Senate File 2111 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3009)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to requirements for blood lead testing and dental
2 screening of children.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 135.17, subsection 2, as enacted by
1 2 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 146, section 1, is amended to read as
1 3 follows:
1 4 2. Each public and nonpublic school shall give notice of
1 5 the dental screening requirement to parents and guardians of
1 6 students enrolled or to be enrolled in the school at least
1 7 ninety days before the start of the school year by the start
1 8 of the school calendar in the manner prescribed by the
1 9 department.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 135.17, subsection 3, as enacted by 2007
1 11 Iowa Acts, chapter 146, section 1, is amended by striking the
1 12 subsection.
1 13 Sec. 3. Section 135.17, subsection 4, as enacted by 2007
1 14 Iowa Acts, chapter 146, section 1, is amended to read as
1 15 follows:
1 16 4. Each By June 30 annually, each local board shall
1 17 furnish the department, within sixty days after the start of
1 18 the school year, with evidence that each person enrolled in
1 19 any public or nonpublic school within the local board's
1 20 jurisdiction has met the dental screening requirement in this
1 21 section.
1 22 Sec. 4. Section 135.105D, subsection 2, paragraphs b and
1 23 c, Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
1 24 b. A child of compulsory attendance age may be
1 25 provisionally enrolled in an elementary school if the child's
1 26 parent or guardian consents to have the child receive a blood
1 27 lead test as rapidly as is feasible but not later than sixty
1 28 days after the school calendar commences. The department
1 29 shall adopt rules relating to the provisional enrollment of
1 30 children to an elementary school in accordance with this
1 31 paragraph.
1 32 c. The board of directors of each school district and the
1 33 authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall give
1 34 notice of the blood lead test requirement to parents and
1 35 guardians of students enrolled or to be enrolled in the school
2 1 at least ninety days before by the start of the school year
2 2 calendar in the manner prescribed by the department.
2 3 Sec. 5. Section 135.105D, subsection 3, Code Supplement
2 4 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 5 3. The board of directors of each school district and the
2 6 authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall furnish
2 7 the department, in the format specified by the department,
2 8 within sixty days after the first official day start of the
2 9 school calendar, evidence that each child a list of the
2 10 children enrolled in any elementary school has either been
2 11 tested as required in subsection 2 or received a waiver under
2 12 subsection 4 kindergarten. The department shall notify the
2 13 school districts and nonpublic schools of the children who
2 14 have not met the blood lead testing requirements set forth in
2 15 this section and shall work with the school districts,
2 16 nonpublic schools, and the local childhood lead poisoning
2 17 prevention programs to assure that these children are tested
2 18 as required by this section.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 This bill relates to the school enrollment and notice
2 21 requirements for blood lead testing and dental screening of a
2 22 child who is enrolled in or enrolling in a school district or
2 23 accredited nonpublic school.
2 24 The bill strikes from the new Code section regulating
2 25 dental screening of children, which takes effect July 1, 2008,
2 26 a provision addressing the provisional enrollment in school of
2 27 persons in the process of obtaining a dental screening. The
2 28 provision, enacted pursuant to 2007 Iowa Acts, chapter 146,
2 29 section 1, provided that a person could be enrolled in a
2 30 school district or accredited nonpublic school if the person
2 31 is in the process of obtaining a dental screening.
2 32 The bill permits a child to be enrolled in school, rather
2 33 than provisionally enrolled, if the child's parent or guardian
2 34 consents to have the child receive a blood lead test as
2 35 rapidly as is feasible. Currently, the Code requires that as
3 1 a condition of the provisional enrollment, a parent or
3 2 guardian must consent to have the child receive the test not
3 3 later than 60 days after the school calendar commences.
3 4 The bill requires school districts and schools by the start
3 5 of the school calendar to give notice of the blood lead
3 6 testing and dental screening requirements to parents and
3 7 guardians of children who are or are to be enrolled in school.
3 8 Currently, notice is required at least 90 days prior to the
3 9 start of the school year.
3 10 The bill replaces the deadline by which school districts
3 11 and schools must provide evidence to the department of public
3 12 health that each child enrolled in elementary school had a
3 13 blood lead test or received a waiver on religious grounds, as
3 14 well as the deadline by which local boards of health must
3 15 furnish the department with evidence that each person enrolled
3 16 in a school within the board's jurisdiction has met the dental
3 17 screening requirement. Under the bill, school districts and
3 18 schools must provide the department, within 60 days after the
3 19 school calendar start date, with a list of the children
3 20 enrolled in kindergarten. The department of public health is
3 21 directed to notify the school districts and schools of the
3 22 children who have not met the blood lead testing requirements
3 23 and must work with the districts, schools, and local childhood
3 24 lead poisoning prevention programs to assure that these
3 25 children are tested. The bill requires the local boards of
3 26 health to furnish the department with evidence, by June 30
3 27 annually, that each student enrolled in a school within the
3 28 local board's jurisdiction has met the dental screening
3 29 requirements.
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