SF 277 (LSB 2376XS (3) 85)

SENATE FILE 277

BY  SORENSON, GUTH, ZAUN, BOETTGER, and ERNST

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to an exemption to the compulsory education and competent private instruction provisions for certain persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 299.2, subsection 6, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   6.  Who is exempted under section 299.24
 
or 299A.1.
    Sec. 2.  Section 299A.1, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
   The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age who places the child under private instruction shall provide, unless otherwise exempted, competent private instruction in accordance with this chapter. A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age who places the child under private instruction which is not competent private instruction, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of
 
and does not enroll the child in a public school for dual enrollment purposes or in a home school assistance program in accordance with this chapter, is subject to
 
exempt from the provisions
 
requirements of sections 299.1 through 299.4 and the penalties provided in section 299.6
 
chapter 299 and this chapter.
EXPLANATION
   This bill establishes an exemption from the compulsory education provisions of Code chapter 299 and the competent private instruction provisions of Code chapter 299A for persons who place their child under private instruction but do not enroll the child in a public school for dual enrollment purposes or in a home school assistance program.