House File 2039 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY BERRY
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act raising the compulsory education attendance age, providing
2 for related matters, and providing an effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 299.1A, Code 2007, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 299.1A COMPULSORY ATTENDANCE AGE.
1 4 A Except as provided in section 299.2, a child who has
1 5 reached the age of six and is under sixteen eighteen years of
1 6 age by September 15 is of compulsory attendance age. However,
1 7 if a child enrolled in a school district or accredited
1 8 nonpublic school reaches the age of sixteen eighteen on or
1 9 after September 15, the child remains of compulsory age until
1 10 the end of the regular school calendar.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 299A.8, Code Supplement 2007, is amended
1 12 to read as follows:
1 13 299A.8 DUAL ENROLLMENT.
1 14 If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is
1 15 receiving competent private instruction under this chapter or
1 16 a child over compulsory age who is receiving private
1 17 instruction submits a request, the child shall also be
1 18 registered in a public school for dual enrollment purposes.
1 19 If the child is enrolled in a public school district for dual
1 20 enrollment purposes, the child shall be permitted to
1 21 participate in any academic activities in the district and
1 22 shall also be permitted to participate on the same basis as
1 23 public school children in any extracurricular activities
1 24 available to children in the child's grade or group, and the
1 25 parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall not be required to
1 26 pay the costs of any annual evaluation under this chapter. If
1 27 the child is enrolled for dual enrollment purposes, the child
1 28 shall be included in the public school's basic enrollment
1 29 under section 257.6. A pupil who is participating only in
1 30 extracurricular activities shall be counted under section
1 31 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph (6). A pupil
1 32 enrolled in grades nine through twelve under this section
1 33 shall be counted in the same manner as a shared=time pupil
1 34 under section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph "a", subparagraph
1 35 (3).
2 1 Sec. 3. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
2 2 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
2 3 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
2 4 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
2 5 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
2 6 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
2 7 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
2 8 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
2 9 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
2 10 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
2 11 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1,
2 12 2009.
2 13 EXPLANATION
2 14 This bill raises the compulsory school attendance age from
2 15 16 to 18 years of age. The bill includes technical amendments
2 16 to eliminate a reference to the compulsory attendance age for
2 17 purposes of dual enrollment.
2 18 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 19 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 20 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 21 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 22 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 23 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 24 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 25 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
2 26 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
2 27 state mandates included in the bill.
2 28 The bill takes effect July 1, 2009.
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