Bill Text: IA HF598 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the assignment of pupils who are siblings to classrooms by school districts. (Formerly HF 197.) Effective 7-1-19.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-02 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 1081. [HF598 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF598-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
ASSIGNMENT
OF
PUPILS
WHO
ARE
SIBLINGS
TO
CLASSROOMS
BY
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
279.11,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
279.11
Number
of
schools
——
attendance
——
terms
——
classroom
assignment
.
1.
The
board
of
directors
shall
determine
the
number
of
schools
to
be
taught,
divide
the
corporation
into
such
wards
or
other
divisions
for
school
purposes
as
may
be
proper,
determine
the
particular
school
which
each
child
shall
attend,
and
designate
the
period
each
school
shall
be
held
beyond
the
time
required
by
law.
2.
a.
A
parent
or
guardian
of
siblings
may
request
of
a
school
principal,
that
the
children
be
placed
in
the
same
classroom
or
in
separate
classrooms
if
the
children
are
in
the
same
grade
level
academically
for
kindergarten
through
grade
five.
The
school
principal
in
consultation
with
the
siblings’
classroom
teachers
for
the
prior
school
year,
may
recommend
classroom
placement
to
the
parent
or
guardian.
The
school
principal
shall
provide
the
placement
requested
by
the
parent
or
guardian,
unless
the
school
principal
makes
a
classroom
placement
determination
as
provided
under
paragraph
“b”
or
if
the
placement
would
require
the
school
district
to
add
an
additional
class
at
the
siblings’
grade
level.
A
request
made
House
File
598,
p.
2
by
a
parent
or
guardian
under
this
paragraph
must
be
submitted
to
the
school
principal
at
the
time
of
registration
for
classes
or,
if
the
children
are
enrolled
in
the
school
district
after
the
school
year
commences,
within
fourteen
days
after
the
children’s
first
day
of
attendance
during
the
school
year.
b.
At
the
end
of
the
initial
grading
period
following
the
siblings’
placement
in
the
same
classroom
in
accordance
with
paragraph
“a”
,
if
the
school
principal,
in
consultation
with
the
siblings’
classroom
teacher
and
parent
or
guardian,
determines
that
placement
in
the
same
classroom
is
disruptive
to
the
class,
the
school
principal
may
assign
one
or
more
of
the
siblings
to
a
different
classroom.
c.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“disruptive
to
the
class”
includes
classroom
placement
of
the
siblings
where
it
is
determined
that
a
sibling’s
behavior
or
actions
are
detrimental
to
other
students’
academic
achievement
or
substantially
interferes
with
other
students’
abilities
to
participate
in
or
benefit
from
the
services,
activities,
or
privileges
provided
by
the
school.
d.
A
parent
or
guardian
may
appeal
the
assignment
of
siblings
made
by
a
school
principal
under
this
subsection
to
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district.
______________________________
LINDA
UPMEYER
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
CHARLES
SCHNEIDER
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
598,
Eighty-eighth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
CARMINE
BOAL
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2019
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
