Bill Text: IA SF354 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requesting the establishment of an interim study committee to consider school district and accredited nonpublic school use of online learning technology as a means to meet minimum school day or school hour requirements when inclement weather causes schools to close.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Lofgren, and Wahls. S.J. 390. [SF354 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF354-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
COURNOYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requesting
the
establishment
of
an
interim
study
1
committee
to
consider
school
district
and
accredited
2
nonpublic
school
use
of
online
learning
technology
as
a
3
means
to
meet
minimum
school
day
or
school
hour
requirements
4
when
inclement
weather
causes
schools
to
close.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
INTERIM
STUDY
COMMITTEE
——
ONLINE
LEARNING
1
TECHNOLOGY
——
INCLEMENT
WEATHER
SCHOOL
CLOSURES.
2
1.
The
legislative
council
is
requested
to
establish
an
3
interim
study
committee
to
consider
and
make
recommendations
4
relating
to
the
feasibility
of
allowing
school
districts
5
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
utilize
online
learning
6
technology
as
a
means
to
meet
the
minimum
school
day
or
7
school
hour
requirements
when
inclement
weather
causes
school
8
closures.
9
2.
The
study
committee
shall
review
and
provide
an
analysis
10
of
the
following:
11
a.
School
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
12
Iowa
currently
using
online
learning
technology
to
provide
13
instruction
on
days
when
inclement
weather
causes
school
14
closures.
15
b.
Statewide
policies
and
laws
in
other
states
relating
16
to
the
use
of
online
learning
technology
as
a
means
to
meet
17
minimum
school
day
or
school
hour
requirements
when
inclement
18
weather
causes
school
closures.
19
c.
Potential
barriers
to
allowing
instructional
staff
and
20
students
to
engage
in
curriculum-aligned
instructional
and
21
learning
opportunities
from
home
utilizing
online
learning
22
technology
and
to
allowing
such
use
to
meet
the
minimum
23
school
day
or
school
hour
requirements
so
school
districts
and
24
accredited
nonpublic
schools
can
avoid
extending
the
school
25
calendar.
26
d.
Options
for
overcoming
the
barriers
identified
under
27
paragraph
“c”.
28
e.
Best
practices
for
utilizing
online
instructional
29
technology
to
meet
minimum
school
day
or
school
hour
30
requirements
when
inclement
weather
causes
school
closures.
31
3.
The
study
committee
shall
submit
a
report
with
its
32
analysis,
findings,
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
33
by
December
20,
2019.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
requests
the
legislative
council
to
establish
an
3
interim
study
committee
to
consider
and
make
recommendations
4
relating
to
the
feasibility
of
allowing
school
districts
5
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
utilize
online
learning
6
technology
as
a
means
to
meet
the
minimum
school
day
or
7
school
hour
requirements
when
inclement
weather
causes
school
8
closures.
9
The
study
committee
shall
review
and
provide
an
analysis
of
10
how
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
Iowa
11
are
currently
using
such
technology
to
provide
instruction
on
12
days
when
inclement
weather
causes
school
closures;
related
13
policies
and
laws
in
other
states;
potential
barriers
to
such
14
use
and
the
options
for
overcoming
such
barriers,
and
best
15
practices
for
utilizing
online
instructional
technology
to
meet
16
minimum
school
day
or
school
hour
requirements
when
inclement
17
weather
causes
school
closures.
18
The
study
committee
shall
submit
a
report
with
its
analysis,
19
findings,
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
by
20
December
20,
2019.
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