Senate Amendment 3068


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 152 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 5, line 34, by striking the words <FOSTER
     1  3 CARE FACILITY> and inserting the following:
     1  4 <SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR FOSTER CARE FACILITY PLACEMENT>.
     1  5 #2.  Page 6, line 5, by striking the words
     1  6 <receiving foster care> and inserting the following:
     1  7 <receiving foster care entering the facility>.
     1  8 #3.  Page 6, by striking lines 7 through 16 and
     1  9 inserting the following:
     1 10    <2.  A child who is living in a licensed individual
     1 11 or agency child foster care facility, as defined in
     1 12 section 237.1, or in an unlicensed relative foster
     1 13 care placement, shall remain enrolled in and attend an
     1 14 accredited school in the school district in which the
     1 15 child resided and is enrolled at the time of
     1 16 placement, unless it is determined by the juvenile
     1 17 court or the public or private agency of this state
     1 18 that has responsibility for the child's placement that
     1 19 remaining in such school is not in the best interests
     1 20 of the child.  If such a determination is made, the
     1 21 child may attend an accredited school located in the
     1 22 school district in which the child is living and not
     1 23 in the school district in which the child resided
     1 24 prior to receiving foster care.>
     1 25 #4.  Page 6, by inserting after line 21 the
     1 26 following:
     1 27    <Sec.    .  Section 282.29, Code 2009, is amended
     1 28 to read as follows:
     1 29    282.29  CHILDREN PLACED BY DISTRICT COURT.
     1 30    Notwithstanding section 282.31, subsection 1, a
     1 31 child who has been identified as requiring special
     1 32 education, who has been placed in a facility, or home,
     1 33 or other placement by the district court, and for whom
     1 34 parental rights have been terminated by the district
     1 35 court, shall be provided special education programs
     1 36 and services on the same basis as the programs and
     1 37 services are provided for children requiring special
     1 38 education who are residents of the school district in
     1 39 which the child has been placed.  The special
     1 40 education instructional costs shall be paid as
     1 41 provided in section 282.31, subsection 2 or 3.>
     1 42 #5.  Page 6, by striking line 24 and inserting the
     1 43 following:
     1 44    <(1)  A child who lives in a facility or other
     1 45 placement pursuant to section 282.19, and who does not
     1 46 require special education and who is enrolled in the
     1 47 educational program of the district of residence at
     1 48 the time the child is placed, shall be included in the
     1 49 basic enrollment of the school district in which the
     1 50 child is enrolled.  A child who lives in a facility or
     2  1 home other>.
     2  2 #6.  Page 6, line 29, by striking the words
     2  3 <facility, or home, or> and inserting the following:
     2  4 <facility or home>.
     2  5 #7.  Page 6, line 33, by striking the word <,
     2  6 home,>.
     2  7 #8.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     2 11 KEITH A. KREIMAN
     2 12 SF 152.701 83
     2 13 jp/rj/12096

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