Senate
File
2
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2
BY
JOHNSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
parent
empowerment
petitions
for
1
implementation
of
school
intervention
models
by
school
2
districts.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.69
Parent
empowerment
petition
1
——
school
intervention
model
implementation.
2
1.
a.
A
school
district
attendance
center
is
subject
to
3
this
section
if
the
attendance
center
is
not
identified
as
4
a
persistently
lowest-achieving
school
by
the
department
of
5
education,
but
has
been
subject
to
corrective
action
pursuant
6
to
the
federal
Elementary
and
Secondary
Education
Act
of
1965,
7
20
U.S.C.
§
6301
et
seq.,
as
amended
by
the
federal
No
Child
8
Left
Behind
Act
of
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
107-110,
20
U.S.C.
§
9
6316(b)(7),
and
continues
to
fail
to
make
adequate
yearly
10
progress.
11
b.
If
a
school
district
attendance
center
meets
the
12
requirements
of
paragraph
“a”
and
at
least
fifty
percent
of
13
the
parents
or
guardians
of
students
attending
the
attendance
14
center,
or
a
combination
of
at
least
one-half
of
the
parents
15
or
guardians
of
students
attending
the
attendance
center
and
16
the
elementary
or
middle
school
who
normally
matriculate
into
17
the
middle
or
high
school,
as
applicable,
signs
and
submits
18
to
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
in
which
the
19
attendance
center
is
located
a
petition
requesting
the
board
of
20
directors
of
the
school
district
to
implement
one
or
more
of
21
the
four
school
intervention
models
identified
by
the
United
22
States
department
of
education
for
school
improvement
grants
23
under
75
Fed.
Reg.
§
66363,
the
school
district
shall
implement
24
the
school
intervention
model
requested
and
identified
in
the
25
petition
unless,
after
a
regularly
scheduled
public
hearing
26
conducted
by
the
school
board,
the
school
board
by
resolution
27
states
the
reason
the
school
board
cannot
implement
the
28
specific
requested
intervention
model
and
designates
in
writing
29
which
of
the
other
school
intervention
models
it
deems
has
30
substantial
promise
of
enabling
the
attendance
center
to
make
31
at
least
adequate
yearly
progress,
as
defined
in
the
federally
32
mandated
state
plan
under
the
federal
Elementary
and
Secondary
33
Education
Act
of
1965,
20
U.S.C.
§
6301
et
seq.,
as
amended
34
by
the
federal
No
Child
Left
Behind
Act
of
2001,
Pub.
L.
No.
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107-110,
and
which
the
school
board
resolves
to
implement
in
1
the
subsequent
school
year.
A
parent
or
guardian
who
signs
a
2
petition
in
accordance
with
this
subsection
must
be
eligible
3
to
vote
in
the
school
district.
4
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
shall
5
notify
the
state
board
of
education
and
the
director
of
the
6
department
of
education
upon
receipt
of
a
petition
submitted
in
7
accordance
with
subsection
1
and
the
school
board
shall
submit
8
its
final
disposition
of
the
petition
and
any
written
findings
9
electronically
to
the
state
board
and
the
director
as
soon
as
10
practicable.
11
3.
A
school
district
shall
not
be
required
to
implement
the
12
school
intervention
model
requested
by
the
petition
submitted
13
in
accordance
with
subsection
1
if
the
request
is
submitted
for
14
reasons
other
than
improving
academic
achievement
or
student
15
safety.
16
4.
A
school
district
shall
notify
the
parents
and
guardians
17
of
students
enrolled
in
a
school
district
attendance
center
18
that
meets
the
requirements
of
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
that
19
the
attendance
center
is
eligible
for
a
parent
empowerment
20
petition.
The
notice
shall
include
information
about
how
21
parents
and
guardians
may
initiate
or
sign
a
petition
in
22
accordance
with
subsection
1.
23
5.
a.
The
director
of
the
department
of
education
shall
24
recommend
rules
to
the
state
board
of
education
for
the
orderly
25
administration
of
this
section.
The
director
shall
annually
26
list
on
the
department’s
internet
site
the
names
of
all
school
27
district
attendance
centers
that
meet
the
requirements
of
28
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
.
29
b.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
as
needed
30
for
the
administration
of
this
section.
31
Sec.
2.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
32
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
33
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
34
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
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received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
1
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
2
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
3
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
4
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
5
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
6
districts.
7
EXPLANATION
8
This
bill
provides
for
a
parent
empowerment
petition
9
that
under
certain
conditions
requires
a
school
district
to
10
implement
one
or
more
school
intervention
models.
11
Under
the
bill,
a
school
district
must
implement
one
or
more
12
school
intervention
models
if
a
school
district
attendance
13
center
in
the
district
is
not
identified
as
a
persistently
14
lowest-achieving
school
by
the
department
of
education,
but
15
has
been
subject
to
corrective
action
pursuant
to
the
federal
16
law,
continues
to
fail
to
make
adequate
yearly
progress,
and
17
at
least
50
percent
of
the
parents
or
guardians
of
students
18
attending
the
attendance
center,
or
a
combination
of
at
least
19
one-half
of
the
parents
or
guardians
of
students
attending
20
the
attendance
center
and
the
elementary
or
middle
school
21
who
normally
matriculate
into
the
middle
or
high
school,
as
22
applicable,
signs
and
submits
to
the
board
of
directors
of
the
23
school
district
in
which
the
attendance
center
is
located
a
24
petition
requesting
that
the
school
board
implement
one
or
more
25
of
the
four
school
intervention
models
identified
by
the
U.S.
26
department
of
education.
27
The
four
school
intervention
models
include
the
turnaround
28
model,
in
which
the
principal
is
replaced,
no
more
than
29
half
the
teachers
may
be
rehired,
and
new
strategies
are
30
implemented;
the
restart
model,
in
which
the
attendance
31
center
is
converted
to
a
charter
school;
school
closure,
32
in
which
the
attendance
center
is
closed
and
its
students
33
sent
to
higher-achieving
schools
in
the
district;
and
the
34
transformation
model,
in
which
the
principal
is
replaced
and
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comprehensive
curriculum
reform
and
other
strategies
are
1
implemented.
2
The
petition
must
identify
which
of
the
intervention
models
3
the
school
district
must
implement
in
the
subsequent
school
4
year.
However,
the
school
district
may
implement
a
model
5
other
than
the
requested
model
if,
after
a
regularly
scheduled
6
public
hearing,
the
school
board
states
in
a
resolution
the
7
reason
it
cannot
implement
the
requested
intervention
model
and
8
designates
in
writing
which
of
the
other
school
intervention
9
models
it
deems
has
substantial
promise
of
enabling
the
10
attendance
center
to
make
at
least
adequate
yearly
progress.
11
A
school
district
must
notify
parents
and
guardians
when
12
a
school
district
attendance
center
is
eligible
for
a
parent
13
empowerment
petition.
The
notice
shall
include
information
14
about
how
parents
and
guardians
may
initiate
or
sign
a
15
petition.
16
The
school
district
is
not
required
to
implement
the
school
17
intervention
model
requested
by
petition
if
the
request
is
18
submitted
for
reasons
other
than
improving
academic
achievement
19
or
student
safety.
20
The
school
board
shall
notify
the
state
board
of
education
21
and
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
upon
receipt
22
of
a
petition
and
must
submit
its
final
disposition
of
the
23
petition
and
any
written
findings
electronically
to
the
state
24
board
and
the
director.
25
The
director
of
the
department
of
education
shall
annually
26
list
on
the
department’s
internet
site
the
names
of
all
school
27
district
attendance
centers
that
are
eligible
for
a
parent
28
empowerment
petition.
29
This
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
30
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
31
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
32
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
33
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
34
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
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funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
1
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
2
requirement
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
3
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
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