Iowa Code § 256.17

Current through bills signed by governor as of 5/17/2024
Section 256.17 - [Effective Until 7/1/2024] Postsecondary course audit committee
1. The department shall establish and facilitate a postsecondary course audit committee which shall annually audit postsecondary courses offered to high school students in accordance with chapter 261E.
2. The committee shall include but not be limited to representatives from the kindergarten through grade twelve education community, community colleges, and regents universities.
3. The committee shall establish a sampling technique that randomly selects courses for audit. The audit shall include but not be limited to a review of the course syllabus, teacher qualifications, examples of student products, and results of student assessments. Standards for review shall be established by the committee and approved by the department. Audit findings shall be submitted to the institutions providing the classes audited and shall be posted on the department's internet site.
4. If the committee determines that a postsecondary course offered to high school students in accordance with chapter 261E does not meet the standards established by the committee pursuant to subsection 3, the course shall not be eligible for future supplementary weighting under section 257.11. If the institution makes changes to the course sufficient to cause the course to meet the standards of the committee, the committee may reinstate the eligibility of the course for future supplementary weighting under section 257.11.

Iowa Code § 256.17

2008 Acts, ch 1181, §44
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.