Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

The department shall not close the Iowa school for the deaf at Council Bluffs until all of the following requirements have been met: 1. The department of management has presented to the general assembly a comprehensive plan, program, and fiscal analysis of the existing circumstan…

1. Sections 279.12 through 279.19B apply to employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program and employees of the Iowa school for the deaf, who are licensed pursuant to subchapter VII, part 3 . Section 279.27 applies to employees of the Iowa …

Salaried employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program and employees of the Iowa school for the deaf who are employed on a school year basis for less than twelve months per year shall be exempt from the provisions of chapter 70A relating t…

The department shall pay to the local school boards the tuition payments and transportation costs, as otherwise authorized by statutes for the elementary or high school education of students residing on land owned by the state and under the control of the department. Such payment…

The department may send any student of the Iowa school for the deaf to the university of Iowa hospitals and clinics for treatment and care. The department shall pay the traveling expenses of such student, and when necessary the traveling expenses of an attendant for the student, …

1. a. The department shall work with the Iowa school for the deaf, the area education agencies, school districts, and the early hearing detection and intervention program in the department of health and human services for purposes of coordinating, developing, and disseminating re…

The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this subchapter . 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2483

1. Consultants employed by the director and paid from the fund created by section 8.41 from moneys received from Pub. L. No. 97-35, Tit. V, subtit. D, ch. 2, shall assist those employees designated by the department as school improvement specialists in helping school districts to…

The state board shall adopt rules under chapter 17A and a procedure for accrediting all public and nonpublic schools in Iowa offering instruction at any or all levels from the prekindergarten level through grade twelve. The rules of the state board shall require that an age-appro…

1. The innovation division of the department of education is created. The head of the division is the administrator who shall be a highly qualified science, technology, engineering, and mathematics advocate and shall be appointed by the director. 2. The administrator shall do all…

A nonpublic school that provides an educational program that includes grades nine through twelve shall offer and teach five units of career and technical education subjects, which may include, but are not limited to, programs, services, and activities which prepare students for e…

1. The director, when necessary to realize the purposes of this chapter , shall approve the enrollment in public schools for specified courses of students who also are enrolled in private schools, when the courses in which they seek enrollment are not available to them in their p…

1. The higher education division of the department of education is created. The head of the division is the administrator who shall be appointed by the director. 2. The administrator shall do all of the following, subject to supervision of the director: a. Administer and coordina…

As used in this part : 1. “Approved career and technical education program” means a career and technical education program offered by a school district or community college and approved by the department which meets the standards for career and technical education programs adopte…

The provisions of the Act of Congress known as the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 , codified at 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq ., as amended, and the benefit of all funds appropriated under said Act and all other Acts pertaining to career and techn…

The state board of education shall constitute the state board for career and technical education. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3838; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §258.2 ] 2016 Acts, ch 1108, §37 ; 2017 Acts, ch 29, §65 ; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §2535 C2024, §256.127 Refe…

The director of the department shall appoint the bureau chief of the community colleges and post-secondary readiness bureau, and the bureau chief shall direct the work of personnel as necessary to carry out this part . [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3839; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73…

The state board shall do all of the following: 1. Approve the multiyear state plan developed in accordance with applicable federal laws and regulations governing career and technical education. 2. Adopt rules prescribing standards for teachers in the six career and technical educ…

The boards of directors of two or more school districts may by agreement provide for attendance of pupils residing in one district in the schools of another district for the purpose of taking courses not offered in the district of their residence. The boards may also provide by a…

The director of the department of education shall do all of the following: 1. Develop and submit to the state board for approval the multiyear state plan developed in accordance with federal laws and regulations governing career and technical education. 2. Provide for making stud…

1. An approved regional career and technical education planning partnership is eligible to receive state funds for purposes allowed under section 256.136, subsection 6 . 2. Federal funds received as a reimbursement for allowable expenditures shall be received pursuant to the mult…

1. The board of directors of a school district or community college that maintains a career and technical education program receiving federal or state funds under this part shall, as a condition of approval by the state board, appoint a local advisory council for each career and …

The board of directors of a school district shall offer career and technical instruction in service areas as provided in section 256.11, subsection 5 , paragraph “h” , and pay the expense of such instruction in the same way as the expenses for other subjects in the school distric…

The director may make expenditures for salaries and other expenses as necessary to the proper administration of this part . [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3847; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §258.11 ] 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1432 ; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §60 ; 2016 Acts, ch 110…

The treasurer of state shall be custodian of the funds paid to the state from the appropriations made under the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 , 20 U.S.C. §2301 et seq. , as amended, and shall disburse the same on vouchers audited a…

1. Regional career and technical education planning partnerships are established to assist school districts in providing an effective, efficient, and economical means of delivering high-quality secondary career and technical education programs. Regional career and technical educa…

1. A career academy may be established under an agreement between a single school district and a community college, or by multiple school districts and a community college organized into a regional career and technical education planning partnership pursuant to section 256.136 . …

1. A permanent revolving fund is established for the department. Expenses incurred by the department from this fund shall be paid subject to reimbursement by the federal government. 2. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education the sum…

As used in this part , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Administrator” means a person who is licensed to coordinate, supervise, or direct an educational program or the activities of other practitioners. 2. “Board” means the board of educational examiners. 3. “Certificat…

The board is created within the higher education division of the department of education to exercise the exclusive authority to: 1. a. License practitioners, which includes the authority to do all of the following: (1) Establish criteria for the licenses. (2) Establish issuance a…

1. The board of educational examiners shall consist of thirteen members, subject to the following requirements: a. Four members shall be members of the general public who have demonstrated an interest in education but have never held a practitioner’s license. Two of the members a…

1. Members, except for the director or the director’s designee, shall be appointed to serve staggered terms of four years. A member shall not serve more than two consecutive terms, except for the director or the director’s designee, who shall serve until the director’s term of of…

1. Members shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in their official duties and may be entitled to per diem compensation as authorized under section 7E.6 . For duties performed during an ordinary school day by a member who is employed by a sch…

1. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result of the person’s acts, omissions, or decisions that are reasonable and in good faith as a member of the board or as an employee or agent in connection with the person’s duties. 2. A person shall not be civilly liable as a result …

1. A license issued under board authority is valid for the period of time for which it is issued, unless the license is suspended or revoked. Except as provided in section 256.146, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), permanent licenses shall not be issued. A person e…

1. a. The board may issue a license to an applicant from another state or country if the applicant files evidence of the possession of the required or equivalent requirements with the board, including any of the following: (1) A full license from another state or country, which s…

1. A certificate which was issued by the board to a practitioner before July 1, 1989, continues to be in force as long as the certificate complies with the rules and statutes in effect on July 1, 1989. Requirements for the renewal of licenses, under this part , do not apply retro…

1. Beginning July 1, 2007, requirements for administrator licensure beyond an initial license shall include completion of a beginning administrator mentoring and induction program and demonstration of competence on the administrator standards adopted pursuant to section 284A.3 . …

1. It is the intent of the general assembly that licensing fees established by the board be sufficient to finance the activities of the board under this part . 2. Licensing fees are payable to the treasurer of state and shall be deposited with the executive director of the board.…

Expenditures and refunds made by the board under this part shall be certified by the executive director of the board to the director of the department of administrative services, and if found correct, the director of the department of administrative services shall approve the exp…

The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a voluntary certification system for para-educators. The rules shall specify rights, responsibilities, levels, and qualifications for the certificate. Applicants shall be disqualified for any reason specified in sect…

1. Hearings before the board shall be conducted in the same manner as contested cases under chapter 17A . The board may subpoena books, papers, records, and any other real evidence necessary for the board to decide whether it should institute a contested case hearing. At the hear…

The board shall maintain a list of qualified persons employed by the division of administrative hearings created by section 10A.801 and who are experienced in the educational system of this state to serve as administrative law judges when a hearing is requested under section 279.…

1. Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5 , the state board shall adopt rules requiring all higher education institutions providing practitioner preparation to do the following: a. Include preparation in reading theory, knowledge, strategies, and approaches; and for integrating …

1. a. (1) The board of directors of a school district or area education agency, the superintendent of a school district, the chief administrator of an area education agency, and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall report to the board any instance of …

1. The board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a certification system for work-based learning program supervisors. The rules shall specify rights, responsibilities, levels, and qualifications for the certificate. The certificate shall not require more than fif…