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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 22.7, Code 1997, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 37. The schedule of bills and claims paid 1 4 by school districts for reimbursement of tuition and fees to 1 5 parents, guardians, legal or actual custodians, or students as 1 6 a result of any fee waiver policy. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 256.7, subsection 20, Code 1997, is 1 8 amended by striking the subsection. 1 9 Sec. 3. Section 279.35, Code 1997, is amended to read as 1 10 follows: 1 11 279.35 PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS. 1 12 The proceedings of each regular, adjourned, or special 1 13 meeting of the board, including the schedule of bills allowed, 1 14 shall be published after the adjournment of the meeting in the 1 15 manner provided in this section and section 279.36, and the 1 16 publication of the schedule of the bills allowed shall include 1 17 a list of claims allowed, including salary claims for services 1 18 performed. The schedule of bills allowed may be published on 1 19 a once monthly basis in lieu of publication with the 1 20 proceedings of each meeting of the board. The list of claims 1 21 allowed shall include the name of the person or firm making 1 22 the claim, the purpose of the claim, and the amount of the 1 23 claim. The schedule of bills and claims for reimbursement of 1 24 tuition and fees to parents, guardians, legal or actual 1 25 custodians, or students, that result from any fee waiver 1 26 policy, shall not be published and are considered confidential 1 27 records under section 22.7. However, salaries paid to 1 28 individuals regularly employed by the district shall only be 1 29 published annually and the publication shall include the total 1 30 amount of the annual salary of each employee. The secretary 1 31 shall furnish a copy of the proceedings to be published within 1 32 two weeks following the adjournment of the meeting. 1 33 Sec. 4. Section 282.1A, subsection 1, Code 1997, is 1 34 amended to read as follows: 1 35 1. A board of directors of a public school district may, 2 1 subject to the approval of the department of education, 2 2 provide an extended school program for residents of the 2 3 district who are over the maximum school age established in 2 4 section 282.1, who do not possess a high school diploma or a 2 5 high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A, and who 2 6 are currently enrolled in an education program in the 2 7 district. The educational program may be separate from or 2 8 integrated into the regular school program. Residents 2 9 attending the program shall be included in the district's 2 10 basic enrollment and shall attend on a tuition-free basis. A 2 11 district may also provide services to nonresidents under this 2 12 section, and those persons shall be chargedasufficient 2 13 tuitionfeeto cover the cost of the instruction received by 2 14 the person as provided in section 282.6. 2 15 Sec. 5. Section 282.6, Code 1997, is amended to read as 2 16 follows: 2 17 282.6 TUITION AND FEES. 2 18 1. This section shall be construed broadly to effectuate 2 19 its purposes to permit school districts to provide a wide 2 20 range of tuition-free educational choices for Iowa resident 2 21 students enrolled in public schools in this state and to 2 22 maximize the ability of students to use those choices in order 2 23 to access educational opportunities. 2 24 2. Every school shall be free of tuition to all actual 2 25 residents between the ages of five and twenty-one years and to 2 26 resident honorably dischargedsoldiers, sailors, and marines2 27 military personnel, as many months after becoming twenty-one 2 28 years of age as they have spent in the military or naval 2 29 service of the United States before they became twenty-one, 2 30 provided, however,feestuition may be charged covering 2 31 instructional costs for a summer school ordriversdriver 2 32 education program.The board of education may, in a hardship2 33case, exempt a student from payment of the above fees.Every 2 34 person, however, whoshall attend anyattends a public school 2 35 after graduation from a four-year course in an approved high 3 1 school or its equivalent shall be chargedasufficient tuition 3 2feeto cover the cost of the instruction received bysuchthe 3 3 person. 3 4This section shall not apply to tuition authorized by3 5chapter 260C.3 6 3. Boards of school districts may charge reasonable fees, 3 7 not to exceed the costs, for the following: 3 8 a. Textbooks as defined in section 301.1. 3 9 b. Eye-protective devices required under section 280.10. 3 10 c. Ear-protective devices required under section 280.11. 3 11 d. Services provided and rental of school property limited 3 12 to towel service, uniform or robe cleaning or rental, 3 13 graduation cap and gown rental, musical instrument rental, 3 14 parking permits, and padlock rental. 3 15 e. Costs associated with participation in school-sponsored 3 16 activity programs if student participation is not required. 3 17 f. Transportation for resident pupils attending public 3 18 school who are not entitled to transportation under section 3 19 285.1. 3 20 g. Admission for students and other persons to school- 3 21 sponsored activities if student attendance is not required. 3 22 h. School supplies that are not essential to participation 3 23 in the educational program under section 256.11. 3 24 i. Items and materials that become property of the student 3 25 and are not essential to the educational program under section 3 26 256.11. 3 27 j. Services provided that are not required as part of the 3 28 educational program under section 256.11, limited to child 3 29 care, preschool programs, and Internet or other on-line 3 30 computer services. 3 31 4. The state board of education shall adopt tuition and 3 32 fee waiver rules that at a minimum do the following: 3 33 a. Require a waiver of tuition and fees for indigent 3 34 families for the following: 3 35 (1) Driver education offered during the regular school 4 1 year. 4 2 (2) Driver education when offered by a school district 4 3 only as a summer school program. 4 4 (3) Costs associated with student participation in a 4 5 school-sponsored activity program if student participation is 4 6 not required and if fund-raising activities are not available 4 7 to defray the student costs of participation. 4 8 (4) Transportation for resident pupils attending public 4 9 school who are not entitled to transportation under section 4 10 285.1 if the school district determines that the 4 11 transportation is necessary for safety purposes. 4 12 (5) Student fees included in subsection 3, paragraphs "a" 4 13 through "e". 4 14 b. Permit, at the discretion of the board of directors of 4 15 the school district, a full, partial, or temporary waiver of 4 16 fees for the following: 4 17 (1) Summer school tuition or summer school driver 4 18 education tuition when driver education is also offered during 4 19 the regular school year. 4 20 (2) Costs associated with student participation in a 4 21 school-sponsored activity program if student participation is 4 22 not required and if fund-raising activities are available to 4 23 defray the student costs of participation. 4 24 (3) Transportation for resident pupils attending public 4 25 school who are not entitled to transportation under section 4 26 285.1 if transportation is not for safety purposes. 4 27 (4) Student fees included in subsection 3, paragraphs "g" 4 28 through "j". 4 29 c. Require that items and materials resulting from a 4 30 student's efforts become the property of the student unless 4 31 impractical or in violation of state or federal law. 4 32 5. For purposes of this section, "resident" means a person 4 33 who is physically present in a district, whose residence has 4 34 not been established in another district by operation of law, 4 35 and who meets any of the following conditions: 5 11.a. Is in the district for the purpose of making a home 5 2 and not solely for school purposes. 5 32.b. Meets the definitional requirements of the term 5 4 "homeless individual" under 42 U.S.C. } 11302(a) and (c). 5 53.c. Lives in a residential correctional facility in the 5 6 district. 5 7 6. This section shall not apply to tuition or fees 5 8 authorized by chapters 260C and 261C. 5 9 Sec. 6. Section 301.1, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code 1997, 5 10 is amended to read as follows: 5 11 Textbooks adopted and purchased by a school district may, 5 12 and shall to the extent funds are appropriated by the general 5 13 assembly, be made available to pupils attending nonpublic 5 14 schools upon request of the pupil or the pupil's parent under 5 15 comparable terms as made available to pupils attending public 5 16 schools. As used in thisparagraphsection, "textbooks" means 5 17 books and loose-leaf or bound manuals, systems of reusable 5 18 instructional materials or combinations of books and 5 19 supplementary instructional materials which convey information 5 20 to the student or otherwise contribute to the learning 5 21 process, or electronic textbooks, including but not limited to 5 22 computer software, applications using computer-assisted 5 23 instruction, interactive videodisc, and other computer 5 24 courseware and magnetic media. 5 25 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 5 26 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 5 27 EXPLANATION 5 28 This bill authorizes public school districts to charge a 5 29 reasonable fee to cover the district costs for certain 5 30 products or services supplied to students. However, the bill 5 31 also requires the state board of education to establish 5 32 tuition and fee waiver rules for indigent families and 5 33 provides that items and materials resulting from a student's 5 34 efforts become the property of the student unless impractical 5 35 or a violation of state or federal law. 6 1 The bill communicates the intent of the general assembly to 6 2 permit a wide range of tuition-free educational choices for 6 3 Iowa's public school students. Those who would interpret the 6 4 provision relating to tuition and fees charged or waived by 6 5 school districts are directed to broadly construe the 6 6 provision in order to increase student choice and access to 6 7 educational opportunities. 6 8 The schedule of bills and claims paid by school districts 6 9 for reimbursement of tuition and fees to parents, guardians, 6 10 legal or actual custodians, or students as a result of any fee 6 11 waiver policy shall remain confidential, as provided in the 6 12 bill, unless otherwise ordered by a court, by the lawful 6 13 custodian of the records, or by another person duly authorized 6 14 to release the information. 6 15 The Act takes effect upon enactment. 6 16 LSB 1316DP 77 6 17 kh/sc/14.1
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