House File 2306 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2306 BY BODEN A BILL FOR An Act modifying the responsibilities of school district 1 teachers and other educational staff related to students 2 who have individualized education programs or plans under 3 section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 6621YH (2) 91 jda/jh

H.F. 2306 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.89 Individualized education 1 programs and section 504 plan requirements. 2 1. Each teacher employed by a school district who teaches 3 a student who has an individualized education program shall 4 read the individualized education program. After the teacher 5 has read the individualized education program, the teacher 6 shall provide written notice to the special education teacher 7 who is on the student’s individualized education program 8 team indicating that the teacher has read the individualized 9 education program. 10 2. Each teacher employed by the school district who teaches 11 a student who has a plan under section 504 of the federal 12 Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794, shall read the plan. After 13 the teacher has read the plan, the teacher shall provide 14 written notice to any special education teacher who provides 15 special education services to the student, or to the principal 16 of the attendance center, indicating that the teacher has read 17 the plan. 18 3. Each employee of the school district who assists a 19 teacher in providing classroom instruction to a student who has 20 an individualized education program, or to a student who has a 21 plan under section 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act, 29 22 U.S.C. §794, shall attend all meetings related to the student’s 23 individualized education program or plan under section 504 of 24 the federal Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. §794, unless the 25 student’s parent or guardian objects to the attendance of the 26 employee. 27 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 28 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 29 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 30 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 31 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 32 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 33 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 34 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 35 -1- LSB 6621YH (2) 91 jda/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2306 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 1 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 2 districts. 3 EXPLANATION 4 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 5 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 6 This bill modifies the responsibilities of school district 7 teachers and other educational staff related to students who 8 have individualized education programs or plans under section 9 504 of the federal Rehabilitation Act. 10 The bill requires each teacher who teaches a student who 11 has an individualized education program (IEP) to read the IEP 12 and provide written notice to the special education teacher 13 who is on the student’s IEP team indicating that the teacher 14 has read the IEP. Similarly, the bill requires each teacher 15 who teaches a student who has a plan under section 504 of the 16 federal Rehabilitation Act to read the plan and provide written 17 notice to either a special education teacher who provides 18 special education services to the student, or to the principal 19 of the attendance center, indicating that the teacher has read 20 the plan. 21 The bill requires each school district employee who assists 22 a teacher in providing classroom instruction to a student who 23 has an IEP, or to a student who has a plan under section 504 24 of the federal Rehabilitation Act, to attend all meetings 25 related to the student’s individualized education program or 26 plan, unless the student’s parent or guardian objects to the 27 attendance of the employee. 28 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 29 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 30 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 31 district from state school foundation aid received by the 32 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 33 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 34 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 35 -2- LSB 6621YH (2) 91 jda/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2306 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 1 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 2 mandates included in the bill. 3 -3- LSB 6621YH (2) 91 jda/jh 3/ 3