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Relating to the Iowa core curriculum and content standards applicable to students in kindergarten through grade twelve and including effective date provisions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 23, 2019
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 24, 2019
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill makes voluntary the use by school districts of the core curriculum and content standards adopted by the state board of education, but continues to direct the state board of education to adopt the common core standards and high school graduation requirements. The bill requires the state board to adopt rules prohibiting the department from adopting and implementing mandatory statewide core curriculum standards. Schools may utilize the core curriculum standards, and are encouraged to set higher expectations in locally developed content standards, but schools shall not be required to report locally developed standards to the department.
Read the full explanation
A provision requiring the state board to adopt rules requiring that educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet be aligned with the Iowa core standards is stricken. Further, the bill prohibits the state board from adopting, approving, or requiring implementation of the next generation science standards by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools. The state board adopted the next generation science standards with some modifications on August 6, 2015. The bill makes technical and corresponding changes to provisions which contain references to the language stricken. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
House subcommittee
Named January 24, 2019. It hasn’t reported yet.
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