Amendment H-8081 to HF 2545
Relating to education, including by requiring the director of the department of education to review the state’s high school graduation requirements, core curriculum, core content standards, and educational standards, requiring the state board of education to review and revise the state’s social studies standards, requiring that the social studies instruction provided to students enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic schools in grades seven and eight include instruction related to civics, and including effective date provisions
Adopted · February 28, 2024
Filed February 27, 2024 in the House by
What it changes
AI summary This amendment adds requirements for the director to create plans for reviewing core standards with a focus on history and civics, increasing local flexibility for graduation requirements, and implementing a statewide literacy plan. It also requires the director to ensure educational standards comply with specific state laws and sets new deadlines for submitting the initial and final reports to the governor and legislature. Additionally, it changes how the public provides comments during the review process.1
Read the amendment’s wording
- Page 1, by striking lines 13 through 15 and inserting: “a. A plan to regularly review and revise the core content standards focused on English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies, with a focus on United States history, western civilization, and civics.”
- Page 1, by striking line 22 and inserting: “e. A plan to maximize local flexibility in graduation requirements and course offerings while maintaining a goal that all high school graduates have necessary skills at graduation.”
- Page 1, by striking lines 29 through 34 and inserting: “g. A statewide literacy plan to increase student proficiency using systematic and sequential approaches to teaching phonetic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, and text comprehension.”
- Page 1, before line 35 by inserting: “
- The director of the department of education shall ensure that the core curriculum established pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26, the core content standards established pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 28, and the educational standards established in section 256.11, comply with section 279.74.”
- Page 1, line 35, by striking “
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- Page 2, by striking lines 2 through 7 and inserting: “a. Providing the opportunity for the public and interested stakeholders to provide comments related to the comprehensive review, including comments related to each graduation requirement, core content standard, and educational requirement by grade level, at each committee meeting convened pursuant to this subsection.”
- Page 2, by striking lines 21 through 24 and inserting: “
- a. The director of the department of education shall submit an initial report, including initial findings and recommendations for policy changes, to the governor and the general assembly on or before December 31,
- b. The director of the department of education shall submit a final report, including findings and recommendations for policy changes, to the governor and the general assembly on or before July 1,
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