House File 134 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 134 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 41) (COMPANION TO SF 29 BY GREEN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the transportation to and from school of 1 pupils participating in open enrollment. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1362HV (1) 90 jda/jh
H.F. 134 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 8, paragraph b, Code 1 2023, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. A receiving district may send school vehicles into the 3 district of residence of the pupil using the open enrollment 4 option under this section , for the purpose of transporting the 5 pupil to and from school in the receiving district , if the 6 boards of both the sending and receiving districts agree to 7 this arrangement . 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill relates to the transportation to and from school 12 of pupils participating in open enrollment. Current law 13 authorizes a receiving school district to send school vehicles 14 into the district of residence of a pupil who open enrolls, 15 for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and from school 16 in the receiving school district, if the boards of directors 17 of the sending school district and receiving school district 18 agree to this arrangement. The bill strikes the requirement 19 that the boards of directors of the sending school district and 20 receiving school district agree to the arrangement. 21 -1- LSB 1362HV (1) 90 jda/jh 1/ 1