Bill Text: IA HF597 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to school district library programs and the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.(Formerly HSB 219.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed) 2023-03-15 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Celsi, and Kraayenbrink. S.J. 591. [HF597 Detail]
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
219)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
education,
including
modifying
provisions
1
related
to
school
district
library
programs
and
the
2
educational
program
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
3
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
charter
4
schools.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
The
state
board
shall
adopt
rules
under
chapter
17A
and
3
a
procedure
for
accrediting
all
public
and
nonpublic
schools
4
in
Iowa
offering
instruction
at
any
or
all
levels
from
the
5
prekindergarten
level
through
grade
twelve.
The
rules
of
6
the
state
board
shall
require
that
a
an
age-appropriate,
7
multicultural,
and
gender-fair
approach
is
used
by
schools
and
8
school
districts.
The
educational
program
shall
be
taught
from
9
a
an
age-appropriate,
multicultural,
and
gender-fair
approach.
10
Global
perspectives
shall
be
incorporated
into
all
levels
of
11
the
educational
program.
The
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board
12
pursuant
to
section
256.17,
Code
Supplement
1987
,
to
establish
13
new
standards
shall
satisfy
the
requirements
of
this
section
to
14
adopt
rules
to
implement
the
educational
program
contained
in
15
this
section
.
The
educational
program
shall
be
as
follows:
16
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsections
4
and
9,
Code
2023,
are
17
amended
to
read
as
follows:
18
4.
The
following
shall
be
taught
in
grades
seven
and
19
eight:
English-language
arts;
social
studies;
mathematics;
20
science;
health;
age-appropriate
and
research-based
human
21
growth
and
development;
career
exploration
and
development;
22
physical
education;
music;
and
visual
art.
Computer
science
23
instruction
incorporating
the
standards
established
under
24
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(4),
25
shall
be
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
commencing
with
26
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
Career
exploration
27
and
development
shall
be
designed
so
that
students
are
28
appropriately
prepared
to
create
an
individual
career
29
and
academic
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
,
incorporate
30
foundational
career
and
technical
education
concepts
aligned
31
with
the
six
career
and
technical
education
service
areas
32
as
defined
in
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
and
incorporate
33
relevant
twenty-first
century
skills.
The
health
curriculum
34
shall
include
age-appropriate
and
research-based
information
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regarding
the
characteristics
of
sexually
transmitted
diseases,
1
including
HPV
and
the
availability
of
a
vaccine
to
prevent
2
HPV,
and
acquired
immune
deficiency
syndrome.
The
state
board
3
as
part
of
accreditation
standards
shall
adopt
curriculum
4
definitions
for
implementing
the
program
in
grades
seven
5
and
eight.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
the
6
teaching
of
career
exploration
and
development
in
nonpublic
7
schools.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
“age-appropriate”
,
8
“HPV”
,
and
“research-based”
mean
the
same
as
defined
in
section
9
279.50
.
10
9.
a.
Beginning
July
1,
2006,
each
school
district
shall
11
have
a
qualified
teacher
librarian
who
shall
be
licensed
by
12
the
board
of
educational
examiners
under
chapter
272
.
Each
13
school
district
shall
establish
a
kindergarten
through
grade
14
twelve
library
program
that
is
consistent
with
the
educational
15
standards
established
in
this
section,
contains
only
16
age-appropriate
materials,
and
supports
the
student
achievement
17
goals
of
the
total
school
curriculum.
18
b.
The
state
board
shall
establish
in
rule
a
definition
19
of
and
standards
for
an
articulated
sequential
kindergarten
20
through
grade
twelve
media
program.
21
c.
A
school
district
that
entered
into
a
contract
with
an
22
individual
for
employment
as
a
media
specialist
or
librarian
23
prior
to
June
1,
2006,
shall
be
considered
to
be
in
compliance
24
with
this
subsection
until
June
30,
2011,
if
the
individual
25
is
making
annual
progress
toward
meeting
the
requirements
26
for
a
teacher
librarian
endorsement
issued
by
the
board
of
27
educational
examiners
under
chapter
272
.
A
school
district
28
that
entered
into
a
contract
with
an
individual
for
employment
29
as
a
media
specialist
or
librarian
who
holds
at
least
a
30
master’s
degree
in
library
and
information
studies
shall
be
31
considered
to
be
in
compliance
with
this
subsection
until
the
32
individual
leaves
the
employ
of
the
school
district.
33
Sec.
3.
Section
256.11,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
34
following
new
subsection:
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
19.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
1
a.
(1)
“Age-appropriate”
means
topics,
messages,
and
2
teaching
methods
suitable
to
particular
ages
or
age
groups
3
of
children
and
adolescents,
based
on
developing
cognitive,
4
emotional,
and
behavioral
capacity
typical
for
the
age
or
age
5
group.
“Age-appropriate”
does
not
include
any
material
with
6
descriptions
or
visual
depictions
of
a
sex
act
as
defined
in
7
section
702.17
or
section
728.1.
8
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
for
purposes
of
the
9
human
growth
and
development
curriculum,
“age-appropriate”
means
10
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50.
11
b.
“HPV”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
279.50.
12
c.
“Research-based”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
13
279.50.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
education,
including
modifying
18
provisions
related
to
school
district
library
programs
and
the
19
educational
program
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
school
20
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
charter
schools.
21
Code
section
256.11
(educational
standards)
requires
that
22
the
educational
program
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
education
23
for
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
24
charter
schools
be
taught
from
a
multicultural
and
gender-fair
25
approach.
The
bill
provides
that
the
educational
program
shall
26
also
be
taught
from
an
age-appropriate
approach.
The
bill
27
defines
“age-appropriate”
in
this
context
as
topics,
messages,
28
and
teaching
methods
suitable
to
particular
ages
or
age
groups
29
of
children
and
adolescents,
based
on
developing
cognitive,
30
emotional,
and
behavioral
capacity
typical
for
the
age
or
age
31
group.
Additionally,
the
bill
provides
that
“age-appropriate”
32
does
not
include
any
material
with
descriptions
or
visual
33
depictions
of
a
sex
act.
The
bill
does
not
affect
the
34
definition
of
“age-appropriate”
in
the
context
of
the
human
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growth
and
development
curriculum.
1
The
bill
requires
each
school
district
to
establish
2
a
kindergarten
through
grade
12
library
program
that
3
is
consistent
with
Code
section
256.11,
contains
only
4
age-appropriate
materials,
and
supports
the
student
achievement
5
goals
of
the
total
school
curriculum.
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