A bill for an act relating to the administration of the statewide summative assessment of student progress to students of online schools by school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools.(Formerly SSB 1025 .)

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BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR

TO

SSB

1025)

(COMPANION

TO

HF

190

BY

COMMITTEE

ON

EDUCATION)

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

administration

of

the

statewide

1

summative

assessment

of

student

progress

to

students

of

2

online

schools

by

school

districts,

accredited

nonpublic

3

schools,

and

charter

schools.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256.7,

subsection

21,

paragraph

b,

1

subparagraph

(2),

unnumbered

paragraph

1,

Code

2025,

is

amended

2

to

read

as

follows:

3

For

the

school

year

beginning

July

1,

2018,

and

each

4

succeeding

school

year,

the

The

rules

shall

also

require

all

5

of

the

following:

6

Sec.

2.

Section

256.7,

subsection

21,

paragraph

b,

7

subparagraph

(2),

Code

2025,

is

amended

by

adding

the

following

8

new

subparagraph

division:

9

NEW

SUBPARAGRAPH

DIVISION

.

(e)

That

any

school

district,

10

accredited

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

school

providing

11

instruction

delivered

primarily

over

the

internet

pursuant

to

12

subsection

32

may

administer

any

state

assessment

required

13

pursuant

to

this

subsection

in

an

online

setting

that

is

14

similar

to

the

student’s

regular

academic

instruction,

if

all

15

of

the

following

conditions

are

satisfied:

16

(i)

The

student

takes

the

assessment

at

a

date

and

time

that

17

are

assigned

by

personnel

designated

by

the

school

district,

18

accredited

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

school.

19

(ii)

The

student

participates

in

a

synchronous

assessment

20

session

that

is

initiated

and

managed

by

personnel

designated

21

by

the

school

district,

accredited

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

22

school.

23

(iii)

(A)

The

student

takes

the

assessment

using

a

device

24

and

an

assessment

platform

that

allow

an

assessment

proctor

to

25

monitor

the

student

for

the

duration

of

the

assessment

through

26

a

video

feed

that

allows

the

assessment

proctor

to

view

the

27

student

taking

the

assessment

and

the

student’s

background.

28

(B)

If

the

device

or

assessment

platform

does

not

allow

29

an

assessment

proctor

to

monitor

the

student

for

the

duration

30

of

the

assessment

through

a

video

feed

in

accordance

with

31

subparagraph

part

(A),

the

requirements

of

this

subparagraph

32

subdivision

shall

be

satisfied

if

an

assessment

proctor

is

able

33

to,

through

the

use

of

a

second

device,

monitor

the

student

34

for

the

duration

of

the

assessment

through

a

video

feed

that

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allows

the

assessment

proctor

to

view

the

student

taking

the

1

assessment

and

the

student’s

background.

2

(iv)

The

school

district,

accredited

nonpublic

school,

3

or

charter

school

maintains

a

ratio

of

students

taking

the

4

assessment

to

assessment

proctors

of

not

greater

than

ten

to

5

one.

6

(v)

The

student

does

not

exit

the

assessment

session

until

7

instructed

to

do

so

by

the

assessment

proctor.

8

(vi)

An

assessment

administrator

employed

by

the

school

9

district,

accredited

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

school

10

verifies

student

submission

of

the

assessment.

11

EXPLANATION

12

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

13

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

14

This

bill

relates

to

the

administration

of

the

statewide

15

summative

assessment

of

student

progress

to

students

of

online

16

schools

by

school

districts,

accredited

nonpublic

schools,

and

17

charter

schools.

18

The

bill

provides

that

any

school

district,

accredited

19

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

school

providing

instruction

20

delivered

primarily

over

the

internet

may

administer

any

state

21

summative

assessment

in

an

online

setting

that

is

similar

to

22

the

student’s

regular

academic

instruction,

if

the

following

23

conditions

are

satisfied:

the

student

takes

the

assessment

24

at

a

date

and

time

that

are

assigned

by

personnel

designated

25

by

the

school,

the

student

participates

in

a

synchronous

26

assessment

session

that

is

initiated

and

managed

by

personnel

27

designated

by

the

school,

an

assessment

proctor

is

able

to

28

monitor

the

student

for

the

duration

of

the

assessment

through

29

a

video

feed,

the

ratio

of

students

taking

the

assessment

30

to

assessment

proctors

is

not

greater

than

10

to

1,

and

an

31

assessment

administrator

who

is

a

school

employee

verifies

32

student

submission

of

the

assessment.

Pursuant

to

Code

section

33

256.7(21)(b)(2),

the

state

board

of

education

is

required

to

34

adopt

rules

to

implement

the

bill’s

provisions.

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