Bill Text: IA SF160 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and including effective date provisions. (Formerly SSB 1064.) Effective date: 01/29/2021.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-29 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 208. [SF160 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF160-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
TEMPORARY
IN-PERSON
AND
REMOTE
LEARNING
INSTRUCTION
AND
INSTRUCTIONAL
TIME
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
SCHOOL
DISTRICTS
AND
ACCREDITED
NONPUBLIC
SCHOOLS,
AND
INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE
DATE
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
IN-PERSON
INSTRUCTION
DURING
THE
2020-2021
SCHOOL
YEAR.
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
including
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107,
beginning
no
later
than
the
first
Monday
that
is
at
least
two
weeks
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
a
brick-and-mortar
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
provide
an
opportunity
for
a
parent
or
guardian
of
each
student
enrolled
in
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
select
full-time
in-person
instruction
for
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
student
unless
this
requirement
is
explicitly
waived
for
one
Senate
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160,
p.
2
or
more
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
a
proclamation
of
a
public
health
disaster
emergency
issued
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
A
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
that
is
not
providing
an
opportunity
for
full-time
in-person
instruction
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
provide
to
the
parents
and
guardians
of
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
notice
of
the
opportunity
to
select
full-time
in-person
instruction
and
shall
allow
the
parent
or
guardian
at
least
five
days
to
decide
whether
to
select
the
full-time
in-person
option
if
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
will
also
continue
to
offer
other
instructional
options.
2.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
for
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
any
instruction
provided
by
a
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
the
days
and
hours
of
instructional
time
requirements
of
Iowa
law
only
if
the
instruction
is
provided
in
compliance
with
all
requirements
of
Iowa
law,
including
this
Act;
or
pursuant
to
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107;
or
under
a
proclamation
of
a
public
health
disaster
emergency
issued
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
Sec.
2.
REQUESTS
TO
MOVE
TO
REMOTE
LEARNING
FOR
A
SCHOOL
BUILDING
OR
DISTRICT.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
to
the
extent
the
governor
waives
the
requirement
for
full-time
in-person
instruction
pursuant
to
section
1
of
this
Act,
or
authorizes
a
brick-and-mortar
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
provide
primarily
remote
learning
in
accordance
with
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107,
by
conditioning
the
waiver
or
authorization
on
approval
by
the
department
of
education,
the
department
of
education
shall
consider,
in
addition
to
any
other
factors
or
information,
data
regarding
the
number
of
teachers
employed
by
the
school
district
or
school
who
are
quarantining
due
to
exposure
to
COVID-19,
as
well
as
the
scarcity
of
substitute
teachers,
food
service
workers,
and
school
bus
drivers.
Senate
File
160,
p.
3
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
Senate
and
is
known
as
Senate
File
160,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
W.
CHARLES
SMITHSON
Secretary
of
the
Senate
Approved
_______________,
2021
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor
