House File 458 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  WHITAKER


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act restricting students from open enrolling to school
  2    districts that have been designated as school districts in
  3    need of assistance as part of the federal No Child Left Behind
  4    Act.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2375YH 82
  7 ak/es/88

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 2, unnumbered
  1  2 paragraph 2, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The board of the receiving district shall enroll the pupil
  1  4 in a school in the receiving district for the following school
  1  5 year unless the receiving district does not have classroom
  1  6 space for the pupil or the school district has been designated
  1  7 a school district in need of assistance as part of the federal
  1  8 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, Pub. L. No. 107=110.  An
  1  9 exception may be made if the pupil requesting the transfer has
  1 10 a sibling who is already participating in open enrollment to
  1 11 the school district in need of assistance.  The board of
  1 12 directors of a receiving district may adopt a policy granting
  1 13 the superintendent of the school district authority to approve
  1 14 open enrollment applications.  If the request is granted, the
  1 15 board shall transmit a copy of the form to the parent or
  1 16 guardian and the school district of residence within five days
  1 17 after board action, but not later than June 1 of the preceding
  1 18 school year.  The parent or guardian may withdraw the request
  1 19 at any time prior to the start of the school year.  A denial
  1 20 of a request by the board of a receiving district is not
  1 21 subject to appeal.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill prevents students from using open enrollment to
  1 24 transfer to a school district that has been designated as a
  1 25 school district in need of assistance as part of the federal
  1 26 No Child Left Behind Act.  The bill provides that an exception
  1 27 may be made if the student requesting the transfer has a
  1 28 sibling who is already participating in open enrollment to the
  1 29 school district in need of assistance.
  1 30 LSB 2375YH 82
  1 31 ak:nh/es/88