House Journal: Page 783: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
31 approval of the director of the department of
32 education, if approval of the director is required,
33 the The board shall invite bids, by advertisement
34 published once each week for two consecutive weeks in
35 the county where the building is to be located. The
36 lease agreement shall be awarded to the lowest
37 responsible bidder, or the board may reject all bids
38 and readvertise for new bids.
39 Sec. . Section 282.18, subsection 2, Code 2001,
40 is amended to read as follows:
41 2. By January 1 of the preceding school year, the
42 parent or guardian shall send notification to the
43 district of residence and the receiving district, on
44 forms prescribed by the department of education, that
45 the parent or guardian intends to enroll the parent's
46 or guardian's child in a public school in another
47 school district. If a parent or guardian fails to
48 file a notification that the parent intends to enroll
49 the parent's or guardian's child in a public school in
50 another district by the deadline of January 1 of the
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1 previous year, and one of the criteria defined in
2 subsection 16 4 exists for the failure to meet the
3 deadline or if the request is to enroll a child in
4 kindergarten in a public school in another district,
5 the parent or guardian shall be permitted to enroll
6 the child in the other district in the same manner as
7 if the deadline had been met.
8 The board of directors of a school district may
9 adopt a policy granting the superintendent of the
10 district authority to approve open enrollment
11 applications that are timely filed. However, the
12 board of directors shall not grant the superintendent
13 authority to deny open enrollment applications, except
14 as provided in subsection 3. The board of the
15 district of residence, or the superintendent with the
16 board's authority to only approve applications, shall
17 take action on the request no later than February 1 of
18 the preceding school year and shall transmit any
19 approved request within five days after board action
20 on the request. The parent or guardian may withdraw
21 the request at any time prior to the start of the
22 school year. The board of the receiving district, or
23 the superintendent with the board's authority to
24 approve applications only, shall take action to
25 approve or disapprove the request no later than March
26 1 of the preceding school year. The board of the
27 receiving district shall enroll the pupil in a school
28 in the receiving district for the following school
29 year unless the receiving district does not have
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