Bill Text: IA SF168 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to health services, special education support, and related services provided to children attending nonpublic schools.(See SF 2197.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2197. S.J. 207. [SF168 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF168-Introduced.html
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BY
KOELKER
and
COURNOYER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
health
services,
special
education
support,
1
and
related
services
provided
to
children
attending
2
nonpublic
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.12,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2021,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
This
section
does
not
deprive
the
respective
boards
of
3
public
school
districts
of
any
of
their
legal
powers,
statutory
4
or
otherwise,
and
in
accepting
the
specially
enrolled
students,
5
each
of
the
boards
shall
prescribe
the
terms
of
the
special
6
enrollment,
including
but
not
limited
to
scheduling
of
courses
7
and
the
length
of
class
periods.
In
addition,
the
board
of
the
8
affected
public
school
district
shall
be
given
notice
by
the
9
department
of
its
decision
to
permit
the
special
enrollment
10
not
later
than
six
months
prior
to
the
opening
of
the
affected
11
public
school
district’s
school
year,
except
that
the
board
of
12
the
public
school
district
may
waive
the
notice
requirement.
13
School
districts
and
area
education
agency
boards
shall
make
14
public
school
services,
which
shall
include
special
education
15
programs
and
services
and
may
include
health
services,
services
16
for
remedial
education
programs,
guidance
services,
and
school
17
testing
services,
available
to
children
attending
nonpublic
18
schools
in
the
same
manner
and
to
the
same
extent
that
they
are
19
provided
to
public
school
students.
Service
activities
shall
20
be
similar
to
those
undertaken
for
public
school
students.
21
Health
services,
special
education
support,
and
related
22
services
provided
by
area
education
agencies
for
the
purpose
23
of
identifying
children
with
disabilities,
assistance
with
24
physical
and
communications
needs
of
students
with
physical
25
disabilities,
and
services
of
an
educational
interpreter
26
may
shall
be
provided
on
nonpublic
school
premises
with
the
27
if
permission
of
is
granted
by
the
lawful
custodian
of
the
28
property
and
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
student
receiving
29
the
services
.
Other
special
education
services
may
shall
be
30
provided
on
nonpublic
school
premises
at
the
discretion
of
31
the
school
district
or
area
education
agency
provider
of
the
32
service
and
with
the
if
permission
of
is
granted
by
the
lawful
33
custodian
of
the
property
and
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
34
student
receiving
the
services
.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
requires
that
certain
services
and
support
that
4
an
area
education
agency
(AEA)
must
provide
to
a
nonpublic
5
school
student
must,
if
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
student
6
receiving
the
services
grants
permission,
be
provided
on
the
7
nonpublic
school
premises.
8
The
health
services,
special
education
support,
and
related
9
services
provided
by
AEAs
for
the
purpose
of
identifying
10
children
with
disabilities,
assistance
with
physical
and
11
communications
needs
of
students
with
physical
disabilities,
12
and
services
of
an
educational
interpreter
may,
under
current
13
law,
be
provided
on
nonpublic
school
premises
with
the
14
permission
of
the
lawful
custodian
of
the
property.
15
Currently,
other
special
education
services
may
also
be
16
provided
on
nonpublic
school
premises
at
the
discretion
of
17
the
school
district
or
AEA
provider
of
the
service
and
with
18
the
permission
of
the
lawful
custodian
of
the
property.
The
19
bill
modifies
the
language
to
require
that
such
services
be
20
provided
on
the
nonpublic
school
premises,
but,
in
addition
to
21
the
permission
of
the
lawful
custodian
of
the
property,
the
22
bill
requires
the
permission
of
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
23
student
receiving
the
services.
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