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HOUSE
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BY
INGELS
and
LEVIN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
enrollment
of
children
of
military
1
families
in
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
282.22
Children
of
military
1
families
——
enrollment
in
advance
of
arrival.
2
1.
As
used
in
this
section:
3
a.
“Active
duty”
means
full-time
duty
status
in
the
active
4
uniformed
service
of
the
United
States,
including
members
of
5
the
national
guard
and
reserve
on
active
duty
orders
pursuant
6
to
10
U.S.C.
ch.
1209
and
1211.
7
b.
“Child
of
a
military
family”
means
a
school-aged
child,
8
who
resides
in
the
household
of
an
active
duty
member
of
the
9
uniformed
service
of
the
United
States,
and
who
is
currently
10
enrolled
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve,
or
will
enroll
11
in
kindergarten
through
grade
twelve
in
the
immediately
12
subsequent
school
year.
13
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
14
allow
the
child
of
a
military
family
to
enroll
in
the
school
15
district
prior
to
residing
within
the
district,
or
within
a
16
federal
military
installation
located
contiguous
to
a
county
17
in
this
state
in
which
the
district
is
located,
if
the
parent
18
or
guardian
of
the
child
provides
evidence
to
the
board
of
19
directors
that
indicates
the
child
will
reside
within
the
20
district,
or
within
a
federal
military
installation
located
21
contiguous
to
a
county
in
this
state
in
which
the
district
22
is
located,
during
the
current
school
year
or
during
the
23
immediately
subsequent
school
year.
A
child
of
a
military
24
family
shall
not
be
included
in
the
school
district’s
actual
25
enrollment
under
section
257.6,
subsection
1,
until
the
child
26
is
considered
a
resident
of
the
school
district
under
section
27
282.1.
28
3.
If
the
child
of
a
military
family
enrolls
in
a
school
29
district
pursuant
to
subsection
2,
and
the
child
has
an
30
individualized
education
program,
an
individualized
family
31
service
plan,
or
a
plan
under
section
504
of
the
federal
32
Rehabilitation
Act,
29
U.S.C.
§794,
the
board
of
directors
of
33
the
school
district
shall
ensure
that
the
services
provided
by
34
the
school
district
under
the
individualized
education
program,
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individualized
family
service
plan,
or
plan
under
section
504
1
of
the
federal
Rehabilitation
Act,
29
U.S.C.
§794,
are,
at
a
2
minimum,
comparable
to
the
services
provided
to
the
child
at
3
the
child’s
previous
school.
4
EXPLANATION
5
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
6
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
7
This
bill
relates
to
the
enrollment
of
children
of
military
8
families
in
school
districts.
9
The
bill
defines
“active
duty”
as
full-time
duty
status
in
10
the
active
uniformed
service
of
the
United
States,
including
11
members
of
the
national
guard
and
reserve
on
active
duty
orders
12
pursuant
to
federal
law.
The
bill
also
defines
“child
of
a
13
military
family”
to
mean
a
school-aged
child,
who
resides
14
in
the
household
of
an
active
duty
member
of
the
uniformed
15
service
of
the
United
States,
and
who
is
currently
enrolled
in
16
kindergarten
through
grade
12,
or
will
enroll
in
kindergarten
17
through
grade
12
in
the
immediately
subsequent
school
year.
18
The
bill
requires
a
school
district
to
allow
the
child
of
19
a
military
family
to
enroll
in
the
school
district
prior
to
20
residing
within
the
district,
or
within
a
federal
military
21
installation
located
contiguous
to
a
county
in
this
state
in
22
which
the
district
is
located,
if
the
parent
or
guardian
of
the
23
child
provides
evidence
to
the
school
district
indicating
that
24
the
child
will
reside
within
the
district,
or
within
a
federal
25
military
installation
located
contiguous
to
a
county
in
this
26
state
in
which
the
district
is
located,
during
the
current
27
school
year
or
during
the
immediately
subsequent
school
year.
28
The
bill
provides
that
a
child
of
a
miliary
family
is
not
to
be
29
included
in
the
school
district’s
actual
enrollment
calculation
30
until
the
child
is
considered
a
resident
of
the
school
district
31
under
Code
section
282.1.
The
bill
provides
that,
if
the
child
32
enrolls
in
a
school
district
pursuant
to
the
bill’s
provisions,
33
and
the
child
has
an
individualized
education
program,
an
34
individualized
family
service
plan,
or
a
section
504
plan,
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the
school
district
is
required
to
ensure
that
the
services
1
provided
by
the
school
district
under
the
programs
or
plans
2
are,
at
a
minimum,
comparable
to
the
services
provided
to
the
3
child
at
the
child’s
previous
school.
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