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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
2025-02-19
Official status
Subcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 314 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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. 2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 314 .

  2. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 279 .

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

332

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

332

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

2025,

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

2025,

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

of

28

pupils

participating

in

open

enrollment.

29

Current

law

provides

that

a

receiving

district

with

a

total

30

enrollment

of

less

than

2,000

students

may

send

school

vehicles

31

not

more

than

two

miles

into

the

district

of

residence

of

the

32

pupil

who

open

enrolls,

for

the

purpose

of

transporting

the

33

pupil

to

and

from

school

in

the

receiving

district,

if

the

34

pupil’s

primary

residence

is

closer

to

the

attendance

center

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the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

than

the

residence

1

is

to

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

2

sending

district.

The

bill

modifies

this

provision

to

allow

a

3

receiving

district

with

a

total

enrollment

of

less

than

2,000

4

students

to

send

school

vehicles

into

the

district

of

residence

5

of

the

pupil

who

open

enrolls,

for

the

purpose

of

transporting

6

the

pupil

to

and

from

school

in

the

receiving

district,

if

the

7

pupil’s

primary

residence

is

closer

to

the

attendance

center

8

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

than

the

residence

9

is

to

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

10

sending

district,

without

any

restrictions

related

to

mileage.

11

Current

law

also

provides

that

a

receiving

district

with

a

12

total

enrollment

of

at

least

2,000

students

may

send

school

13

vehicles

two

miles

or

more

into

the

district

of

residence

of

14

the

pupil

who

open

enrolls,

regardless

of

the

distance

between

15

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

and

the

attendance

center

the

16

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

district

or

the

attendance

17

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

in

the

sending

district,

if

18

certain

specified

requirements

are

satisfied.

The

bill

strikes

19

the

two-mile

provision.

The

bill

modifies

this

provision

to

20

provide

that

a

receiving

district

with

a

total

enrollment

of

21

at

least

2,000

students

may

send

school

vehicles

into

the

22

district

of

residence

of

the

pupil

who

open

enrolls,

regardless

23

of

the

distance

between

the

pupil’s

primary

residence

and

24

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

attends

in

the

receiving

25

district

or

the

attendance

center

the

pupil

would

be

assigned

26

in

the

sending

district,

if

certain

specified

requirements

are

27

satisfied,

without

any

restrictions

related

to

mileage.

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