Bill Text: IA SSB1034 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to voluntary diversity plans under the state's open enrollment law.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2019-02-04 - Subcommittee recommends passage. [SSB1034 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SSB1034-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
1034
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SINCLAIR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
voluntary
diversity
plans
under
the
state’s
1
open
enrollment
law.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
3,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
a.
The
superintendent
of
a
district
subject
to
a
3
voluntary
diversity
or
court-ordered
desegregation
plan,
as
4
recognized
by
rule
of
the
state
board
of
education,
may
deny
a
5
request
for
transfer
under
this
section
if
the
superintendent
6
finds
that
enrollment
or
release
of
a
pupil
will
adversely
7
affect
the
district’s
implementation
of
the
desegregation
8
order
or
diversity
plan
,
unless
the
transfer
is
requested
9
by
a
pupil
whose
sibling
is
already
participating
in
open
10
enrollment
to
another
district,
or
unless
the
request
for
11
transfer
is
submitted
to
the
district
in
a
timely
manner
as
12
required
under
subsection
2
prior
to
implementation
of
the
13
adoption
of
a
desegregation
plan
order
by
the
district.
If
a
14
transfer
request
would
facilitate
implementation
of
a
voluntary
15
diversity
or
court-ordered
desegregation
plan
order
,
the
16
district
shall
give
priority
to
granting
the
request
over
other
17
requests.
18
b.
A
parent
or
guardian
,
whose
request
has
been
denied
19
because
of
the
district’s
implementation
of
a
the
desegregation
20
order
or
diversity
plan,
may
appeal
the
decision
of
the
21
superintendent
to
the
board
of
the
district
in
which
the
22
request
was
denied.
The
board
may
either
uphold
or
overturn
23
the
superintendent’s
decision.
A
decision
of
the
board
24
to
uphold
the
denial
of
the
request
is
subject
to
appeal
25
to
the
district
court
in
the
county
in
which
the
primary
26
business
office
of
the
district
is
located.
The
state
board
27
of
education
shall
adopt
rules
establishing
definitions,
28
guidelines,
and
a
review
process
for
school
districts
that
29
adopt
voluntary
diversity
plans.
The
guidelines
shall
include
30
criteria
and
standards
that
school
districts
must
follow
31
when
developing
a
voluntary
diversity
plan.
The
department
32
of
education
shall
provide
technical
assistance
to
a
school
33
district
that
is
seeking
to
adopt
a
voluntary
diversity
plan.
34
A
school
district
implementing
a
voluntary
diversity
plan
prior
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to
July
1,
2008,
shall
have
until
July
1,
2009,
to
comply
with
1
guidelines
adopted
by
the
state
board
pursuant
to
this
section
.
2
c.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
subject
3
to
voluntary
diversity
or
court-ordered
desegregation
shall
4
develop
a
policy
for
implementation
of
open
enrollment
in
5
the
district.
The
policy
shall
contain
objective
criteria
6
for
determining
when
a
request
would
adversely
impact
the
7
desegregation
order
or
voluntary
diversity
plan
and
criteria
8
for
prioritizing
requests
that
do
not
have
an
adverse
impact
on
9
the
order
or
plan
.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
eliminates
implementation
of
a
voluntary
diversity
14
plan
as
a
reason
to
deny
open
enrollment
of
a
pupil.
Under
15
current
law,
a
school
district
subject
to
a
voluntary
diversity
16
plan
or
court-ordered
desegregation
may
deny
a
request
for
17
open
enrollment
of
a
pupil
from
one
district
to
another
if
the
18
superintendent
finds
that
the
enrollment
or
release
of
the
19
pupil
will
adversely
affect
the
district’s
implementation
of
20
the
voluntary
diversity
plan
or
court-ordered
desegregation.
21
The
bill
further
eliminates
provisions
directing
the
state
22
board
of
education
to
adopt
rules
establishing
definitions,
23
guidelines,
and
a
review
process
that
school
districts
must
24
follow
when
adopting
a
voluntary
diversity
plan
and
provisions
25
requiring
the
department
of
education
to
provide
technical
26
assistance
to
school
districts
seeking
to
adopt
a
voluntary
27
diversity
plan.
28
The
bill
also
strikes
obsolete
language.
29
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