HF 2342 (LSB 5923YH (4) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2342

BY  BROWN-POWERS, ABDUL-SAMAD, GAINES, KRESSIG, CAHILL, WILBURN, STAED, LEVIN, KURTH, AMOS JR., STECKMAN, JACOBY, CROKEN, KONFRST, OLSON, WILSON, NIELSEN, BUCK, MATSON, BAGNIEWSKI, and EHLERT

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for rehabilitation services for public school students relating to use of tobacco, alcohol, and controlled substances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 279.9, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   279.9  Use of tobacco, alcoholic beverages, or controlled substances.
   1.  The rules adopted under section 279.8 shall include rules prohibiting the use of tobacco and the use or possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance as defined in section 124.101, subsection 5, by any student of the schools. The board may suspend or expel a student for a violation of a rule described under this section or require the student to participate in a rehabilitation program designated by the board.
   2.  The department of health and human services, in consultation with the department of education, shall establish and maintain a list of organizations that administer rehabilitation programs suitable for participation by students under this section. The department of health and human services shall make the list available to the department of education, which shall disseminate the list to school districts.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   Under current law, a school board may suspend or expel a student for a violation of a school board rule prohibiting the use of tobacco and the use or possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance by any student. This bill provides that as an additional option, a school board may require the student to participate in a rehabilitation program designated by the board.
   The bill requires the department of health and human services, in consultation with the department of education, to establish and maintain a list of organizations that administer rehabilitation programs suitable for participation by students for this purpose. The department of health and human services shall make the list available to the department of education, which shall disseminate the list to school districts.