House File 195 



                                     HOUSE FILE       
                                     BY  WINCKLER, ABDUL=SAMAD, WENDT,
                                         BUKTA, KELLEY, STAED, GAYMAN,
                                         COHOON, MASCHER, WISE, FOEGE,
                                         HEDDENS, and PALMER


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring parent and guardian involvement policies to be
  2    adopted by school districts.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2132HH 82
  5 kh/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.65  PARENT AND GUARDIAN
  1  2 INVOLVEMENT POLICY.
  1  3    1.  The board of directors of each school district shall
  1  4 adopt a parent and guardian involvement policy that meets, at
  1  5 a minimum, the following criteria:
  1  6    a.  Ensures that communication between home and school is
  1  7 regular, two=way, and meaningful.
  1  8    b.  Promotes and supports parenting skills.
  1  9    c.  Recognizes and supports the integral role parents and
  1 10 guardians play in assisting student learning.
  1 11    d.  Welcomes parents and guardians into the school and
  1 12 seeks their support and assistance.
  1 13    e.  Makes parents and guardians full participants in the
  1 14 decisions that affect children and families.
  1 15    f.  Utilizes community collaborations productively and
  1 16 community resources prolifically to strengthen schools,
  1 17 families, and student learning.
  1 18    2.  The policy adopted pursuant to subsection 1 shall be
  1 19 published in the student handbook and, if the school district
  1 20 or its attendance centers maintain a website, on the school
  1 21 district or attendance center website.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill requires the board of directors of each school
  1 24 district to adopt a parent and guardian involvement policy
  1 25 that, at a minimum, does all of the following:  ensures that
  1 26 communication between home and school is regular, two=way, and
  1 27 meaningful; promotes and supports parenting skills; recognizes
  1 28 and supports the integral role parents and guardians play in
  1 29 assisting student learning; welcomes parents and guardians
  1 30 into the school and seeks their support and assistance; makes
  1 31 parents and guardians full participants in the decisions that
  1 32 affect children and families; and utilizes community
  1 33 collaborations productively and community resources
  1 34 prolifically to strengthen schools, families, and student
  1 35 learning.  The school district must publish the policy in the
  2  1 student handbook and on websites maintained by the school
  2  2 district or its attendance centers.
  2  3 LSB 2132HH 82
  2  4 kh:nh/je/5