical education program approved pursuant to chapter 258.
Sec. 71. Section 633.376, subsection 1, paragraph b,
subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(2) Regularly attending a course of vocational=technical
career and technical training either as a part of a regular
school program or under special arrangements adapted to the
individual person's needs.
Sec. 72. Section 633.669, subsection 2, paragraph c, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
c. A summary of the medical, educational, vocational and
technical, and other professional services provided for the
ward.
Sec. 73. Section 633A.3115, subsection 2, paragraph b,
subparagraph (2), Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
(2) Regularly attending a course of vocational=technical
career and technical training either as a part of a regular
school program or under special arrangements adapted to the
individual person's needs.
Sec. 74. Section 633B.213, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
2016, is amended to read as follows:
d. Provide funds for shelter, clothing, food, appropriate
education, including postsecondary and vocational career
and technical education, and other current living costs for
the individuals described in paragraph "a" to enable those
individuals to maintain their customary standard of living.
Sec. 75. REPEAL. Sections 258.16 and 258.17, Code 2016,
are repealed.
Sec. 76. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ==== CAREER AND TECHNICAL
EDUCATION STATUS REPORT. The department of education shall
submit a report to the general assembly by January 16, 2017,
detailing the progress in implementing the provisions of this
division of this Act. The report shall establish a timeline
by which the provisions of this division of this Act shall
be fully implemented, including but not limited to adoption
of rules by the state board of education. The report shall
also identify the measures by which regional career and
technical education planning partnerships will be evaluated,
including the measures to be undertaken by the regional career
and technical education planning partnerships to ensure that
career and technical education teachers for grades seven
through twelve receive high=quality professional development
opportunities geared toward updating and enhancing their
instructional and technical skills.
Sec. 77. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION IMPLEMENTATION
INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE. The legislative council shall
establish an interim study committee composed of members of
the senate and the house of representatives to meet during
the 2019 legislative interim. The committee, in consultation
with former members of the secondary career and technical
programming task force convened pursuant to 2013 Iowa Acts,
chapter 141, section 52, shall study administrative rules
implementing this division of this Act, including an assessment
of the membership of the regional career and technical
education planning partnerships to assure that all affected
groups have substantial representation, and any other matters
concerning implementation of this division of this Act. The
committee shall submit its findings and recommendations to the
general assembly for consideration during the 2020 legislative
session.
LINDA UPMEYER
Speaker of the House
PAM JOCHUM
President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2392, Eighty=sixth General Assembly.
CARMINE BOAL
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved , 2016
TERRY E. BRANSTAD
Governor
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