Bill Text: IA HF385 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to open enrollment of certain students and the determination of good cause and including applicability provisions.(Formerly HSB 109.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-03-23 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [HF385 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF385-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
385
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
109)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
open
enrollment
of
certain
students
and
the
1
determination
of
good
cause
and
including
applicability
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
By
March
1
of
the
preceding
school
year
for
students
3
entering
grades
one
through
twelve,
or
by
September
1
of
the
4
current
school
year
for
students
entering
kindergarten
or
for
5
prekindergarten
students
enrolled
in
special
education
programs
6
and
included
in
the
school
district’s
basic
enrollment
under
7
section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1)
,
8
the
parent
or
guardian
shall
send
notification
to
the
district
9
of
residence
and
the
receiving
district,
on
forms
prescribed
10
by
the
department
of
education,
that
the
parent
or
guardian
11
intends
to
enroll
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
child
in
a
public
12
school
in
another
school
district.
If
a
parent
or
guardian
13
fails
to
file
a
notification
that
the
parent
intends
to
enroll
14
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
child
in
a
public
school
in
another
15
district
by
the
deadline
specified
in
this
subsection
,
the
16
procedures
of
subsection
4
apply.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
282.18,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
18
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
b.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
“good
cause”
means
a
change
20
in
a
child’s
residence
due
to
a
change
in
family
residence,
21
a
change
in
a
child’s
residence
from
the
residence
of
one
22
parent
or
guardian
to
the
residence
of
a
different
parent
or
23
guardian,
a
change
in
the
state
in
which
the
family
residence
24
is
located,
a
change
in
a
child’s
parents’
marital
status,
25
a
guardianship
or
custody
proceeding,
placement
in
foster
26
care,
adoption,
participation
in
a
foreign
exchange
program,
27
initial
placement
of
a
prekindergarten
student
in
a
special
28
education
program
requiring
specially
designed
instruction,
or
29
participation
in
a
substance
abuse
or
mental
health
treatment
30
program,
a
change
in
the
status
of
a
child’s
resident
district
31
such
as
removal
of
accreditation
by
the
state
board,
surrender
32
of
accreditation,
or
permanent
closure
of
a
nonpublic
school,
33
revocation
of
a
charter
school
contract
as
provided
in
section
34
256F.8
,
the
failure
of
negotiations
for
a
whole
grade
sharing,
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reorganization,
dissolution
agreement
or
the
rejection
of
a
1
current
whole
grade
sharing
agreement,
or
reorganization
plan.
2
If
the
good
cause
relates
to
a
change
in
status
of
a
child’s
3
school
district
of
residence,
however,
action
by
a
parent
4
or
guardian
must
be
taken
to
file
the
notification
within
5
forty-five
days
of
the
last
board
action
or
within
thirty
days
6
of
the
certification
of
the
election,
whichever
is
applicable
7
to
the
circumstances.
8
Sec.
3.
Section
282.18,
subsection
9,
paragraph
b,
Code
9
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
10
b.
If
a
request
to
transfer
is
due
to
a
change
in
family
11
residence,
a
change
in
a
child’s
residence
from
the
residence
12
of
one
parent
or
guardian
to
the
residence
of
a
different
13
parent
or
guardian,
change
in
the
state
in
which
the
family
14
residence
is
located,
a
change
in
a
child’s
parents’
marital
15
status,
a
guardianship
proceeding,
placement
in
foster
care,
16
adoption,
participation
in
a
foreign
exchange
program,
or
17
participation
in
a
substance
abuse
or
mental
health
treatment
18
program,
and
the
child
who
is
the
subject
of
the
request
is
19
enrolled
in
any
grade
from
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
20
or
who
is
a
prekindergarten
student
enrolled
in
a
special
21
education
program
at
the
time
of
the
request
and
is
not
22
currently
using
any
provision
of
open
enrollment,
the
parent
or
23
guardian
of
the
child
shall
have
the
option
to
have
the
child
24
remain
in
the
child’s
original
district
of
residence
under
open
25
enrollment
with
no
interruption
in
the
child’s
kindergarten
26
through
grade
twelve
educational
program.
If
a
parent
or
27
guardian
exercises
this
option,
the
child’s
new
district
of
28
residence
is
not
required
to
pay
the
amount
calculated
in
29
subsection
7
or
8,
as
applicable,
until
the
start
of
the
first
30
full
year
of
enrollment
of
the
child.
31
Sec.
4.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
years
32
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2021.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
modifies
several
provisions
related
to
Iowa’s
open
2
enrollment
law.
3
Code
section
282.18(2)
establishes
deadlines
for
requests
4
to
open
enroll
as
March
1
of
the
preceding
school
year
for
5
students
entering
grades
one
through
twelve
and
as
September
1
6
of
the
current
school
year
for
students
entering
kindergarten.
7
The
bill
adds
prekindergarten
students
enrolled
in
special
8
education
programs
to
the
group
of
students
subject
to
the
9
September
1
deadline
and
makes
corresponding
changes
to
other
10
provisions
of
Code
section
282.18.
11
The
bill
also
amends
the
definition
of
“good
cause”
for
12
purposes
of
consideration
and
approval
of
open
enrollment
13
requests
that
fail
to
meet
statutory
deadlines
to
include
14
a
change
in
a
child’s
residence
from
the
residence
of
one
15
parent
or
guardian
to
the
residence
of
a
different
parent
or
16
guardian
and
the
initial
placement
of
a
prekindergarten
student
17
in
a
special
education
program
requiring
specially
designed
18
instruction.
The
bill
also
makes
corresponding
changes
19
to
other
provisions
of
Code
section
282.18
to
reflect
the
20
amendment
to
the
definition
of
good
cause.
21
The
bill
applies
to
school
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
22
1,
2021.
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