Bill Text: IA HF391 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to private instruction, including the issuance of diplomas or credentials to students who complete private instruction and the authority of parents, guardians, and legal custodians to execute documents to verify student information.(See HF 615.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Withdrawn. H.J. 706. [HF391 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF391-Introduced.html
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BY
GUSTOFF
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
private
instruction,
including
the
issuance
1
of
diplomas
or
credentials
to
students
who
complete
private
2
instruction
and
the
authority
of
parents,
guardians,
and
3
legal
custodians
to
execute
documents
to
verify
student
4
information.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
299A.13
Diplomas
and
credentials.
1
1.
A
diploma
or
credential
issued
by
a
person
who
2
administers
a
program
of
secondary
education
under
competent
3
private
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction
pursuant
4
to
this
chapter
shall
be
deemed
sufficient
to
demonstrate
for
5
all
purposes
that
the
recipient
has
completed
the
program
of
6
secondary
education
and
has
attained
the
equivalent
of
a
high
7
school
diploma.
8
2.
The
state,
a
political
subdivision
of
the
state,
9
institutions
of
higher
education
under
the
control
of
the
state
10
board
of
regents,
or
an
accredited
private
institution
as
11
defined
in
section
261.9,
shall
not
discriminate
against
any
12
individual
based
on
the
source
of
the
individual’s
diploma
or
13
credential
and
shall
treat
a
diploma
or
credential
awarded
for
14
completion
of
a
program
of
secondary
education
under
competent
15
private
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction
the
16
same
as
a
high
school
diploma
awarded
by
a
school
district
or
17
accredited
nonpublic
school.
18
Sec.
2.
NEW
SECTION
.
299A.14
Verification
of
enrollment.
19
The
parent,
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
of
a
child
of
20
compulsory
attendance
age
shall
have
the
authority
to
execute
21
any
document
required
by
law
to
verify
any
of
the
following:
22
1.
The
placement
of
a
child
under
competent
private
23
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction.
24
2.
The
child’s
full-time
or
part-time
status
in
competent
25
private
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction.
26
3.
The
grades
the
child
has
obtained
in
competent
private
27
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction.
28
4.
Any
other
required
educational
information.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
private
instruction,
including
the
33
issuance
of
diplomas
or
credentials
to
students
who
complete
34
private
instruction
and
the
authority
of
parents,
guardians,
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and
legal
custodians
to
execute
documents
to
verify
student
1
information.
2
The
bill
provides
that
a
diploma
or
credential
issued
by
3
a
person
who
administers
a
program
of
secondary
education
4
under
competent
private
instruction
or
independent
private
5
instruction
pursuant
to
Code
chapter
299A
(private
instruction)
6
shall
be
deemed
sufficient
to
demonstrate
that
the
recipient
7
has
completed
the
program
of
secondary
education
and
has
8
attained
the
equivalent
of
a
high
school
diploma.
9
The
bill
prohibits
the
state,
a
political
subdivision
of
10
the
state,
institutions
of
higher
education
under
the
control
11
of
the
state
board
of
regents,
or
an
accredited
private
12
institution
from
discriminating
against
any
individual
based
13
on
the
source
of
the
individual’s
diploma
or
credential
and
14
shall
treat
a
diploma
or
credential
awarded
for
completion
15
of
a
program
of
secondary
education
under
competent
private
16
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction
the
same
as
a
17
high
school
diploma
awarded
by
a
school
district
or
accredited
18
nonpublic
school.
19
The
bill
provides
that
the
parent,
guardian,
or
legal
20
custodian
of
a
child
of
compulsory
attendance
age
shall
21
have
the
authority
to
execute
any
document
required
by
law
22
to
verify
the
placement
of
a
child
under
competent
private
23
instruction
or
independent
private
instruction,
the
child’s
24
full-time
or
part-time
status
in
competent
private
instruction
25
or
independent
private
instruction,
the
grades
the
child
has
26
obtained
in
competent
private
instruction
or
independent
27
private
instruction,
or
any
other
required
educational
28
information.
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