Bill Text: IA SF137 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills required to be addressed in rules adopted by the state board of education.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-26 - Subcommittee: Behn, Chelgren, and Quirmbach. S.J. 145. [SF137 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF137-Introduced.html
Senate File 137 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY QUIRMBACH, DOTZLER, BOULTON, DVORSKY, HART, JOCHUM, BOLKCOM, PETERSEN, McCOY, and HOGG A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to school core curriculum and twenty=first 2 century learning skills required to be addressed in rules 3 adopted by the state board of education. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1519XS (7) 87 kh/rj/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a, 1 2 subparagraph (3), Code 2017, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (3) The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address 1 4 the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and 1 5 knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty=first 1 6 century and shall address the curricular needs of students 1 7 in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. The 1 8 core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty=first 1 9 century learning skills which include but are not limited to 1 10civicthe following: 1 11 (a) Civic literacy, health literacy, technology literacy, 1 12 financial literacy, family life and consumer sciences, and 1 13 employability skills; and shall address the curricular needs of 1 14 students in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. 1 15 The state board shall further define the twenty=first century 1 16 learning skills components by rule. 1 17 (b) Music, visual art, drama and theater, and other fine 1 18 and applied arts. The department shall employ a consultant 1 19 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine 1 20 and applied arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for 1 21 professional development programs, strategies, and materials 1 22 based on the rules adopted by the state board pursuant to 1 23 this subparagraph division. This subparagraph division shall 1 24 not be construed to conflict with the provisions of section 1 25 256.11, subsection 3, 4, or 5, with regard to areas that are 1 26 required to be taught. The selection and administration of 1 27 assessments of music, visual art, drama and theater, or other 1 28 fine and applied arts courses shall be determined locally by 1 29 the school district or accredited nonpublic school providing 1 30 the educational program in accordance with section 256.11. 1 31 However, the department may provide model assessments aligned 1 32 with fine and applied arts content standards established by the 1 33 state board. 1 34 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance with 1 35 Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 2 1 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 2 2 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 2 3 received by the school district under Code section 257.16. 2 4 This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be 2 5 deemed to meet all of the state funding=related requirements 2 6 of Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state 2 7 funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this 2 8 Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 2 9 districts. 2 10 EXPLANATION 2 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 2 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 2 13 This bill modifies the school core curriculum and 2 14 twenty=first century learning skills and knowledge that the 2 15 state board of education is required to address in rule. 2 16 Currently, the core curriculum includes English or language 2 17 arts, mathematics, science, and social studies; and the 2 18 necessary twenty=first century learning skills include but are 2 19 not limited to civic literacy, health literacy, technology 2 20 literacy, financial literacy, family life and consumer 2 21 sciences, and employability skills. 2 22 The bill requires that the core curriculum and twenty=first 2 23 century learning skills address music, visual art, drama and 2 24 theater, and other fine and applied arts. The bill also 2 25 requires the department of education to employ a consultant 2 26 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine 2 27 and applied arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for 2 28 professional development programs, strategies, and materials 2 29 based on the rules adopted by the state board of education. 2 30 The bill establishes that the provision establishing 2 31 arts=related core curriculum requirements shall not be 2 32 construed to conflict with the offer and teach provisions of 2 33 Code section 256.11, which establishes the educational program 2 34 accredited schools must offer and teach. 2 35 The selection and administration of arts=related assessments 3 1 shall be locally determined, but the department of education is 3 2 authorized to provide model assessments aligned with the fine 3 3 and applied arts content standards established by the state 3 4 board. 3 5 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 3 6 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 3 7 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 3 8 district from state school foundation aid received by the 3 9 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 3 10 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 3 11 funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 3 12 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 3 13 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 3 14 mandates included in the bill. LSB 1519XS (7) 87 kh/rj/jh
