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2116
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SENATE
FILE
2116
BY
EVANS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
open
enrollment,
including
by
modifying
1
provisions
related
to
the
open
enrollment
of
pupils
who
2
are
truant
or
chronically
absent
and
children
receiving
3
educational
instruction
and
course
content
delivered
4
primarily
over
the
internet,
and
including
applicability
5
provisions.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
13,
Code
2026,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
13.
a.
If
a
pupil,
for
whom
a
request
to
transfer
has
3
been
filed
with
a
district,
has
been
suspended
or
expelled
in
4
the
district,
the
pupil
shall
not
be
permitted
to
transfer
5
until
the
pupil
has
been
reinstated
in
the
sending
district.
6
Once
the
pupil
has
been
reinstated,
however,
the
pupil
shall
7
be
permitted
to
transfer
in
the
same
manner
as
if
the
pupil
8
had
not
been
suspended
or
expelled
by
the
sending
district.
9
If
a
pupil,
for
whom
a
request
to
transfer
has
been
filed
10
with
a
district,
is
expelled
in
the
district,
the
pupil
11
shall
be
permitted
to
transfer
to
a
receiving
district
under
12
this
section
if
the
pupil
applies
for
and
is
reinstated
in
13
the
sending
district.
However,
if
the
pupil
applies
for
14
reinstatement
but
is
not
reinstated
in
the
sending
district,
15
the
receiving
district
may
deny
the
request
to
transfer.
The
16
decision
of
the
receiving
district
is
not
subject
to
appeal.
17
b.
(1)
If
a
pupil,
for
whom
a
request
to
transfer
has
been
18
filed
with
a
district,
is
chronically
absent
as
defined
in
19
section
299.12,
participating
in
a
school
engagement
meeting
20
under
section
299.12,
subsection
3,
or
currently
a
party
to
21
an
absenteeism
prevention
plan
entered
into
under
section
22
299.12,
subsection
3,
the
pupil
shall
not
be
permitted
to
23
transfer
until
the
pupil
is
no
longer
chronically
absent,
no
24
longer
participating
in
the
school
engagement
meeting,
or
no
25
longer
a
party
to
the
absenteeism
prevention
plan.
Once
the
26
pupil
is
no
longer
chronically
absent,
no
longer
participating
27
in
the
school
engagement
meeting,
and
no
longer
a
party
to
28
an
absenteeism
prevention
plan,
the
pupil
shall
be
permitted
29
to
transfer
in
the
same
manner
as
if
the
pupil
had
not
been
30
chronically
absent,
participating
in
a
school
engagement
31
meeting,
or
a
party
to
an
absenteeism
prevention
plan.
32
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
a
pupil
who
is
33
chronically
absent
as
defined
in
section
299.12,
participating
34
in
a
school
engagement
meeting
under
section
299.12,
subsection
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3,
or
currently
a
party
to
an
absenteeism
prevention
plan
1
entered
into
under
section
299.12,
subsection
3,
and
for
whom
2
a
request
to
transfer
has
been
filed
with
a
district,
may
be
3
permitted
to
transfer
if
the
receiving
district
approves
the
4
request
to
transfer.
5
Sec.
2.
Section
282.18,
subsection
17,
Code
2026,
is
amended
6
by
striking
the
subsection.
7
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
applications
8
and
notifications
related
to
open
enrollment
submitted
under
9
section
282.18
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
10
EXPLANATION
11
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
12
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
13
This
bill
relates
to
open
enrollment,
including
by
modifying
14
provisions
related
to
the
open
enrollment
of
pupils
who
are
15
truant
or
chronically
absent
and
children
receiving
educational
16
instruction
and
course
content
delivered
primarily
over
the
17
internet.
18
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
pupil,
for
whom
a
request
to
19
open
enroll
has
been
filed
with
a
district,
is
chronically
20
absent
as
defined
in
Code
section
299.12
(failure
to
attend),
21
participating
in
a
school
engagement
meeting
under
Code
section
22
299.12,
or
currently
a
party
to
an
absenteeism
prevention
plan
23
entered
into
under
Code
section
299.12,
the
pupil
is
prohibited
24
from
transferring
until
the
pupil
is
no
longer
chronically
25
absent,
participating
in
the
school
engagement
meeting,
or
a
26
party
to
the
absenteeism
prevention
plan;
provided,
however,
27
that
the
bill
authorizes
such
a
pupil
to
transfer
if
the
28
receiving
district
approves
the
request
to
transfer.
Once
the
29
pupil
is
no
longer
chronically
absent,
no
longer
participating
30
in
the
school
engagement
meeting,
and
no
longer
a
party
to
31
an
absenteeism
prevention
plan,
the
pupil
is
permitted
to
32
transfer.
Current
Code
section
282.18(16)
provides
that
an
33
application
for
open
enrollment
may
be
granted
at
any
time
with
34
approval
of
the
resident
and
receiving
districts.
The
bill
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does
not
modify
this
provision.
1
Current
Code
section
282.18(17)
provides
that
the
deadlines
2
associated
with
the
submission
of
open
enrollment
applications
3
and
notifications
do
not
apply
to
a
child
whose
parent
or
4
guardian
is
filing
a
notification
that
the
parent
or
guardian
5
intends
to
open
enroll
the
child
in
a
public
school
in
6
another
school
district
for
purposes
of
receiving
full-time
7
instruction
under
Code
section
256.43
(online
learning
program
8
model).
The
bill
strikes
this
provision.
The
bill
applies
9
to
applications
and
notifications
related
to
open
enrollment
10
that
are
submitted
on
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
11
Under
current
Code
section
282.18
(open
enrollment),
a
parent
12
or
guardian
is
required
to
send
notification
to
the
district
13
of
residence
and
the
receiving
district
that
the
parent
or
14
guardian
intends
to
enroll
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
child
in
15
a
public
school
in
another
school
district
by
March
1
of
the
16
preceding
school
year
for
students
entering
grades
1
through
17
12,
or
by
September
1
of
the
current
school
year
for
students
18
entering
kindergarten
or
for
prekindergarten
students
enrolled
19
in
special
education
programs
and
included
in
the
school
20
district’s
basic
enrollment.
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