Bill Text: IA SF2004 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the Iowa learning online initiative and making appropriations. (See SF 2310.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-18 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2310. S.J. 338. [SF2004 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF2004-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2004
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2004
BY
DAWSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
Iowa
learning
online
initiative
and
1
making
appropriations.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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2004
Section
1.
Section
256.42,
subsection
6,
Code
2020,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
Coursework
offered
under
the
initiative
shall
be
3
rigorous
and
high
quality,
and
the
department
shall
annually
4
evaluate
the
quality
of
the
courses
and
ensure
that
coursework
5
is
aligned
with
the
state’s
core
curriculum
and
core
content
6
requirements
and
standards,
as
well
as
national
standards
7
of
quality
for
online
courses
issued
by
an
internationally
8
recognized
association
for
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
9
online
learning.
The
initiative
shall
offer,
at
a
minimum,
10
Chinese
language
coursework
for
students
in
grades
nine
through
11
twelve.
12
Sec.
2.
Section
256.42,
Code
2020,
is
amended
by
adding
the
13
following
new
subsection:
14
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
9.
For
each
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
15
after
July
1,
2020,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
16
of
the
state
to
the
department
the
sum
of
five
hundred
thousand
17
dollars
to
be
used
for
administering
this
section.
18
EXPLANATION
19
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
20
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
21
This
bill
appropriates
$500,000,
for
the
fiscal
year
22
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
each
succeeding
fiscal
year,
from
23
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
education
24
for
purposes
of
administering
the
Iowa
learning
online
25
initiative.
The
bill
requires
the
initiative
to
offer,
at
a
26
minimum,
Chinese
language
coursework
for
students
in
grades
9
27
through
12.
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