Bill Text: IA HSB641 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
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.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2020-02-05 - Subcommittee: Wheeler, Shipley and Steckman. H.J. 200. [HSB641 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HSB641-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
641
-
Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
matters
involving
the
state
board
of
1
education
and
the
department
of
education
to
reflect
current
2
practices,
technology,
and
titles,
to
delete
redundancies,
3
and
to
resolve
inconsistencies.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.56,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
256.56
Electronic
access
to
documents.
3
The
state
library
shall
work
to
develop
a
system
of
4
electronic
access
to
documents
maintained
by
the
state
5
library
with
a
goal
of
providing
electronic
access
to
all
such
6
documents.
The
access
shall
be
provided
initially
through
7
the
use
of
compact
disc
using
a
current,
widely
accepted
and
8
utilized
technology.
This
section
shall
not
prohibit
the
state
9
librarian
from
considering
other
forms
of
electronic
access
if
10
the
use
of
such
other
access
is
shown
to
exceed
the
benefits
11
of,
and
is
more
cost-effective
than,
the
use
of
compact
disc
12
currently
used
technology.
13
Sec.
2.
Section
256A.2,
subsection
1,
paragraphs
a
and
f,
14
Code
2020,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
a.
The
administrator
of
the
division
of
child
adult,
16
children
and
family
services
of
the
department
of
human
17
services
or
the
administrator’s
designee.
18
f.
The
dean
of
the
college
of
family
and
consumer
human
19
sciences
at
Iowa
state
university
of
science
and
technology
or
20
the
dean’s
designee.
21
Sec.
3.
Section
256A.3,
subsections
4
and
7,
Code
2020,
are
22
amended
by
striking
the
subsections.
23
Sec.
4.
Section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
24
subparagraph
(3),
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
25
(3)
Shared-time
and
part-time
pupils
of
school
age
enrolled
26
in
public
schools
within
the
district,
irrespective
of
the
27
districts
in
which
the
pupils
reside,
in
the
proportion
that
28
the
time
for
which
they
are
enrolled
or
receive
instruction
for
29
the
school
year
is
to
the
time
that
full-time
pupils
carrying
30
a
normal
course
schedule,
at
the
same
grade
level,
in
the
31
same
school
district,
for
the
same
school
year,
are
enrolled
32
and
receive
instruction.
Tuition
charges
to
the
parent
or
33
guardian
of
a
shared-time
or
part-time
nonresident
pupil
shall
34
be
reduced
by
the
amount
of
any
increased
state
aid
received
by
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the
district
by
the
counting
of
the
pupil.
This
subparagraph
1
applies
to
pupils
enrolled
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
under
2
section
299A.8
and
to
pupils
from
accredited
nonpublic
schools
3
accessing
classes
or
services
on
the
accredited
nonpublic
4
school
premises
under
section
256.12
or
on
the
school
district
5
site,
but
excludes
accredited
nonpublic
school
pupils
receiving
6
classes
or
services
funded
entirely
by
federal
grants
or
7
allocations.
8
Sec.
5.
Section
279.42,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
9
follows:
10
279.42
Gifts
to
schools.
11
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
that
receives
12
funds
through
a
gift,
devise,
or
bequest
shall
deposit
the
13
funds
in
a
trust
fund,
permanent
fund,
or
agency
custodial
14
fund
and
shall
use
the
funds
in
accordance
with
the
terms
of
15
the
gift,
devise,
or
bequest.
16
Sec.
6.
Section
282.18,
subsection
8,
Code
2020,
is
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
8.
a.
If
a
request
filed
under
this
section
is
for
a
child
19
requiring
special
education
under
chapter
256B
,
the
request
to
20
transfer
to
the
other
district
shall
only
be
granted
if
the
21
following
conditions
are
met:
22
(1)
The
receiving
district
maintains
a
special
education
23
instructional
program
which
is
appropriate
to
meet
the
child’s
24
educational
needs
and
the
enrollment
of
the
child
in
the
25
receiving
district’s
program
would
not
cause
the
size
of
the
26
class
or
caseload
in
that
special
education
instructional
27
program
in
the
receiving
district
to
exceed
the
maximum
class
28
size
in
or
caseload
established
pursuant
to
rules
adopted
by
29
the
state
board
of
education
for
that
program
.
30
(2)
If
the
child
would
be
assigned
to
a
general
education
31
class,
there
is
sufficient
classroom
space
for
the
general
32
education
class
to
which
the
child
would
be
assigned.
33
b.
For
children
requiring
special
education,
the
board
34
of
directors
of
the
district
of
residence
shall
pay
to
the
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receiving
district
the
actual
costs
incurred
in
providing
the
1
appropriate
special
education.
2
Sec.
7.
Section
298A.13,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
3
follows:
4
298A.13
Trust,
permanent,
or
agency
custodial
funds.
5
Trust,
permanent,
or
agency
custodial
funds
shall
be
6
established
by
any
school
corporation
to
account
for
gifts
it
7
receives
to
be
used
for
a
particular
purpose
or
to
account
for
8
money
and
property
received
and
administered
by
the
district
9
as
trustee
or
custodian
or
in
the
capacity
of
an
agent.
Boards
10
may
establish
trust,
permanent,
or
agency
custodial
funds
as
11
necessary.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
updates
the
titles
of
certain
entities
represented
16
by
members
of
the
child
development
coordinating
council
and
17
eliminates
certain
duties
required
of
the
council,
updates
18
language
relating
to
school
district
agency
funds,
revises
19
provisions
relating
to
children
requiring
special
education
20
under
the
open
enrollment
law,
adds
a
reference
to
a
provision
21
relating
to
the
actual
enrollment
of
shared-time
and
part-time
22
pupils,
and
modifies
language
relating
to
technology
used
by
23
the
state
librarian.
24
STATE
LIBRARY
——
TECHNOLOGY.
Language
requiring
the
25
state
library
to
develop
a
system
of
electronic
access
to
26
documents
the
state
library
maintains
is
updated
to
replace
a
27
reference
to
outdated
technology
with
language
that
requires
28
the
state
library
to
use
current,
widely
accepted
and
utilized
29
technology,
though
the
state
librarian
is
authorized
to
30
consider
other
forms
of
electronic
access
that
are
more
31
cost-effective.
32
CHILD
DEVELOPMENT
COORDINATING
COUNCIL.
The
titles
33
of
certain
entities
represented
by
members
of
the
child
34
development
coordinating
council
are
updated
to
the
division
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of
adult,
children
and
family
services
under
the
department
of
1
human
services
and
the
college
of
human
sciences
at
Iowa
state
2
university
to
reflect
prior
name
changes
of
those
entities.
3
The
bill
eliminates
provisions
requiring
the
council
to
make
4
recommendations
to
the
department
of
education
and
the
general
5
assembly
regarding
curricula,
staff
qualifications,
training,
6
and
the
development
of
an
at-risk
children
definition;
and
7
requiring
the
council
to
encourage
the
establishment
of
8
regional
councils.
9
SHARED-TIME
AND
PART-TIME
PUPILS
ENROLLMENT.
Under
the
Code
10
provision
used
to
determine
the
certified
enrollments
of
school
11
districts,
the
provision
relating
to
shared-time
and
part-time
12
pupils
from
accredited
nonpublic
schools
who
are
enrolled
in
13
public
schools
to
access
classes
or
services
on
the
accredited
14
nonpublic
school
premises
is
amended
to
add
a
reference
to
Code
15
section
256.12,
which
describes
the
manner
in
which
school
16
districts
may
provide
classes
and
services
to
private
school
17
students
and
receive
funding
for
providing
such
instruction
and
18
services.
19
SCHOOL
DISTRICT
AGENCY
FUNDS.
The
term
“agency
fund”,
20
describing
a
fund
maintained
by
a
school
district,
is
replaced
21
with
the
term
“custodial
fund”.
22
OPEN
ENROLLMENT
REQUESTS
FOR
CHILDREN
REQUIRING
SPECIAL
23
EDUCATION.
Currently,
a
receiving
school
district
need
only
24
grant
the
open
enrollment
request
of
a
child
requiring
special
25
education
if
the
district
maintains
a
special
education
26
instructional
program
appropriate
to
meet
the
child’s
27
educational
needs
and
such
enrollment
would
not
cause
the
28
appropriate
class
to
exceed
the
maximum
class
size
under
rules
29
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
education.
In
addition
to
not
30
causing
the
class
to
exceed
the
maximum
class
size,
the
bill
31
provides
that
the
enrollment
of
the
child
must
not
cause
32
the
caseload
to
exceed
the
maximum
caseload
in
that
special
33
education
instructional
program
under
rules
adopted
by
the
34
state
board
and
there
must
be
sufficient
classroom
space
for
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