House File 168 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 168 BY CROKEN A BILL FOR An Act relating to notices that nonpublic schools receiving 1 tuition payments from the education savings account program 2 must provide to parents and guardians. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1892YH (3) 91 jda/jh
H.F. 168 Section 1. Section 256.9, Code 2025, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 69. a. Develop, in consultation with 3 a statewide organization representing teachers, a statewide 4 organization representing school boards, and area education 5 agencies, a list of the rights and services that are available 6 to students who are enrolled in school districts, and the 7 parents or guardians of such students, that are not available 8 to students who are enrolled in nonpublic schools, or the 9 parents or guardians of such students. 10 b. Distribute to nonpublic schools the list developed 11 pursuant to paragraph “a” . 12 c. For purposes of this subsection, “nonpublic school” means 13 the same as defined in section 285.16. 14 Sec. 2. Section 257.11B, Code 2025, is amended by adding the 15 following new subsection: 16 NEW SUBSECTION . 12. Each nonpublic school that accepts 17 payment from a parent or guardian using funds from a pupil’s 18 individual account in the education savings account fund 19 must provide the parent or guardian with a copy of the list 20 developed by the director of the department of education and 21 distributed to the nonpublic school pursuant to section 256.9, 22 subsection 69. 23 EXPLANATION 24 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 25 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 26 This bill relates to notices that nonpublic schools 27 receiving tuition payments from the education savings account 28 program must provide to parents and guardians. 29 The bill requires the director of the department of 30 education to develop, in consultation with a statewide 31 organization representing teachers, a statewide organization 32 representing school boards, and area education agencies, a list 33 of the rights and services that are available to students who 34 are enrolled in school districts, and the parents or guardians 35 -1- LSB 1892YH (3) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 168 of such students, that are not available to students who are 1 enrolled in nonpublic schools, or the parents or guardians of 2 such students. The director is required to distribute the list 3 to nonpublic schools. The bill requires nonpublic schools 4 that accept payment from a parent or guardian using funds from 5 a pupil’s individual account established under Code section 6 257.11B (education savings account program) to provide the 7 parent or guardian with a copy of the list. 8 -2- LSB 1892YH (3) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2