Bill Text: IA HF66 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to a pupil’s residence for purposes of establishing when the pupil is entitled to state transportation aid.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-24 - Subcommittee: Mommsen, Gassman and Hanson. H.J. 116. [HF66 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF66-Introduced.html
House File 66 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY RIZER A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to a pupil's residence for purposes of 2 establishing when the pupil is entitled to state 3 transportation aid. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1846YH (3) 87 kh/jh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 285.1, subsection 1, Code 2017, is 1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. d. For purposes of this section, if a court 1 4 awards the parents of a pupil joint custody or joint physical 1 5 care of the pupil, each parent's home within the school 1 6 district shall be considered the pupil's residence. 1 7 EXPLANATION 1 8 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 9 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 10 This bill establishes that if a court awards the parents of 1 11 a pupil joint custody or joint physical care of the pupil, each 1 12 parent's home within the school district shall be considered 1 13 the pupil's residence for purposes of Code section 285.1, 1 14 which determines when a pupil is eligible for state aid for 1 15 transportation to and from school. LSB 1846YH (3) 87 kh/jh/rj