Bill Text: IA SSB1234 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study 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.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-04 - Voted - Education. [SSB1234 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB1234-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1234
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
QUIRMBACH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
required
core
curriculum
and
twenty-first
1
century
learning
skills
addressed
in
rules
adopted
by
the
2
state
board
of
education.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
26,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(3)
The
rules
establishing
a
core
curriculum
shall
address
3
the
core
content
standards
in
subsection
28
and
the
skills
and
4
knowledge
students
need
to
be
successful
in
the
twenty-first
5
century
and
shall
address
the
curricular
needs
of
students
6
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
those
areas
.
The
7
core
curriculum
shall
include
social
studies
and
twenty-first
8
century
learning
skills
which
shall
include
but
are
not
limited
9
to
the
following:
10
(a)
Social
studies,
civic
literacy,
health
literacy,
11
technology
literacy,
financial
literacy,
and
employability
12
skills
;
and
shall
address
the
curricular
needs
of
students
in
13
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
those
areas.
The
state
14
board
shall
further
define
the
twenty-first
century
learning
15
skills
components
by
rule
.
16
(b)
Music,
visual
art,
drama
and
theater,
and
other
fine
17
and
applied
arts.
The
department
shall
employ
a
consultant
18
to
oversee
the
development
of
and
compliance
with
the
fine
19
arts
core
curriculum
and
to
provide
guidance
for
professional
20
development
programs,
strategies,
and
materials
based
on
the
21
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board
pursuant
to
this
subparagraph
22
division.
23
Sec.
2.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
with
24
Code
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
25
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
26
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
27
received
by
the
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
28
This
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
29
deemed
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
30
of
Code
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
31
funding
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
32
Act
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
33
districts.
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
modifies
the
required
core
curriculum
and
3
twenty-first
century
learning
skills
and
knowledge
that
the
4
state
board
of
education
is
required
to
address
in
rule.
5
Currently,
the
required
core
curriculum
includes
English
or
6
language
arts,
mathematics,
science,
and
social
studies;
and
7
the
necessary
twenty-first
century
learning
skills
include
but
8
are
not
limited
to
civic
literacy,
health
literacy,
technology
9
literacy,
financial
literacy,
and
employability
skills.
The
10
bill
requires
that
such
core
curriculum
and
twenty-first
11
century
learning
skills
include
music,
visual
art,
drama
and
12
theater,
and
other
fine
and
applied
arts.
The
bill
also
13
requires
the
department
of
education
to
employ
a
consultant
14
to
oversee
the
development
of
and
compliance
with
the
fine
15
arts
core
curriculum
and
to
provide
guidance
for
professional
16
development
programs,
strategies,
and
materials
based
on
17
the
rules
relating
to
the
fine
arts
core
curriculum
and
the
18
twenty-first
century
fine
arts
learning
skills
adopted
by
the
19
state
board.
20
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
21
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
22
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
23
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
24
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
25
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
26
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
27
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
28
requirement
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
29
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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