Bill Text: IA SSB3156 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to education, including modifying provisions related to education data collection and the determination of enrollment, and including effective date and applicability provisions.(See SF 2367.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-14 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2367. [SSB3156 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SSB3156-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3156
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
GOVERNOR
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
education,
including
modifying
provisions
1
related
to
education
data
collection
and
the
determination
2
of
enrollment,
and
including
effective
date
and
3
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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DIVISION
I
1
EDUCATION
INFORMATION
AND
FUNDING
2
Section
1.
Section
22.7,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
3
to
read
as
follows:
4
1.
Personal
information
in
records
regarding
a
student,
5
prospective
student,
or
former
student
maintained,
created,
6
collected
or
assembled
by
or
for
a
school
corporation
or
7
educational
institution
maintaining
such
records.
This
8
subsection
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
a
postsecondary
9
education
institution
from
disclosing
to
a
parent
or
guardian
10
information
regarding
a
violation
of
a
federal,
state,
or
11
local
law,
or
institutional
rule
or
policy
governing
the
use
12
or
possession
of
alcohol
or
a
controlled
substance
if
the
13
child
is
under
the
age
of
twenty-one
years
and
the
institution
14
determines
that
the
student
committed
a
disciplinary
violation
15
with
respect
to
the
use
or
possession
of
alcohol
or
a
16
controlled
substance
regardless
of
whether
that
information
is
17
contained
in
the
student’s
education
records.
This
subsection
18
shall
not
be
construed
to
prohibit
a
school
corporation
or
19
educational
institution
from
transferring
student
records
20
electronically
to
the
department
of
education,
an
accredited
21
nonpublic
school,
an
attendance
center,
a
school
district,
or
22
an
accredited
postsecondary
institution
in
accordance
with
23
section
256.9,
subsection
44
11
.
24
Sec.
2.
Section
256.9,
subsection
11,
Code
2024,
is
amended
25
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
26
following:
27
11.
a.
Approve,
coordinate,
and
supervise
the
use
of
28
electronic
data
and
information
processing
by
school
districts,
29
area
education
agencies,
and
merged
areas,
including
the
30
procurement
or
development
of
a
single,
comprehensive,
31
statewide,
student
information
system
that
is
required
to
be
32
used
by
all
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
33
area
education
agencies.
34
b.
(1)
The
student
information
system
procured
or
developed
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shall
be
designed
for
the
purpose
of
establishing
standardized
1
electronic
data
collections
and
reporting
protocols
that
2
facilitate
compliance
with
state
and
federal
reporting
3
requirements,
improve
school-to-school
and
district-to-district
4
information
exchanges,
and
maintain
the
confidentiality
of
5
individual
student
and
staff
data.
6
(2)
The
system
shall
provide
for
the
electronic
transfer
7
of
individual
student
records
between
attendance
centers,
8
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
area
education
9
agencies,
postsecondary
institutions,
merged
areas,
and
the
10
department.
11
(3)
The
system
shall
be
designed
to
ensure
compatibility
12
with
other
information
or
data
management
systems
used
or
13
maintained
by
postsecondary
institutions
and
merged
areas
as
14
required
by
law.
15
c.
The
department
shall
pay
for
the
procurement
or
16
development
of
the
student
information
system
and
shall
pay
17
for
at
least
the
first
year
of
statewide
implementation,
after
18
which
the
cost
of
operating
the
system
may
be
funded
through
19
the
collection
of
a
fee
by
the
department
from
each
school
20
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school.
The
amount
of
the
21
fee
shall
be
based
on
a
per-student
rate,
not
to
exceed
twelve
22
dollars
per
student
for
the
first
year
of
the
fee.
23
d.
(1)
Subject
to
subparagraph
(2),
the
student
information
24
system
shall
only
be
used
for
the
purpose
of
collecting
25
information
from
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
26
schools,
and
area
education
agencies
required
by
state
or
27
federal
law
or
for
preparation
of
state
or
federal
reports.
28
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
school
districts,
29
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
area
education
agencies,
at
30
their
own
expense,
may
use
the
student
information
system
to
31
complete
other
functions
necessary
to
manage
students,
courses,
32
and
other
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
and
33
area
education
agency
functions.
34
e.
A
school
district,
accredited
nonpublic
school,
or
area
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education
agency
shall
not
duplicate
the
collection
of
any
1
information
in
the
student
information
system.
2
DIVISION
II
3
STUDENT
ENROLLMENT
4
Sec.
3.
Section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
5
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
6
follows:
7
Actual
enrollment
is
determined
annually
by
calculating
the
8
average
of
the
sum
of
all
of
the
following
on
October
1,
or
the
9
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
10
Sunday,
and
includes
all
of
the
following
and
the
sum
of
all
11
of
the
following
on
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
12
determination,
or
the
succeeding
Monday
if
March
1
falls
on
a
13
Saturday
or
Sunday
:
14
Sec.
4.
Section
257.6,
subsection
3,
Code
2024,
is
amended
15
to
read
as
follows:
16
3.
Additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education.
17
a.
A
school
district
shall
determine
its
additional
18
enrollment
because
of
special
education,
as
defined
in
this
19
section
,
by
November
October
1
of
each
year
,
or
by
the
first
20
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
21
and
shall
certify
its
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
22
education
to
the
department
of
education
by
November
October
15
23
of
each
year,
or
by
the
succeeding
Monday
if
October
15
falls
24
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
the
department
shall
promptly
25
forward
the
information
to
the
department
of
management.
26
b.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter
,
“additional
enrollment
27
because
of
special
education”
is
determined
by
calculating
the
28
average
of
the
following:
29
(1)
An
amount
determined
by
multiplying
the
weighting
of
30
each
category
of
child
under
section
256B.9
times
the
number
of
31
children
in
each
category
totaled
for
all
categories
minus
the
32
total
number
of
children
in
all
categories
,
as
determined
on
33
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
determination
under
34
subparagraph
(2),
or
the
succeeding
Monday
if
March
1
falls
on
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a
Saturday
or
Sunday
.
1
(2)
An
amount
determined
by
multiplying
the
weighting
of
2
each
category
of
child
under
section
256B.9
times
the
number
3
of
children
in
each
category
totaled
for
all
categories
minus
4
the
total
number
of
children
in
all
categories,
as
determined
5
on
October
1
of
each
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
6
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
7
Sec.
5.
Section
257.6,
subsection
5,
paragraph
a,
Code
2024,
8
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
a.
Weighted
enrollment
is
the
budget
enrollment
plus
10
the
district’s
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
11
education
calculated
by
November
1
in
October
of
the
base
year
12
under
subsection
3
plus
additional
pupils
added
due
to
the
13
application
of
the
supplementary
weighting
as
determined
under
14
subsection
5A
.
15
Sec.
6.
Section
257.6,
Code
2024,
is
amended
by
adding
the
16
following
new
subsection:
17
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
Pupils
added
due
to
application
of
18
supplementary
weighting.
19
a.
A
school
district
shall
determine
its
pupils
added
due
20
to
application
of
supplementary
weighting
by
October
1
of
each
21
year,
or
by
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
22
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
shall
certify
its
pupils
added
due
to
23
the
application
of
supplementary
weighting
to
the
department
24
of
education
by
October
15
of
each
year,
or
by
the
succeeding
25
Monday
if
October
15
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
the
26
department
shall
promptly
forward
the
information
to
the
27
department
of
management.
28
b.
For
the
purposes
of
this
chapter,
“pupils
added
due
29
to
application
of
supplementary
weighting”
is
determined
by
30
calculating
the
average
of
the
following:
31
(1)
The
sum
of
the
number
of
additional
pupils
assigned
to
32
a
student
or
to
the
school
district
under
section
257.11
or
33
280.4,
or
other
provision
of
law
providing
for
supplementary
34
weighting,
but
excluding
those
under
subsection
1,
as
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determined
on
March
1
immediately
succeeding
the
October
1
determination
under
subparagraph
(2),
or
the
succeeding
Monday
2
if
March
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
3
(2)
The
sum
of
the
number
of
additional
pupils
assigned
to
4
a
student
or
to
the
school
district
under
section
257.11
or
5
280.4,
or
other
provision
of
law
providing
for
supplementary
6
weighting,
but
excluding
those
under
subsection
1,
as
7
determined
on
October
1
of
each
year,
or
the
first
Monday
in
8
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
9
Sec.
7.
Section
261E.7,
subsection
1,
unnumbered
paragraph
10
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
11
Not
later
than
June
30
of
each
year,
a
school
district
12
shall
pay
a
tuition
reimbursement
amount
to
a
postsecondary
13
institution
that
has
enrolled
its
resident
eligible
14
students
under
this
chapter
,
unless
the
eligible
student
is
15
participating
in
open
enrollment
under
section
282.18
,
in
16
which
case,
the
tuition
reimbursement
amount
shall
be
paid
17
by
the
receiving
district.
However,
if
a
child’s
residency
18
changes
during
a
school
year,
the
tuition
shall
be
paid
by
the
19
district
in
which
the
child
was
enrolled
as
of
the
October
20
date
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
21
or
the
district
in
which
the
child
was
counted
under
section
22
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(6)
,
as
of
23
the
October
date
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1,
24
paragraph
“a”
.
For
students
enrolled
at
the
Iowa
school
for
25
the
deaf,
the
department
of
education
shall
pay
a
tuition
26
reimbursement
amount
by
June
30
of
each
year.
The
amount
of
27
tuition
reimbursement
for
each
separate
course
shall
equal
the
28
lesser
of:
29
Sec.
8.
Section
273.5,
subsection
5,
Code
2024,
is
amended
30
to
read
as
follows:
31
5.
Provide
Annually
provide
each
school
district
within
32
the
area
served
and
the
department
of
education
with
a
special
33
education
weighted
enrollment
count,
including
the
additional
34
enrollment
because
of
special
education
for
December
1
of
each
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.
1
Sec.
9.
Section
279.60,
subsection
1,
Code
2024,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
1.
Each
school
district
shall
administer
the
teaching
4
strategies
gold
early
childhood
assessment
to
every
resident
5
prekindergarten
or
four-year-old
child
whose
parent
or
guardian
6
enrolls
the
child
in
the
district,
and
shall
administer
a
valid
7
and
reliable
universal
screening
instrument,
as
prescribed
by
8
the
department
of
education,
to
every
kindergarten
student
9
enrolled
in
the
district
not
later
than
the
October
date
10
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
.
The
11
assessment
shall
be
aligned
with
state
early
learning
standards
12
and
preschool
programs
shall
be
encouraged
to
administer
the
13
assessment
at
least
at
the
beginning
and
end
of
the
preschool
14
program,
with
the
assessment
information
entered
into
the
15
statewide
longitudinal
data
system.
The
department
shall
work
16
to
develop
agreements
with
head
start
programs
to
incorporate
17
similar
information
about
four-year-old
children
served
by
head
18
start
into
the
statewide
longitudinal
data
system.
19
Sec.
10.
Section
282.12,
subsection
4,
Code
2024,
is
amended
20
to
read
as
follows:
21
4.
The
number
of
pupils
participating
in
a
whole
grade
22
sharing
agreement
shall
be
determined
on
the
October
date
23
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“a”
,
and
on
24
the
second
Friday
of
January
of
each
year.
25
Sec.
11.
Section
282.18,
subsection
7,
paragraph
a,
Code
26
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
27
a.
If
a
parent
or
guardian
of
a
child,
who
is
participating
28
in
open
enrollment
under
this
section
,
moves
to
a
different
29
school
district
during
the
course
of
either
district’s
academic
30
year,
the
child’s
first
district
of
residence
as
determined
31
on
the
October
date
specified
in
section
257.6,
subsection
1
,
32
paragraph
“a”
,
shall
be
responsible
for
payment
of
the
cost
33
per
pupil
plus
weightings
or
special
education
costs
to
the
34
receiving
school
district
for
the
balance
of
the
school
year
in
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which
the
move
took
place.
The
new
district
of
residence
shall
1
be
responsible
for
the
payments
during
succeeding
years.
2
Sec.
12.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
division
of
this
Act,
being
3
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
4
Sec.
13.
APPLICABILITY.
This
division
of
this
Act
applies
5
to
actual
enrollment
determinations
for
school
budget
years
6
beginning
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
division
of
7
this
Act.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
education,
including
modifying
12
provisions
related
to
education
data
collection
and
the
13
determination
of
enrollment.
14
DIVISION
I
——
EDUCATION
INFORMATION
AND
FUNDING.
Division
15
I
of
the
bill
modifies
and
consolidates
language
regarding
16
electronic
data
and
information
duties
of
the
director
of
17
the
department
of
education.
Under
the
bill,
the
director
18
is
required
to
approve,
coordinate,
and
supervise
the
use
19
of
electronic
data
and
information
processing
by
school
20
districts,
area
education
agencies,
and
merged
areas,
including
21
the
procurement
or
development
of
a
single,
comprehensive,
22
statewide,
student
information
system
that
is
required
to
be
23
used
by
all
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
24
and
area
education
agencies.
The
student
information
system
25
procured
or
developed
must
be
designed
for
the
purpose
of
26
establishing
standardized
electronic
data
collections
and
27
reporting
protocols
that
facilitate
compliance
with
state
and
28
federal
reporting
requirements,
improve
school-to-school
and
29
district-to-district
information
exchanges,
and
maintain
the
30
confidentiality
of
individual
student
and
staff
data.
31
The
department
of
education
is
required
to
pay
for
the
32
procurement
or
development
of
the
student
information
system
33
and
shall
pay
for
at
least
the
first
year
of
statewide
34
implementation,
after
which
the
cost
of
operating
the
system
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may
be
funded
through
the
collection
of
a
fee
by
the
department
1
from
each
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school.
The
2
amount
of
the
fee
shall
be
based
on
a
per-student
rate,
not
to
3
exceed
$12
per
student
for
the
first
year
of
the
fee.
4
DIVISION
II
——
STUDENT
ENROLLMENT.
Code
section
257.6(1)(a)
5
provides
that
each
school
district’s
actual
enrollment
is
6
determined
annually
on
October
1,
or
the
first
Monday
in
7
October
if
October
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
Division
8
II
of
the
bill
amends
methodology
for
determining
the
actual
9
enrollment
each
year.
Under
the
bill,
actual
enrollment
is
10
determined
annually
by
calculating
the
average
of
the
count
on
11
October
1,
or
the
first
Monday
in
October
if
October
1
falls
12
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday,
and
the
count
on
March
1
immediately
13
succeeding
the
October
determination,
or
the
succeeding
Monday
14
if
March
1
falls
on
a
Saturday
or
Sunday.
15
Division
II
makes
similar
changes
to
the
provisions
of
16
Code
section
257.6
governing
the
calculation
of
each
school
17
district’s
additional
enrollment
because
of
special
education
18
and
each
school
district’s
pupils
added
due
to
application
19
of
supplementary
weighting,
by
requiring
an
average
of
such
20
amounts
determined
on
two
specified
dates.
21
Division
II
makes
corresponding
changes
to
other
provisions
22
of
law.
23
Division
II
of
the
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
24
applies
to
actual
enrollment
determinations
for
school
budget
25
years
beginning
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
division
II
26
of
the
bill.
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