Senate Study Bill 3149 - Introduced SENATE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS BILL BY CHAIRPERSON COSTELLO) 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 6153XC (5) 87 kh/jh
S.F. _____ 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. 18 Sec. 2. Section 282.1, Code 2018, is amended by adding the 19 following new subsections: 20 NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The parent or guardian of a child 21 who meets the requirements of subsection 2, paragraph “b” , 22 paragraph may enroll the child in a school district in a county 23 in this state that is contiguous to the out-of-state county in 24 which the military installation is located. Notwithstanding 25 section 285.1 relating to transportation of resident pupils, 26 the parent or guardian is responsible for transporting the 27 child without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular 28 school bus route of the district of enrollment. 29 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. Notwithstanding section 282.6, if a 30 parent or guardian enrolls a child in a school district in 31 accordance with subsection 3, the school district shall be free 32 of tuition for such child. 33 EXPLANATION 34 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 35 -1- LSB 6153XC (5) 87 kh/jh 1/ 2
S.F. _____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 This bill provides that a child who lives with the child’s 2 parent or guardian who is on active duty in the military 3 service of the United States and is stationed and domiciled at 4 certain federal military installations is considered a resident 5 of the state and may enroll in a school district in this state, 6 free of tuition, that is located in a county contiguous to the 7 county in which the military installation is located. The 8 parent or guardian is responsible for transporting the child 9 without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school 10 bus route of the district of enrollment. 11 The bill makes conforming changes. 12 -2- LSB 6153XC (5) 87 kh/jh 2/ 2