House File 2615 - Enrolled
House File 2615
AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION, INCLUDING BY REQUIRING COMMUNITY
COLLEGES TO PUBLISH INFORMATION RELATED TO GRADUATES,
REQUIRING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE STUDENTS ENROLLED
IN GRADES ELEVEN AND TWELVE WITH INFORMATION RELATED TO
GRADUATES OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND THE AVERAGE INCOME
AND STUDENT DEBT OF GRADUATES OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER
EDUCATION GOVERNED BY THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS, AND
MODIFYING PROVISIONS RELATED TO SUPPLEMENTARY WEIGHTING.
9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 257.11, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code
2 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3 d. Supplementary weighting pursuant to this subsection
4 shall be available to a school district during the period
5 commencing with the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, through
6 the budget year beginning July 1, 2034. The maximum amount
7 of additional weighting for which a school district shall be
8 eligible in a budget year is twenty-one additional pupils;
9 provided, however, that for budget years beginning on or after
10 July 1, 2024, the supplementary weighting assigned for a shared
11 operational function in the area of a college and career
12 transition counselor or coordinator shall not count toward this
13 maximum amount. Criteria for determining the qualification
14 of operational functions for supplementary weighting shall be
15 determined by the department by rule, through consideration of
16 increased student opportunities.
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17 Sec. 2. Section 260C.14, Code 2024, is amended by adding the
18 following new subsection:
19 NEW SUBSECTION. 25. Publish on the community college’s
20 internet site a link to the Iowa student outcomes internet site
21 maintained by the department of education.
22 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 279.84 College and career transition
23 counselors or coordinators —— information related to the
24 completion of postsecondary programs.
25 1. The board of directors of each school district shall
26 provide each student enrolled in the school district in
27 grades eleven and twelve who has expressed an interest in
28 postsecondary education, including in the student’s individual
29 career and academic plan created pursuant to section 279.61,
30 with all of the following:
31 a. A link to the most recent copy of the report published
32 by the state board of regents pursuant to section 262.9,
33 subsection 38.
34 b. A link to the Iowa student outcomes internet site
35 maintained by the department of education.
1 2. If the school district employs a college and career
2 transition counselor or coordinator, the college and career
3 transition counselor or coordinator shall be responsible for
4 providing the information described in subsection 1.
5 3. For purposes of this section, “college and career
6 transition counselor or coordinator” means a licensed school
7 counselor or an appropriately trained individual responsible
8 for providing direct services to students, parents, families,
9 schools, and postsecondary institutions to support college
10 preparation and postsecondary success, such as college
11 preparation, financial aid processing, and transition to
12 postsecondary institution enrollment.
13 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
14 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
15 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
16 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
17 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
18 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
19 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of
20 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding
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21 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act
22 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school
23 districts.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY AMY SINCLAIR
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 2615, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 257.11, 260C.14
Enrolled: 257.11, 260C.14