HF 2154 (LSB 5049HV (2) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2154

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2002)

A BILL FOR

An Act requiring school districts to provide the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the school district with a printed copy of the student’s report card.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.84  Report cards.
   Each semester, or the trimester or quarter equivalent, the board of directors of a school district shall provide the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the school district with a printed copy of the student’s report card in one of the following ways:
   1.  By mailing the report card to the parent or guardian.
   2.  By providing the report card to the parent or guardian by hand delivery.
   3.  By providing the report card to the student during the school day and directing the student to take the report card home to the student’s parent or guardian.
    Sec. 2.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT.  Section 25B.2, subsection 3, shall not apply to this Act.
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 school districts to provide the parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the school district with a printed copy of the student’s report card each semester, or the trimester or quarter equivalent. The bill establishes that school districts may fulfill this requirement either by mailing the report card to the parent or guardian, by providing the report card to the parent or guardian by hand delivery, or by providing the report card to the student and directing the student to take the report card home to the student’s parent or guardian.
   The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code section 25B.3. The bill makes inapplicable Code section 25B.2, subsection 3, which would relieve a school district from complying with a state mandate if funding for the cost of the state mandate is not provided or specified. Therefore, school districts are required to comply with any state mandate included in the bill.