Bill Text: IA SF2114 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to matters involving the state board and department of education to reflect current practices, delete redundancies and inaccuracies, and resolve inconsistencies. (Formerly SSB 3029.) Effective 7-1-18.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2018-04-02 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 859. [SF2114 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2114-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2114 - Enrolled
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB
3029)
\5
A BILL FOR
\1
Senate File 2114
AN ACT
RELATING TO MATTERS INVOLVING THE STATE BOARD AND
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICES, DELETE
REDUNDANCIES AND INACCURACIES, AND RESOLVE INCONSISTENCIES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
A set of core academic indicators in mathematics and reading
in grades four, eight, and eleven, a set of core academic
indicators in science in grades eight and eleven ten, and
another set of core indicators that includes but is not limited
to graduation rate, postsecondary education, and successful
employment in Iowa. Annually, the department shall report
state data for each indicator in the condition of education
report.
Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph c, Code
2018, is amended by striking the paragraph.
Sec. 3. Section 256.7, subsection 28, Code 2018, is amended
to read as follows:
28. Adopt a set of core content standards applicable to
all students in kindergarten through grade twelve in every
school district and accredited nonpublic school. For purposes
of this subsection, "core content standards" includes reading,
mathematics, and science. The core content standards shall
be identical to the core content standards included in Iowa's
approved 2006 standards and assessment system under Tit. I
of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, 20 U.S.C. {6301 et seq., as amended by the federal No
Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107=110. School
districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall include, at a
minimum, the core content standards adopted pursuant to this
subsection in any set of locally developed content standards.
School districts and accredited nonpublic schools are strongly
encouraged to set higher expectations in local standards. As
changes in federal law or regulation occur, the state board is
authorized to amend the core content standards as appropriate.
Sec. 4. Section 256.9, subsection 49, paragraph a, Code
2018, is amended to read as follows:
a. Develop and distribute, in collaboration with the area
education agencies, core curriculum technical assistance and
implementation strategies that school districts and accredited
nonpublic schools shall utilize, including but not limited to
the development and delivery of formative and end=of=course
model assessments classroom teachers may use to measure student
progress on the core curriculum adopted pursuant to section
256.7, subsection 26. The department shall, in collaboration
with the advisory group convened in accordance with paragraph
"b" and educational assessment providers, identify and make
available to school districts end=of=course and additional
model end=of=course and additional assessments to align with
the expectations included in the Iowa core curriculum. The
model assessments shall be suitable to meet the multiple
assessment measures requirement specified in section 256.7,
subsection 21, paragraph "c".
Sec. 5. Section 256.9, subsection 55, Code 2018, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 6. Section 256.16, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended
by adding the following new paragraphs:
NEW PARAGRAPH. d. Require that each student admitted to an
approved practitioner preparation program participate in field
experiences that include both observation and participation in
teaching activities in a variety of school settings. These
field experiences shall comprise a total of at least fifty
hours in duration, at least ten hours of which shall occur
prior to a student's acceptance in an approved practitioner
preparation program. The student teaching experience shall be
a minimum of fourteen weeks in duration during the student's
final year of the practitioner preparation program. The
program shall make every reasonable effort to offer the student
teaching experience prior to a student's last semester, or
equivalent, in the program, and to expand the student's student
teaching opportunities beyond one semester or the equivalent.
NEW PARAGRAPH. e. Require that faculty members in
professional education maintain an ongoing involvement in
activities in elementary, middle, or secondary schools. The
activities shall include at least forty hours of team teaching
during a period not exceeding five years in duration at the
elementary, middle, or secondary level.
NEW PARAGRAPH. f. Include instruction in skills and
strategies to be used in classroom management of individuals,
and of small and large groups, under varying conditions;
skills for communicating and working constructively with
pupils, teachers, administrators, and parents; preparation in
reading theory, knowledge, strategies, and approaches, and
for integrating literacy instruction into content areas in
accordance with this section; and skills for understanding the
role of the state board and the functions of other education
agencies in the state. Rules adopted in accordance with this
paragraph shall be based upon recommendations of the department
after consultation with teacher education faculty members in
colleges and universities.
NEW PARAGRAPH. g. Prescribe minimum experiences and
responsibilities to be accomplished during the student teaching
experience by the student teacher and by the cooperating
teacher based upon recommendations of the department after
consultation with teacher education faculty members in
colleges and universities. The student teaching experience
shall include opportunities for the student teacher to become
knowledgeable about the Iowa teaching standards, including
but not limited to a mock evaluation performed by the
cooperating teacher. The mock evaluation shall not be used as
an assessment tool by the practitioner preparation program.
The student teaching experience shall consist of interactive
experiences involving the college or university personnel, the
student teacher, the cooperating teacher, and administrative
personnel from the cooperating teacher's school district.
NEW PARAGRAPH. h. Offer annually a workshop of at least
one day in duration for prospective cooperating teachers. The
workshop shall define the objectives of the student teaching
experience, review the responsibilities of the cooperating
teacher, and provide the cooperating teacher with other
information and assistance the institution deems necessary.
NEW PARAGRAPH. i. Provide practitioner preparation students
with instruction in the use of electronic technology for
classroom and instructional purposes.
NEW PARAGRAPH. j. Annually solicit the views of the
education community regarding the institution's practitioner
preparation programs.
NEW PARAGRAPH. k. Submit evidence that the college or
department of education in the institution is communicating
with other colleges or departments in the institution so that
practitioner preparation students may integrate teaching
methodology with subject matter areas of specialization.
NEW PARAGRAPH. l. Submit evidence that the performance
evaluation of a student teacher is a cooperative process that
involves both the faculty member supervising the student
teacher and the cooperating teacher. The rules shall require
that each institution develop a written evaluation procedure
for use by the cooperating teacher and a form for evaluating
student teachers, and require that a copy of the completed form
be included in the student teacher's permanent record.
NEW PARAGRAPH. m. If the rules adopted by the board of
educational examiners for issuance of any type or class of
license require an applicant to complete work in student
teaching, pre=student teaching experiences, field experiences,
practicums, clinicals, or internships, enter into a written
contract with any school district, accredited nonpublic school,
preschool registered or licensed by the department of human
services, or area education agency in Iowa, to provide for
such work under terms and conditions as agreed upon by the
contracting parties. The terms and conditions of a written
contract entered into with a preschool pursuant to this
paragraph shall require that a student teacher be under the
direct supervision of an appropriately licensed cooperating
teacher who is employed to teach at the preschool. Students
actually teaching or engaged in preservice licensure activities
in a school district under the terms of such a contract are
entitled to the same protection under section 670.8 as is
afforded by that section to officers and employees of the
school district, during the time such students are so assigned.
Sec. 7. Section 256F.3, subsection 1, Code 2018, 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 and innovation zone schools and shall implement the
applicable provisions of this chapter.
Sec. 8. Section 257.50, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
257.50 Federal assistance == school district
responsibilities.
The director of the department of education, in accepting
and administering federal funds in accordance with section
256.9, subsection 7, shall upon receiving federal grant moneys
under the federal 21st Century Community Learning Center
Grant, Tit. IV, pt. B of the federal No Child Left Behind
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 2001 1965, Pub. L.
No. 107=110 as amended by the federal Every Student Succeeds
Act, as amended, 20 U.S.C., {7171=7176, designate that a school
district be the fiscal agent for an eligible local grant.
Whenever possible, the grant applicant school district shall
collaborate with a community=based organization, a public
or private entity, or a consortium of two or more of such
organizations or entities in establishing a community learning
center. The department shall give priority to applications for
programs serving students determined through research=based
methods to be in the greatest need of eligible services.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, if federal
rules or regulations relating to the 21st Century Community
Learning Center Grant are adopted that are inconsistent with
the provisions of this section, the department of education
shall comply with the requirements of the federal rules or
regulations.
Sec. 9. Section 280.19, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
280.19 Plans for at=risk children.
The board of directors of each public school district shall
incorporate, into the kindergarten admissions program, criteria
and procedures for identification and integration of at=risk
children and their developmental needs. This incorporation
shall be part of the comprehensive school improvement plan
developed and implemented in accordance with section 256.7,
subsection 21, paragraphs paragraph "a" and "c".
Sec. 10. Section 280.21, subsection 1, Code 2018, is amended
to read as follows:
1. An employee of an accredited a public school district,
accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency shall not
inflict, or cause to be inflicted, corporal punishment upon a
student. For purposes of this section, "corporal punishment"
means the intentional physical punishment of a student. An
employee's physical contact with the body of a student shall
not be considered corporal punishment if it is reasonable
and necessary under the circumstances and is not designed or
intended to cause pain or if the employee uses reasonable
force, as defined under section 704.1, for the protection of
the employee, the student, or other students; to obtain the
possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within a
student's control; or for the protection of property. The
department of education shall adopt rules to implement this
section.
Sec. 11. Section 280.26, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
280.26 Intervention in altercations.
1. An employee of an accredited a public school district,
accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency may
intervene in a fight or physical struggle occurring among
students or between students and nonstudents that takes place
in the presence of the school employee in a school building, on
school premises, or at any school function or school=sponsored
activity regardless of its location. The degree and force of
the intervention may be as reasonably necessary, in the opinion
of the school employee, to restore order and protect the safety
of the individuals involved in the altercation and others in
the vicinity of the altercation.
2. A person who is not an employee of an accredited a
public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area
education agency may intervene in a fight or physical struggle
occurring among students, or between students and nonstudents,
that takes place in the presence of the nonemployee in a school
building, on school premises, or at any school function or
school=sponsored activity regardless of its location. The
intervention may occur in the absence of an employee of an
accredited a public school district, accredited nonpublic
school, or area education agency, or at the request of such
an employee, utilizing the degree and force of intervention
reasonably necessary to restore order and protect the safety of
the individuals involved in the altercation and others in the
vicinity of the altercation. However, a person who intervenes
in the absence of an employee of an accredited a public school
district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency
shall report the intervention and all relevant information
regarding the situation as soon as reasonably possible to such
an employee.
3. An employee of an accredited a public school district,
accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency who
intervenes in a fight or physical struggle pursuant to
subsection 1 shall be awarded reasonable monetary damages
against a party bringing a civil action alleging a violation
of this section, if it is determined in the action that the
employee has been wrongfully accused. A nonemployee of an
accredited a public school district, accredited nonpublic
school, or area education agency who intervenes in a fight or
physical struggle pursuant to subsection 2 shall be limited to
the recovery of reasonable attorney fees and court costs, if it
is determined in a civil action alleging a violation of this
section that the nonemployee has been wrongfully accused.
Sec. 12. Section 613.21, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
613.21 Immunity from civil suit.
An employee of an accredited a public school district,
accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency shall
be immune from civil suit for reasonable acts undertaken in
good faith relating to participation in the making of a report
and any resulting investigation or administrative or judicial
proceedings regarding violence, threats of violence, or other
inappropriate activity against a school employee or student,
pursuant to the provisions of section 280.27.
Sec. 13. REPEAL. Sections 256.26, 272.25, and 272.27, Code
2018, are repealed.
CHARLES SCHNEIDE
LINDA UPMEYER
W. CHARLES SMITH
KIM REYNOLDS
-1-
