Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: SF 389

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Where it is now

Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
Done: Senate committeeFebruary 23, 2023
Skipped: Passes the SenateContinued as SF 389
Next: House committee
Next: Passes the House
Next: To the Governor
Next: Signed into law

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What’s in it

AI summary The Iowa Department of Education will create a special group to study why students of different races or ethnicities may have different levels of academic success in kindergarten through twelfth grade. This group must look for gaps in how these students perform in school and suggest ways to close them. They will then give a report with their findings and ideas to the state legislature.¹

Read the official explanation

This bill directs the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group. The bill requires the working group to study any disparities in academic performance between different racial or ethnic groups of students in grades kindergarten through and provide a report to the general assembly by December 31, 2023, detailing the working group’s findings and recommendations. The report must include recommendations on how to reduce any academic performance gap that exists between different racial or ethnic groups of students.

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Senate subcommittee

Named February 1, 2023. On February 8, 2023 it recommended amendment and passage. [].

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Lobbying

12 for · 0 against · 2 undecided · Who →

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Tried before

SF 2358Cleared committee89th GA SF 2112Renumbered89th GA

90th General Assembly

SF 38Renumbered SF 389Cleared committeefrom SF 38

Earlier and later bills are matched by wording or an identical title.

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

SF 2358 Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group
89th General Assembly · Approved by committee · same title
Cleared committee
SF 2112 Directing the department of education to convene an achievement gap working group
89th General Assembly · Renumbered as SF 2358 · same title
Cleared committee

Matched by wording or an identical title.