Senate
Study
Bill
1064
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SINCLAIR)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
temporary
in-person
and
remote
learning
1
instruction
and
instructional
time
requirements
for
school
2
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
including
3
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
IN-PERSON
INSTRUCTION
DURING
THE
2020-2021
1
SCHOOL
YEAR.
2
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
3
including
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107,
beginning
no
later
than
4
the
second
Monday
following
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
and
5
ending
June
30,
2021,
a
brick-and-mortar
school
district
or
6
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
provide
an
opportunity
for
7
a
parent
or
guardian
of
each
student
enrolled
in
the
school
8
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
select
full-time
9
in-person
instruction
for
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
student
10
unless
this
requirement
is
explicitly
waived
for
one
or
11
more
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
a
12
proclamation
of
a
public
health
disaster
emergency
issued
by
13
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
14
A
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
that
is
not
15
providing
an
opportunity
for
full-time
in-person
instruction
16
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
provide
to
the
parents
17
and
guardians
of
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
18
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
notice
of
the
opportunity
to
19
select
full-time
in-person
instruction
and
shall
allow
the
20
parent
or
guardian
at
least
five
days
to
decide
whether
to
21
select
the
full-time
in-person
option
if
the
school
district
or
22
accredited
nonpublic
school
will
also
continue
to
offer
other
23
instructional
options.
24
2.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
25
any
instruction
provided
by
a
school
district
or
accredited
26
nonpublic
school
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
the
days
and
hours
27
of
instructional
time
requirements
of
Iowa
law
only
if
the
28
instruction
is
provided
in
compliance
with
all
requirements
29
of
Iowa
law,
including
this
Act;
or
pursuant
to
2020
Iowa
30
Acts,
chapter
1107;
or
under
a
proclamation
of
a
public
health
31
disaster
emergency
issued
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
32
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
33
Sec.
2.
REQUESTS
TO
MOVE
TO
REMOTE
LEARNING
FOR
A
SCHOOL
34
BUILDING
OR
DISTRICT.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
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2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
in
determining
whether
to
grant
1
permission
to
a
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
2
to
provide
primarily
continuous
remote
learning,
in
addition
to
3
the
positivity
rate
in
the
county
in
which
the
school
district
4
or
school
is
located
and
the
percentage
of
student
absenteeism
5
in
the
school
district
or
school,
the
department
of
education
6
shall
consider
data
regarding
the
number
of
teachers
employed
7
by
the
school
district
or
school
who
are
quarantining
due
to
8
exposure
to
COVID-19,
as
well
as
the
scarcity
of
substitute
9
teachers
and
school
bus
drivers.
10
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
11
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
12
EXPLANATION
13
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
14
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
15
This
bill
relates
to
educational
instruction
requirements
16
for
certain
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
17
The
bill
requires,
beginning
no
later
than
the
second
Monday
18
following
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
and
ending
June
19
30,
2021,
a
brick-and-mortar
school
district
or
accredited
20
nonpublic
school
to
provide
an
opportunity
for
a
parent
or
21
guardian
of
each
student
enrolled
in
the
school
district
or
22
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
select
full-time
in-person
23
instruction
for
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
student
unless
24
this
requirement
is
explicitly
waived
for
one
or
more
school
25
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
proclamation
of
26
a
public
health
disaster
emergency
issued
by
the
governor
27
pursuant
to
Code
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
A
28
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
that
is
not
29
providing
an
opportunity
for
full-time
in-person
instruction
30
on
the
effective
date
of
the
bill
must
provide
to
the
parents
31
and
guardians
of
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
or
32
accredited
nonpublic
school
notice
of
the
opportunity
to
select
33
full-time
in-person
instruction
and
shall
allow
the
parent
or
34
guardian
at
least
five
days
to
decide
whether
to
select
the
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full-time
in-person
instruction
option
if
the
school
district
1
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
will
also
continue
to
offer
2
other
instructional
options.
3
Any
instruction
provided
by
a
school
district
or
accredited
4
nonpublic
school
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
the
days
and
hours
5
of
instructional
time
requirements
of
Iowa
law
only
if
the
6
instruction
is
provided
in
compliance
with
all
requirements
7
of
Iowa
law,
including
the
bill;
or
pursuant
to
2020
Iowa
8
Acts,
chapter
1107;
or
under
a
proclamation
of
a
public
health
9
disaster
emergency
issued
by
the
governor
pursuant
to
Code
10
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
11
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
12
June
30,
2021,
the
department
of
education,
in
determining
13
whether
to
grant
permission
to
a
school
district
or
accredited
14
nonpublic
school
to
provide
primarily
continuous
remote
15
learning,
is
directed
to
consider
data
regarding
the
number
16
of
teachers
who
are
quarantining
due
to
exposure
to
COVID-19,
17
as
well
as
the
scarcity
of
substitute
teachers
and
school
bus
18
drivers.
19
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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