Bill Text: IA SF322 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to information collected from applicants for education savings accounts and information reported by the department of education, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-22 - Subcommittee: Rozenboom, Kraayenbrink, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 393. [SF322 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF322-Introduced.html
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BY
TRONE
GARRIOTT
,
JOCHUM
,
WINCKLER
,
CELSI
,
GIDDENS
,
DONAHUE
,
DOTZLER
,
PETERSEN
,
WEINER
,
WAHLS
,
and
QUIRMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
information
collected
from
applicants
for
1
education
savings
accounts
and
information
reported
by
2
the
department
of
education,
and
including
effective
date
3
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
SHORT
TITLE.
This
Act
shall
be
known
and
may
be
1
cited
as
the
“Education
Savings
Account
Transparency
Act”.
2
Sec.
2.
Section
257.11B,
subsection
3,
as
enacted
by
2023
3
Iowa
Acts,
House
File
68,
section
7,
is
amended
by
adding
the
4
following
new
paragraph:
5
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0b.
As
part
of
the
application,
the
parent
6
or
guardian
shall
provide
information
regarding
household
7
income,
household
size,
race
and
ethnicity
of
the
pupil,
8
disability
status,
and
whether
the
pupil
has
an
individual
9
education
program.
The
department
of
education
or
third-party
10
entity
shall
anonymize,
summarize,
and
report
such
application
11
information
annually
to
the
general
assembly
by
December
1
12
along
with
all
of
the
following:
13
(1)
Household
income,
household
size,
race
and
ethnicity,
14
disability
status,
and
individual
education
plan
status
of
the
15
pupil
receiving
the
education
savings
account
payment.
16
(2)
Geographic
and
district
of
residence
data
for
the
pupil
17
receiving
the
education
savings
account
payment.
18
(3)
Education
type
and
location
for
the
pupil
for
the
school
19
year
preceding
the
year
receiving
the
education
savings
account
20
payment.
21
(4)
A
categorized
list
of
all
reasons
for
recipient
22
withdrawals
or
expulsions
from
nonpublic
schools
occurring
23
prior
to
the
conclusion
of
the
nonpublic
school’s
required
24
attendance
period.
Each
nonpublic
school
shall
report
to
the
25
department
of
education
or
third-party
entity
the
reasons
26
for
a
pupil’s
withdrawal
or
expulsion
within
ten
days
of
the
27
occurrence.
28
(5)
Each
nonpublic
school’s
tuition
and
fees
at
each
29
grade
level
and
such
amounts
for
the
preceding
two
school
30
years.
Each
nonpublic
school
shall
annually
report
to
the
31
department
of
education
or
third-party
entity
the
tuition
and
32
fee
information
described
in
this
subparagraph.
33
(6)
An
annual
summary
of
the
qualified
educational
34
expenditures
by
education
savings
account
recipients.
Within
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thirty
days
following
the
conclusion
of
the
school
year
for
1
which
an
education
savings
account
payment
was
received,
the
2
parent
or
guardian
shall
file
with
the
department
of
education
3
or
third-party
entity
a
statement
that
includes
each
nonpublic
4
school
the
pupil
attended
and
an
itemized
list
of
all
qualified
5
educational
expenses
paid
for
the
child
during
the
school
year
6
using
education
savings
account
funds.
7
(7)
All
audits
conducted
by
the
department
of
education
or
8
other
state
agency,
or
a
third-party
entity.
9
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
10
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
2023
Iowa
Acts,
House
File
68,
established
the
education
15
savings
account
program
under
Code
section
257.11B
to
provide
16
education
savings
account
payments
to
qualified
pupils
17
attending
nonpublic
schools
for
the
payment
of
qualified
18
educational
expenses.
This
bill
requires,
as
part
of
the
19
application,
the
parent
or
guardian
to
provide
information
20
regarding
household
income,
household
size,
race
and
ethnicity
21
of
the
pupil,
disability
status,
and
whether
the
pupil
has
an
22
individual
education
program.
The
department
of
education
or
23
third-party
entity
administering
the
program
shall
anonymize,
24
summarize,
and
report
such
information
annually
to
the
general
25
assembly
by
December
1
along
with
other
information
required
in
26
the
bill
relating
to
demographic
and
educational
information
27
of
education
savings
account
recipients,
reasons
for
student
28
withdrawals
or
expulsions
during
the
school
year,
audits
29
conducted
related
to
the
program,
and
nonpublic
school
tuition
30
and
fee
information
and
qualified
educational
expenditure
31
information,
as
required
to
be
reported
in
the
bill.
32
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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