Bill Text: IA HF2254 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to student public school attendance, including by modifying provisions related to state aid payments to school districts and requiring the development of an attendance improvement plan when a student is chronically absent from school.(See HF 2547.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-03-12 - Withdrawn. H.J. 576. [HF2254 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2254-Introduced.html
House
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2254
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2254
BY
GRASSLEY
,
COLLINS
,
HOLT
,
DUNWELL
,
THOMSON
,
JOHNSON
,
CARLSON
,
GUSTOFF
,
WILLS
,
and
FISHER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
student
public
school
attendance,
including
1
by
modifying
provisions
related
to
state
aid
payments
2
to
school
districts
and
requiring
the
development
of
an
3
attendance
improvement
plan
when
a
student
is
chronically
4
absent
from
school.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.17,
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
257.17
Aid
reduction
for
early
school
starts
.
3
1.
State
aid
payments
made
pursuant
to
section
257.16
for
4
a
fiscal
year
shall
be
reduced
by
one
one-hundred-eightieth
5
for
each
day
of
that
fiscal
year
for
which
the
school
district
6
begins
school
before
the
earliest
school
start
date
specified
7
in
section
279.10,
subsection
1
.
8
2.
This
section
does
Subsection
1
shall
not
apply
to
a
9
school
district
attendance
center
that
has
received
approval
10
from
the
department
of
education
under
section
279.10,
11
subsection
2
,
to
maintain
a
year-round
school
calendar
12
that
commences
classes
in
advance
of
the
school
start
date
13
established
in
section
279.10,
subsection
1
.
The
department
of
14
management
shall
prorate
the
reduction
made
pursuant
to
this
15
section
subsection
1
to
account
for
an
attendance
center
in
16
a
school
district
that
is
approved
to
maintain
a
year-round
17
school
calendar
under
section
279.10,
subsection
2
.
18
3.
a.
State
aid
paid
pursuant
to
section
257.16
for
a
19
fiscal
year
shall
be
reduced
by
the
department
of
management
in
20
an
amount
equal
to
the
product
of
the
state
cost
per
pupil
for
21
the
budget
year
multiplied
by
the
number
of
chronically
absent
22
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
during
the
base
year.
23
The
reduction
made
pursuant
to
this
paragraph
shall
be
divided
24
between
each
monthly
installment
as
evenly
as
possible.
25
b.
Paragraph
“a”
shall
not
apply
to
school
districts
in
26
which
the
total
number
of
chronically
absent
students
enrolled
27
in
the
school
district
in
the
base
year
is
less
than
twenty
28
percent
of
the
school
district’s
total
enrollment.
29
c.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“chronically
absent
30
student”
means
a
student
who
was
absent
from
school
for
at
least
31
ten
percent
of
the
school
days
in
the
base
year
for
any
reason.
32
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
299.1C
Students
who
are
chronically
33
absent.
34
1.
When
a
student
who
is
enrolled
in
a
public
school
was
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absent
from
school
for
at
least
ten
percent
of
the
school
days
1
in
the
prior
school
year
for
any
reason,
all
of
the
following
2
persons
shall
meet
to
discuss
how
to
improve
the
student’s
3
attendance,
create
an
attendance
improvement
plan,
and
sign
the
4
attendance
improvement
plan:
5
a.
The
student’s
parent,
guardian,
or
legal
or
actual
6
custodian,
if
the
student
is
not
an
emancipated
minor.
7
b.
The
student,
if
the
student
is
an
emancipated
minor.
8
c.
A
representative
of
the
public
school
in
which
the
9
student
is
enrolled.
10
d.
A
representative
of
the
county
attorney
of
a
county
in
11
which
the
school
district
is
located.
12
2.
During
the
meeting
described
in
subsection
1,
the
13
representative
of
the
county
attorney
shall
provide
the
14
student
or
the
student’s
parent,
guardian,
or
legal
or
actual
15
custodian,
as
applicable,
with
information
related
to
this
16
state’s
laws
related
to
attendance
requirements,
penalties
17
associated
with
violating
the
attendance
requirements,
and
18
exceptions
to
the
attendance
requirements.
19
EXPLANATION
20
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
21
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
22
This
bill
relates
to
student
public
school
attendance,
23
including
by
modifying
provisions
related
to
state
aid
payments
24
to
school
districts
and
requiring
the
development
of
an
25
attendance
improvement
plan
when
a
student
is
chronically
26
absent
from
school.
27
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
management
to
reduce
28
the
state
aid
payments
to
school
districts
made
pursuant
to
29
Code
section
257.16
(state
foundation
aid
appropriations)
for
30
a
fiscal
year
in
an
amount
equal
to
the
product
of
the
state
31
cost
per
pupil
for
the
budget
year
multiplied
by
the
number
of
32
chronically
absent
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
in
33
the
prior
year.
The
bill
provides
that
this
reduction
shall
be
34
divided
between
each
monthly
installment
as
evenly
as
possible.
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The
bill
provides
that
this
reduction
shall
not
apply
to
school
1
districts
in
which
the
total
number
of
chronically
absent
2
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
in
the
prior
year
is
3
less
than
20
percent
of
the
school
district’s
total
enrollment.
4
The
bill
defines
“chronically
absent
student”
as
a
student
who
5
is
enrolled
in
a
school
district
and
who
was
absent
from
school
6
for
at
least
10
percent
of
the
school
days
in
the
prior
school
7
year
for
any
reason.
8
The
bill
provides
that,
when
a
student
who
is
enrolled
9
in
a
public
school
was
absent
from
school
for
at
least
10
10
percent
of
the
school
days
in
the
prior
school
year
for
any
11
reason,
the
student
or
the
student’s
parent,
guardian,
or
12
custodian,
as
applicable,
a
representative
of
the
public
13
school,
and
a
representative
of
the
county
attorney
of
a
county
14
in
which
the
public
school
is
located
shall
meet
to
discuss
15
how
to
improve
the
student’s
attendance,
create
an
attendance
16
improvement
plan,
and
sign
the
attendance
improvement
plan.
17
The
bill
requires
that,
during
the
meeting,
the
representative
18
of
the
county
attorney
shall
provide
the
student
or
the
19
student’s
parent,
guardian,
or
custodian,
as
applicable,
20
with
information
related
to
this
state’s
laws
related
to
21
attendance
requirements,
penalties
associated
with
violating
22
the
attendance
requirements,
and
exceptions
to
the
attendance
23
requirements.
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