Senate File 515 S-3092 Amend Senate File 515 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 598.1, Code 2025, is amended by adding 4 the following new subsection: 5 NEW SUBSECTION . 2A. “Educational setting” means the 6 type of educational environment, not a specific school or 7 other geographic location, in which education is conducted. 8 “Educational setting” includes a public school, an accredited 9 nonpublic school, competent private instruction or independent 10 private instruction in accordance with the provisions of 11 chapter 299A, or any other method of educational instruction 12 that satisfies the compulsory education requirements of chapter 13 299. 14 Sec. 2. Section 598.10, subsection 1, Code 2025, is amended 15 by adding the following new paragraph: 16 NEW PARAGRAPH . c. If the parents are in disagreement over a 17 minor child’s educational setting, the court shall consider the 18 educational setting of the minor child in making a temporary 19 order for custody. There is a rebuttable presumption that 20 it is in the best interest of the minor child to remain in 21 the educational setting in which the minor child was enrolled 22 during the immediately preceding school year. The presumption 23 is rebuttable only by a preponderance of the evidence that such 24 educational setting is not in the best interest of the child. 25 Sec. 3. Section 598.41, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 26 following new subsections: 27 NEW SUBSECTION . 4A. If joint legal custody is awarded 28 to both parents, but the parents are in disagreement over a 29 minor child’s educational setting, the court shall consider, 30 and include a provision in the custody order regarding, the 31 educational setting of the minor child. There is a rebuttable 32 presumption that it is in the best interest of the minor child 33 to remain in the educational setting in which the minor child 34 was enrolled during the immediately preceding school year. 35 -1- SF 515.1454 (1) 91 cm/jh 1/ 2 #1.
The presumption is rebuttable only by a preponderance of the 1 evidence that such educational setting is not in the best 2 interest of the child. 3 NEW SUBSECTION . 10. All orders relating to custody of a 4 child shall specify the rights and responsibilities of each 5 parent relative to the minor child’s educational setting. 6 The order shall, at a minimum, specify a parent’s rights 7 and responsibilities regarding physical access to the child 8 during the school day; access to records involving the health, 9 education, and welfare of the child; decision-making authority 10 including instances when parental consent or authorization is 11 required; and the removal of the child from the premises of the 12 educational setting during school hours. However, the order 13 shall not require that a parent have physical access to a child 14 during the school day or be allowed to remove the child from 15 the premises of the educational setting during school hours 16 if the child is being provided competent private instruction 17 or independent private instruction in the home of the other 18 parent in accordance with chapter 299A. This exception shall 19 not apply to competent private instruction or independent 20 private instruction being given at a location outside the home 21 of either parent. Any parent with legal custody of the child 22 shall provide a copy of the order to the educational setting 23 and to the school district of the child to whom the order 24 applies. > 25 ______________________________ HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH -2- SF 515.1454 (1) 91 cm/jh 2/ 2