Bill Text: IA SSB3079 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the rights of parents and guardians of students enrolled in school districts.(See SF 2205.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-03 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2205. [SSB3079 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SSB3079-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3079
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SINCLAIR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
rights
of
parents
and
guardians
of
1
students
enrolled
in
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.76
Parent
or
guardian
bill
of
1
rights.
2
1.
All
of
the
following
parental
rights
are
reserved
to
3
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
minor
child
without
obstruction
or
4
interference
from
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
5
in
which
the
minor
child
is
enrolled:
6
a.
The
right
to
know
what
the
board
of
directors
of
the
7
school
district
in
which
the
minor
child
is
enrolled
is
8
teaching
the
minor
child,
including
the
textbooks,
books,
9
articles,
outlines,
handouts,
presentations,
videos,
and
any
10
other
similar
materials
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
11
district
uses
for
student
instruction.
12
b.
The
right
to
access
and
review
information
related
to
13
who
is
teaching
the
minor
child,
including
guest
lecturers
and
14
outside
presenters.
15
c.
The
right
to
access
and
review
information
related
to
16
persons
who
contract
with
or
otherwise
receive
moneys
from
the
17
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district.
18
d.
The
right
to
reasonable
access
to
the
minor
child
while
19
the
minor
child
is
in
school
to
ensure
the
minor
child’s
health
20
and
safety,
unless
otherwise
prohibited
by
law.
21
e.
The
right
to
access
and
review
all
school
records
22
relating
to
the
minor
child.
23
f.
The
right
to
access
and
review
information
related
to
the
24
collection
and
transmission
of
information
related
to
the
minor
25
child,
including
assessment
information,
documents
created
by
26
the
minor
child,
and
teacher
evaluations
of
the
minor
child.
27
g.
Subject
to
section
22.7,
the
right
to
access
and
28
review
information
necessary
to
ensure
the
accountability
and
29
transparency
of
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
30
in
which
the
minor
child
is
enrolled.
31
h.
The
right
to
access
and
review
information
related
to
the
32
minor
child’s
safety
while
at
school.
33
2.
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
34
not
require
any
student
to
engage
in
any
activity,
including
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instruction,
or
any
test,
assessment,
or
other
means
of
1
evaluation,
that
involves
obscene
material
without
the
express
2
prior
written
consent
of
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian.
3
b.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
not
4
allow
a
minor
child
to
access
obscene
material
in
a
classroom
5
or
to
check
out
obscene
material
from
a
library
operated
by
the
6
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
without
the
express
7
prior
written
consent
of
the
minor
child’s
parent
or
guardian.
8
c.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“obscene
material”
means
9
the
same
as
defined
in
section
728.1.
10
3.
The
rights
guaranteed
to
parents
and
guardians
by
this
11
section
are
not
a
comprehensive
list
of
the
rights
reserved
12
to
parents
or
guardians
of
a
minor
child.
The
enumeration
of
13
the
rights
contained
in
this
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
14
limit
the
rights
reserved
to
parents
or
guardians
of
a
minor
15
child.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
the
rights
of
parents
and
guardians
of
20
students
enrolled
in
school
districts.
21
The
bill
creates
new
Code
section
279.76
(parent
or
guardian
22
bill
of
rights).
The
bill
provides
that,
notwithstanding
any
23
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
the
following
rights
are
24
reserved
to
the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
minor
child:
the
right
25
to
know
what
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
26
in
which
the
minor
child
is
enrolled
is
teaching
the
minor
27
child,
the
right
to
access
and
review
information
related
to
28
who
is
teaching
the
minor
child,
the
right
to
access
and
review
29
information
related
to
persons
who
contract
with
or
otherwise
30
receive
moneys
from
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
31
district,
the
right
to
reasonable
access
to
the
minor
child
32
while
the
minor
child
is
in
school
to
ensure
the
minor
child’s
33
health
and
safety,
unless
otherwise
prohibited
by
law,
the
34
right
to
access
and
review
all
school
records
relating
to
the
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minor
child,
the
right
to
access
and
review
information
related
1
to
the
collection
and
transmission
of
information
related
to
2
the
minor
child,
the
right
to
access
and
review
information
3
necessary
to
ensure
the
accountability
and
transparency
of
4
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district,
and
the
right
5
to
access
and
review
information
related
to
the
minor
child’s
6
safety
at
school.
7
The
bill
provides
that
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
8
district
shall
not
require
any
student
to
engage
in
any
9
activity,
including
instruction
or
any
test,
assessment,
or
10
other
means
of
evaluation
that
involves
obscene
material
11
without
the
express
prior
written
consent
of
the
student’s
12
parent
or
guardian.
The
bill
also
provides
that
the
board
of
13
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
not
allow
a
minor
child
to
14
access
obscene
material
in
a
classroom
or
to
check
out
obscene
15
material
from
a
library
without
the
express
prior
written
16
consent
of
the
minor
child’s
parent
or
guardian.
The
bill
17
defines
“obscene
material”.
18
The
bill
provides
that
the
rights
guaranteed
by
new
Code
19
section
279.76
are
not
a
comprehensive
list
of
the
rights
20
reserved
to
parents
or
guardians
of
a
minor
child.
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