Senate File 274 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  HECKROTH


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the state board of education to adopt rules
  2    allowing school districts to charge fees for student field
  3    trips.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1676XS 83
  6 ak/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 20, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    20.  Adopt rules that require the board of directors of a
  1  4 school district to waive school fees, including fees for
  1  5 instructional field trips as defined in subsection 30, for
  1  6 indigent families.
  1  7    Sec. 2.  Section 256.7, Code 2009, is amended by adding the
  1  8 following new subsection:
  1  9    NEW SUBSECTION.  30.  Adopt rules allowing school districts
  1 10 to charge fees for instructional and noninstructional field
  1 11 trips.  For the purposes of this subsection, "instructional
  1 12 field trips" are those that are considered part of a class
  1 13 curriculum and take place mostly during regular school hours,
  1 14 and "noninstructional field trips" are those that are
  1 15 extracurricular and may cause a student to be excused from
  1 16 school attendance.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill requires the state board of education to adopt
  1 19 rules to allow school districts to charge fees for all student
  1 20 field trips.  Field trips are classified in two ways.  The
  1 21 first kind of field trip is an instructional field trip that
  1 22 takes place mostly during regular school hours and is part of
  1 23 the class curriculum.  The second kind is a noninstructional
  1 24 field trip that is extracurricular and may cause a student to
  1 25 be excused from school attendance.  The bill also requires
  1 26 school districts to waive the fees for instructional field
  1 27 trips for indigent families.
  1 28 LSB 1676XS 83
  1 29 ak/nh/5