IA:House passes bill to loosen school requirements, including for arts and language offerings
Some Iowa students may have to take fewer arts and second language classes to graduate under legislation that passed the Iowa House on Thursday.
Schools could choose to offer only three units of foreign language classes instead of the current four, and only two units of fine arts instead of three under Senate File 391.
The bill also would allow:
Schools to hire former public librarians instead of librarians trained as teachers.
High school teachers to teach multiple sequential units of a subject at the same time, in the same classroom.
Community college instructors to teach high school classes without current restrictions.
Non-virtual schools to have a maximum of five days, or 30 hours, of primarily online instruction each school year.
House lawmakers passed Senate File 391 on a 62-34 vote Thursday with an amendment, following the Senates approval along party lines Tuesday. The bill returns to the Senate to consider the changes.
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