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SENATE
FILE
2241
BY
DONAHUE
,
DOTZLER
,
STAED
,
HARDMAN
,
DREY
,
BLAKE
,
PETERSEN
,
ZIMMER
,
QUIRMBACH
,
WINCKLER
,
BENNETT
,
BISIGNANO
,
WEINER
,
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
TOWNSEND
,
and
WAHLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
charter
school
requirements,
including
1
reporting
requirements,
governance
standards,
financial
2
accountability,
and
oversight
by
the
state
board
of
3
education.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsections:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
80.
Notify
school
districts
of
the
amount
3
of
resident
students
enrolled
in
a
charter
school
under
chapter
4
256E
prior
to
the
beginning
of
the
school
year.
5
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
81.
Report
to
school
districts
the
amount
6
of
resident
students
who
withdrew
from
a
charter
school
under
7
chapter
256E
and
reentered
the
public
school
district
during
8
the
school
year,
indicating
whether
the
student’s
return
to
a
9
public
school
was
voluntary.
10
Sec.
2.
Section
256E.4,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
11
following
new
subsection:
12
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8A.
The
state
board
shall
not
approve
13
a
charter
school
application
under
this
section
if
doing
so
14
would
result
in
more
than
one
charter
school
per
ten
thousand
15
students
statewide
in
the
grade
level
groupings
of
elementary,
16
middle,
or
high
school.
17
Sec.
3.
Section
256E.5,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
18
following
new
subsection:
19
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
7A.
The
state
board
shall
not
approve
20
a
charter
school
application
under
this
section
if
doing
so
21
would
result
in
more
than
one
charter
school
per
ten
thousand
22
students
statewide
in
the
grade
level
groupings
of
elementary,
23
middle,
or
high
school.
24
Sec.
4.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
25
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraphs:
26
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0v.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
27
restrictions
regarding
the
use
of
public
funds
for
public
28
purposes
under
chapters
11,
274,
and
279
in
the
same
manner
as
29
a
school
district.
30
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
00v.
Require
each
pupil
to
take
all
31
applicable
state
and
federally
required
student
assessments
and
32
report
the
results
of
those
assessments
to
the
pupil’s
parents
33
or
guardians
and
to
the
department
of
education,
in
the
same
34
manner
as
a
school
district.
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Sec.
5.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
6,
Code
2026,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
6.
A
charter
school
shall
enroll
an
eligible
student
who
3
submits
a
timely
application
unless
the
number
of
applications
4
exceeds
the
capacity
of
a
program,
class,
grade
level,
or
5
building.
In
this
case,
students
must
be
accepted
by
lot.
6
Upon
enrollment
of
an
eligible
student,
the
charter
school
7
shall
notify
the
department
and
public
school
district
of
8
residence
not
later
than
March
1
of
the
school
year
preceding
9
the
school
year
of
enrollment.
10
Sec.
6.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
11,
Code
2026,
is
amended
11
by
striking
the
subsection
and
inserting
in
lieu
thereof
the
12
following:
13
11.
The
governing
board
of
a
charter
school
shall
be
14
composed
in
accordance
with
all
of
the
following:
15
a.
All
members
of
the
governing
board
shall
be
residents
of
16
this
state.
17
b.
At
least
fifty
percent
of
the
membership
of
the
governing
18
board
shall
be
parents
or
legal
guardians
of
students
currently
19
enrolled
in
the
charter
school.
20
c.
At
least
one
member
of
the
governing
board
shall
be
a
21
representative
of
the
school
district
in
which
the
charter
22
school
is
physically
located.
The
representative
shall
be
a
23
voting
member
of
the
governing
board.
24
Sec.
7.
Section
256E.7,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsections:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
13.
The
governing
board
of
a
charter
school
27
shall
select
and
retain
independent
auditors
and
legal
counsel.
28
A
management
entity
shall
not
select
the
independent
auditor
or
29
legal
counsel
of
the
charter
school.
30
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
14.
Each
charter
school
governing
board
31
shall
report
to
the
department
the
amount
of
resident
students
32
who
withdrew
from
the
charter
school
and
reentered
a
public
33
school
during
the
school
year,
indicating
whether
the
student’s
34
return
to
a
public
school
was
voluntary.
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Sec.
8.
Section
256E.10,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
1
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
14.
The
state
board
shall
develop
and
3
implement
oversight
standards
and
procedures
that
provide
for
4
all
of
the
following:
5
a.
Regular
monitoring,
including
periodic
on-site
visits,
6
data
validation,
and
annual
performance
reports
evaluating
7
a
charter
school’s
academic,
financial,
and
operational
8
performance.
9
b.
Differentiated
oversight
and
monitoring
based
on
a
10
charter
school’s
performance,
including
enhanced
monitoring
11
for
schools
that
fail
to
meet
performance
expectations
or
meet
12
compliance
standards.
Such
monitoring
may
include
corrective
13
action
plans,
probationary
status,
or
nonrenewal
of
a
charter
14
school
contract.
15
Sec.
9.
Section
256E.12,
subsection
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
16
to
read
as
follows:
17
1.
Each
charter
school
shall
prepare
and
file
an
annual
18
report
with
the
department.
The
department
shall
prescribe
19
by
rule
the
required
contents
of
the
report,
but
each
such
20
report
shall
include
information
regarding
student
achievement,
21
including
annual
academic
growth
and
proficiency,
graduation
22
rates,
and
financial
performance
and
sustainability.
Financial
23
performance
reporting
shall
include
detailed
information
24
regarding
the
charter
school’s
revenues
and
expenditures,
25
including
salaries
and
benefits,
management
or
administrative
26
fees,
contractual
payments,
and
any
profits,
surpluses,
or
27
other
financial
benefits
realized
by
a
founding
or
managing
28
entity,
including
an
education
management
organization
or
29
charter
management
organization,
as
well
as
any
related-party
30
transactions.
The
reports
are
public
records
and
the
31
examination,
publication,
and
dissemination
of
the
reports
are
32
governed
by
the
provisions
of
chapter
22
.
33
Sec.
10.
Section
256E.12,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
34
the
following
new
subsection:
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
Each
charter
school
shall
annually
1
report
to
the
department
the
number
of
resident
students
who
2
applied
for
admission
and
the
number
of
resident
students
who
3
were
denied
admission.
The
report
must
include
the
reason
for
4
each
denial.
Personal
information
regarding
an
applicant
in
5
a
report
submitted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
be
kept
6
confidential
as
required
under
the
federal
Family
Educational
7
Rights
and
Privacy
Act,
20
U.S.C.
§1232g,
and
in
the
same
8
manner
as
personal
information
in
student
records
maintained,
9
created,
collected,
or
assembled
by
or
for
a
school
corporation
10
or
educational
institution
in
accordance
with
section
22.7,
11
subsection
1.
12
Sec.
11.
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
121,
section
73,
subsection
13
2,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
14
2.
The
department
shall
develop
an
achievement
score
that
15
calculates
aggregate
growth
as
well
as
aggregate
proficiency
16
of
students
which
when
combined
with
other
academic
indicators
17
results
in
an
overall
school
performance
grade
for
each
18
attendance
center
in
the
school
district.
For
purposes
of
19
calculating
the
performance
grade,
a
student
dropping
out
of
20
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
a
charter
school
established
21
pursuant
to
chapter
256E,
or
a
charter
school
or
innovation
22
zone
school
established
pursuant
to
chapter
256F,
shall
not
23
adversely
affect
the
performance
grade
of
the
student’s
school
24
district
of
residence.
The
performance
grade
may
also
be
used
25
as
one
measure
to
rank
and
classify
schools
into
six
different
26
performance
categories:
exceptional,
high
performing,
27
commendable,
acceptable,
needs
improvement,
and
priority.
28
The
categories
may
be
used
to
define
support
and
specialized
29
assistance
to
schools
classified
as
needs
improvement
or
30
priority
as
well
as
to
recognize
schools
designated
exceptional
31
or
high
performing.
Additionally,
a
closing
gap
score
shall
32
be
calculated
as
another
measure
to
determine
subgroup
33
performance
and
to
rank
and
classify
attendance
centers.
Other
34
academic
indicators
shall
be
defined
as
criterion
referenced
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variables
that
will
be
utilized
in
the
calculation
of
the
1
performance
grade.
Other
academic
indicators
shall
include
2
but
not
be
limited
to
graduation
rates,
attendance
rates,
and
3
college-readiness
rates.
Additional
indicators
of
academic
4
success
and
progress
may
include
post-graduation
data,
5
suspension
and
expulsion
rates,
levels
of
student
engagement,
6
parent
satisfaction,
parent
engagement,
and
staff
working
7
conditions.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
relates
to
charter
school
requirements,
including
12
reporting
requirements,
governance
standards,
financial
13
accountability,
and
oversight
by
the
state
board
of
education.
14
Current
law
requires
charter
schools
to
be
subject
to
15
and
comply
with
all
of
the
following
in
the
same
manner
as
16
a
school
district:
the
governing
board’s
meetings
shall
be
17
conducted
in
a
manner
that
is
open
to
the
public;
all
records,
18
documents,
and
electronic
data
of
the
charter
school
and
of
the
19
governing
board
shall
be
public
records;
be
free
of
tuition
20
and
application
fees
to
Iowa
resident
students
between
the
21
ages
of
5
and
21
years;
comply
with
Code
chapters
216
and
22
216A
relating
to
civil
and
human
rights;
meet
all
applicable
23
federal,
state,
and
local
health
and
safety
requirements
and
24
laws
prohibiting
discrimination
on
the
basis
of
race,
creed,
25
color,
sex,
sexual
orientation,
national
origin,
religion,
26
ancestry,
or
disability;
be
prohibited
from
administering
or
27
conducting
an
invasive
physical
examination
of
a
student,
a
28
student
health
screening
that
is
not
required
by
state
or
29
federal
law,
or
a
formal
examination
or
survey
of
a
student
30
that
is
designed
to
assess
the
student’s
mental,
emotional,
or
31
physical
health
that
is
not
required
by
state
or
federal
law,
32
without
first
acquiring
the
written
consent
of
the
student’s
33
parent
or
guardian;
establish
a
multidisciplinary
school
34
safety
assessment;
conduct
state
criminal
history
checks
for
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teachers
and
registry
checks
for
school
employees;
and
meet
1
the
requirements
of
Code
section
256.7,
subsection
21,
and
the
2
educational
standards
of
Code
section
256.11.
3
The
bill
requires
charter
schools
to
also
be
subject
to
and
4
comply
with
the
restrictions
regarding
the
use
of
public
funds
5
for
public
purposes
under
Code
chapters
11,
274,
and
279
in
6
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district,
and
requires
each
pupil
7
to
take
all
applicable
state
and
federally
required
student
8
assessments
and
report
the
results
of
those
assessments
to
9
the
pupil’s
parents
or
guardians
and
to
the
department
of
10
education,
in
the
same
manner
as
a
school
district.
11
The
bill
requires
charter
schools
to
annually
report
to
the
12
department
of
education
the
number
of
resident
students
who
13
applied
for
admission
and
the
number
of
resident
students
who
14
were
denied
admission,
including
the
reason
for
each
denial.
15
Current
law
requires
charter
schools
to
notify
the
public
16
school
district
of
residence
not
later
than
March
1
of
the
17
school
year
preceding
the
school
year
of
enrollment.
The
bill
18
requires
charter
schools
to
also
report
to
the
department.
The
19
bill
further
requires
the
department
to
notify
school
districts
20
of
the
amount
of
resident
students
enrolled
in
a
charter
school
21
under
Code
chapter
256E
prior
to
the
beginning
of
the
school
22
year.
23
The
bill
requires
each
charter
school
governing
board
to
24
report
to
the
department
the
amount
of
resident
students
who
25
withdrew
from
the
charter
school
and
reentered
a
public
school
26
during
the
school
year,
indicating
whether
the
student’s
return
27
to
a
public
school
was
voluntary.
The
bill
further
requires
28
the
department
to
report
such
information
to
the
affected
29
school
districts.
30
The
bill
requires
the
governing
board
of
a
charter
school
to
31
select
and
retain
independent
auditors
and
legal
counsel,
and
32
prohibits
a
management
entity
from
doing
so.
33
The
bill
requires
that
all
members
of
the
governing
board
34
of
a
charter
school
be
residents
of
Iowa,
at
least
50
percent
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of
the
membership
be
parents
or
legal
guardians
of
students
1
currently
enrolled
in
the
charter
school,
and
at
least
one
2
member
of
the
governing
board
be
a
representative
of
the
3
school
district
in
which
the
charter
school
is
physically
4
located.
The
bill
requires
the
representative
to
be
a
voting
5
member
of
the
governing
board.
Current
law
requires
governing
6
board
members
of
a
charter
school
to
provide
full
financial
7
disclosures
that,
at
a
minimum,
meet
the
standards
in
Code
8
section
68B.35.
9
The
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
education
to
develop
10
and
implement
oversight
standards
and
procedures
for
charter
11
schools
that
provide
for
regular
monitoring,
including
12
periodic
on-site
visits,
data
validation,
annual
performance
13
reports
evaluating
a
charter
school’s
academic,
financial,
14
and
operational
performance,
and
differentiated
oversight
and
15
monitoring
based
on
a
charter
school’s
performance,
including
16
enhanced
monitoring
for
schools
that
fail
to
meet
performance
17
expectations
or
meet
compliance
standards.
Such
monitoring
18
may
include
corrective
action
plans,
probationary
status,
or
19
nonrenewal
of
a
charter
school
contract.
20
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
board
shall
not
approve
a
21
charter
school
application
if
doing
so
would
result
in
more
22
than
one
charter
school
per
10,000
students
statewide
in
the
23
grade
level
groupings
of
elementary,
middle,
or
high
school.
24
The
bill
requires
charter
schools
to
include,
in
their
25
annual
report
concerning
financial
performance,
detailed
26
information
regarding
the
charter
school’s
revenues
and
27
expenditures,
including
salaries
and
benefits,
management
or
28
administrative
fees,
contractual
payments,
and
any
profits,
29
surpluses,
or
other
financial
benefits
realized
by
a
founding
30
or
managing
entity,
including
an
education
management
31
organization
or
charter
management
organization,
as
well
as
any
32
related-party
transactions.
33
Pursuant
to
the
federal
Every
Student
Succeeds
Act
and
2013
34
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
121,
section
73,
the
department
is
required
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to
publish
on
its
internet
site
an
online
tool
showing
how
1
public
schools
performed
on
certain
required
measures.
The
2
department
fulfills
these
requirements
by
publishing
the
Iowa
3
school
performance
profiles
annually.
The
bill
provides
that,
4
for
purposes
of
calculating
the
performance
grade,
a
student
5
dropping
out
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
a
charter
6
school
established
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
256E,
or
a
charter
7
school
or
innovation
zone
school
established
pursuant
to
Code
8
chapter
256F,
will
not
adversely
affect
the
performance
grade
9
of
the
student’s
school
district
of
residence.
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