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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 20, Code 1997, is 1 2 amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. Section 279.35, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 4 follows: 1 5 279.35 PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS. 1 6 The proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special 1 7 meeting of the board, including the schedule of bills allowed, 1 8 shall be published after the adjournment of the meeting in the 1 9 manner provided in this section and section 279.36, and the 1 10 publication of the schedule of the bills allowed shall include 1 11 a list of claims allowed, including salary claims for services 1 12 performed. The schedule of bills allowed may be published on 1 13 a once monthly basis in lieu of publication with the 1 14 proceedings of each meeting of the board. The list of claims 1 15 allowed shall include the name of the person or firm making 1 16 the claim, the purpose of the claim, and the amount of the 1 17 claim. The schedule of bills and claims for reimbursement of 1 18 tuition and fees to parents, guardians, legal or actual 1 19 custodians, or students, that result from any fee waiver 1 20 policy, shall not be published. However, salaries paid to 1 21 individuals regularly employed by the district shall only be 1 22 published annually and the publication shall include the total 1 23 amount of the annual salary of each employee. The secretary 1 24 shall furnish a copy of the proceedings to be published within 1 25 two weeks following the adjournment of the meeting. 1 26 Sec. 3. Section 282.1A, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 27 amended to read as follows: 1 28 1. A board of directors of a public school district may, 1 29 subject to the approval of the department of education, 1 30 provide an extended school program for residents of the 1 31 district who are over the maximum school age established in 1 32 section 282.1, who do not possess a high school diploma or a 1 33 high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A, and who 1 34 are currently enrolled in an education program in the 1 35 district. The educational program may be separate from or 2 1 integrated into the regular school program. Residents 2 2 attending the program shall be included in the district's 2 3 basic enrollment and shall attend on a tuition-free basis. A 2 4 district may also provide services to nonresidents under this 2 5 section, and those persons shall be chargedasufficient 2 6 tuitionfeeto cover the cost of the instruction received by 2 7 the person as provided in section 282.6. 2 8 Sec. 4. Section 282.6, Code 1997, is amended to read as 2 9 follows: 2 10 282.6 TUITION AND FEES. 2 11 1. Every school shall be free of tuition to all actual 2 12 residents between the ages of five and twenty-one years and to 2 13 resident honorably dischargedsoldiers, sailors, and marines2 14 military personnel, as many months after becoming twenty-one 2 15 years of age as they have spent in the military or naval 2 16 service of the United States before they became twenty-one, 2 17 provided, however,feestuition may be charged covering 2 18 instructional costs for a summer school ordriversdriver 2 19 education program. The board ofeducationdirectors of a 2 20 school district may, in a hardship case, exempt a student from 2 21 payment of the abovefeestuition. Every person, however, who 2 22shall attend anyattends a public school after graduation from 2 23 a four-year course in an approved high school or its 2 24 equivalent shall be chargedasufficient tuitionfeeto cover 2 25 the cost of the instruction received bysuchthe person. 2 26This section shall not apply to tuition authorized by2 27chapter 260C.2 28 2. The board of directors of a school district may charge 2 29 reasonable fees, not to exceed the costs, for the following: 2 30 a. Textbooks as defined in section 301.1. 2 31 b. Eye-protective devices required under section 280.10. 2 32 c. Ear-protective devices required under section 280.11. 2 33 d. Towel service, uniform or robe cleaning or rental, 2 34 graduation cap and gown rental, musical instrument rental, 2 35 parking permits, and padlock rental. 3 1 e. Costs associated with participation in school-sponsored 3 2 activity programs if student participation is not required. 3 3 f. Transportation for resident pupils attending public 3 4 school who are not entitled to transportation under section 3 5 285.1. 3 6 g. Admission for students and other persons to school- 3 7 sponsored activities if student attendance is not required. 3 8 h. School supplies, materials, and services that are not 3 9 essential to a student's participation in, and that are not 3 10 required as part of, the educational program under section 3 11 256.11. For purposes of this paragraph, "services" are 3 12 limited to child care, preschool programs, and internet or 3 13 other on-line computer services. 3 14 i. Materials essential to a student's participation in 3 15 music, visual arts, and vocational services areas that are 3 16 required as part of the educational program under section 3 17 256.11 for grades nine through twelve. 3 18 3. The board of directors of a school district shall adopt 3 19 a fee waiver policy. The policy adopted may waive any fee, or 3 20 any portion of a fee, permitted under this section. 3 21 4. For purposes of this section, "resident" means a person 3 22 who is physically present in a district, whose residence has 3 23 not been established in another district by operation of law, 3 24 and who meets any of the following conditions: 3 251.a. Is in the district for the purpose of making a home 3 26 and not solely for school purposes. 3 272.b. Meets the definitional requirements of the term 3 28 "homeless individual" under 42 U.S.C. } 11302(a) and (c). 3 293.c. Lives in a residential correctional facility in the 3 30 district. 3 31 5. This section shall not apply to tuition or fees 3 32 authorized by chapters 260C and 261C. 3 33 Sec. 5. Section 301.1, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997, 3 34 is amended to read as follows: 3 35 Textbooks adopted and purchased by a school district may, 4 1 and shall to the extent funds are appropriated by the general 4 2 assembly, be made available to pupils attending nonpublic 4 3 schools upon request of the pupil or the pupil's parent under 4 4 comparable terms as made available to pupils attending public 4 5 schools. As used in thisparagraphsection, "textbooks" means 4 6 books and loose-leaf or bound manuals, systems of reusable 4 7 instructional materials or combinations of books and 4 8 supplementary instructional materials which convey information 4 9 to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning 4 10 process, or electronic textbooks, including but not limited to 4 11 computer software, applications using computer-assisted 4 12 instruction, interactive videodisc, and other computer 4 13 courseware and magnetic media. 4 14 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 4 15 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 4 16 EXPLANATION 4 17 This bill authorizes public school districts to charge a 4 18 reasonable fee to cover the district costs for certain 4 19 products or services supplied to students. The bill also 4 20 requires the board of directors of a school district to 4 21 establish a fee waiver policy. The policy adopted may waive 4 22 any fee, or portion of a fee, permitted under the bill. 4 23 The schedule of bills and claims paid by school districts 4 24 for reimbursement of tuition and fees to parents, guardians, 4 25 legal or actual custodians, or students as a result of any fee 4 26 waiver policy shall not be published, as provided in the bill. 4 27 The bill takes effect upon enactment. 4 28 LSB 1316SV 77 4 29 kh/sc/14
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