Bill Text: IA SF2082 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to matters involving the state board of education and the department of education to reflect current practices, technology, and titles, to delete redundancies, and to resolve inconsistencies. (Formerly SSB 3018.) Effective date: 07/01/2020.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2020-06-01 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 658. [SF2082 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2019-SF2082-Enrolled.html
Senate File 2082 - Enrolled Senate File 2082 AN ACT RELATING TO MATTERS INVOLVING THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO REFLECT CURRENT PRACTICES, TECHNOLOGY, AND TITLES, TO DELETE REDUNDANCIES, AND TO RESOLVE INCONSISTENCIES. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: Section 1. Section 256.56, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 256.56 Electronic access to documents. The state library shall work to develop a system of electronic access to documents maintained by the state library with a goal of providing electronic access to all such documents. The access shall be provided initially through the use of compact disc using a current, widely accepted and utilized technology. This section shall not prohibit the state librarian from considering other forms of electronic access if the use of such other access is shown to exceed the benefits of, and is more cost-effective than, the use of compact disc currently used technology. Sec. 2. Section 256A.2, subsection 1, paragraphs a and f, Code 2020, are amended to read as follows: a. The administrator of the division of child adult, children and family services of the department of human services or the administrator’s designee. f. The dean of the college of family and consumer human sciences at Iowa state university of science and technology or
Senate File 2082, p. 2 the dean’s designee. Sec. 3. Section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (3), Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: (3) Shared-time and part-time pupils of school age enrolled in public schools within the district, irrespective of the districts in which the pupils reside, in the proportion that the time for which they are enrolled or receive instruction for the school year is to the time that full-time pupils carrying a normal course schedule, at the same grade level, in the same school district, for the same school year, are enrolled and receive instruction. Tuition charges to the parent or guardian of a shared-time or part-time nonresident pupil shall be reduced by the amount of any increased state aid received by the district by the counting of the pupil. This subparagraph applies to pupils enrolled in grades nine through twelve under section 299A.8 and to pupils from accredited nonpublic schools accessing classes or services on the accredited nonpublic school premises under section 256.12 or on the school district site, but excludes accredited nonpublic school pupils receiving classes or services funded entirely by federal grants or allocations. Sec. 4. Section 279.42, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 279.42 Gifts to schools. The board of directors of a school district that receives funds through a gift, devise, or bequest shall deposit the funds in a trust fund, permanent fund, or agency custodial fund and shall use the funds in accordance with the terms of the gift, devise, or bequest. Sec. 5. Section 282.18, subsection 8, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 8. a. If a request filed under this section is for a child requiring special education under chapter 256B , the request to transfer to the other district shall only be granted if the following conditions are met: (1) The receiving district maintains a special education instructional program which is appropriate to meet the child’s educational needs and the enrollment of the child in the receiving district’s program would not cause the size of the
Senate File 2082, p. 3 class or caseload in that special education instructional program in the receiving district to exceed the maximum class size in or caseload established pursuant to rules adopted by the state board of education for that program . (2) If the child would be assigned to a general education class, there is sufficient classroom space for the general education class to which the child would be assigned. b. For children requiring special education, the board of directors of the district of residence shall pay to the receiving district the actual costs incurred in providing the appropriate special education. Sec. 6. Section 298A.13, Code 2020, is amended to read as follows: 298A.13 Trust, permanent, or agency custodial funds. Trust, permanent, or agency custodial funds shall be established by any school corporation to account for gifts it receives to be used for a particular purpose or to account for money and property received and administered by the district as trustee or custodian or in the capacity of an agent. Boards may establish trust, permanent, or agency custodial funds as necessary. ______________________________ CHARLES SCHNEIDER President of the Senate ______________________________ PAT GRASSLEY Speaker of the House I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and is known as Senate File 2082, Eighty-eighth General Assembly. ______________________________ W. CHARLES SMITHSON Secretary of the Senate Approved _______________, 2020 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor
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