Bill Text: IA SF2124 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to contractual relationships between licensed athletic trainers and school districts and accredited nonpublic schools and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Independent 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-10 - Subcommittee, Bowman, Johnson, and Mathis. S.J. 203. [SF2124 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF2124-Introduced.html
Senate File 2124 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY JOHNSON (COMPANION TO HF 2028 BY JONES) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to contractual relationships between licensed 2 athletic trainers and school districts and accredited 3 nonpublic schools and including effective date and 4 applicability provisions. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5467XS (2) 86 kh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 280.23, Code 2016, is amended to read as 1 2 follows: 1 3 280.23 Student health services ==== athletic trainers. 1 4 1. The board of directors of each public school district 1 5 and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall 1 6 not require nonadministrative personnel to perform any special 1 7 health services or intrusive nonemergency medical services for 1 8 students unless the nonadministrative personnel are licensed or 1 9 otherwise qualified and have consented to perform the services. 1 10 2. The board of directors of each school district and the 1 11 authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall have a 1 12 contractual relationship with at least one athletic trainer 1 13 licensed under chapter 152D. 1 14 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 1 15 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 1 16 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 1 17 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 1 18 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 1 19 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 1 20 to meet all of the state funding=related requirements of 1 21 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 1 22 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 1 23 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 1 24 districts. 1 25 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This Act, being deemed of 1 26 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 1 27 Sec. 4. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to school years 1 28 beginning on or after July 1, 2016. 1 29 EXPLANATION 1 30 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 31 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 32 This bill requires each school district and each accredited 1 33 nonpublic school to have a contractual relationship with at 1 34 least one licensed athletic trainer. 1 35 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 2 1 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 2 2 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 2 3 district from state school foundation aid received by the 2 4 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 2 5 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 2 6 funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 2 7 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 2 8 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 2 9 mandates included in the bill. 2 10 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to school 2 11 years beginning on or after July 1, 2016. LSB 5467XS (2) 86 kh/rj