H.F. 379 Section 1. Section 299A.2, Code 2011, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 299A.2 Competent private instruction by licensed 3 practitioner. 4 If a licensed practitioner provides competent instruction 5 to a school-age child of compulsory attendance age , the 6 practitioner shall possess a valid license or certificate which 7 has been issued by the state board of educational examiners 8 under chapter 272 and which is appropriate to the ages and 9 grade levels of the children to be taught. Competent private 10 instruction may include , but is not limited to , a home school 11 assistance program which provides instruction or instructional 12 supervision offered through an accredited nonpublic school or 13 public school district by a teacher, who is employed by the 14 accredited nonpublic school or public school district, who 15 assists and supervises a parent, guardian, or legal custodian 16 in providing instruction to a child. If competent private 17 instruction is provided through a public school district, the 18 child shall be enrolled and included in the basic enrollment 19 of the school district as provided in section 257.6 . Sections 20 299A.3 through 299A.7 do not apply to competent private 21 instruction provided by a licensed practitioner under this 22 section . However, the reporting requirement contained in 23 section 299A.3, subsection 1 , shall apply to competent private 24 instruction provided by licensed practitioners that is not 25 part of a home school assistance program offered through an 26 accredited nonpublic school or public school district. 27 Sec. 2. Section 299A.8, Code 2011, is amended to read as 28 follows: 29 299A.8 Dual enrollment. 30 If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a school-age 31 child who is receiving competent private instruction under 32 this chapter or a child over compulsory age who is receiving 33 private instruction submits a request, the child shall also be 34 registered in a public school for dual enrollment purposes. 35 -1- LSB 2362HH (3) 84 kh/sc 1/ 3

H.F. 379 If the child is enrolled in a public school district for 1 dual enrollment purposes, the child shall be permitted to 2 participate in any academic activities in the district and 3 shall also be permitted to participate on the same basis as 4 public school children in any extracurricular activities 5 available to children in the child’s grade or group, and the 6 parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall not be required to 7 pay the costs of any annual evaluation under this chapter . If 8 the child is enrolled for dual enrollment purposes, the child 9 shall be included in the public school’s basic enrollment 10 under section 257.6 . A pupil who is participating only in 11 extracurricular activities shall be counted under section 12 257.6, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (6). A pupil 13 enrolled in grades nine through twelve under this section shall 14 be counted in the same manner as a shared-time pupil under 15 section 257.6, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (3). 16 Sec. 3. Section 299A.12, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended 17 to read as follows: 18 1. The board of directors of a school district may shall 19 expend moneys received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 20 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (5), for purposes of providing a 21 home school assistance program. 22 Sec. 4. Section 299A.12, subsection 2, paragraphs a and b, 23 Code 2011, are amended to read as follows: 24 a. Assisting Instruction for students and assisting parents 25 with instruction. 26 b. Student Support services for students and teaching-parent 27 support services teaching parents and staff support services. 28 Sec. 5. Section 299A.12, subsection 2, paragraph g, 29 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as 30 follows: 31 Resources, materials, computer software and hardware, and 32 supplies, and purchased services that meet the following 33 criteria: 34 Sec. 6. Section 299A.12, subsection 3, paragraphs b, c, e, 35 -2- LSB 2362HH (3) 84 kh/sc 2/ 3

H.F. 379 and f, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows: 1 b. Operational or maintenance costs in addition to the cost 2 of maintaining school district facilities other than those 3 necessary to operate and maintain the program . 4 c. Capital expenditures other than equipment or facility 5 acquisition, including the lease or rental of space to 6 supplement existing schoolhouse facilities . 7 e. Administrative costs other than the costs necessary to 8 administer the program . 9 f. Concurrent and dual enrollment program costs and 10 postsecondary enrollment options program costs. 11 EXPLANATION 12 This bill permits children to qualify for school district 13 home school assistance programs if they are school age, rather 14 than of compulsory attendance age. The bill also requires 15 school districts to expend moneys received from weighted 16 enrollment of children receiving competent private instruction 17 at home on home school assistance programs and broadens the 18 acceptable uses of the state assistance school districts 19 receive from additional weighting for students receiving 20 competent private instruction from a licensed practitioner 21 provided through a public school district. 22 Funds received for purposes of providing a home school 23 assistance program under the bill may be used for instructing 24 students; for equipment or facility acquisition, including the 25 lease or rental of space to supplement existing schoolhouse 26 facilities; and for operational, maintenance, or administrative 27 costs other than those costs necessary to operate, maintain, 28 and administer the program. 29 -3- LSB 2362HH (3) 84 kh/sc 3/ 3