Bill Text: IA SF431 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to required core curriculum and twenty-first century learning skills addressed in rules adopted by the state board of education. (Formerly SSB 1234.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-03-31 - Fiscal note. HCS. [SF431 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF431-Amended.html

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Senate File 431 - Reprinted




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO SSB
                                     1234)
       (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 18, 2015)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to required core curriculum and twenty=first
  2    century learning skills addressed in rules adopted by the
  3    state board of education.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 26, paragraph a,
  1  2 subparagraph (3), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (3)  The rules establishing a core curriculum shall address
  1  4 the core content standards in subsection 28 and the skills and
  1  5 knowledge students need to be successful in the twenty=first
  1  6 century and shall address the curricular needs of students
  1  7 in kindergarten through grade twelve in those areas. The
  1  8 core curriculum shall include social studies and twenty=first
  1  9 century learning skills which include but are not limited to
  1 10 civic the following:
  1 11    (a)  Civic literacy, health literacy, technology literacy,
  1 12 financial literacy, and employability skills; and shall address
  1 13 the curricular needs of students in kindergarten through grade
  1 14 twelve in those areas. The state board shall further define
  1 15 the twenty=first century learning skills components by rule.
  1 16    (b)  Music, visual art, drama and theater, and other fine
  1 17 and applied arts. The department shall employ a consultant
  1 18 to oversee the development of and compliance with the fine
  1 19 arts core curriculum and to provide guidance for professional
  1 20 development programs, strategies, and materials based on the
  1 21 rules adopted by the state board pursuant to this subparagraph
  1 22 division. This subparagraph division shall not be construed
  1 23 to conflict with the provisions of section 256.11, subsection
  1 24 3, 4, or 5, with regard to areas that are required to be
  1 25 taught.  The selection and administration of assessments of
  1 26 music, visual art, drama and theater, or other fine arts
  1 27 courses shall be determined locally by the school district or
  1 28 accredited nonpublic school providing the educational program
  1 29 in accordance with section 256.11.  However, the department
  1 30 may provide model assessments aligned with fine arts content
  1 31 standards established by the state board.
  1 32    Sec. 2.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance with
  1 33 Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
  1 34 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
  1 35 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
  2  1 received by the school district under Code section 257.16.
  2  2 This specification of the payment of the state cost shall be
  2  3 deemed to meet all of the state funding=related requirements
  2  4 of Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state
  2  5 funding shall be necessary for the full implementation of this
  2  6 Act by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school
  2  7 districts.
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