HF 2161 (LSB 5465YH (6) 87)

HOUSE FILE 2161

BY  MOHR

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to school district residency for children of United States military persons who reside on and are employed at certain federal military installations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 282.1, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  For purposes of this section, “resident” means a child who is meets either of the following requirements:
   a.  Is physically present in a district, whose residence has not been established in another district by operation of law, and who meets any of the following conditions:
   a.  (1)  Is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for school purposes.
   b.  (2)  Meets the definitional requirements of the term “homeless individual” under 42 U.S.C. §11302(a) and (c).
   c.  (3)  Lives in a juvenile detention center or residential facility in the district.
   b.  Is domiciled with the child’s parent or guardian who is on active duty in the military service of the United States and is stationed and domiciled at a federal military installation located in an out-of-state county that is contiguous to a county in this state with a population in excess of one hundred fifty thousand. The parent or guardian of a child who meets the requirements of this paragraph may enroll the child in a school district in this state that is located in the county contiguous to the military installation. Notwithstanding section 285.1 relating to transportation of resident pupils, the parent or guardian is responsible for transporting the child without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school bus route of the district of enrollment. 
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a child who lives with the child’s parent or guardian who is on active duty in the military service of the United States and is stationed and domiciled at certain federal military installations is considered a resident of the state and may enroll in a school district in this state, free of tuition, that is located in the county contiguous to the military installation. The parent or guardian is responsible for transporting the child without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school bus route of the district of enrollment.