Bill Text: IA SF394 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to requirements school districts and accredited nonpublic schools must meet to provide distance learning classes that meet the requirements of Iowa's education program. (Formerly SSB 1165.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-09 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 1195. [SF394 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF394-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
REQUIREMENTS
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AND
ACCREDITED
NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS
MUST
MEET
TO
PROVIDE
DISTANCE
LEARNING
CLASSES
THAT
MEET
THE
REQUIREMENTS
OF
IOWA’S
EDUCATION
PROGRAM.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
256.42,
subsection
7,
paragraph
c,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
c.
Any
specified
subject
course
to
which
If
the
provisions
of
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
does
not
apply
under
are
made
inapplicable
under
paragraph
“a”
,
or
are
waived
under
paragraph
“b”
shall
,
the
specified
subject
shall
be
provided
by
the
initiative
if
the
initiative
offers
the
course
unless
the
course
offered
by
the
initiative
lacks
the
capacity
to
accommodate
additional
students.
In
that
case,
the
specified
subject
course
may
instead
be
provided
or
by
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
if
an
online
alternative
satisfying
the
requirements
of
subparagraph
(1)
or
(2)
can
be
made
available
by
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school.
Any
course
not
required
under
section
256.11,
subsection
5,
may
also
be
provided
by
the
initiative
or
by
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school.
However,
in
either
case,
if
offered
by
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school,
the
specified
subject
or
course
shall
be
offered
through
either
of
the
following
applies
means
:
(1)
Through
an
An
online
learning
platform
if
the
course
Senate
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394,
p.
2
is
developed
by
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
itself
or
is
developed
by
a
partnership
or
consortium
of
schools
that
have
developed
the
course
individually
or
cooperatively
,
provided
the
course
is
taught
by
an
Iowa
licensed
teacher
with
online
learning
experience
and
the
course
content
is
aligned
with
the
Iowa
content
standards
and
satisfies
the
requirements
of
subsection
6
.
A
partnership
or
consortium
of
schools
may
include
two
or
more
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
or
any
combination
thereof.
(2)
Through
a
A
private
provider
utilized
to
provide
the
course
that
meets
the
standards
of
this
section
256.42
and
is
approved
in
accordance
with
section
256.9,
subsection
55
.
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
394,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor