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 TLSB 1362HZ (2) 90 jda/jh
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 -1- LSB 1362HZ (2) 90 jda/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2278 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 -2- LSB 1362HZ (2) 90 jda/jh 2/ 2