Bill Text: IA SF2065 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to independent private instruction reporting and notice of intent requirements.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-22 - Subcommittee: Sinclair, Chelgren, and Quirmbach. S.J. 136. [SF2065 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2065-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2065 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  McCOY

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to independent private instruction reporting
  2    and notice of intent requirements.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 299A.1, subsection 2, paragraph b,
  1  2 subparagraph (6), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (6)  Provides, upon written request from by September 1,
  1  4 annually, to the superintendent of the school district in
  1  5 which the independent private instruction is provided, or
  1  6 from the director of the department of education, a report
  1  7 identifying the primary instructor, location, name of the
  1  8 authority responsible for the independent private instruction,
  1  9 and the names of the students enrolled.  In addition, by
  1 10 September 1, annually, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian
  1 11 of a child who intends to place the child under independent
  1 12 private instruction for the school year shall provide to the
  1 13 superintendent of the school district in which the child
  1 14 resides written notice of such intent.
  1 15                           EXPLANATION
  1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 18    This bill makes a voluntary reporting requirement relating
  1 19 to independent private instruction mandatory, and establishes a
  1 20 notice requirement for the parent, guardian, or legal custodian
  1 21 of a child who places the child under independent private
  1 22 instruction.
  1 23    Currently, the authority responsible for independent private
  1 24 instruction must submit a report relating to the instructors,
  1 25 instruction, and the children placed, to the  superintendent
  1 26 of the school district in which the independent private
  1 27 instruction is provided or to the director of the department of
  1 28 education upon receiving a written request.  The bill requires
  1 29 that the report be provided to the superintendent by September
  1 30 1, annually, and eliminates reference to the director.
  1 31    The bill also requires the parent, guardian, or legal
  1 32 custodian of a child who intends to place the child under
  1 33 independent private instruction for the school year to provide
  1 34 to the superintendent of the school district in which the child
  1 35 resides written notice of such intent by September 1, annually.
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