HF446 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.

Children

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: MOHR
Last action: 2025-02-25
Official status: Tabled until future meeting.
Effective date: Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.

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Bill History

2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature
Tabled until future meeting.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 12:00PM House Lounge 2.
2025-02-20 Iowa Legislature
Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Gjerde and Johnson, C. H.J. 406 .
2025-02-18 Iowa Legislature
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 344 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.

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House

File

446

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

446

BY

MOHR

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

open

enrollment

of

children

receiving

1

educational

instruction

and

course

content

delivered

2

primarily

over

the

internet,

and

including

applicability

3

provisions.

4

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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446

Section

1.

Section

282.18,

subsection

17,

Code

2025,

is

1

amended

by

striking

the

subsection.

2

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

applications

3

and

notifications

related

to

open

enrollment

submitted

under

4

section

282.18

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

this

Act.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

relates

to

the

open

enrollment

of

children

9

receiving

educational

instruction

and

course

content

delivered

10

primarily

over

the

internet.

11

Current

Code

section

282.18(17)

provides

that

the

deadlines

12

associated

with

the

submission

of

open

enrollment

applications

13

and

notifications

do

not

apply

to

a

child

whose

parent

or

14

guardian

is

filing

a

notification

that

the

parent

or

guardian

15

intends

to

open

enroll

the

child

in

a

public

school

in

16

another

school

district

for

purposes

of

receiving

full-time

17

instruction

under

Code

section

256.43

(online

learning

program

18

model).

The

bill

strikes

this

provision.

The

bill

applies

19

to

applications

and

notifications

related

to

open

enrollment

20

that

are

submitted

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

the

bill.

21

Under

current

Code

section

282.18

(open

enrollment),

a

parent

22

or

guardian

is

required

to

send

notification

to

the

district

23

of

residence

and

the

receiving

district

that

the

parent

or

24

guardian

intends

to

enroll

the

parent’s

or

guardian’s

child

in

25

a

public

school

in

another

school

district

by

March

1

of

the

26

preceding

school

year

for

students

entering

grades

1

through

27

12,

or

by

September

1

of

the

current

school

year

for

students

28

entering

kindergarten

or

for

prekindergarten

students

enrolled

29

in

special

education

programs

and

included

in

the

school

30

district’s

basic

enrollment.

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