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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
THE
TRANSPORTATION
TO
AND
FROM
SCHOOL
OF
PUPILS
PARTICIPATING
IN
OPEN
ENROLLMENT.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
8,
paragraphs
b
and
c,
Code
2024,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
(1)
A
receiving
district
with
a
total
enrollment
of
less
than
two
thousand
students
may
send
school
vehicles
not
more
than
two
miles
into
the
district
of
residence
of
the
pupil
using
the
open
enrollment
option
under
this
section
,
for
the
purpose
of
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
school
in
the
receiving
district,
if
the
boards
of
both
the
sending
and
receiving
districts
agree
to
this
arrangement
pupil’s
primary
residence
is
closer
to
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
attends
in
the
receiving
district
than
the
residence
is
to
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
would
be
assigned
in
the
sending
district
.
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
a
receiving
district
with
a
total
enrollment
of
greater
than
or
equal
to
two
thousand
students
may
send
school
vehicles
two
miles
or
more
into
the
district
of
residence
of
the
pupil
using
the
open
enrollment
option
under
this
section,
for
the
purpose
of
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
school
in
the
receiving
district,
regardless
of
the
distance
between
the
pupil’s
primary
residence
and
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
attends
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in
the
receiving
district
or
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
would
be
assigned
in
the
sending
district,
if
all
of
the
following
apply:
(a)
The
total
enrollment
of
the
pupil’s
district
of
residence
is
less
than
two
thousand
students.
(b)
The
pupil’s
district
of
residence
is
contiguous
to
the
receiving
district.
(c)
The
pupil’s
district
of
residence
has
sent
school
vehicles
into
the
receiving
district
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1).
(3)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1)
or
(2),
a
receiving
district
may
send
school
vehicles
into
the
district
of
residence
of
the
pupil
using
the
open
enrollment
option
under
this
section,
for
the
purpose
of
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
school
in
the
receiving
district,
if
the
boards
of
both
the
sending
and
receiving
districts
agree
to
this
arrangement.
c.
(1)
If
the
pupil
meets
the
economic
eligibility
requirements
established
by
the
department
and
state
board
of
education,
the
sending
district
is
responsible
for
providing
transportation
or
paying
the
pro
rata
cost
of
the
transportation
to
a
parent
or
guardian
for
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
a
point
on
a
regular
school
bus
route
of
a
contiguous
receiving
district
unless
the
cost
of
providing
transportation
or
the
pro
rata
cost
of
the
transportation
to
a
parent
or
guardian
exceeds
the
average
transportation
cost
per
pupil
transported
for
the
previous
school
year
in
the
district.
The
economic
eligibility
requirements
established
by
the
department
of
education
and
state
board
of
education
shall
minimally
include
those
pupils
with
household
incomes
of
two
hundred
percent
or
less
of
the
federal
poverty
level
as
defined
by
the
most
recently
revised
poverty
income
guidelines
published
by
the
United
States
department
of
health
and
human
services.
If
the
cost
exceeds
the
average
transportation
cost
per
pupil
transported
for
the
previous
school
year,
the
sending
district
shall
only
be
responsible
for
that
average
per
pupil
amount.
A
sending
district
which
provides
transportation
for
a
pupil
to
a
contiguous
receiving
district
under
this
subsection
may
withhold,
from
the
district
cost
per
pupil
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amount
that
is
to
be
paid
to
the
receiving
district,
an
amount
which
represents
the
average
or
pro
rata
cost
per
pupil
for
transportation,
whichever
is
less.
(2)
A
sending
district
shall
not
be
responsible
for
paying
a
parent
or
guardian
pursuant
to
subparagraph
(1)
if
the
pupil
is
transported
by
the
receiving
district
to
and
from
school
in
the
receiving
district
pursuant
to
paragraph
“b”
.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
AMY
SINCLAIR
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2278,
Ninetieth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2024
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor