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251
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
251
BY
LEVIN
,
WILSON
,
TUREK
,
EHLERT
,
MATSON
,
COOLING
,
SCHEETZ
,
KURTH
,
B.
MEYER
,
WESSEL-KROESCHELL
,
JAMES
,
McBURNEY
,
SRINIVAS
,
MADISON
,
KONFRST
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
WILBURN
,
GJERDE
,
JUDGE
,
OLSON
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
AMOS
JR.
,
SCHOLTEN
,
ZABNER
,
R.
JOHNSON
,
JACOBY
,
GAINES
,
NIELSEN
,
KRESSIG
,
CROKEN
,
GOSA
,
and
BAETH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
state
board
of
education
to
publish
1
information
related
to
nonpublic
schools
that
are
accredited
2
by
an
approved
independent
accrediting
agency.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.11,
subsection
16,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Notwithstanding
subsections
1
through
12
,
a
nonpublic
3
school
may
be
accredited
by
an
approved
independent
accrediting
4
agency
instead
of
by
the
state
board
as
provided
in
this
5
subsection
.
The
state
board
shall
maintain
a
list
of
approved
6
independent
accrediting
agencies
comprised
of
at
least
six
7
regional
or
national
nonprofit,
nongovernmental
agencies
8
recognized
as
reliable
authorities
concerning
the
quality
of
9
education
offered
by
a
school
and
shall
publish
the
list
of
10
independent
accrediting
agencies
on
the
department’s
internet
11
site.
The
list
shall
include
accrediting
agencies
that,
as
12
of
January
1,
2013,
accredited
a
nonpublic
school
in
this
13
state
that
was
concurrently
accredited
under
this
section
;
14
and
any
agency
that
has
a
formalized
partnership
agreement
15
with
another
agency
on
the
list
and
has
member
schools
in
this
16
state
as
of
January
1,
2013.
The
list
shall
also
include
each
17
nonpublic
school
that
is
accredited
by
an
approved
independent
18
accrediting
agency
pursuant
to
this
paragraph,
a
description
19
of
the
educational
standards
that
the
approved
independent
20
accrediting
agency
required
the
nonpublic
school
to
meet
in
21
order
to
attain
accreditation,
and
any
amendments
or
waivers
to
22
the
educational
standards
that
each
school
received.
The
state
23
board
shall
update
the
list
annually,
on
or
before
June
30
of
24
each
year.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
publish
29
information
related
to
nonpublic
schools
that
are
accredited
by
30
an
approved
independent
accrediting
agency.
31
Under
current
law,
nonpublic
schools
in
Iowa
may
be
32
accredited
by
the
department
of
education
(DE)
or
by
an
33
independent
accrediting
agency
that
has
been
approved
by
34
DE.
Also
under
current
law,
the
state
board
of
education
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is
required
to
publish
a
list
of
the
approved
independent
1
accrediting
agencies
on
DE’s
internet
site.
The
bill
requires
2
the
list
to
include
each
nonpublic
school
that
is
accredited
3
by
an
approved
independent
accrediting
agency,
a
description
4
of
the
educational
standards
that
the
approved
independent
5
accrediting
agency
required
the
nonpublic
school
to
meet
in
6
order
to
attain
accreditation,
and
any
amendments
or
waivers
to
7
the
educational
standards
that
each
school
received.
The
state
8
board
is
required
to
update
the
list
annually.
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