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An
Act
relating
to
education
programs
and
systems,
including
1
career
and
technical
education
expenditures
and
definitions,
2
statewide
lower
division
general
education
framework
and
3
common
course
numbering
systems,
and
the
implementation
of
a
4
statewide
corequisite
model
in
Iowa
community
colleges.
5
BE
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ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
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Section
1.
Section
256.9,
subsection
70,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
Develop
and
make
available
on
the
department’s
3
internet
site
a
list
of
industry-recognized
credentials
or
4
certifications
that
are
attainable
by
students
enrolled
in
5
grades
nine
through
twelve
and
that
are
aligned
with
career
and
6
technical
education
service
content
areas.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
256.11,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
8
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
9
b.
Computer
science
instruction
incorporating
the
standards
10
established
under
section
256.7,
subsection
26
,
paragraph
“a”
,
11
subparagraph
(4),
shall
be
offered
in
at
least
one
grade
level
12
commencing
with
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2023.
Career
13
exploration
and
development
shall
be
designed
so
that
students
14
are
appropriately
prepared
to
create
an
individual
career
15
and
academic
plan
pursuant
to
section
279.61
,
incorporate
16
foundational
career
and
technical
education
concepts
aligned
17
with
the
six
career
and
technical
education
service
content
18
areas
as
defined
in
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
incorporate
19
relevant
twenty-first
century
skills
to
facilitate
career
20
readiness,
and
introduce
students
to
career
opportunities
21
within
the
local
community
and
across
this
state.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
h,
23
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
24
(1)
A
minimum
of
three
sequential
units
in
at
least
four
25
of
the
following
six
career
and
technical
education
service
26
content
areas
.
The
department
shall
ensure
that
the
six
career
27
and
technical
education
content
areas
are
aligned
to
a
national
28
framework
representative
of
all
career
pathways
:
29
(a)
Agriculture
,
food,
and
natural
resources
.
30
(b)
Arts,
communications,
and
information
Information
31
systems.
32
(c)
Applied
sciences
,
technology,
engineering,
and
33
manufacturing,
including
transportation,
distribution,
34
logistics,
architecture,
and
construction
.
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(d)
Health
sciences.
1
(e)
Human
services
,
including
law,
public
safety,
2
corrections,
security,
government,
public
administration,
and
3
education
and
training
.
4
(f)
Business
,
finance,
marketing,
and
management
.
5
Sec.
4.
Section
256.11,
subsection
5,
paragraph
h,
6
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
7
(3)
The
department
of
education
shall
permit
school
8
districts,
in
meeting
the
requirements
of
this
section
,
to
use
9
career
and
technical
education
core
courses
in
more
than
one
10
career
and
technical
education
service
content
area
and
to
use
11
multi-occupational
courses
to
complete
a
sequence
in
more
than
12
one
career
and
technical
education
service
content
area.
13
Sec.
5.
Section
256.125,
subsection
5,
Code
2026,
is
amended
14
to
read
as
follows:
15
5.
“Career
and
technical
education
service
content
area”
16
means
any
one
of
the
service
content
areas
specified
in
section
17
256.11,
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
.
18
Sec.
6.
Section
256.125,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
19
following
new
subsections:
20
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5A.
“High-demand
occupation”
means
an
21
occupation
in
which
state,
local,
or
regional
labor
market
22
forecasting
shows
occupational
demand
exceeds
the
overall
23
state,
local,
or
regional
employer
demand
metrics,
including
in
24
openings,
numeric
change,
and
growth.
25
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5B.
“High-skill
occupation”
means
26
an
occupation
with
education
or
training
requirements,
27
including
the
completion
of
an
apprenticeship
program,
an
28
industry-recognized
credential,
a
short-term
college
credential
29
such
as
a
certificate
or
diploma,
a
noncredit
college
30
credential
or
certification,
an
associate
degree
or
higher,
31
on-the-job
training,
or
on-the-job
credential
or
certification.
32
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
5C.
“High-wage
occupation”
means
an
33
occupation
for
which
at
least
three
of
five
hourly
wage
or
34
annual
salary
measurements
for
that
occupation
exceed
the
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hourly
wage
or
annual
salary
for
all
occupations
in
the
state
1
or
region.
2
Sec.
7.
Section
256.129,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
3
to
read
as
follows:
4
2.
Adopt
rules
prescribing
standards
for
teachers
in
the
six
5
career
and
technical
education
service
content
areas
specified
6
in
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
,
in
approved
7
programs.
8
Sec.
8.
Section
256.130,
subsection
5,
Code
2026,
is
amended
9
to
read
as
follows:
10
5.
Make
recommendations
to
the
board
of
educational
11
examiners
relating
to
the
enforcement
of
rules
prescribing
12
standards
for
teachers
of
career
and
technical
education
13
service
content
areas.
14
Sec.
9.
Section
256.136,
subsection
6,
Code
2026,
is
amended
15
to
read
as
follows:
16
6.
A
regional
career
and
technical
education
partnership
17
may
use
funds
received
from
state
and
federal
sources
on
behalf
18
of
school
districts
and
community
colleges
participating
in
the
19
regional
career
and
technical
education
planning
partnership
20
to
convene,
lead,
and
staff
the
regional
career
and
technical
21
education
planning
partnership;
to
offer
regional
career
and
22
technical
education
professional
development
opportunities;
23
to
coordinate
and
maintain
a
career
guidance
system
pursuant
24
to
section
279.61
;
to
purchase
career
and
technical
education
25
equipment;
and
to
purchase
standard
classroom
consumable
26
supplies
other
than
consumable
supplies
that
will
be
made
into
27
products
to
be
sold
or
used
personally
by
students,
teachers,
28
and
other
persons.
The
regional
career
and
technical
education
29
partnership
shall
demonstrate
that
all
expenditures
are
aligned
30
with
high-skill,
high-wage,
and
high-demand
occupations
as
31
defined
in
section
256.125.
32
Sec.
10.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.139
Statewide
lower
division
33
general
education
and
common
course
numbering
systems.
34
1.
To
support
student
transfer
and
academic
transparency,
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statewide
lower
division
general
education
framework
and
common
1
course
numbering
systems
shall
be
implemented
by
the
department
2
of
education,
in
coordination
with
the
Iowa
community
colleges
3
and
in
consultation
with
the
state
board
of
regents,
for
4
coursework
offered
by
Iowa
community
colleges.
5
2.
The
common
course
numbering
system
must
do
all
of
the
6
following:
7
a.
Assign
each
course
an
alphanumeric
prefix
and
number
8
reflecting
subject
area
and
level.
9
b.
Identify
equivalent
courses
across
institutions.
Each
10
course
shall
have
a
common
description
and
common
course
11
outcomes
developed
by
faculty
from
community
colleges,
with
12
consultation
from
the
board
of
regents.
13
c.
Be
used
in
all
course
catalogs,
registration
systems,
and
14
transcripts.
15
3.
The
department
shall
maintain
a
statewide
course
16
numbering
directory
and
shall
establish
a
faculty-led
process
17
for
determining
course
equivalency.
18
4.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
each
19
succeeding
school
year,
the
lower
division
general
education
20
framework
shall
apply
to
all
community
college
general
21
education
coursework,
inclusive
of
a
common
set
of
general
22
education
learning
requirements,
and
shall
be
built
upon
23
the
existing
statewide
transfer
pathways
used
by
public
24
institutions
of
higher
education
in
the
state.
This
process
25
shall
preserve
institutional
autonomy
over
course
delivery
and
26
content
while
ensuring
transfer
consistency.
27
5.
The
department
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
28
to
administer
this
section.
29
Sec.
11.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.140
Statewide
corequisite
model.
30
1.
By
the
2028-2029
school
year,
all
Iowa
community
colleges
31
shall
replace
traditional,
prerequisite
remedial
coursework
in
32
mathematics
and
English
with
corequisite
models.
33
2.
The
department
of
education,
in
consultation
with
34
Iowa
community
colleges,
shall
by
rule
establish
a
statewide
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framework
for
corequisite
developmental
education.
1
Sec.
12.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.141
Statewide
occupation
2
definitions.
3
The
department
of
education,
in
consultation
with
the
4
Iowa
workforce
development
board,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
5
to
chapter
17A
to
administer
the
process
of
selecting
the
6
occupations
that
qualify
as
a
high-demand
occupation,
7
high-skill
occupation,
or
high-wage
occupation,
each
as
defined
8
in
section
256.125,
for
purposes
of
use
by
government
agencies
9
and
statewide
programs.
10
Sec.
13.
Section
257.11,
subsection
3,
paragraph
c,
11
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
12
follows:
13
Notwithstanding
paragraph
“b”
,
subparagraph
(1),
a
school
14
district
that
otherwise
meets
the
requirements
of
this
15
subsection
may
enter
into
a
sharing
agreement
with
a
community
16
college
under
which
the
community
college
may
offer,
or
provide
17
a
community
college-employed
instructor
to
teach,
one
of
the
18
science
or
one
of
the
mathematics
units
in
accordance
with
19
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
and
one
or
more
units
in
only
one
20
of
the
six
career
and
technical
education
service
content
areas
21
in
accordance
with
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
paragraph
“h”
.
22
Pupils
enrolled
in
a
unit
in
accordance
with
this
paragraph
23
shall
be
assigned
additional
weighting
in
accordance
with
24
this
subsection
if
the
number
of
pupils
enrolled
in
such
a
25
unit
exceeds
five
and
the
school
district’s
total
enrollment
26
does
not
exceed
six
hundred
pupils.
A
school
district
that
27
enters
into
a
sharing
agreement
with
a
community
college
under
28
this
paragraph
to
provide
a
unit
of
science
or
mathematics
29
in
accordance
with
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
paragraph
30
“a”
,
“d”
,
or
“e”
,
shall
be
deemed
to
have
met
the
requirement
31
that
the
school
district
offer
and
teach
such
a
unit
under
32
the
educational
standards
of
section
256.11,
subsection
5
,
33
paragraph
“a”
,
“d”
,
or
“e”
.
However,
the
provisions
of
this
34
paragraph
“c”
relating
to
a
sharing
agreement
for
a
unit
of
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science
or
mathematics
are
applicable
only
if
all
of
the
1
following
conditions
are
met:
2
Sec.
14.
Section
260C.14,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
3
the
following
new
subsection:
4
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
Comply
with
the
requirements
of
section
5
256.140,
including
by
replacing
traditional,
prerequisite
6
remedial
coursework
in
mathematics
and
English
with
corequisite
7
models,
and
by
assisting
the
department
of
education
in
8
the
implementation
of
a
statewide
framework
for
corequisite
9
developmental
education.
10
Sec.
15.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
A
COMMON
COURSE
NUMBERING
SYSTEM
11
STUDY.
By
December
31,
2026,
the
department
of
education,
in
12
consultation
with
the
state
board
of
regents,
shall
submit
to
13
the
general
assembly
a
study
on
the
systemic
implementation
14
considerations
of
statewide
lower
division
general
education
15
framework
and
common
course
numbering
systems
across
public
16
institutions
of
higher
education,
including
Iowa
community
17
colleges
and
the
institutions
governed
by
the
state
board
of
18
regents.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
career
and
technical
education
23
expenditures
and
definitions,
statewide
lower
division
general
24
education
framework
and
common
course
numbering
systems,
and
25
the
implementation
of
a
statewide
corequisite
model
in
Iowa
26
community
colleges.
27
The
bill
renames
the
career
and
technical
education
service
28
areas
as
content
areas
and
requires
the
department
of
education
29
to
ensure
that
the
six
career
and
technical
education
content
30
areas
in
the
high
school
career
and
technical
education
program
31
are
aligned
to
a
national
framework
representative
of
all
32
career
pathways.
The
bill
modifies
what
is
included
in
five
of
33
the
six
career
and
technical
education
content
areas.
34
The
bill
further
requires
that
regional
career
and
technical
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education
partnerships
demonstrate
that
all
expenditures
1
are
aligned
with
high-skill,
high-wage,
and
high-demand
2
occupations.
3
The
bill
defines
“high-demand
occupation”
as
an
occupation
4
in
which
state,
local,
or
regional
labor
market
forecasting
5
shows
occupational
demand
exceeds
the
overall
state,
local,
6
or
regional
employer
demand
metrics,
including
in
openings,
7
numeric
change,
and
growth.
The
bill
defines
“high-skill
8
occupation”
as
an
occupation
with
education
or
training
9
requirements,
including
the
completion
of
an
apprenticeship
10
program,
an
industry-recognized
credential,
a
short-term
11
college
credential
such
as
a
certificate
or
diploma,
a
12
noncredit
college
credential
or
certification,
an
associate
13
degree
or
higher,
on-the-job
training,
or
on-the-job
credential
14
or
certification.
The
bill
defines
“high-wage
occupation”
as
15
an
occupation
for
which
at
least
three
of
five
hourly
wage
16
or
annual
salary
measurements
for
that
occupation
exceed
the
17
hourly
wage
or
annual
salary
for
all
occupations
in
the
state
18
or
region.
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
education,
in
19
consultation
with
the
Iowa
workforce
development
board,
to
20
adopt
rules
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
17A
to
administer
the
21
process
of
selecting
the
resulting
occupations
using
these
22
statewide
definitions.
The
bill
also
requires
the
selected
23
occupations
to
be
applied
across
all
government
agencies
and
24
statewide
programs.
25
The
bill
requires
the
department,
in
coordination
with
the
26
Iowa
community
colleges
and
consultation
with
the
state
board
27
of
regents,
to
implement
statewide
lower
division
general
28
education
framework
and
common
course
numbering
systems
for
all
29
coursework
offered
by
the
Iowa
community
colleges.
The
common
30
course
numbering
system
must
assign
each
course
an
alphanumeric
31
prefix
and
number
reflecting
subject
area
and
level,
identify
32
equivalent
courses
across
institutions,
ensure
each
equivalent
33
course
has
a
common
description
and
common
course
outcomes,
34
and
be
used
in
all
course
catalogs,
registration
systems,
and
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transcripts.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
maintain
1
a
statewide
course
numbering
directory,
to
establish
a
2
faculty-led
process
for
determining
course
equivalency,
and
to
3
adopt
rules
to
administer
the
statewide
common
course
numbering
4
system.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2027,
and
each
5
succeeding
school
year,
the
bill
requires
the
lower
division
6
general
education
framework
to
apply
to
all
community
college
7
general
education
coursework
and
be
built
upon
the
existing
8
statewide
transfer
pathways.
9
The
bill
requires
that
by
the
2028-2029
school
year,
all
10
Iowa
community
colleges
must
replace
traditional,
prerequisite
11
remedial
coursework
in
mathematics
and
English
with
corequisite
12
models.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
establish
a
13
statewide
framework
for
corequisite
developmental
education.
14
The
bill
also
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
each
community
15
college
to
implement
the
corequisite
models
and
to
assist
the
16
department
of
education
in
implementing
a
statewide
framework
17
for
corequisite
developmental
education.
18
The
bill
also
requires
the
department
of
education,
in
19
consultation
with
the
state
board
of
regents,
to
submit
to
20
the
general
assembly
a
study
on
the
systemic
implementation
21
considerations
of
statewide
lower
division
general
education
22
framework
and
common
course
numbering
systems
in
institutions
23
of
higher
education.
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