SF 148 (LSB 1699XS (4) 89)

SENATE FILE 148

BY  HOGG

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring a person who places a child of compulsory attendance age under independent private instruction or private instruction to file a report with the school district of residence if the governor proclaims a public health disaster emergency for the county. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 299.4, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  3.  If the governor proclaims a state of public health disaster emergency pursuant to section 29C.6 for the county in which independent private or private instruction under chapter 299A is provided, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who placed the child under independent private instruction or private instruction under chapter 299A, not in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited nonpublic school, shall furnish to the school district of residence, as soon as reasonably possible and in the form and manner prescribed by the school district, all of the information required for the report specified under subsection 1.
    Sec. 2.  Section 299A.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, subparagraph (6), Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   (6)  (a)  Provides, upon written request from the superintendent of the school district in which the independent private instruction is provided, or from the director of the department of education, a report identifying the primary instructor, location, name of the authority responsible for the independent private instruction, and the names of the students enrolled.
   (b)  Provides, if the governor proclaims a state of public health disaster emergency pursuant to section 29C.6 for the county in which the independent private instruction is provided, a report from the parent, guardian, or legal custodian of the child placed in independent private instruction to the school district of residence in accordance with section 299.4.
    Sec. 3.  Section 299A.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2021, is amended to read as follows:
   A Except as provided in section 299.4, subsection 3, a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age providing private instruction to the child may meet all of the following requirements:
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires, if the governor proclaims a state of public health disaster emergency in a county in which independent private or private instruction is provided, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian who places a child in independent private instruction or private instruction to submit the same report to the school district of residence that is required for a child placed in competent private instruction. 
   The information must be furnished as soon as reasonably possible and must include the name and age of the child, the period of time during which the child has been or will be under private instruction for the year, an outline of the course of study, and the name and address of the instructor. 
   The first time such a report is filed by a person on behalf of a child placed in independent private instruction or private instruction, the person must also provide the district with evidence that the child has had the immunizations required under Code section 139A.8, and, if the child is elementary school age, a blood lead test. The term “outline of course of study” includes subjects covered, lesson plans, and time spent on the areas of study.