Bill Text: IA SSB3091 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for an act concerning instruction provided through the Iowa learning online initiative.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-15 - Voted - Education. [SSB3091 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SSB3091-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3091
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
QUIRMBACH)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
instruction
provided
through
the
Iowa
1
learning
online
initiative.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.42,
subsection
7,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
7.
The
department
may
waive
for
one
year
the
provisions
3
of
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
which
require
that
specified
4
subjects
be
offered
and
taught
by
professional
staff
of
a
5
school
district
or
school,
if
the
school
district
or
school
6
makes
every
reasonable
and
good
faith
good-faith
effort
to
7
employ
a
teacher
licensed
under
chapter
272
for
such
a
subject,
8
and
the
school
district
or
school
proves
to
the
satisfaction
9
of
the
department
that
the
school
district
or
school
is
unable
10
to
employ
such
a
teacher.
The
specified
subject
shall
be
11
provided
by
the
initiative.
The
specified
subject
may
instead
12
be
provided
by
the
school
district
or
school
if
all
of
the
13
following
conditions
are
met:
14
a.
The
course
content
is
provided
through
an
online
learning
15
platform
by
a
licensed
teacher
with
online
learning
experience.
16
b.
The
course
content
provided
is
aligned
with
school
17
district
or
school
standards
and
satisfies
the
requirements
of
18
subsection
6.
19
c.
The
course
is
not
offered
by
the
initiative
pursuant
to
20
this
section,
or
the
course
offered
by
the
initiative
lacks
the
21
capacity
to
accommodate
additional
students.
22
d.
The
course
is
the
sole
course
per
semester
that
23
the
school
district
or
school
is
providing
instead
of
the
24
initiative
pursuant
to
this
subsection.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
Current
law
permits
the
state
department
of
education
to
29
waive
a
requirement
that
specified
subjects
available
through
30
the
Iowa
learning
online
initiative
be
offered
and
taught
by
31
professional
staff
of
a
school
district
or
school
if
the
school
32
district
or
school
makes
every
reasonable
and
good-faith
effort
33
to
employ
a
teacher
licensed
for
such
a
subject,
and
the
school
34
district
or
school
proves
to
the
satisfaction
of
the
department
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that
the
school
district
or
school
is
unable
to
employ
such
a
1
teacher.
The
specified
subject
can
only
be
provided
by
the
2
initiative.
3
This
bill
provides
that
if
the
department
grants
such
a
4
waiver,
the
specified
subject
may
be
provided
by
the
district
5
or
school
instead
of
the
initiative
if
certain
conditions
6
specified
in
the
bill
are
met.
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