Bill Text: IA SF90 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to temporary parental discretion for the retention of a student at grade level.(See SF 265.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-04 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 265. S.J. 264. [SF90 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF90-Introduced.html
Senate
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
BISIGNANO
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
temporary
parental
discretion
for
the
1
retention
of
a
student
at
grade
level.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
STUDENT
GRADE
LEVEL
PROMOTION
DURING
THE
1
2021-2022
SCHOOL
YEAR.
2
1.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
and
ending
3
June
30,
2022,
due
to
the
disruptions
experienced
by
school
4
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
parents,
and
students
5
during
the
2020-2021
school
year,
if
a
parent
submits
to
the
6
administrator
of
the
school,
prior
to
August
15,
2021,
a
7
written
request
that
the
parent’s
child
be
retained
at
the
8
grade
level
in
which
the
child
was
enrolled
during
the
school
9
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
because
the
child
did
not
make
10
adequate
progress
for
promotion
to
the
next
grade
level,
the
11
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
or
the
authorities
12
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
as
appropriate,
13
shall
not
promote
the
student
to
the
next
grade
level
but
shall
14
retain
the
student
at
the
2020-2021
grade
level
for
the
school
15
year
beginning
July
1,
2021.
However,
if
during
the
school
16
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
the
school
administrator
and
the
17
student’s
classroom
teacher
provide
evidence
to
the
parent
that
18
the
student
has
made
adequate
progress,
the
student’s
parent
19
may
withdraw
the
request
and
the
student
may
be
promoted
to
the
20
next
grade
level.
21
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“parent”
means
a
parent,
22
guardian,
or
legal
custodian
of
a
child
of
compulsory
23
attendance
age.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
allows
a
parent,
due
to
the
disruptions
28
experienced
by
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
29
parents,
and
students
during
the
2020-2021
school
year,
30
to
submit
to
the
administrator
of
the
public
or
accredited
31
nonpublic
school
of
enrollment,
prior
to
August
15,
2021,
a
32
written
request
that
the
parent’s
child
be
retained
at
the
33
grade
level
in
which
the
child
was
enrolled
during
the
school
34
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
if
the
child
did
not
make
adequate
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progress
for
promotion
to
the
next
grade
level,
and
the
school
1
shall
not
promote
the
student
to
the
next
grade
level
for
the
2
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2021.
3
However,
if
during
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
4
the
school
administrator
and
the
student’s
classroom
teacher
5
provide
evidence
to
the
parent
that
the
student
has
made
6
adequate
progress,
the
student’s
parent
may
withdraw
the
7
request
and
the
student
may
be
promoted
to
the
next
grade
level
8
prior
to
the
end
of
the
2021-2022
school
year.
9
The
bill
defines
“parent”
to
include
a
parent,
guardian,
or
10
legal
custodian
of
a
child
of
compulsory
attendance
age.
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