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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2612
BY
MATSON
,
EHLERT
,
AMOS
JR.
,
BROWN-POWERS
,
LEVIN
,
KURTH
,
RAMIREZ
,
MADISON
,
WILBURN
,
SRINIVAS
,
WILSON
,
B.
MEYER
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
WICHTENDAHL
,
SCHOLTEN
,
BAETH
,
JACOBY
,
GJERDE
,
and
CROKEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts,
the
1
authorities
in
charge
of
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
2
the
governing
boards
of
charter
schools
to
adopt
policies
3
related
to
excusing
the
absences
of
students
enrolled
in
4
grades
six
through
twelve
for
civic
or
political
events.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256E.7,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
0w.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
3
requirements
of
section
299.1,
subsection
3A,
relating
to
the
4
adoption
of
a
policy
requiring
excused
absences
for
student
5
participation
in
a
civic
or
political
event
in
the
same
manner
6
as
a
school
district.
7
Sec.
2.
Section
256F.4,
subsection
2,
Code
2026,
is
amended
8
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
9
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
v.
Be
subject
to
and
comply
with
the
10
requirements
of
section
299.1,
subsection
3A,
relating
to
the
11
adoption
of
a
policy
requiring
excused
absences
for
student
12
participation
in
a
civic
or
political
event
in
the
same
manner
13
as
a
school
district.
14
Sec.
3.
Section
299.1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
adding
the
15
following
new
subsection:
16
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
17
each
public
school
district
and
the
governing
body
of
each
18
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
adopt
a
policy
that
requires
19
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
grant
a
20
student
who
is
enrolled
in
grades
six
through
twelve
at
least
21
one
excused
absence
each
school
year
when
the
student
is
absent
22
from
school
because
of
the
student’s
participation
in
a
civic
23
or
political
event.
The
policy
shall
require
that
the
board
24
of
directors
of
the
school
district
or
the
governing
body
of
25
the
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
not
grant
the
student
an
26
excused
absence
to
participate
in
the
civic
or
political
event
27
unless
the
student
gives
notice
of
the
student’s
intent
to
28
participate
in
the
civic
or
political
event
to
an
administrator
29
employed
by
the
board
of
directors
of
the
school
district
or
30
the
governing
body
of
the
accredited
nonpublic
school
at
least
31
twenty-four
hours
in
advance
of
the
civic
or
political
event.
32
b.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“civic
or
political
33
event”
includes
all
of
the
following:
34
(1)
Voting
in
an
election.
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(2)
Serving
as
a
poll
worker.
1
(3)
Participating
in
a
strike.
2
(4)
Attending
a
meeting
of
a
federal,
state,
or
local
3
governmental
body.
4
(5)
Attending
a
political
rally.
5
(6)
Attending
a
political
forum.
6
(7)
Attending
a
civic
forum.
7
(8)
Attending
a
town
hall
meeting.
8
Sec.
4.
Section
299.1,
subsection
4,
paragraph
b,
Code
2026,
9
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
10
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(12)
While
participating
in
a
civic
11
or
political
event
in
accordance
with
a
policy
adopted
under
12
subsection
3A.
13
Sec.
5.
Section
299.12,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
14
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
15
a.
“Chronically
absent”
means
any
absence
from
school
for
16
more
than
ten
percent
of
the
days
or
hours
in
the
grading
17
period
established
by
a
public
school;
provided,
however,
18
that
an
absence
from
school
that
is
related
to
attending
a
19
course
in
religious
instruction
pursuant
to
section
299.1D
20
or
that
is
related
to
participation
in
a
civic
or
political
21
event
in
accordance
with
a
policy
adopted
under
section
299.1,
22
subsection
3A,
shall
not
count
toward
this
amount.
23
EXPLANATION
24
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
25
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
26
This
bill
requires
boards
of
directors
of
school
districts,
27
the
authorities
in
charge
of
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
28
and
the
governing
boards
of
charter
schools
to
adopt
policies
29
related
to
excusing
the
absences
of
students
enrolled
in
grades
30
6
through
12
for
civic
or
political
events.
31
The
bill
requires
the
board
of
directors
of
each
public
32
school
district,
the
authorities
in
charge
of
each
accredited
33
nonpublic
school,
and
the
governing
boards
of
charter
schools
34
to
adopt
a
policy
that
requires
the
school
district
or
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accredited
nonpublic
school
to
grant
a
student
who
is
enrolled
1
in
grades
6
through
12
at
least
one
excused
absence
each
school
2
year
when
the
student
is
absent
from
school
because
of
the
3
student’s
participation
in
a
civic
or
political
event.
The
4
bill
establishes
that
such
policy
is
to
include
a
requirement
5
that
the
student
give
notice
of
the
student’s
intent
to
6
participate
in
the
civic
or
political
event
at
least
24
hours
7
in
advance
of
the
civic
or
political
event.
8
The
bill
defines
“civic
or
political
event”
to
include
9
voting
in
an
election,
serving
as
a
poll
worker,
participating
10
in
a
strike,
attending
a
meeting
of
a
federal,
state,
or
local
11
governmental
body,
attending
a
political
rally,
attending
a
12
political
forum,
attending
a
civic
forum,
or
attending
a
town
13
hall
meeting.
14
The
bill
provides
that
a
student’s
absence
from
school
that
15
is
related
to
participation
in
a
civic
or
political
event
16
shall
not
be
considered
an
absence
from
school
for
purposes
17
of
truancy
or
the
enforcement
of
standards
related
to
chronic
18
absenteeism.
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