House File 275 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 275 BY MURPHY A BILL FOR An Act relating to the compulsory school attendance age, 1 a driver’s license penalty for failure to attend, and 2 school district dropout prevention measures, and including 3 effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1567HH (10) 84 kh/rj

H.F. 275 Section 1. Section 299.1A, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 299.1A Compulsory attendance age. 3 A child who has reached the age of six and is under sixteen 4 eighteen years of age by September 15 is of compulsory 5 attendance age. However, if a child enrolled in a school 6 district or accredited nonpublic school reaches the age of 7 sixteen eighteen on or after September 15, the child remains of 8 compulsory age until the end of the regular school calendar. 9 Sec. 2. Section 299.1B, Code 2011, is amended to read as 10 follows: 11 299.1B Failure to attend —— driver’s license. 12 A person who is of compulsory attendance age, is not exempt 13 under section 299.2, and does not attend a public school, an 14 accredited nonpublic school, competent private instruction in 15 accordance with the provisions of chapter 299A , an alternative 16 school, or adult education classes shall not receive an 17 intermediate or full driver’s license until age eighteen. If 18 the person reaches the age of eighteen on or after September 19 15, the person shall not receive a restricted or a full 20 driver’s license until the end of the regular school calendar. 21 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 299.14 School district dropout 22 prevention measures. 23 1. The board of directors of each school district shall 24 take every opportunity to prevent students from dropping out of 25 school. Actions which a school district may take to prevent 26 students from dropping out of school include but are not 27 limited to general education interventions, alternative program 28 placement, alternative school placement, provision of support 29 and supplemental services, individual and family intervention 30 or therapy, truancy mediation, and coordination with other 31 student support services. 32 2. The board of directors of each school district shall make 33 every effort to align and maximize funding streams that may be 34 used to support students who have the potential to drop out of 35 -1- LSB 1567HH (10) 84 kh/rj 1/ 3

H.F. 275 school. 1 Sec. 4. Section 299A.8, Code 2011, is amended to read as 2 follows: 3 299A.8 Dual enrollment. 4 If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is 5 receiving competent private instruction under this chapter or a 6 child over compulsory age who is receiving private instruction 7 submits a request, the child shall also be registered in a 8 public school for dual enrollment purposes. If the child 9 is enrolled in a public school district for dual enrollment 10 purposes, the child shall be permitted to participate in any 11 academic activities in the district and shall also be permitted 12 to participate on the same basis as public school children in 13 any extracurricular activities available to children in the 14 child’s grade or group, and the parent, guardian, or legal 15 custodian shall not be required to pay the costs of any annual 16 evaluation under this chapter . If the child is enrolled for 17 dual enrollment purposes, the child shall be included in the 18 public school’s basic enrollment under section 257.6 . A pupil 19 who is participating only in extracurricular activities shall 20 be counted under section 257.6, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , 21 subparagraph (6). A pupil enrolled in grades nine through 22 twelve under this section shall be counted in the same manner 23 as a shared-time pupil under section 257.6, subsection 1 , 24 paragraph “a” , subparagraph (3). 25 Sec. 5. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 26 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 27 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 28 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 29 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 30 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 31 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section 32 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall 33 be necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and 34 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts. 35 -2- LSB 1567HH (10) 84 kh/rj 2/ 3

H.F. 275 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect July 1, 2012. 1 EXPLANATION 2 This bill raises the compulsory school attendance age from 3 16 to 18. The bill requires each school district to make every 4 effort to prevent students from dropping out of school, and to 5 align and maximize funding streams that may be used to support 6 students who have the potential to drop out of school. 7 The bill makes a corresponding change to Code section 299.1B 8 to provide that a person who reaches age 18 after September 15 9 is ineligible for a restricted or full license until the end 10 of the regular school calendar. 11 The bill includes technical amendments to eliminate a 12 reference to the compulsory attendance age for purposes of dual 13 enrollment. 14 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 15 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 16 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 17 district from state school foundation aid received by the 18 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 19 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 20 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 21 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 22 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 23 mandates included in the bill. 24 The bill takes effect July 1, 2012. 25 -3- LSB 1567HH (10) 84 kh/rj 3/ 3