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House Journal: Page 1919: Wednesday, April 26, 1995

24   weapon to a school under the jurisdiction of the board
25   or the authorities.  However, the superintendent or
26   chief administering officer of a school or school
27   district may modify expulsion requirements on a case-
28   by-case basis.  This section shall not be construed to
29   prevent the board of directors of a school district or
30   the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school that
31   have expelled a student from the student's regular
32   school setting from providing educational services to
33   the student in an alternative setting.  If both this
34   section and section 282.4 apply, this section takes
35   precedence over section 282.4.  For purposes of this
36   section, "weapon" means a firearm as defined in 18
37   U.S.C. </g> 921.  This section shall be construed in a
38   manner consistent with the federal Individuals with
39   Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. </g> 1400 et seq."
40        .  Page 20, by inserting after line 16 the
41   following:
42     "Sec. ___.  Section 708.1, Code 1995, is amended by
43   adding the following new unnumbered paragraph:
44     NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  Provided, that where the
45   person doing any of the above enumerated acts is
46   employed by a school district or accredited nonpublic
47   school, or is an area education agency staff member
48   who provides services to a school or school district,
49   and intervenes in a fight or physical struggle, or
50   other disruptive situation, that takes place in the

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 1   presence of the employee or staff member performing
 2   employment duties in a school building, on school
 3   grounds, or at an official school function regardless
 4   of the location, the act shall not be an assault,
 5   whether the fight or physical struggle or other
 6   disruptive situation is between students or other
 7   individuals if the degree and the force of the
 8   intervention is reasonably necessary to restore order
 9   and to protect the safety of those assembled."
10        .  Page 22, by inserting after line 10 the
11   following:
12     "Sec. ___.  Section 808A.1, subsection 1, paragraph
13   d, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
14     d.  A school locker, desk, or other facility or
15   space issued or assigned to, or chosen by, the student
16   for the storage of personal belongings of any kind,
17   which the student locks or is permitted to lock.
18   School officials may conduct periodic inspections of
19   all school lockers or a randomly selected number of
20   school lockers.  However, the school district shall
21   provide notice to the students, at least twenty-four
22   hours prior to the inspection, of the date and time of
23   the inspection."
24        .  Page 23, by inserting after line 30 the

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