Bill Text: IA HSB610 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A study bill relating to the open enrollment of students for purposes of receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet and providing for an online learning program to be created as a new school within an existing public school, within a charter school or innovation zone school, or as an independently operating charter school.

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2014-02-05 - In Education [HSB610 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2013-HSB610-Introduced.html

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House Study Bill 610 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE _____
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON JORGENSEN)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to the open enrollment of students for purposes
of receiving educational instruction and course content
delivered primarily over the internet and providing for
an online learning program to be created as a new school
within an existing public school, within a charter school
or innovation zone school, or as an independently operating
charter school.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 32, paragraph b, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. Except as provided in paragraph “c” Upon approving
an application for an online learning program in accordance
with chapter 256F.3 , adopt rules prohibiting authorizing the
open enrollment of students whose for purposes of receiving
educational instruction and course content are delivered
primarily over the internet.
Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 32, paragraph c,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
Adopt rules , notwithstanding paragraph “b” , that limit the
statewide enrollment of pupils in educational instruction and
course content that are delivered primarily over the internet
to not more than eighteen one-hundredths of one percent of
the statewide enrollment of all pupils, and that limit the
number of pupils participating in open enrollment for purposes
of receiving educational instruction and course content that
are delivered primarily over the internet to no more than one
percent of a sending district’s enrollment. Until June 30,
2015, students who meet the requirements of section 282.18 may
participate in open enrollment under this paragraph “c” for
purposes of enrolling only in the CAM community school district
or the Clayton Ridge community school district.
Sec. 3. Section 256F.1, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Charter schools , online learning programs, and
innovation zone schools shall be part of the state’s program of
public education.
Sec. 4. Section 256F.1, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
The purpose of a charter school , an online learning program,
or an innovation zone school established pursuant to this
chapter shall be to accomplish the following:
Sec. 5. Section 256F.1, Code 2014, is amended by adding the
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following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 5. An online learning program may be
created as a new school within an existing public school,
within a charter school or an innovation zone school, or
as an independently operating charter school. However,
notwithstanding section 256F.2, subsection 7A, an online
program created as a new school within an existing public
school, within a charter school, or within an innovation zone
school shall be considered a charter school or an innovation
zone school for purposes of this chapter.
Sec. 6. Section 256F.2, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
1. “Advisory council” means a council appointed by the
school board of directors of a charter school , an online
learning program, or an innovation zone consortium pursuant to
section 256F.5, subsection 4 .
Sec. 7. Section 256F.2, Code 2014, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 7A. “Online learning program” means an
independently operating program providing online instruction in
accordance with the online learning program model established
pursuant to section 256.43, and that receives approval from the
state board to provide full-time online instruction pursuant to
this chapter.
Sec. 8. Section 256F.3, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The state board of education shall apply for a federal
grant under Pub. L. No. 107-110, cited as the federal No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001, Tit. V, pt. B, subpt. 1, for purposes
of providing financial assistance for the planning, program
design, and initial implementation of public charter schools.
The department shall monitor the effectiveness of charter
schools , online learning programs, and innovation zone schools
and shall implement the applicable provisions of this chapter .
Sec. 9. Section 256F.3, subsection 2, Code 2014, is amended
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by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . d. To receive approval to establish an
online learning program, the proposed operator of the online
learning program shall submit an application to the state
board. However, notwithstanding section 256F.2, subsection 7A,
if the online learning program is proposed to be created as a
new school within an existing public school, within a charter
school, or within an innovation zone school, the approval
procedure and application process shall be as provided in
paragraph “a” or “b” , as appropriate, and subsections 3, 4, 5,
6, and 7.
Sec. 10. Section 256F.3, subsection 7, Code 2014, is amended
to read as follows:
7. An application submitted to the state board pursuant to
subsection 2 , paragraph “b” or “d” , or subsection 6 shall set
forth the manner in which the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school will provide special
instruction, in accordance with section 280.4 , to students who
are limited English proficient. The application shall set
forth the manner in which the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school will comply with federal and
state laws and regulations relating to the federal National
School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966,
42 U.S.C. § 1751–1785, and chapter 283A . The state board shall
approve only those applications that meet the requirements
specified in section 256F.1, subsection 3 , and sections 256F.4
and 256F.5 . The state board may deny an application if the
state board deems that approval of the application is not in
the best interest of the affected students.
Sec. 11. Section 256F.4, subsections 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8,
Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
1. Within fifteen days after approval of a charter school ,
online learning program, or innovation zone school application
submitted in accordance with section 256F.3, subsection 2 ,
a school board , online learning program, or innovation zone
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consortium shall report to the department the name of the
charter school applicant if applicable, the proposed charter
school , online learning program, or innovation zone school
location, and the charter school or innovation zone school’s
projected enrollment.
3. A charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone school shall not discriminate in its student admissions
policies or practices on the basis of intellectual or athletic
ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or status as a
person with a disability. However, a charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school may limit admission
to students who are within a particular range of ages or grade
levels or on any other basis that would be legal if initiated
by a school district. Enrollment priority shall be given to
the siblings of students enrolled in a charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school.
4. a. A charter school or innovation zone school shall
enroll an eligible resident student who submits a timely
application unless the number of applications exceeds the
capacity of a program, class, grade level, or building. In
this case, students must be accepted by lot.
b. A charter school or innovation zone school may
enroll an eligible nonresident student who submits a timely
application in accordance with the student admission policy
established pursuant to section 256F.5, subsection 1 . If the
charter school or innovation zone school enrolls an eligible
nonresident student, the charter school or innovation zone
school shall notify the school district of residence and the
sending district not later than March 1 of the preceding school
year.
c. For purposes of this section, all students who register
in an online learning program shall be considered nonresident
students and a student’s school district of residence shall be
considered a sending school district.
d. Transportation for the an enrolled student shall be
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in accordance with section 282.18, subsection 10 . An online
learning program is exempt from this paragraph.
e. The sending district shall make payments to the charter
school , online learning program, or innovation zone consortium
in the manner required under section 282.18, subsection 7 .
If the nonresident a pupil enrolled in a charter school or
innovation zone school is also an eligible pupil under section
261E.6 , the charter school, online learning program, or
innovation zone consortium shall pay the tuition reimbursement
amount to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in
section 261E.7 .
5. A charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone school shall provide instruction for at least the number
of days or hours required by section 279.10, subsection 1 , or
shall provide at least the equivalent number of total hours .
6. Notwithstanding subsection 2 , a charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school shall meet the
requirements of section 256.7, subsection 21 .
8. A charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone consortium may enter into contracts in accordance with
chapter 26 .
Sec. 12. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
Although a charter school , online learning program, or
innovation zone school may elect to comply with one or more
provisions of statute or administrative rule, a charter school ,
online learning program, or innovation zone school is exempt
from all statutes and rules applicable to a school, a school
board, or a school district, except that the charter school ,
online learning program, or innovation zone school shall do all
of the following:
Sec. 13. Section 256F.4, subsection 2, paragraphs g and i,
Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
g. Be subject to and comply with chapter 284 relating to
the student achievement and teacher quality program. A charter
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school , online learning program, or innovation zone school
that complies with chapter 284 shall receive state moneys or
be eligible to receive state moneys calculated as provided in
section 257.10, subsections 9 and 10 , and section 257.37A as
if it did not operate under a charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school contract.
i. Be subject to and comply with the provisions of chapter
285 relating to the transportation of students. An online
learning program is exempt from this paragraph.
Sec. 14. Section 256F.4, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. Students enrolled in an innovation zone school or online
learning program shall be counted, for state school foundation
aid purposes, in the student’s district of residence.
Sec. 15. Section 256F.5, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014,
is amended to read as follows:
An application to the state board for the approval of a
charter school , online learning program, or innovation zone
school shall include but shall not be limited to a description
of the following:
Sec. 16. Section 256F.5, subsections 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10,
12, 13, 14, 15, 16, and 17, Code 2014, are amended to read as
follows:
1. The method for admission to the charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school.
2. The mission, purpose, innovation, and specialized focus
of the charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone school.
4. The method for appointing or forming an advisory council
for the charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone school. The membership of an advisory council appointed
or formed in accordance with this chapter shall not include
more than one member of a participating school board.
6. The charter school , online learning program, or
innovation zone school governance and bylaws.
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7. The financial plan for the operation of the charter
school , online learning program, or innovation zone school
including, at a minimum, a listing of the support services
the school district , online learning program, or innovation
zone consortium will provide, and the charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school’s revenues,
budgets, and expenditures.
10. The organization of the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school in terms of ages of students
or grades to be taught along with an estimate of the total
enrollment of the charter school , online learning program, or
innovation zone school.
12. A statement indicating how the charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school will meet the
requirements of section 256F.1, as applicable; section 256F.4,
subsection 2 , paragraph “a” ; and section 256F.4, subsection 3 .
13. Assurance of the assumption of liability by the charter
school , online learning program, or the innovation zone
consortium for the innovation zone school.
14. The types and amounts of insurance coverage to be
obtained by the charter school , online learning program, or
innovation zone consortium for the innovation zone school.
15. A plan of operation to be implemented if the charter
school , online learning program, or innovation zone consortium
revokes or fails to renew its contract.
16. The means, costs, and plan for providing transportation
for students enrolled in the charter school or innovation
zone school. An online learning program is exempt from this
subsection.
17. The specific statutes, administrative rules, and school
board policies with which the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school does not intend to comply.
Sec. 17. Section 256F.6, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
256F.6 Contract.
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1. a. An approved charter school or innovation zone school
application shall constitute an agreement, the terms of which
shall, at a minimum, be the terms of a four-year enforceable,
renewable contract between a school board, or the boards
participating in an innovation zone consortium, and the state
board. The contract shall include an operating agreement for
the operation of the charter school or innovation zone school.
The terms of the contract may be revised at any time with
the approval of both the state board and the school board or
the boards participating in the innovation zone consortium,
whether or not the stated provisions of the contract are being
fulfilled Once a charter school, online learning program, or
innovation zone school application has been approved by the
state board, the state board shall enter into a renewable
performance-based contract with the charter school, online
learning program, or innovation zone school . The term of
the contract shall not exceed four years. The terms of the
contract must address each component of the application, and
for online learning programs must also include description and
agreement regarding the methods by which the school will meet
all of the following requirements:
(1) Monitor and verify full-time student enrollment,
student participation in a full course load, credit accrual,
and course completion.
(2) Monitor and verify student progress and performance
in each course through regular proctored assessments and
submissions of coursework.
(3) Conduct parent-teacher conferences.
(4) Administer state-required assessments to all students
in a proctored setting or pursuant to state law.
b. A contract may be renewed by agreement of the school
board or the boards participating in an innovation zone
consortium, as applicable, and the state board.
c. The charter school , online learning program, or
innovation zone consortium shall provide parents and guardians
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of students enrolled in the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school with a copy of the charter
school , online learning program, or innovation zone school
application approved pursuant to section 256F.5 .
2. The contract shall outline the reasons clearly set forth
causes for revocation or nonrenewal of the contract.
3. The contract shall include a closure protocol to ensure
timely notification to parents, orderly transition of students
and student records to new schools, and proper disposition of
school funds, property, and assets in the event a contract
is revoked or not renewed. The closure protocol shall
specify tasks, timelines, and responsible parties, including
delineating the respective duties of the responsible parties.
3. 4. The state board of education shall provide by rule
for the ongoing review of each party’s compliance with a
contract entered into in accordance with this chapter .
Sec. 18. Section 256F.7, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2014, are
amended to read as follows:
1. A charter school , online learning program, or the boards
participating in an innovation zone consortium shall employ or
contract with necessary teachers and administrators, as defined
in section 272.1 , who hold a valid license with an endorsement
for the type of service for which the teacher or administrator
is employed.
2. The school board , online learning program, or innovation
zone consortium, as specified in the application, in
consultation with the advisory council, shall decide matters
related to the operation of the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school, including budgeting,
curriculum, and operating procedures.
Sec. 19. Section 256F.8, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:
A contract for the establishment of a charter school , online
learning program, or innovation zone school may shall be
revoked by the state board, the school board that established
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the charter school, online learning program operator, or the
innovation zone consortium that established the innovation zone
school if the appropriate board or consortium determines that
one or more of the following occurred:
Sec. 20. Section 256F.8, subsection 1, paragraphs a, b, c,
and e, Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
a. Failure of the charter school , online learning program,
or innovation zone school to abide by and meet the provisions
set forth in the contract, including educational goals.
b. Failure of the charter school , online learning program,
or innovation zone school to comply with all applicable law.
c. Failure of the charter school , online learning program,
or innovation zone school to meet generally accepted public
sector accounting principles.
e. Assessment of student progress, which is administered
in accordance with state and locally determined indicators
established pursuant to rules adopted by the state board,
does not show improvement in student progress over that
which existed in the same student population prior to the
establishment of the charter school , online learning program,
or the innovation zone school.
Sec. 21. Section 256F.8, subsections 3, 4, and 6, Code 2014,
are amended to read as follows:
3. A The state board, a school board , or a board
participating in an innovation zone consortium that is
considering revocation or nonrenewal of a charter school ,
online learning program, or innovation zone school contract
shall notify the advisory council, the parents or guardians of
the students enrolled in the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school, and the teachers and
administrators employed by the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school, sixty days prior to
revoking or the date by which the contract must be renewed, but
not later than the last day of classes in the school year.
4. If the state board determines that a charter school ,
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online learning program, or innovation zone school is in
substantial violation of the terms of the contract or ranked
in the bottom ten percent of all schools in the state for two
consecutive years in terms of student achievement , the state
board shall notify the school board , online learning program
operator, or innovation zone consortium and the advisory
council of its intention to revoke the contract at least sixty
days prior to revoking a contract and the school board or the
school boards participating in the innovation zone consortium
shall assume oversight authority, operational authority,
or both oversight and operational authority. In the event
of revocation of an online learning program contract, the
state board and the online learning program operator shall
abide by the closure protocol specified in the contract. The
notice shall state the grounds for the proposed action in
writing and in reasonable detail. The school board , online
learning program operator, or innovation zone consortium
may request in writing an informal hearing before the state
board within fourteen days of receiving notice of revocation
of the contract. Upon receiving a timely written request
for a hearing, the state board shall give reasonable notice
to the school board , online learning program operator, or
innovation zone consortium of the hearing date. The state
board shall conduct an informal hearing before taking final
action. Final action to revoke a contract shall be taken in
a manner least disruptive to students enrolled in the charter
school , online learning program operator, or innovation zone
school. The state board shall take final action to revoke or
approve continuation of a contract by the last day of classes
in the school year. If the final action to revoke a contract
under this section occurs prior to the last day of classes in
the school year, a charter school , online learning program,
or innovation zone school student may enroll in the resident
district.
6. A The state board, a school board revoking a contract or
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a school board, innovation zone consortium, or advisory council
that fails to renew a contract under this chapter , is not
liable for that action to the charter school , online learning
program, or innovation zone school, a student enrolled in the
charter school , online learning program, or innovation zone
school or the to a student’s parent or guardian, or any other
person.
Sec. 22. Section 256F.9, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
256F.9 Procedures after revocation —— student enrollment.
If a charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone school contract is revoked in accordance with this
chapter , a nonresident student who attended the school or a
student who attended the online learning program , and any
siblings of the student, shall be determined to have shown
“good cause” as provided in section 282.18, subsection 4 ,
paragraph “b” , and may submit an application to another school
district according to section 282.18 at any time. Applications
and notices required by section 282.18 shall be processed
and provided in a prompt manner. The application and notice
deadlines in section 282.18 do not apply to a nonresident
student application under these circumstances.
Sec. 23. Section 256F.10, Code 2014, is amended to read as
follows:
256F.10 Reports.
1. A charter school , online learning program, or innovation
zone school shall report at least annually to the school board
or innovation zone consortium, advisory council, and the state
board on progress made under the components contained in the
performance-based contract entered into pursuant to section
256F.6, as well as any information required by the school board
or innovation zone consortium, advisory council, or the state
board. The reports are public records subject to chapter 22 .
2. A charter school, online learning program, or innovation
zone school that enters into a performance-based contract
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pursuant to section 256F.6 shall submit an annual report to the
state board summarizing the following:
a. The strategic vision for opening the charter school or
innovation zone school, or for establishing the online learning
program, and the progress towards achieving that vision.
b. The academic and financial performance of the charter
school, innovation zone school, or online learning program.
c. The status of the charter school, innovation zone school,
or online learning program, including but not limited to
whether that school or program is approved but not open, open
and operating, or closed.
d. The functions provided by the school board, or the
boards participating in an innovation zone consortium, advisory
councils, and online learning program operator to the charter
school, online learning program, or innovation zone school.
e. The charter school, online learning program, or
innovation zone school operating costs and expenses related
to administering the charter school, online learning program,
or innovation zone school in the form of an annual audited
financial statement that conforms to generally accepted
accounting principles.
2. 3. Not later than December 1 annually, the state
board shall submit a comprehensive report with findings
and recommendations to the general assembly. The report
shall evaluate the state’s charter school schools, online
learning programs, and innovation zone school programs schools
generally, including but not limited to an evaluation of
whether the charter schools , online learning programs, and
innovation zone schools are fulfilling the purposes set
forth in section 256F.4, subsection 2 . The report also shall
contain, for each charter school , online learning program,
or innovation zone school, a copy of the charter school ,
online learning program, or innovation zone school’s mission
statement, attendance statistics and dropout rate, aggregate
assessment test scores, projections of financial stability, the
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number and qualifications of teachers and administrators, and
number of and comments on supervisory visits by the department
of education.
Sec. 24. Section 282.18, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
2014, is amended to read as follows:
b. For purposes of this section , “good cause” means a change
in a child’s residence due to a change in family residence, a
change in the state in which the family residence is located,
a change in a child’s parents’ marital status, a guardianship
or custody proceeding, placement in foster care, adoption,
participation in a foreign exchange program, or participation
in a substance abuse or mental health treatment program, a
change in the status of a child’s resident district such as
removal of accreditation by the state board, surrender of
accreditation, or permanent closure of a nonpublic school,
revocation of a charter school contract as provided in section
256F.8 , the failure of negotiations for a whole grade sharing,
reorganization, dissolution agreement or the rejection of a
current whole grade sharing agreement, or reorganization plan.
If the good cause relates to a change in status of a child’s
school district of residence, however, action by a parent
or guardian must be taken to file the notification within
forty-five days of the last board action or within thirty days
of the certification of the election, whichever is applicable
to the circumstances.
Sec. 25. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. Any contract issued
or entered into by a school district, charter school, or
innovation zone consortium relative to the provisions of
chapter 256F, Code 2014, in effect on the effective date of
this Act shall continue in full force and effect until such
contract is renewed or expires.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill relates to online learning programs by directing
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the state board of education, upon approving an application for
an online learning program under Code chapter 256F, regulating
charter and innovation zone schools, to adopt rules authorizing
the open enrollment of students for purposes of receiving
educational instruction and course content delivered primarily
over the internet, and by amending Code chapter 256F to provide
that an online learning program may be created as a new school
within an existing public school, within a charter school
or innovation zone school, or as an independently operating
charter school.
Currently, the state board is directed to adopt rules
prohibiting such open enrollment in general but to allow, until
June 30, 2015, up to 1 percent of a school district’s students
to participate in open enrollment for such online instruction
only in the CAM community school district or the Clayton Ridge
community school district.
The bill defines “online learning program” to mean an
independently operating program providing online instruction in
accordance with the online learning program model established
pursuant to Code section 256.43, and that receives approval
from the state board to provide full-time online instruction.
To receive approval to establish an online learning program,
the proposed operator of the online learning program must
submit an application to the state board.
An online learning program created as a new school within
an existing public school, within a charter school, or within
an innovation zone school shall be considered a charter school
or an innovation zone school for purposes of the processes and
requirements of the Code chapter. The bill makes corresponding
changes throughout the Code chapter.
The bill strikes language that provides that the approved
charter school or innovation school application constitutes
an agreement, the terms of which shall, at a minimum, be the
terms of a four-year enforceable, renewable contract between
a school board, or the boards participating in an innovation
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zone consortium, and the state board; the contract includes
an operating agreement for the operation of the school; and
the terms of the contract may be revised at any time with
the approval of both the state board and the school board or
the boards participating in the innovation zone consortium,
whether or not the stated provisions of the contract are being
fulfilled.
Instead, the bill provides that after an application is
approved by the state board, the state board must enter into
a renewable performance-based contract with the school. The
term of the contract shall not exceed four years. The terms of
the contract must address each component of the application,
and for online learning programs must also include description
and agreement regarding the methods by which the school will
monitor and verify full-time student enrollment, student
participation in a full course load, credit accrual, and course
completion; monitor and verify student progress and performance
in each course through regular proctored assessments and
submissions of coursework; conduct parent-teacher conferences;
and administer state-required assessments to all students in a
proctored setting or pursuant to state law.
The contract must clearly set forth the causes for
revocation or nonrenewal of the contract, and must include a
closure protocol to ensure timely notification to parents,
orderly transition of students and student records to new
schools, and proper disposition of school funds, property,
and assets in the event a contract is revoked or not renewed.
The closure protocol shall specify tasks, timelines, and
responsible parties, including delineating the respective
duties of the responsible parties.
The notification requirements required when an entity is
considering revocation or nonrenewal of a contract are modified
to add the state board to the list of entities that are subject
to the notification requirements.
Currently, if the state board determines that such a school
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is in substantial violation of the terms of the contract the
state board must notify specific entities of its intention to
revoke the contract. The bill adds that the state board may
also begin this process if the school is ranked in the bottom
10 percent of all schools in the state for two consecutive
years in terms of student achievement. The bill provides
that in the event of revocation of an online learning program
contract, the state board and the online learning program
operator shall abide by the closure protocol specified in the
contract.
Currently, a school board that revokes or fails to renew a
contract is not liable for that action to the school, parents
of students enrolled in the school, or other persons. To the
list of those not liable for a revocation or nonrenewal of
a charter school, innovation zone school, or online learning
program contract, the bill adds the state board.
Currently, such schools must report at least annually to the
school board or innovation zone consortium, advisory council,
and the state board on information required by the school
board or innovation zone consortium, advisory council, or
the state board. The bill requires these reports to contain
information on progress made under the components contained in
the performance-based contract, and to summarize the strategic
vision for opening the charter school or innovation zone
school, or for establishing the online learning program, and
the progress towards achieving that vision; the academic and
financial performance of the school or program; the status of
the school or program; the functions provided by the school
board, or the boards participating in an innovation zone
consortium, advisory councils, and online learning program
operator to the school or program; and the school or program’s
operating costs and expenses related to administering the
school or program in the form of an annual audited financial
statement that conforms to generally accepted accounting
principles.
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H.F. _____
The bill includes a transitional provision establishing
that any contract issued or entered into by a school district,
charter school, or innovation zone consortium relative to
the provisions of chapter 256F, Code 2014, in effect on the
effective date of the bill shall continue in full force and
effect until such contract is renewed or expires.
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