House Journal: Page 785: Wednesday, March 13, 2002
29 the state board, surrender of accreditation, or
30 permanent closure of a nonpublic school, the failure
31 of negotiations for a whole-grade sharing,
32 reorganization, dissolution agreement or the rejection
33 of a current whole-grade sharing agreement, or
34 reorganization plan. If the good cause relates to a
35 change in status of a child's school district of
36 residence, however, action by a parent or guardian
37 must be taken to file the notification within forty-
38 five days of the last board action or within thirty
39 days of the certification of the election, whichever
40 is applicable to the circumstances.
41 c. If a resident district believes that a
42 receiving district is unreasonable in approving
43 applications submitted in accordance with this
44 subsection, the resident district may request that the
45 department review and take appropriate action.
46 5. Open enrollment applications filed after
47 January 1 of the preceding school year that do not
48 qualify for good cause as provided in subsection 4
49 shall be subject to the approval of the board of the
50 resident district and the board of the receiving
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1 district. The parent or guardian shall send
2 notification to the district of residence and the
3 receiving district that the parent or guardian seeks
4 to enroll the parent's or guardian's child in the
5 receiving district. A decision of either board to
6 deny an application filed under this subsection
7 involving repeated acts of harassment of the student
8 or serious health condition of the student that the
9 resident district cannot adequately address is subject
10 to appeal under section 290.1. The state board shall
11 exercise broad discretion to achieve just and
12 equitable results that are in the best interest of the
13 affected child or children.
14 Sec. . Section 282.18, subsection 6, Code 2001,
15 is amended to read as follows:
16 6. A request under this section is for a period of
17 not less than one year. If the request is for more
18 than one year and the parent or guardian desires to
19 have the pupil enroll in a different district, the
20 parent or guardian may petition the current receiving
21 district by January 1 of the previous school year for
22 permission to enroll the pupil in a different district
23 for a period of not less than one year. Upon receipt
24 of such a request, the current receiving district
25 board may act on the request to transfer to the other
26 school district at the next regularly scheduled board
27 meeting after the receipt of the request. The new
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