Bill Text: IA HF599 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the use of a college readiness assessment as a condition of graduation and for payment of school foundation aid funding to community colleges and regents universities on behalf of certain students who attain a minimum acceptable score on the assessment. (Formerly HSB 144)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-17 - Subcommittee, L. Miller, Forristall, and Steckman. H.J. 89. [HF599 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF599-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
144)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
use
of
a
college
readiness
assessment
1
as
a
condition
of
graduation
and
for
payment
of
school
2
foundation
aid
funding
to
community
colleges
and
regents
3
universities
on
behalf
of
certain
students
who
attain
a
4
minimum
acceptable
score
on
the
assessment.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
31.
Adopt
rules
requiring
school
districts
3
to
administer
to
secondary
students
at
least
annually,
4
beginning
not
later
than
the
2014-2015
school
year,
a
college
5
readiness
assessment
which
a
student
shall
successfully
pass
6
as
a
condition
of
graduation.
The
rules
shall
provide
for
7
alternative
pathways
to
graduation
and
for
a
timeline
for
the
8
administration
of
the
assessment,
and
shall
require
school
9
districts
to
administer
the
assessment
to
secondary
school
10
students,
including,
if
a
student
and
the
student’s
parent
11
or
guardian
submit
a
written
request
to
a
school
district,
12
students
attending
accredited
nonpublic
schools
located
within
13
the
school
district
and
students
receiving
competent
private
14
instruction
pursuant
to
chapter
299A.
A
school
district
may
15
charge
a
student
a
fee
which
shall
not
exceed
the
actual
cost
16
of
the
assessment.
The
board
shall
establish
by
rule
the
17
minimum
acceptable
scores
students
shall
attain
on
the
college
18
readiness
assessment
to
graduate
from
high
school,
to
qualify
19
for
admission
to
an
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
20
the
state
board
of
regents,
and
to
qualify
for
state
school
21
foundation
aid
pursuant
to
section
257.52.
22
Sec.
2.
Section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2011,
23
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
24
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(02)
Full-time
equivalent
resident
25
pupils
who
attain
the
minimum
acceptable
score
on
the
college
26
readiness
assessment
established
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
27
subsection
31,
prior
to
the
pupil’s
senior
year
of
high
school
28
if
the
pupil
is
admitted
to
an
Iowa
community
college
or
29
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
30
regents.
A
pupil
who
is
admitted
to
an
Iowa
community
college
31
or
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
32
of
regents
shall
not
be
included
in
the
district’s
enrollment
33
for
purposes
of
this
chapter
if
the
pupil
was
eligible
to
34
receive
a
diploma
with
the
class
in
which
they
were
enrolled
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prior
to
taking
the
college
readiness
assessment
and
the
class
1
graduated
in
the
previous
school
year.
2
Sec.
3.
NEW
SECTION
.
257.52
High
school
scholarship
3
payments.
4
1.
Each
community
college
and
each
institution
of
higher
5
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
regents
that
admits
a
6
person
who
prior
to
the
person’s
senior
year
of
high
school
7
attained
at
least
the
minimum
acceptable
score
on
the
college
8
readiness
assessment
established
by
the
state
board
in
9
accordance
with
section
256.7,
subsection
31,
for
purposes
of
10
qualifying
for
state
school
foundation
aid
shall,
if
the
person
11
is
enrolled
in
a
school
district
and
included
in
a
school
12
district’s
actual
enrollment
in
accordance
with
section
257.6,
13
notify
the
department
of
management
of
the
admission
and
the
14
name
of
the
school
district
in
which
the
student
is
enrolled.
15
2.
The
department
of
management
shall
deduct
from
the
16
amounts
calculated
for
state
school
foundation
aid
for
each
17
school
district
the
amount
generated
by
each
pupil
pursuant
to
18
section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(02)
19
for
each
school
district
from
the
state
aid
due
to
the
district
20
pursuant
to
this
chapter
and
shall
pay
the
amounts
to
the
Iowa
21
community
college
or
institution
of
higher
learning
governed
22
by
the
state
board
of
regents
in
which
the
person
is
admitted
23
pursuant
to
subsection
1
on
a
monthly
basis
from
September
24
15
through
June
15
during
each
school
year.
The
community
25
college
or
institution
paid
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
26
reduce
the
tuition
charged
to
a
person
admitted
as
a
student
27
pursuant
to
subsection
1
by
an
amount
equivalent
to
the
amount
28
paid
to
the
community
college
or
institution
pursuant
to
this
29
subsection.
The
department
of
management
shall
notify
each
30
school
district
of
the
amount
of
state
aid
deducted
for
these
31
purposes
and
the
balance
of
state
aid
shall
be
paid
to
the
32
district.
33
Sec.
4.
Section
262.9,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
amended
34
to
read
as
follows:
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3.
Make
rules
for
admission
to
and
for
the
government
of
1
said
institutions,
not
inconsistent
with
law.
The
rules
shall
2
provide
for
the
admission
of
students
who
attained
at
least
the
3
minimum
acceptable
score
on
the
college
readiness
assessment
4
established
by
the
state
board
in
accordance
with
section
5
256.7,
subsection
31,
and
who
qualified
for
state
school
6
foundation
aid
pursuant
to
section
257.52.
7
Sec.
5.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
8
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
9
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
10
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
11
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
12
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
13
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
14
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
15
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
16
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
17
districts.
18
EXPLANATION
19
This
bill
directs
the
state
board
of
education
to
require
20
school
districts
to
administer
a
college
readiness
assessment,
21
which
students
must
successfully
pass
as
a
condition
of
22
graduation,
and
provides
for
college
admission
at
regents
23
universities
and
for
the
payment
of
school
foundation
aid
24
funding
to
community
colleges
and
regents
universities
on
25
behalf
of
certain
students
who
attain
a
minimum
acceptable
26
score
on
the
assessment
prior
to
their
12th
grade
of
high
27
school.
28
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
adopt
29
rules
requiring
school
districts
to
administer
a
college
30
readiness
assessment
to
secondary
students
at
least
annually,
31
beginning
not
later
than
the
2014-2015
school
year.
The
rules
32
shall
provide
for
alternative
pathways
to
graduation
and
for
a
33
timeline
for
the
administration
of
the
assessment,
and
shall
34
require
school
districts
to
administer
the
assessment
to
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students
attending
accredited
nonpublic
schools
located
within
1
the
school
district
and
students
receiving
competent
private
2
instruction
if
a
student
and
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian
3
submit
a
written
request
to
a
school
district.
A
school
4
district
may
charge
a
student
a
fee
which
shall
not
exceed
the
5
actual
cost
of
the
assessment.
The
board
must
establish
by
6
rule
the
minimum
acceptable
scores
students
shall
attain.
7
The
bill
establishes
that
full-time
equivalent
resident
8
pupils
who
attain
the
minimum
acceptable
score
prior
to
their
9
senior
year
of
high
school
and
who
are
admitted
to
an
Iowa
10
community
college
or
regents
university
shall
be
counted
in
a
11
school
district’s
actual
enrollment
unless
such
a
pupil
was
12
eligible
to
receive
a
diploma
with
the
class
in
which
they
were
13
enrolled
prior
to
taking
the
college
readiness
assessment
and
14
the
class
graduated
in
the
previous
school
year.
15
Each
community
college
and
regents
university
that
admits
16
a
person
who
prior
to
the
person’s
senior
year
attained
at
17
least
the
minimum
acceptable
score
on
the
college
readiness
18
assessment
shall
notify
the
department
of
management
of
the
19
admission
and
the
name
of
the
school
district
in
which
the
20
student
is
enrolled.
The
department
of
management
shall
deduct
21
from
the
amounts
calculated
for
state
school
foundation
aid
for
22
each
school
district
the
amount
generated
by
such
person
and
23
shall
pay
the
amounts
to
the
Iowa
community
college
or
regents
24
university
in
which
the
person
is
admitted,
and
the
community
25
college
or
institution
shall
reduce
the
tuition
charged
to
the
26
person
by
an
equivalent
amount.
27
The
bill
also
directs
the
state
board
of
regents
to
make
28
rules
for
admission
that
provide
for
the
admission
of
students
29
who
attained
at
least
the
minimum
acceptable
score
on
the
30
college
readiness
assessment
and
who
qualified
for
state
school
31
foundation
aid.
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