Bill Text: IA HSB33 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting a school district’s teachers and administrators from granting extra academic credit to students who contribute school supplies for use in the classroom.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2017-02-08 - Committee report, recommending passage. H.J. 250. [HSB33 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HSB33-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
33
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
JUDICIARY
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
BALTIMORE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
a
school
district’s
teachers
and
1
administrators
from
granting
extra
academic
credit
to
2
students
who
contribute
school
supplies
for
use
in
the
3
classroom.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.28,
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.28
Insurance
——
supplies
——
textbooks.
3
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
provide
4
and
pay
out
of
the
general
fund
to
insure
school
property
a
sum
5
as
necessary,
and
may
purchase
dictionaries,
library
books,
6
including
books
for
the
purpose
of
teaching
vocal
music,
maps,
7
charts,
and
apparatus
for
the
use
of
the
schools
as
deemed
8
necessary
by
the
board
of
directors
for
each
school
building
9
under
its
charge;
and
may
furnish
schoolbooks
textbooks
to
10
indigent
children
when
they
are
likely
to
be
deprived
of
the
11
proper
benefits
of
the
school
unless
so
aided.
12
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
shall
13
prohibit
administrators
and
teachers
from
granting
extra
14
academic
credit
to
students
who
contribute
school
supplies
for
15
use
in
the
classroom.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
directs
the
board
of
directors
of
each
school
20
district
to
prohibit
administrators
and
teachers
from
granting
21
extra
academic
credit
to
students
who
contribute
school
22
supplies
for
use
in
the
classroom.
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