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PAG LIN 1 1 SENATE FILE 172 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL PILOT 1 5 PROGRAM AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. 1 6 1 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 8 1 9 Section 1. Section 256F.3, subsection 1, as enacted by 1 10 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 3, is amended to read as 1 11 follows: 1 12 1.Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2002,1 13theThe state board of education shall apply for a federal 1 14 grant under Pub. L. No. 107-110, cited as the federal No Child 1 15 Left Behind Act of 2001 (Title V, Part B, Subpart 1), for 1 16 purposes of providing financial assistance for the planning, 1 17 program design, and initial implementation of public charter 1 18 schools. The department shall initiate a pilot program to 1 19 test the effectiveness of charter schools and shall implement 1 20 the applicable provisions of this chapter. 1 21 Sec. 2. Section 256F.4, subsections 1 and 3, as enacted by 1 22 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 4, are amended to read 1 23 as follows: 1 24 1. Within fifteen days after approval of a charter school 1 25 application submitted in accordance with section 256F.3, 1 26 subsection 2, a school board shall report to the department 1 27 the name of the charter school applicantentry, the proposed 1 28 charter school location, and its projected enrollment. 1 29 3. A charter school shall not discriminate in its student 1 30 admissions policies or practices on the basis of intellectual 1 31 or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or 1 32 status as a person with a disability. However, a charter 1 33 school may limit admission to students who are within a 1 34 particular range ofageages or gradelevellevels or on any 1 35 other basis that would be legal if initiated by a school 2 1 district. Enrollment priority shall be given to the siblings 2 2 of students enrolled in a charter school. 2 3 Sec. 3. Section 256F.11, as enacted by 2002 Iowa Acts, 2 4 chapter 1124, section 11, is amended to read as follows: 2 5 SEC. 11. NEW SECTION. 256F.11 FUTURE REPEAL. 2 6 This chapter is repealed effective July 1,20102011. 2 7 Sec. 4. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 12, is 2 8 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 2 9 the following: 2 10 SEC. 12. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code 2 11 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2 12 d. The closing of a nonpublic school, wholly or in part, 2 13 or the opening or closing of a pilot charter school. 2 14 Sec. 5. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 13, is 2 15 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 2 16 the following: 2 17 SEC. 13. Section 282.18, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code 2 18 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2 19 b. For purposes of this section, "good cause" means a 2 20 change in a child's residence due to a change in family 2 21 residence, a change in the state in which the family residence 2 22 is located, a change in a child's parents' marital status, a 2 23 guardianship or custody proceeding, placement in foster care, 2 24 adoption, participation in a foreign exchange program, or 2 25 participation in a substance abuse or mental health treatment 2 26 program, a change in the status of a child's resident district 2 27 such as removal of accreditation by the state board, surrender 2 28 of accreditation, or permanent closure of a nonpublic school, 2 29 revocation of a charter school contract as provided in section 2 30 256F.8, the failure of negotiations for a whole-grade sharing, 2 31 reorganization, dissolution agreement or the rejection of a 2 32 current whole-grade sharing agreement, or reorganization plan. 2 33 If the good cause relates to a change in status of a child's 2 34 school district of residence, however, action by a parent or 2 35 guardian must be taken to file the notification within forty- 3 1 five days of the last board action or within thirty days of 3 2 the certification of the election, whichever is applicable to 3 3 the circumstances. 3 4 Sec. 6. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 14, as 3 5 amended by 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 96, is 3 6 amended to read as follows: 3 7 SEC. 14. EXPEDITED APPLICATION PROCEDURE. The state board 3 8 of education shall develop an expedited charter school 3 9 application procedurefor the fiscal year beginningnot later 3 10 than July 1,20022004, for purposes ofreceivingdistributing 3 11 federal planning funds issued pursuant to the federal 3 12 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title X, Part 3 13 C, as codified in 20 U.S.C. }} 8061-8067. 3 14 Sec. 7. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 16, is 3 15 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof 3 16 the following: 3 17 SEC. 16. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies on the date 3 18 by which the department of education initiates implementation 3 19 in accordance with the provisions of section 256F.3, 3 20 subsection 1. The department of education shall notify the 3 21 Code editor upon initiating implementation in accordance with 3 22 this section and section 256F.3, subsection 1. 3 23 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of 3 24 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 25 3 26 3 27 3 28 MARY E. KRAMER 3 29 President of the Senate 3 30 3 31 3 32 3 33 CHRISTOPHER C. RANTS 3 34 Speaker of the House 3 35 4 1 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and 4 2 is known as Senate File 172, Eightieth General Assembly. 4 3 4 4 4 5 4 6 MICHAEL E. MARSHALL 4 7 Secretary of the Senate 4 8 Approved , 2003 4 9 4 10 4 11 4 12 THOMAS J. VILSACK 4 13 Governor
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