House File 440 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  PETTENGILL


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the Iowa braille school library within the
  2    Iowa braille and sight saving school at Vinton.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2595HH 82
  5 kh/es/88

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 270.10, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The state board of regents shall not merge the school for
  1  4 the deaf at Council Bluffs with the Iowa braille and sight
  1  5 saving school at Vinton, move the Iowa braille school library
  1  6 from the Iowa braille school library located in Vinton, or
  1  7 close either of those institutions the schools until all of
  1  8 the following requirements have been met:
  1  9                           EXPLANATION
  1 10    This bill provides that the Iowa braille school library at
  1 11 the Iowa braille and sight saving school at Vinton cannot be
  1 12 moved unless certain requirements are met.
  1 13    Current Code provides that the school for the deaf and the
  1 14 Iowa braille and sight saving school cannot be merged or
  1 15 closed unless the department of management has presented to
  1 16 the general assembly a comprehensive plan, program, and fiscal
  1 17 analysis of the existing circumstances and the circumstances
  1 18 which would prevail upon the proposed merger or closing,
  1 19 together with data which would support the contention that the
  1 20 merger or closing will be more efficient and effective than
  1 21 continuation of the existing facilities.  The general assembly
  1 22 must then study the plans, programs, and fiscal analysis and
  1 23 review their impact on the programs, and enact legislation
  1 24 authorizing either the closing or the merger to take effect
  1 25 not sooner than two years after the enactment of the
  1 26 legislation.  The bill adds to these requirements that the
  1 27 Iowa braille school library, as part of the Iowa braille and
  1 28 sight saving school, cannot be moved unless the Code
  1 29 requirements are met.
  1 30 LSB 2595HH 82
  1 31 kh:rj/es/88