Bill Text: IA SF452 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a learning recovery task force.(See SF 545.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 545. S.J. 523. [SF452 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF452-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
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BY
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
a
learning
recovery
task
force.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
LEARNING
RECOVERY
TASK
FORCE.
1
1.
The
learning
recovery
task
force
is
established
to
2
evaluate
the
degree
and
types
of
learning
losses
students
3
enrolled
in
pre-kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
experienced
4
due
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
The
task
force
shall
study,
5
identify,
and
recommend
remedial
measures,
including
but
6
not
limited
to
alterations
in
the
school
calendar,
remedial
7
classwork,
special
individualized
tutoring,
and
further
options
8
as
may
seem
justified
and
practical.
The
task
force
shall
9
consult
with
education
experts
and
stakeholders
in
this
state
10
as
appropriate.
11
2.
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
director
of
the
12
department
of
education
or
the
director’s
designee,
who
shall
13
convene
the
organizational
meeting,
a
member
of
the
state
14
board
of
education
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
chairperson
15
of
the
state
board,
and
the
following
members
appointed
by
the
16
governor
in
consultation
with
the
director
of
the
department
17
of
education:
18
a.
Two
elementary
school
teachers,
one
middle
school
19
teacher,
and
one
high
school
teacher.
20
b.
One
elementary
school
principal
and
one
middle
or
high
21
school
principal.
22
c.
One
superintendent
for
a
school
district
with
an
actual
23
enrollment
of
more
than
one
thousand
five
hundred
students,
24
and
one
superintendent
for
a
school
district
with
an
actual
25
enrollment
of
one
thousand
five
hundred
or
fewer
students.
26
d.
A
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
27
that
has
an
actual
enrollment
of
more
than
one
thousand
five
28
hundred
students
and
a
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
29
school
district
that
has
an
actual
enrollment
of
one
thousand
30
five
hundred
or
fewer
students.
31
e.
One
faculty
member
from
the
college
of
education
or
32
the
school
of
education,
as
appropriate,
at
each
of
the
33
institutions
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
34
regents.
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f.
The
director
of
the
Iowa
reading
research
center
under
1
the
state
university
of
Iowa
college
of
education,
or
the
2
director’s
designee.
3
g.
The
parent
or
guardian
of
an
elementary
school
student,
4
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
middle
school
student,
and
the
5
parent
or
guardian
of
a
high
school
student.
6
h.
Two
members
of
the
general
public.
7
3.
To
the
extent
possible,
members
shall
be
selected
to
8
reflect
geographic,
racial,
and
ethnic
diversity.
Members
of
9
the
task
force
appointed
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
paragraphs
10
“a”
through
“h”,
shall
be
reimbursed
for
actual
and
necessary
11
travel
expenses.
12
4.
The
department
of
education
shall
provide
staffing
13
services
for
the
task
force.
Task
force
meetings
and
records
14
are
subject
to
the
provisions
of
chapters
21
and
22.
15
5.
The
task
force
shall
submit
its
findings
and
16
recommendations,
including
recommendations
for
legislation
or
17
rulemaking,
as
necessary,
in
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
18
by
December
30,
2021.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
establishes
a
learning
recovery
task
force
to
23
evaluate
the
degree
and
types
of
learning
losses
students
24
enrolled
in
pre-kindergarten
through
grade
12
experienced
25
due
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
The
task
force
shall
study,
26
identify,
and
recommend
remedial
measures,
including
but
27
not
limited
to
alterations
in
the
school
calendar,
remedial
28
classwork,
special
individualized
tutoring,
and
further
options
29
as
may
seem
justified
and
practical.
The
task
force
shall
30
consult
with
education
experts
and
stakeholders
as
appropriate.
31
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
director
of
the
32
department
of
education
or
the
director’s
designee,
who
shall
33
convene
the
organizational
meeting,
a
member
of
the
state
34
board
of
education
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
chairperson
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of
the
board,
and
members
appointed
by
the
governor
in
1
consultation
with
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
2
who
shall
include
elementary,
middle,
and
high
school
3
teachers;
an
elementary
and
a
middle
or
high
school
principal;
4
superintendents
and
school
board
members
for
large
and
small
5
school
districts;
faculty
members
from
the
colleges
or
schools
6
of
education
at
the
regents
universities;
the
director
of
the
7
Iowa
reading
research
center
or
the
director’s
designee;
the
8
parents
or
guardians
of
students
at
the
elementary,
middle,
and
9
high
school
levels;
and
members
of
the
general
public.
10
To
the
extent
possible,
members
shall
be
selected
to
reflect
11
geographic,
racial,
and
ethnic
diversity.
Members
other
than
12
the
director
of
the
department
and
the
member
of
the
state
13
board
of
education
shall
be
reimbursed
for
actual
and
necessary
14
travel
expenses.
15
The
department
of
education
shall
provide
staffing
services
16
for
the
task
force.
Task
force
meetings
and
records
are
17
subject
to
the
open
meetings
and
open
records
laws.
18
The
task
force
shall
submit
its
findings
and
19
recommendations,
including
recommendations
for
legislation
or
20
rulemaking,
as
necessary,
in
a
report
to
the
general
assembly
21
by
December
30,
2021.
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