House File 2161 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2161 BY MOHR A BILL FOR An Act relating to school district residency for children 1 of United States military persons who reside on and are 2 employed at certain federal military installations. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5465YH (6) 87 kh/jh
H.F. 2161 Section 1. Section 282.1, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. For purposes of this section , “resident” means a child 3 who is meets either of the following requirements: 4 a. Is physically present in a district, whose residence has 5 not been established in another district by operation of law, 6 and who meets any of the following conditions: 7 a. (1) Is in the district for the purpose of making a home 8 and not solely for school purposes. 9 b. (2) Meets the definitional requirements of the term 10 “homeless individual” under 42 U.S.C. §11302(a) and (c). 11 c. (3) Lives in a juvenile detention center or residential 12 facility in the district. 13 b. Is domiciled with the child’s parent or guardian who is 14 on active duty in the military service of the United States and 15 is stationed and domiciled at a federal military installation 16 located in an out-of-state county that is contiguous to a 17 county in this state with a population in excess of one hundred 18 fifty thousand. The parent or guardian of a child who meets 19 the requirements of this paragraph may enroll the child in a 20 school district in this state that is located in the county 21 contiguous to the military installation. Notwithstanding 22 section 285.1 relating to transportation of resident pupils, 23 the parent or guardian is responsible for transporting the 24 child without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular 25 school bus route of the district of enrollment. 26 EXPLANATION 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 28 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 29 This bill provides that a child who lives with the child’s 30 parent or guardian who is on active duty in the military 31 service of the United States and is stationed and domiciled at 32 certain federal military installations is considered a resident 33 of the state and may enroll in a school district in this state, 34 free of tuition, that is located in the county contiguous 35 -1- LSB 5465YH (6) 87 kh/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2161 to the military installation. The parent or guardian is 1 responsible for transporting the child without reimbursement to 2 and from a point on a regular school bus route of the district 3 of enrollment. 4 -2- LSB 5465YH (6) 87 kh/jh 2/ 2