House File 163 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  TYMESON


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing receiving school districts to send school
  2    vehicles into the district of residence to transport an
  3    open=enrolled pupil under certain circumstances.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1919HH 83
  6 kh/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 10, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    10.  Notwithstanding section 285.1 relating to
  1  4 transportation of nonresident pupils, the parent or guardian
  1  5 is responsible for transporting the pupil without
  1  6 reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school bus
  1  7 route of the receiving district.  However, a receiving
  1  8 district may send school vehicles into the district of
  1  9 residence of the pupil using the open enrollment option under
  1 10 this section, for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and
  1 11 from school in the receiving district, if the boards of both
  1 12 the sending and receiving districts agree to this arrangement
  1 13 the length of time added to the receiving district's bus route
  1 14 to transport the student does not cause the riding time for
  1 15 elementary students on the bus route to exceed one hour, or
  1 16 for high school pupils, seventy=five minutes, unless
  1 17 authorized by the parent or guardian of the child whose ride
  1 18 time exceeds the limit specified.  If the pupil meets the
  1 19 economic eligibility requirements established by the
  1 20 department and state board of education, the sending district
  1 21 is responsible for providing transportation or paying the pro
  1 22 rata cost of the transportation to a parent or guardian for
  1 23 transporting the pupil to and from a point on a regular school
  1 24 bus route of a contiguous receiving district unless the cost
  1 25 of providing transportation or the pro rata cost of the
  1 26 transportation to a parent or guardian exceeds the average
  1 27 transportation cost per pupil transported for the previous
  1 28 school year in the district.  If the cost exceeds the average
  1 29 transportation cost per pupil transported for the previous
  1 30 school year, the sending district shall only be responsible
  1 31 for that average per pupil amount.  A sending district which
  1 32 provides transportation for a pupil to a contiguous receiving
  1 33 district under this subsection may withhold from the district
  1 34 cost per pupil amount, that is to be paid to the receiving
  1 35 district, an amount which represents the average or pro rata
  2  1 cost per pupil for transportation, whichever is less.
  2  2                           EXPLANATION
  2  3    This bill eliminates a requirement that the receiving and
  2  4 sending school districts must mutually agree on an arrangement
  2  5 for transportation of a pupil participating in open enrollment
  2  6 before the receiving district can send a school vehicle into
  2  7 the pupil's district of residence to transport the pupil.
  2  8 However, the bill provides that the additional time added to
  2  9 the receiving district's bus route to transport the pupil
  2 10 cannot cause the riding time of elementary pupils on the bus
  2 11 route to exceed one hour or seventy=five minutes for high
  2 12 school pupils, unless authorized by the parent or guardian of
  2 13 the child whose ride time exceeds the specified limit.
  2 14 LSB 1919HH 83
  2 15 kh/nh/5