Bill Text: IA SF2154 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to science instruction and the Iowa core content standards applicable to certain specified students of school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-01 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Rozenboom, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 180. [SF2154 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2154-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2154
BY
BOLKCOM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
science
instruction
and
the
Iowa
core
1
content
standards
applicable
to
certain
specified
students
2
of
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
28,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
28.
Adopt
a
set
of
core
content
standards
applicable
3
to
all
students
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
4
every
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school.
For
5
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“core
content
standards”
includes
6
reading,
mathematics,
and
science.
The
core
content
standards
7
for
science
for
grades
seven
through
twelve
shall
include
8
science-based
information
regarding
the
anthropogenic
causes
9
of
climate
change.
School
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
10
schools
shall
include,
at
a
minimum,
the
core
content
standards
11
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
in
any
set
of
locally
12
developed
content
standards.
School
districts
and
accredited
13
nonpublic
schools
are
strongly
encouraged
to
set
higher
14
expectations
in
local
standards.
As
changes
in
federal
law
or
15
regulation
occur,
the
state
board
is
authorized
to
amend
the
16
core
content
standards
as
appropriate.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
relates
to
science
instruction
and
the
Iowa
core
21
content
standards
applicable
to
certain
specified
students
of
22
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
23
Current
law
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
adopt
24
a
set
of
core
content
standards
that
apply
to
all
students
in
25
kindergarten
through
grade
12
in
every
school
district
and
26
accredited
nonpublic
school
that
includes
reading,
mathematics,
27
and
science.
The
bill
requires
the
science
instruction
28
provided
to
students
enrolled
in
grade
7
through
grade
12
to
29
include
science-based
information
regarding
the
anthropogenic
30
causes
of
climate
change.
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