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House
File
2050
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2050
BY
COLLINS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
discipline
of
students
who
disrupt
1
the
educational
process,
and
including
effective
date
2
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
279.65B
Discipline
of
students
who
1
interfere
with
an
orderly
education
process.
2
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
each
school
district
shall
3
adopt
policies
that
describe
how
the
school
district
and
school
4
district
employees
may
discipline
a
student
who
interferes
with
5
or
prevents
the
orderly
education
process,
or
who
otherwise
6
violates
the
school
district’s
student
handbook.
The
policies
7
must
do
all
of
the
following:
8
a.
Authorize
a
teacher
to
take
disciplinary
action
to
9
correct
a
student’s
behavior
when
the
student
interferes
with
10
the
orderly
education
process
or
otherwise
violates
the
school
11
district’s
student
handbook.
12
b.
(1)
Provide
that
when
a
student’s
behavior
prevents
13
the
orderly
instruction
of
other
students,
poses
an
immediate
14
threat
to
the
safety
or
physical
well-being
of
any
student
15
or
teacher,
or
when
a
student
otherwise
violates
the
school
16
district’s
student
handbook,
the
student’s
teacher
may
17
immediately
remove
the
student
from
the
classroom
and
place
the
18
student
with
the
principal
or
the
principal’s
designee.
19
(2)
(a)
Provide
that
after
a
student’s
third
removal
from
20
the
classroom
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1),
the
student’s
21
teacher
and
the
principal
shall
discuss
the
student’s
22
disruptive
behavior
patterns
and
potential
disciplinary
actions
23
the
school
district
may
take
prior
to
the
teacher
or
principal
24
implementing
any
new
disciplinary
action
against
the
student.
25
(b)
Provide
that
after
a
student’s
third
removal
from
the
26
classroom,
the
student
shall
not
be
permitted
to
return
to
27
the
classroom
until
after
the
student’s
teacher,
or
another
28
school
district
employee
designated
by
the
principal,
and
29
either
the
student’s
parent
or
guardian,
if
the
student
is
not
30
an
emancipated
minor,
or
the
student,
if
the
student
is
an
31
emancipated
minor,
participate
in
a
conference
that
is
designed
32
to
identify
the
reasons
for
the
student’s
behavior
and
the
33
disciplinary
actions
the
school
district
may
take
that
are
best
34
suited
to
improve
the
student’s
behavior.
The
participants
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may
participate
in
the
conference
in
person
or
by
electronic
1
means.
The
school
district
shall
give
written
notice
to
the
2
student’s
parent
or
guardian
or
to
the
student,
as
applicable,
3
prior
to
such
conference
that
includes
information
related
to
4
the
student’s
behavior.
5
2.
A
principal
or
administrator
shall
not
do
any
of
the
6
following:
7
a.
Prohibit
or
discourage
a
teacher
from
taking
disciplinary
8
action
in
accordance
with
the
policies
adopted
pursuant
to
9
subsection
1,
recommending
disciplinary
action
in
accordance
10
with
the
policies
adopted
pursuant
to
subsection
1,
or
11
completing
a
document
to
initiate
disciplinary
action
in
12
accordance
with
the
policies
adopted
pursuant
to
subsection
1
13
against
a
student
who
interferes
with
the
orderly
education
14
process
or
who
otherwise
violates
the
school
district’s
student
15
handbook.
16
b.
Retaliate
or
take
any
adverse
employment
action
against
17
a
teacher
for
taking
disciplinary
action
in
accordance
with
the
18
policies
adopted
pursuant
to
subsection
1
against
a
student
who
19
interferes
with
the
orderly
education
process
or
who
otherwise
20
violates
the
school
district’s
student
handbook.
21
3.
A
school
district
shall
not
do
any
of
the
following:
22
a.
Adopt
policies
that
prohibit
a
teacher
from
exercising
23
the
teacher’s
rights
established
pursuant
to
subsection
1.
24
b.
Retaliate
or
take
any
adverse
employment
action
against
25
a
teacher
for
exercising
the
teacher’s
rights
established
26
pursuant
to
subsection
1.
27
4.
This
section
shall
not
be
construed
to
authorize
a
28
teacher
to
violate
the
provisions
of
any
policy
adopted
by
29
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
pursuant
to
30
subsection
1.
31
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
December
31,
32
2026.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
relates
to
the
discipline
of
students
who
disrupt
2
the
educational
process.
3
The
bill
establishes
that
such
policies
must
authorize
a
4
teacher
to
take
disciplinary
action
to
correct
a
student’s
5
behavior
when
the
student
interferes
with
the
orderly
education
6
process
or
otherwise
violates
the
school
district’s
student
7
handbook.
8
The
bill
establishes
that
such
policies
must
provide
that
9
when
a
student’s
behavior
prevents
the
orderly
instruction
10
of
other
students,
poses
an
immediate
threat
to
the
safety
11
or
physical
well-being
of
any
student
or
teacher,
or
when
12
a
student
otherwise
violates
the
school
district’s
student
13
handbook,
the
student’s
teacher
may
immediately
remove
the
14
student
from
the
classroom
and
place
the
student
with
the
15
principal
or
the
principal’s
designee.
The
bill
provides
16
that,
after
a
student’s
third
removal
from
the
classroom,
the
17
student’s
teacher
and
the
principal
shall
discuss
the
student’s
18
disruptive
behavior
patterns
and
the
potential
disciplinary
19
actions
the
school
district
may
take
prior
to
the
teacher
or
20
principal
implementing
any
new
disciplinary
action
against
the
21
student.
Additionally,
the
bill
provides
that
such
student
22
shall
not
be
permitted
to
return
to
the
classroom
until
after
23
a
conference
that
is
designed
to
identify
the
reasons
for
the
24
student’s
behavior,
and
the
disciplinary
actions
the
school
25
district
may
take
that
are
best
suited
to
improve
the
student’s
26
behavior,
takes
place.
27
The
bill
restricts
actions
a
principal,
administrator,
or
28
school
district
may
take
with
respect
to
teachers
taking
action
29
under
the
bill
or
exercising
the
teacher’s
rights
established
30
by
the
bill.
31
The
bill
takes
effect
December
31,
2026.
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