Is community college coursework included in the Iowa Core requirement?
An amendment to HF2679, H-8289, states the following:
"school district shall ensure that any course made available to a student through any sharing agreement between the school district and a community college or any other entity providing course programming pursuant to this section to students enrolled in the school district meets the expectations contained in the core curriculum."
So if a district identifies a specific concurrent credit course as one a student may take to meet the requirements of the Iowa Core, it is the district's responsibility to ensure that the course contains the appropriate essential concepts and skills sets of the Iowa Core.