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EDUCATION
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TO
SF
2181)
(COMPANION
TO
HF
2003
BY
WILLS)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
10,
2026
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requiring
the
department
of
education
to
develop
and
1
administer
a
pilot
program
that
requires
certain
specified
2
school
districts
to
establish
attendance
centers
for
3
students
requiring
special
education
and
students
with
4
behavioral
issues.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.20
Schools
for
students
1
requiring
special
education
or
students
with
behavioral
issues
2
——
pilot
project.
3
1.
The
department
shall
develop
and
administer
a
pilot
4
program
that
requires
a
rural
school
district
and
an
urban
5
school
district
to
each
establish
an
attendance
center
to
6
be
used
to
provide
educational
services,
including
special
7
education
services,
to
eligible
students
who
are
enrolled
8
in
the
rural
school
district
or
urban
school
district,
as
9
applicable.
10
2.
The
department
shall
determine
the
rural
school
district
11
and
urban
school
district
that
will
be
required
to
participate
12
in
the
pilot
program.
A
rural
school
district
or
an
urban
13
school
district
shall
not
be
required
to
participate
in
the
14
pilot
program
unless
any
one
of
the
following
applies:
15
a.
The
rural
school
district
or
urban
school
district
agrees
16
to
participate
in
the
pilot
program
and
provides
notice
to
the
17
department
indicating
that
the
rural
school
district
or
urban
18
school
district
has
the
ability
to
fully
fund
the
rural
school
19
district’s
or
urban
school
district’s
participation
in
the
20
pilot
program.
21
b.
The
department
fully
funds
the
rural
school
district’s
22
or
urban
school
district’s
participation
in
the
pilot
program
23
using
moneys
appropriated
by
the
general
assembly
for
purposes
24
of
this
section.
25
3.
The
department,
in
consultation
with
the
rural
school
26
district
and
urban
school
district,
shall
determine
all
of
the
27
following:
28
a.
The
courses
of
study
and
curricula
that
the
rural
school
29
district
and
urban
school
district
will
provide
to
eligible
30
students
as
part
of
the
pilot
program.
31
b.
The
instructional
facilities
that
the
rural
school
32
district
and
urban
school
district
will
use
to
provide
33
educational
services
to
eligible
students
as
part
of
the
pilot
34
program.
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4.
a.
Annually,
on
or
before
June
1
of
each
year,
the
rural
1
school
district
and
urban
school
district
shall
submit
to
the
2
department
an
annual
report
that
contains
all
of
the
following:
3
(1)
The
number
of
eligible
students
who
participated
in
the
4
pilot
program
during
the
current
school
year.
5
(2)
Information
related
to
the
academic
performance
of
6
eligible
students
who
participated
in
the
pilot
program
during
7
the
current
school
year.
8
(3)
Feedback
from
eligible
students
who
participated
in
the
9
pilot
program
during
the
current
school
year
related
to
the
10
effectiveness
of
the
pilot
program.
11
(4)
Feedback
from
the
parents
or
guardians
of
eligible
12
students
who
participated
in
the
pilot
program
during
the
13
current
school
year
related
to
the
effectiveness
of
the
pilot
14
program.
15
(5)
Feedback
from
teachers
who
provided
educational
16
services
to
eligible
students
who
participated
in
the
17
pilot
program
during
the
current
school
year
related
to
the
18
effectiveness
of
the
pilot
program.
19
(6)
Challenges
associated
with
operating
the
pilot
program.
20
(7)
Recommendations
related
to
how
to
improve
the
pilot
21
program.
22
(8)
Any
other
information
requested
by
the
department
that
23
will
allow
the
department
to
monitor
and
assess
the
pilot
24
program.
25
b.
Annually,
on
or
before
June
30
of
each
year,
the
26
department
shall
compile
the
annual
reports
submitted
to
the
27
department
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
and
shall
submit
the
28
compilation
to
the
general
assembly.
29
5.
As
used
in
this
section:
30
a.
“Eligible
student”
means
any
of
the
following:
31
(1)
Children
requiring
special
education,
as
defined
in
32
section
256B.2.
33
(2)
A
student
whose
emotional,
social,
or
behavioral
34
needs
interfere
with
the
student’s
ability
to
be
successful
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in
the
regular
educational
environment,
even
with
the
use
of
1
supplementary
aids
and
services.
2
b.
“Rural
school
district”
means
a
school
district
as
3
described
in
chapter
274
that
is
located
in
a
county
with
a
4
population
of
greater
than
seventeen
thousand
five
hundred
but
5
less
than
eighteen
thousand,
and
that
contains
a
city
with
a
6
population
of
greater
than
five
thousand
four
hundred,
but
less
7
than
five
thousand
five
hundred,
all
according
to
the
2020
8
federal
decennial
census.
9
c.
“Urban
school
district”
means
a
school
district
as
10
described
in
chapter
274
with
a
total
enrollment
of
at
least
11
seven
thousand
students.
12
6.
This
section
is
repealed
July
1,
2031.
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