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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 2, Code 1995, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. ByOctober 30January 1 of the preceding school year, 1 4 the parent or guardian shall send notification to the district 1 5 of residence, on forms prescribed by the department of 1 6 education, that the parent or guardian intends to enroll the 1 7 parent's or guardian's child in a public school in another 1 8 school district.The parent or guardian shall describe the1 9reason for enrollment in the receiving district.If a parent 1 10 or guardian fails to file a notification that the parent 1 11 intends to enroll the parent's or guardian's child in a public 1 12 school in another district by the deadline ofOctober 301 13 January 1 of the previous year, and one of the criteria 1 14 defined in subsection 18 exists for the failure to meet the 1 15 deadline or if the request is to enroll a child in 1 16 kindergarten in a public school in another district, the 1 17 parent or guardian shall be permitted to enroll the child in 1 18 the other district in the same manner as if the deadline had 1 19 been met. 1 20 The board of directors of a school district may adopt a 1 21 policy granting the superintendent of the district authority 1 22 to approve open enrollment applications that are timely filed. 1 23 However, the board of directors shall not grant the 1 24 superintendent authority to deny open enrollment applications, 1 25 except as provided in subsection 4. The board of the district 1 26 of residence, or the superintendent with the board's authority 1 27 to only approve applications, shall take action on the request 1 28 no later thanNovember 30February 1 of the preceding school 1 29 year and shall transmit any approved request within five days 1 30 after board action on the request. The parent or guardian may 1 31 withdraw the request at any time prior to the start of the 1 32 school year. The board of the receiving district, or the 1 33 superintendent with the board's authority to approve 1 34 applications only, shall take action to approve or disapprove 1 35 the request no later thanDecember 31March 1 of the preceding 2 1 school year. The board of the receiving district shall enroll 2 2 the pupil in a school in the receiving district for the 2 3 following school year unless the receiving district does not 2 4 have classroom space for the pupil. If the request is 2 5 granted, the board shall transmit a copy of the form to the 2 6 school district of residence within five days after board 2 7 action. 2 8 Sec. 2. Section 282.18, subsections 7, 8, and 18, Code 2 9 1995, are amended to read as follows: 2 10 7. A request under this section is for a period of not 2 11 less than one year. If the request is for more than one year 2 12 and the parent or guardian desires to have the pupil enroll in 2 13 a different district, the parent or guardian may petition the 2 14 current receiving district byOctober 30January 1 of the 2 15 previous school year for permission to enroll the pupil in a 2 16 different district for a period of not less than one year. 2 17 Upon receipt of such a request, the current receiving district 2 18 board may act on the request to transfer to the other school 2 19 district at the next regularly scheduled board meeting after 2 20 the receipt of the request. The new receiving district shall 2 21 enroll the pupil in a school in the district unless there is 2 22 insufficient classroom space in the district or unless 2 23 enrollment of the pupil would adversely affect the court- 2 24 ordered or voluntary desegregation plan of the district. A 2 25 denial of a request to change district enrollment within the 2 26 approved period is subject to appeal under section 290.1. 2 27 However, a pupil who has been in attendance in another 2 28 district under this section may return to the district of 2 29 residence and enroll at any time, once the parent or guardian 2 30 has notified the district of residence and the receiving 2 31 district in writing of the decision to enroll the pupil in the 2 32 district of residence. 2 33 8. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be 2 34 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the 2 35 pupil's district of residence. A pupil's residence, for 3 1 purposes of this section, means a residence under section 3 2 282.1. The board of directors of the district of residence 3 3 shall pay to the receiving district thelower districtstate 3 4 cost per pupiloffor thetwo districtsprevious school year, 3 5 plus any moneys received for the pupil as a result of the non- 3 6 English speaking weighting under section 280.4, subsection 4, 3 7 foreachthe previous school year multiplied by the state cost 3 8 for the previous year. The district of residence shall also 3 9 transmit the phase III moneys allocated to the district for 3 10 the previous year for the full-time equivalent attendance of 3 11 the pupil, who is the subject of the request, to the receiving 3 12 district specified in the request for transfer. 3 13 18. For purposes of this section, "good cause" means a 3 14 change in a child's residence due to a change in family 3 15 residence, a change in the state in which the family residence 3 16 is located, a change in a child's parents' marital status, a 3 17 guardianship proceeding, placement in foster care, adoption, 3 18 participation in a foreign exchange program, or participation 3 19 in a substance abuse or mental health treatment program, or a 3 20 similar set of circumstances consistent with the definition of 3 21 good cause; a change in the status of a child's resident 3 22 district, such as removal of accreditation by the state board, 3 23 surrender of accreditation, or permanent closure of a 3 24 nonpublic school, the failure of negotiations for a whole- 3 25 grade sharing, reorganization, dissolution agreement or the 3 26 rejection of a current whole-grade sharing agreement, or 3 27 reorganization plan, or a similar set of circumstances 3 28 consistent with the definition of good cause. If the good 3 29 cause relates to a change in status of a child's school 3 30 district of residence, however, action by a parent or guardian 3 31 must be taken to file the notification within forty-five days 3 32 of the last board action or within thirty days of the 3 33 certification of the election, whichever is applicable to the 3 34 circumstances. 3 35 Sec. 3. Section 282.18, subsection 12, Code 1995, is 4 1 amended by striking the subsection. 4 2 Sec. 4. INSTRUCTIONAL SUPPORT FOR REORGANIZED SCHOOL 4 3 DISTRICTS. Notwithstanding section 257.18, subsection 3, and 4 4 section 257.27, a school district participating in an 4 5 instructional support program on or after July 1, 1995, which 4 6 reorganizes effective July 1, 1996, may continue to 4 7 participate in the instructional support program for the 4 8 budget year beginning July 1, 1996. The percent of income 4 9 surtax imposed for the budget year beginning July 1, 1996, by 4 10 the board of directors of the school district that reorganizes 4 11 effective July 1, 1996, shall not exceed seventeen percent. 4 12 SF 2201 4 13 kh/cc/26
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