Iowa HF 393: A bill for an act relating to programs and activities under the purview of the department of public health, including effective date provisions and providing for a repeal. (Formerly HSB 25.) Effective 7-1-17.

Bill Text

House
File
393
-
Enrolled

House
File
393

AN
ACT

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.

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:

Section
1.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
121,
section
73,

subsection
2,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:

2.
The
department
shall
develop
an
achievement
score
that

calculates
aggregate
growth
as
well
as
aggregate
proficiency

of
students
which
when
combined
with
other
academic
indicators

results
in
an
overall
school
performance
grade
for
each

attendance
center
in
the
school
district.
For
purposes
of

calculating
the
performance
grade,
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.
The
performance
grade
may
also
be
used
as
one
measure

to
rank
and
classify
schools
into
six
different
performance

categories:
exceptional,
high
performing,
commendable,

acceptable,
needs
improvement,
and
priority.
The
categories

may
be
used
to
define
support
and
specialized
assistance
to

schools
classified
as
needs
improvement
or
priority
as
well
as

to
recognize
schools
designated
exceptional
or
high
performing.

Additionally,
a
closing
gap
score
shall
be
calculated
as

another
measure
to
determine
subgroup
performance
and
to
rank

and
classify
attendance
centers.
Other
academic
indicators

House
File
393,
p.
2

shall
be
defined
as
criterion
referenced
variables
that
will

be
utilized
in
the
calculation
of
the
performance
grade.

Other
academic
indicators
shall
include
but
not
be
limited

to
graduation
rates,
attendance
rates,
and
college-readiness

rates.
Additional
indicators
of
academic
success
and
progress

may
include
post-graduation
data,
suspension
and
expulsion

rates,
levels
of
student
engagement,
parent
satisfaction,

parent
engagement,
and
staff
working
conditions.

______________________________

PAT
GRASSLEY

Speaker
of
the
House

______________________________

AMY
SINCLAIR

President
of
the
Senate

I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and

is
known
as
House
File
393,
Ninety-first
General
Assembly.

______________________________

MEGHAN
NELSON

Chief
Clerk
of
the
House

Approved
_______________,
2025
______________________________

KIM
REYNOLDS

Governor