Senate File 172
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SF 31)
(COMPANION TO HF 13 BY WISE)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the establishment of a public charter school
2 pilot program and providing effective and applicability dates.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 256F.3, subsection 1, as enacted by
1 2 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 3, is amended to read as
1 3 follows:
1 4 1. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2002,
1 5 the The state board of education shall apply for a federal
1 6 grant under Pub. L. No. 107=110, cited as the federal No Child
1 7 Left Behind Act of 2001 (Title V, Part B, Subpart 1), for
1 8 purposes of providing financial assistance for the planning,
1 9 program design, and initial implementation of public charter
1 10 schools. The department shall initiate a pilot program to
1 11 test the effectiveness of charter schools and shall implement
1 12 the applicable provisions of this chapter.
1 13 Sec. 2. Section 256F.4, subsections 1 and 3, as enacted by
1 14 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 4, are amended to read
1 15 as follows:
1 16 1. Within fifteen days after approval of a charter school
1 17 application submitted in accordance with section 256F.3,
1 18 subsection 2, a school board shall report to the department
1 19 the name of the charter school applicant entry, the proposed
1 20 charter school location, and its projected enrollment.
1 21 3. A charter school shall not discriminate in its student
1 22 admissions policies or practices on the basis of intellectual
1 23 or athletic ability, measures of achievement or aptitude, or
1 24 status as a person with a disability. However, a charter
1 25 school may limit admission to students who are within a
1 26 particular range of age ages or grade level levels or on any
1 27 other basis that would be legal if initiated by a school
1 28 district. Enrollment priority shall be given to the siblings
1 29 of students enrolled in a charter school.
1 30 Sec. 3. Section 256F.11, as enacted by 2002 Iowa Acts,
1 31 chapter 1124, section 11, is amended to read as follows:
1 32 SEC. 11. NEW SECTION. 256F.11 FUTURE REPEAL.
1 33 This chapter is repealed effective July 1, 2010 2011.
1 34 Sec. 4. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 12, is
1 35 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
2 1 the following:
2 2 SEC. 12. Section 257.31, subsection 5, paragraph d, Code
2 3 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 4 d. The closing of a nonpublic school, wholly or in part,
2 5 or the opening or closing of a pilot charter school.
2 6 Sec. 5. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 13, is
2 7 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
2 8 the following:
2 9 SEC. 13. Section 282.18, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
2 10 2003, is amended to read as follows:
2 11 b. For purposes of this section, "good cause" means a
2 12 change in a child's residence due to a change in family
2 13 residence, a change in the state in which the family residence
2 14 is located, a change in a child's parents' marital status, a
2 15 guardianship or custody proceeding, placement in foster care,
2 16 adoption, participation in a foreign exchange program, or
2 17 participation in a substance abuse or mental health treatment
2 18 program, a change in the status of a child's resident district
2 19 such as removal of accreditation by the state board, surrender
2 20 of accreditation, or permanent closure of a nonpublic school,
2 21 revocation of a charter school contract as provided in section
2 22 256F.8, the failure of negotiations for a whole=grade sharing,
2 23 reorganization, dissolution agreement or the rejection of a
2 24 current whole=grade sharing agreement, or reorganization plan.
2 25 If the good cause relates to a change in status of a child's
2 26 school district of residence, however, action by a parent or
2 27 guardian must be taken to file the notification within forty=
2 28 five days of the last board action or within thirty days of
2 29 the certification of the election, whichever is applicable to
2 30 the circumstances.
2 31 Sec. 6. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 14, as
2 32 amended by 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1175, section 96, is
2 33 amended to read as follows:
2 34 SEC. 14. EXPEDITED APPLICATION PROCEDURE. The state board
2 35 of education shall develop an expedited charter school
3 1 application procedure for the fiscal year beginning not later
3 2 than July 1, 2002 2004, for purposes of receiving distributing
3 3 federal planning funds issued pursuant to the federal
3 4 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title X, Part
3 5 C, as codified in 20 U.S.C. }} 8061=8067.
3 6 Sec. 7. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1124, section 16, is
3 7 amended by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
3 8 the following:
3 9 SEC. 16. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies on the date
3 10 by which the department of education initiates implementation
3 11 in accordance with the provisions of section 256F.3,
3 12 subsection 1. The department of education shall notify the
3 13 Code editor upon initiating implementation in accordance with
3 14 this section and section 256F.3, subsection 1.
3 15 Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
3 16 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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