Bill Text: IA HF36 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for a world language education pilot program and making appropriations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-01-24 - Subcommittee: Mommsen, Donahue and Wheeler. H.J. 151. [HF36 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF36-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
ABDUL-SAMAD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
a
world
language
education
pilot
program
1
and
making
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.47
World
language
education
1
pilot
program
——
report
——
appropriation.
2
1.
The
department
shall
establish
a
world
language
3
education
pilot
program
to
enhance
foreign
language
education
4
in
Iowa
elementary
schools.
The
pilot
program
shall
provide
5
for
research-based
foreign
language
instruction
of
students
6
beginning
in
kindergarten
and
continuing
through
grade
five.
7
The
pilot
program
shall
provide
for
yearly
assessments
of
8
student
progress
in
the
development
of
foreign
language
skills.
9
The
department
shall
establish
program
evaluation
criteria,
10
including
but
not
limited
to
improvement
in
student
grades
and
11
reading,
writing,
and
cultural
competency
skills.
12
2.
The
department
shall
establish
the
pilot
program
in
two
13
elementary
schools
in
school
districts
with
enrollment
less
14
than
three
thousand
students
and
two
elementary
schools
in
15
school
districts
with
enrollment
greater
than
three
thousand
16
students.
The
department
shall
limit
participation
in
the
17
pilot
program
to
schools
in
which
at
least
ninety
percent
18
of
enrolled
students
are
eligible
for
free
or
reduced
price
19
meals
under
the
federal
National
School
Lunch
Act
and
the
20
federal
Child
Nutrition
Act
of
1966,
42
U.S.C.
§1751-1785.
The
21
department
shall
give
preference
in
the
selection
of
schools
22
to
participate
in
the
pilot
program
to
schools
in
which
a
23
significant
percentage
of
enrolled
students
are
limited
English
24
proficient
as
defined
in
section
280.4,
subsection
1,
or
25
in
which
enrolled
students
have
a
language
background
in
a
26
significant
number
of
languages
other
than
English.
27
3.
Each
elementary
school
participating
in
the
pilot
28
program
shall
enter
into
a
chapter
28E
agreement
with
a
regents
29
institution
to
assist
in
the
development
of
instruction,
30
coursework,
assessments,
and
any
other
resources
necessary
to
31
carry
out
the
pilot
program.
32
4.
The
department
shall
submit
a
biennial
report
to
33
the
general
assembly
beginning
December
27,
2019,
on
the
34
department’s
findings
and
recommendations
regarding
the
pilot
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program
and
foreign
language
education
in
this
state.
1
5.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
2
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
each
of
the
fiscal
3
years
in
the
fiscal
period
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
4
June
30,
2025,
two
hundred
eighty
thousand
dollars
for
the
5
pilot
program.
There
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
6
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
for
the
fiscal
year
7
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2020,
one
hundred
8
thousand
dollars
for
administrative
costs
associated
with
the
9
implementation
of
the
pilot
program.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
establish
14
a
world
language
education
pilot
program
to
enhance
foreign
15
language
education
in
Iowa
elementary
schools.
The
pilot
16
program
shall
provide
for
research-based
foreign
language
17
instruction
of
students
beginning
in
kindergarten
and
18
continuing
through
grade
five.
The
pilot
program
shall
provide
19
for
yearly
assessments
of
student
progress
in
the
development
20
of
foreign
language
skills.
The
bill
requires
the
department
21
to
establish
program
evaluation
criteria.
22
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
establish
the
pilot
23
program
in
two
elementary
schools
in
school
districts
with
24
enrollment
less
than
3,000
students
and
two
elementary
25
schools
in
school
districts
with
enrollment
greater
than
3,000
26
students.
The
bill
limits
participation
in
the
pilot
program
27
to
schools
in
which
at
least
90
percent
of
enrolled
students
28
are
eligible
for
free
or
reduced
price
meals
under
federal
29
law.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
give
preference
in
30
the
selection
of
schools
to
participate
in
the
pilot
program
to
31
schools
in
which
a
significant
percentage
of
enrolled
students
32
are
limited
English
proficient
or
in
which
enrolled
students
33
have
a
language
background
in
a
significant
number
of
languages
34
other
than
English.
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The
bill
requires
a
participating
elementary
school
to
enter
1
into
an
agreement
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
28E
with
a
regents
2
institution
to
assist
in
the
development
of
instruction,
3
coursework,
assessments,
and
any
other
resources
necessary
to
4
carry
out
the
pilot
program.
5
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
submit
a
biennial
6
report
to
the
general
assembly
on
the
department’s
findings
7
and
recommendations
regarding
the
pilot
program
and
foreign
8
language
education.
9
The
bill
appropriates
$280,000
to
the
department
for
the
10
pilot
program
for
each
of
the
six
fiscal
years
in
the
fiscal
11
period
beginning
July
1,
2019,
and
ending
June
30,
2025.
12
The
bill
also
appropriates
$100,000
to
the
department
for
13
administrative
costs
associated
with
the
implementation
of
the
14
pilot
program
for
fiscal
year
2019-2020.
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