House File 580 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 580 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 379) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the provision of competent private 1 instruction to school-age children. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2362HV (2) 84 kh/sc

H.F. 580 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 2362HV (2) 84 kh/sc 1/ 2

H.F. 580 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 EXPLANATION 17 This bill permits children receiving competent private 18 instruction to qualify for dual enrollment provided through a 19 school district and competent private instruction, including 20 home school assistance programs, if the children are of school 21 age, rather than of compulsory attendance age. 22 -2- LSB 2362HV (2) 84 kh/sc 2/ 2