Relating to the Iowa school performance profiles published by the department of education, including how dropout students affect school performance grades contained in the profiles

Sponsored by the House Education Committee, Rep. Devon Wood (R)

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: HF 136

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Done: IntroducedJanuary 27, 2025
Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 30, 2025
Done: House committeeFebruary 11, 2025
Done: Passes the HouseMarch 11, 202589–2
Done: Senate committeeMarch 31, 2025
Done: Passes the SenateApril 15, 202547–0
Done: To the GovernorMay 19, 2025
Done: Signed into lawMay 27, 2025

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AI summary Iowa's Department of Education currently uses student dropout rates to calculate performance grades for schools. Under this new rule, if a student drops out, returns to school, and then drops out again, that second departure won't lower the school's grade. This change ensures that repeat dropouts do not negatively impact how a school's performance is measured.¹

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This bill relates to the Iowa school performance profiles published by the department of education. Pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and 2013 Iowa Acts, chapter 121, section 73, the department is required to publish on its internet site an online tool showing how public schools performed on certain required measures. The department fulfills these requirements by publishing the Iowa school performance profiles annually. The bill provides that, for purposes of calculating the performance grade for an attendance center, if a student returns to the school after dropping out and subsequently drops out again, the student’s second or subsequent dropping out of school shall not adversely affect the school’s performance grade.

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HF 535Cleared committee90th GA

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