HF 446 (LSB 2139YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 446

BY  MOHR

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 17, Code 2025, is amended by striking the subsection.
    Sec. 2.  APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies to applications and notifications related to open enrollment submitted under section 282.18 on or after the effective date of this Act.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet.
   Current Code section 282.18(17) provides that the deadlines associated with the submission of open enrollment applications and notifications do not apply to a child whose parent or guardian is filing a notification that the parent or guardian intends to open enroll the child in a public school in another school district for purposes of receiving full-time instruction under Code section 256.43 (online learning program model). The bill strikes this provision. The bill applies to applications and notifications related to open enrollment that are submitted on or after the effective date of the bill. Under current Code section 282.18 (open enrollment), a parent or guardian is required to send notification to the district of residence and the receiving district that the parent or guardian intends to enroll the parent’s or guardian’s child in a public school in another school district by March 1 of the preceding school year for students entering grades 1 through 12, or by September 1 of the current school year for students entering kindergarten or for prekindergarten students enrolled in special education programs and included in the school district’s basic enrollment.