Bill Text: IA SF545 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing a learning recovery task force.(Formerly SF 452.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-12 - Subcommittee: Cournoyer, Quirmbach, and Sweeney. S.J. 80. [SF545 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF545-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
452)
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
using
in-person,
hybrid,
or
remote
learning
methods
of
4
instruction,
enrolled
in
pre-kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
5
experienced
due
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
The
task
force
shall
6
study,
identify,
and
recommend
remedial
measures,
including
but
7
not
limited
to
alterations
in
the
school
calendar,
remedial
8
classwork,
special
individualized
tutoring,
and
further
options
9
as
may
seem
justified
and
practical.
The
task
force
shall
10
consult
with
education
experts
and
stakeholders
in
this
state
11
as
appropriate.
12
2.
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
director
of
the
13
department
of
education
or
the
director’s
designee,
who
shall
14
convene
the
organizational
meeting,
a
member
of
the
state
15
board
of
education
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
chairperson
16
of
the
state
board,
and
the
following
members
appointed
by
the
17
governor
in
consultation
with
the
director
of
the
department
18
of
education:
19
a.
Two
elementary
school
teachers,
one
middle
school
20
teacher,
and
one
high
school
teacher.
21
b.
One
elementary
school
principal
and
one
middle
or
high
22
school
principal.
23
c.
One
superintendent
for
a
school
district
with
an
actual
24
enrollment
of
more
than
one
thousand
five
hundred
pupils,
one
25
superintendent
for
a
school
district
with
an
actual
enrollment
26
that
is
at
least
five
hundred
pupils
but
not
more
than
one
27
thousand
five
hundred
pupils,
and
one
superintendent
for
a
28
school
district
with
an
actual
enrollment
of
fewer
than
five
29
hundred
pupils.
30
d.
One
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
31
district
with
an
actual
enrollment
of
more
than
one
thousand
32
five
hundred
pupils,
one
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
33
a
school
district
with
an
actual
enrollment
that
is
at
least
34
five
hundred
pupils
but
not
more
than
one
thousand
five
hundred
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pupils,
and
one
member
of
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
1
district
with
an
actual
enrollment
of
fewer
than
five
hundred
2
pupils.
3
e.
One
faculty
member
from
the
college
of
education
or
4
the
school
of
education,
as
appropriate,
at
each
of
the
5
institutions
of
higher
learning
governed
by
the
state
board
of
6
regents.
7
f.
The
director
of
the
Iowa
reading
research
center
under
8
the
state
university
of
Iowa
college
of
education,
or
the
9
director’s
designee.
10
g.
The
parent
or
guardian
of
an
elementary
school
student,
11
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
middle
school
student,
and
the
12
parent
or
guardian
of
a
high
school
student.
13
h.
Two
members
of
the
general
public.
14
3.
To
the
extent
possible,
members
shall
be
selected
to
15
reflect
geographic,
racial,
and
ethnic
diversity.
Members
of
16
the
task
force
appointed
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
paragraphs
17
“a”
through
“h”,
shall
be
reimbursed
for
actual
and
necessary
18
travel
expenses.
19
4.
The
department
of
education
shall
provide
staffing
20
services
for
the
task
force.
Task
force
meetings
and
records
21
are
subject
to
the
provisions
of
chapters
21
and
22.
22
5.
The
task
force
shall
submit
an
analysis
of
the
losses
23
experienced
by
students,
reported
by
method
of
instruction,
and
24
its
findings
and
recommendations,
including
recommendations
for
25
legislation
or
rulemaking,
as
necessary,
in
a
report
to
the
26
general
assembly
by
December
30,
2021.
27
EXPLANATION
28
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
29
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
30
This
bill
establishes
a
learning
recovery
task
force
to
31
evaluate
the
degree
and
types
of
learning
losses
students,
32
using
in-person,
hybrid,
or
remote
learning
methods
of
33
instruction,
enrolled
in
pre-kindergarten
through
grade
12
34
experienced
due
to
the
COVID-19
pandemic.
The
task
force
shall
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study,
identify,
and
recommend
remedial
measures,
including
but
1
not
limited
to
alterations
in
the
school
calendar,
remedial
2
classwork,
special
individualized
tutoring,
and
further
options
3
as
may
seem
justified
and
practical.
The
task
force
shall
4
consult
with
education
experts
and
stakeholders
as
appropriate.
5
The
task
force
shall
consist
of
the
director
of
the
6
department
of
education
or
the
director’s
designee,
who
shall
7
convene
the
organizational
meeting,
a
member
of
the
state
8
board
of
education
who
shall
be
appointed
by
the
chairperson
9
of
the
board,
and
members
appointed
by
the
governor
in
10
consultation
with
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
11
who
shall
include
elementary,
middle,
and
high
school
12
teachers;
an
elementary
and
a
middle
or
high
school
principal;
13
superintendents
and
school
board
members
for
large,
medium,
and
14
small
school
districts;
faculty
members
from
the
colleges
or
15
schools
of
education
at
the
regents
universities;
the
director
16
of
the
Iowa
reading
research
center
or
the
director’s
designee;
17
the
parents
or
guardians
of
students
at
the
elementary,
middle,
18
and
high
school
levels;
and
members
of
the
general
public.
19
To
the
extent
possible,
members
shall
be
selected
to
reflect
20
geographic,
racial,
and
ethnic
diversity.
Members
other
than
21
the
director
of
the
department
and
the
member
of
the
state
22
board
of
education
shall
be
reimbursed
for
actual
and
necessary
23
travel
expenses.
24
The
department
of
education
shall
provide
staffing
services
25
for
the
task
force.
Task
force
meetings
and
records
are
26
subject
to
the
open
meetings
and
open
records
laws.
27
The
task
force
shall
submit
an
analysis
of
the
losses
28
experienced
by
students,
reported
by
method
of
instruction,
and
29
its
findings
and
recommendations,
including
recommendations
for
30
legislation
or
rulemaking,
as
necessary,
in
a
report
to
the
31
general
assembly
by
December
30,
2021.
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