House
File
2278
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2278
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
134)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
41)
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
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H.F.
2278
Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
8,
paragraph
b,
Code
1
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
b.
(1)
A
receiving
district
with
a
total
enrollment
of
3
less
than
two
thousand
students
may
send
school
vehicles
not
4
more
than
two
miles
into
the
district
of
residence
of
the
5
pupil
using
the
open
enrollment
option
under
this
section
,
6
for
the
purpose
of
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
school
7
in
the
receiving
district,
if
the
boards
of
both
the
sending
8
and
receiving
districts
agree
to
this
arrangement
pupil’s
9
primary
residence
is
closer
to
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
10
attends
in
the
receiving
district
than
the
residence
is
to
the
11
attendance
center
the
pupil
would
be
assigned
in
the
sending
12
district
.
13
(2)
Notwithstanding
subparagraph
(1),
a
receiving
district
14
with
a
total
enrollment
of
greater
than
or
equal
to
two
15
thousand
students
may
send
school
vehicles
two
miles
or
more
16
into
the
district
of
residence
of
the
pupil
using
the
open
17
enrollment
option
under
this
section,
for
the
purpose
of
18
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
school
in
the
receiving
19
district,
regardless
of
the
distance
between
the
pupil’s
20
primary
residence
and
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
attends
21
in
the
receiving
district
or
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
22
would
be
assigned
in
the
sending
district,
if
all
of
the
23
following
apply:
24
(a)
The
total
enrollment
of
the
pupil’s
district
of
25
residence
is
less
than
two
thousand
students.
26
(b)
The
pupil’s
district
of
residence
is
contiguous
to
the
27
receiving
district.
28
(c)
The
pupil’s
district
of
residence
has
sent
school
29
vehicles
into
the
receiving
district
pursuant
to
subparagraph
30
(1).
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
relates
to
the
transportation
to
and
from
school
35
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of
pupils
participating
in
open
enrollment.
Current
law
1
authorizes
a
receiving
school
district
to
send
school
vehicles
2
into
the
district
of
residence
of
a
pupil
who
open
enrolls,
3
for
the
purpose
of
transporting
the
pupil
to
and
from
school
4
in
the
receiving
school
district,
if
the
boards
of
directors
5
of
the
sending
school
district
and
receiving
school
district
6
agree
to
this
arrangement.
The
bill
strikes
the
requirement
7
that
the
boards
of
directors
of
the
sending
school
district
and
8
receiving
school
district
agree
to
the
arrangement.
9
The
bill
provides
that
a
receiving
district
with
a
total
10
enrollment
of
less
than
2,000
students
may
send
school
vehicles
11
not
more
than
two
miles
into
the
district
of
residence
of
the
12
pupil
who
open
enrolls,
for
the
purpose
of
transporting
the
13
pupil
to
and
from
school
in
the
receiving
district,
if
the
14
pupil’s
primary
residence
is
closer
to
the
attendance
center
15
the
pupil
attends
in
the
receiving
district
than
the
residence
16
is
to
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
would
be
assigned
in
the
17
sending
district.
The
bill
also
provides
that
a
receiving
18
district
with
a
total
enrollment
of
at
least
2,000
students
19
may
send
school
vehicles
two
miles
or
more
into
the
district
20
of
residence
of
the
pupil
who
open
enrolls,
regardless
of
21
the
distance
between
the
pupil’s
primary
residence
and
the
22
attendance
center
the
pupil
attends
in
the
receiving
district
23
or
the
attendance
center
the
pupil
would
be
assigned
in
the
24
sending
district,
if
the
total
enrollment
of
the
pupil’s
25
district
of
residence
is
less
than
two
thousand
students,
the
26
pupil’s
district
of
residence
is
contiguous
to
the
receiving
27
district,
and
the
pupil’s
district
of
residence
has
sent
school
28
vehicles
into
the
receiving
district.
29
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