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A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.

A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
GREEN
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Subcommittee recommends passage.
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.

A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-21 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends passage.

  2. 2026-01-14 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 01/20/2026 2:30PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  3. 2026-01-13 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Green, Pike, and Trone Garriott. S.J. 66 .

  4. 2026-01-12 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 36 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

File

2010

-

Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2010

BY

GREEN

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

the

transportation

to

and

from

school

of

1

pupils

participating

in

open

enrollment.

2

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

282.18,

subsection

10,

paragraph

b,

1

subparagraph

(1),

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

as

follows:

2

(1)

A

receiving

district

with

a

total

enrollment

of

less

3

than

two

thousand

students

may

send

school

vehicles

not

more

4

than

two

miles

into

the

district

of

residence

of

the

pupil

5

using

the

open

enrollment

option

under

this

section

,

for

the

6

purpose

of

transporting

the

pupil

to

and

from

school

in

the

7

receiving

district,

if

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

is

closer

8

to

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

9

district

than

the

residence

is

to

the

attendance

center

the

10

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

sending

district.

11

Sec.

2.

Section

282.18,

subsection

10,

paragraph

b,

12

subparagraph

(2),

unnumbered

paragraph

1,

Code

2026,

is

amended

13

to

read

as

follows:

14

Notwithstanding

subparagraph

(1),

a

receiving

district

with

15

a

total

enrollment

of

greater

than

or

equal

to

two

thousand

16

students

may

send

school

vehicles

two

miles

or

more

into

the

17

district

of

residence

of

the

pupil

using

the

open

enrollment

18

option

under

this

section

,

for

the

purpose

of

transporting

the

19

pupil

to

and

from

school

in

the

receiving

district,

regardless

20

of

the

distance

between

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

and

the

21

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

22

or

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

23

sending

district,

if

all

of

the

following

apply:

24

EXPLANATION

25

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

26

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

27

This

bill

relates

to

the

transportation

to

and

from

school

28

of

pupils

participating

in

open

enrollment.

Current

law

29

provides

that

a

receiving

district

with

a

total

enrollment

of

30

less

than

2,000

students

may

send

school

vehicles

not

more

31

than

two

miles

into

the

district

of

residence

of

a

pupil

who

32

open

enrolls

if

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

is

closer

to

the

33

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

34

than

the

residence

is

to

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

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would

be

assigned

in

the

sending

district.

The

bill

modifies

1

this

provision

to

strike

the

requirement

related

to

distance

2

traveled,

authorizing

such

a

receiving

district

to

send

school

3

vehicles

into

the

district

of

residence

of

a

pupil

who

open

4

enrolls

if

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

is

closer

to

the

5

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

6

than

the

residence

is

to

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

7

be

assigned

in

the

sending

district.

8

Current

law

also

provides

that

a

receiving

district

with

a

9

total

enrollment

of

at

least

2,000

students

may

send

school

10

vehicles

two

miles

or

more

into

the

district

of

residence

of

11

a

pupil

who

open

enrolls,

regardless

of

the

distance

between

12

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

and

the

attendance

center

the

13

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

or

the

attendance

14

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

sending

district,

if

15

the

total

enrollment

of

the

pupil’s

district

of

residence

is

16

less

than

2,000

students,

the

pupil’s

district

of

residence

is

17

contiguous

to

the

receiving

district,

and

the

pupil’s

district

18

of

residence

has

sent

school

vehicles

into

the

receiving

19

district.

The

bill

modifies

this

provision

to

strike

the

20

requirement

related

to

distance

traveled,

authorizing

such

a

21

receiving

school

district

to

send

school

vehicles

into

the

22

district

of

residence

of

a

pupil

who

open

enrolls,

regardless

23

of

the

distance

between

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

and

the

24

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

25

or

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

26

sending

district,

if

the

total

enrollment

of

the

pupil’s

27

district

of

residence

is

less

than

2,000

students,

the

pupil’s

28

district

of

residence

is

contiguous

to

the

receiving

district,

29

and

the

pupil’s

district

of

residence

has

sent

school

vehicles

30

into

the

receiving

district.

31

Current

law

authorizes

a

receiving

district

to

send

school

32

vehicles

into

the

district

of

residence

of

a

pupil

who

open

33

enrolls,

regardless

of

the

distance

between

the

pupil’s

primary

34

residence

and

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

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receiving

district

or

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

be

1

assigned

in

the

sending

district,

if

the

boards

of

directors

2

of

both

the

sending

and

receiving

districts

agree

to

this

3

arrangement.

The

bill

does

not

affect

this

provision.

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