House File 304 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 304 BY COMMITTEE ON JUDICIARY (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 33) A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting a school district’s teachers and 1 administrators from granting extra academic credit to 2 students who contribute school supplies for use in the 3 classroom. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1726HV (1) 87 kh/nh
H.F. 304 Section 1. Section 279.28, Code 2017, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 279.28 Insurance —— supplies —— textbooks. 3 1. The board of directors of a school district may provide 4 and pay out of the general fund to insure school property a sum 5 as necessary, and may purchase dictionaries, library books, 6 including books for the purpose of teaching vocal music, maps, 7 charts, and apparatus for the use of the schools as deemed 8 necessary by the board of directors for each school building 9 under its charge; and may furnish schoolbooks textbooks to 10 indigent children when they are likely to be deprived of the 11 proper benefits of the school unless so aided. 12 2. The board of directors of each school district shall 13 prohibit administrators and teachers from granting extra 14 academic credit to students who contribute school supplies for 15 use in the classroom. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill directs the board of directors of each school 20 district to prohibit administrators and teachers from granting 21 extra academic credit to students who contribute school 22 supplies for use in the classroom. 23 -1- LSB 1726HV (1) 87 kh/nh 1/ 1