H-8050

   Amend House File 2409 as follows:
   1.  Page 2, by striking lines 5 through 11 and inserting: 
   <d.  Have access to and analyze response data from the Iowa youth survey conducted by the department of public health. The department may use its analysis to provide technical assistance to districts regarding their data outcomes.>
   2.  Page 3, after line 23 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 280.28, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:

   On or before September 1, 2007, the board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall adopt a policy declaring harassment and bullying in schools, on school property, and at any school function, or school-sponsored activity regardless of its location, in a manner consistent with this section, as against state and school policy. The board and the authorities shall make a copy of the policy available to all school employees, volunteers, students, and parents or guardians and shall take all appropriate steps to bring the policy against harassment and bullying and the responsibilities set forth in the policy to the attention of school employees, volunteers, students, and parents or guardians. Each policy shall, at a minimum, include all of the following components:>
   3.  Page 3, after line 34 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  Section 280.28, subsection 4, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2014, is amended to read as follows:

   The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school are is encouraged to establish programs designed to eliminate harassment and bullying in schools. To the extent that funds are available for these purposes, school districts and accredited nonpublic schools shall do the following:
   Sec. ___.  Section 280.28, subsections 5 and 6, Code 2014, are amended to read as follows:
   5.  Immunity.  A school employee, volunteer, or student, or a student’s parent or guardian who promptly, reasonably, and in good faith reports an incident of harassment or bullying, in compliance with the procedures in the policy adopted pursuant to this section, to the appropriate school official designated by the school district or accredited nonpublic school, shall be immune from civil or criminal liability relating to such report and to participation in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from or relating to the report.
   6.  Collection requirement.  The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall develop and maintain a system to collect harassment and bullying incidence data.>
   4.  Page 4, lines 3 and 4, by striking <and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school> and inserting <and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school>
   5.  Page 4, after line 34 by inserting: 
   <NEW SUBSECTION.  11.  Inapplicability.  This section does not apply to nonpublic schools or private instruction as defined in section 299A.1.>
   6.  By renumbering as necessary.

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ALONS of Sioux

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SALMON of Black Hawk

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WATTS of Dallas

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FISHER of Tama

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SHEETS of Appanoose

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HEARTSILL of Marion

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SCHULTZ of Crawford

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GASSMAN of Winnebago

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SHAW of Pocahontas

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MAXWELL of Poweshiek