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Iowa Association of School Boards sets 2014 legislative priorities

DES MOINES – The Iowa Association of School Boards (IASB) recently approved priorities that the organization will lobby for during the the 2014 Iowa legislative session.

School boards across the state submitted their own lists of priorities to the agency. The Mason City School Board submitted theirs in August, and reviewed the list of state legislative resolutions submitted by the Iowa Association of School Boards.

The IASB list of priorities are as follows:

Supports continued progress in the development of rigorous content standards and benchmarks consistent with the Iowa Core focused on improving student achievement, including the following state actions:

  • Provide and fund technical assistance to help school districts fully implement the Iowa Core.
  • Develop or obtain high-quality summative and formative assessments, aligned to the skills students should know and be able to do to succeed globally and locally
  • Include and fund all the components of successful standards systems: assessments aligned to high expectations, improved and aligned instruction and quality professional development.

Supports continuation of sufficient incentives and assistance to encourage sharing, reorganization or regional high schools to expand academic learning opportunities for students and to improve student achievement. IASB supports expansion of sharing incentives to include special education, curriculum and other critical administrative positions. The incentives must be available to school districts regardless of the location of the sharing partner(s).

Supports reform of Iowa’s k-12 education system that:

  • Is research-based;
  • Is focused on student achievement;
  • Includes comprehensive assessments to measure the full range and rigor of the Iowa Core;
  • Maintains oversight and control by locally elected boards of directors;
  • Does not “repurpose” existing education funds; and
  • Does not impose new mandates unless they are fully funded.

Supports setting supplemental state aid (replaces the term allowable growth) by the date specified in the Iowa Code at a rate that encourages continuous school improvement and reflects actual cost increases experienced by school districts and AEAs. Our priority is to increase the state cost per pupil and the spending authority associated with it to build a strong base for future education resources.

Supports the repeal of the mandatory school start date.

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