Bill Text: IA HF2342 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for rehabilitation services for public school students relating to use of tobacco, alcohol, and controlled substances.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-02-06 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 201. [HF2342 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2342-Introduced.html
House File 2342 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2342 BY BROWN-POWERS , ABDUL-SAMAD , GAINES , KRESSIG , CAHILL , WILBURN , STAED , LEVIN , KURTH , AMOS JR. , STECKMAN , JACOBY , CROKEN , KONFRST , OLSON , WILSON , NIELSEN , BUCK , MATSON , BAGNIEWSKI , and EHLERT A BILL FOR An Act providing for rehabilitation services for public school 1 students relating to use of tobacco, alcohol, and controlled 2 substances. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5923YH (4) 90 je/jh
H.F. 2342 Section 1. Section 279.9, Code 2024, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 279.9 Use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, or controlled 3 substances. 4 1. The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall include 5 rules prohibiting the use of tobacco and the use or possession 6 of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance 7 as defined in section 124.101, subsection 5 , by any student of 8 the schools. The board may suspend or expel a student for a 9 violation of a rule described under this section or require the 10 student to participate in a rehabilitation program designated 11 by the board . 12 2. The department of health and human services, in 13 consultation with the department of education, shall 14 establish and maintain a list of organizations that administer 15 rehabilitation programs suitable for participation by students 16 under this section. The department of health and human 17 services shall make the list available to the department 18 of education, which shall disseminate the list to school 19 districts. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 Under current law, a school board may suspend or expel a 24 student for a violation of a school board rule prohibiting the 25 use of tobacco and the use or possession of alcoholic liquor, 26 wine, or beer or any controlled substance by any student. This 27 bill provides that as an additional option, a school board may 28 require the student to participate in a rehabilitation program 29 designated by the board. 30 The bill requires the department of health and human 31 services, in consultation with the department of education, to 32 establish and maintain a list of organizations that administer 33 rehabilitation programs suitable for participation by students 34 for this purpose. The department of health and human services 35 -1- LSB 5923YH (4) 90 je/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2342 shall make the list available to the department of education, 1 which shall disseminate the list to school districts. 2 -2- LSB 5923YH (4) 90 je/jh 2/ 2
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