Senate File 2080 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2080 BY DONAHUE A BILL FOR An Act relating to area education agency employee access to 1 student records. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5463XS (2) 91 jda/jh
S.F. 2080 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 279.89 Area education agency 1 employees —— access to student records. 2 1. The board of directors of each school district shall 3 allow an employee of an area education agency who provides 4 educational services and programs to students enrolled in the 5 school district to access any school district records related 6 to such students to the extent necessary for the employee to 7 maximize the effectiveness of the educational services and 8 programs provided by the employee to such students. 9 2. If there is a dispute between the board of directors 10 of a school district and an employee of an area education 11 agency related to whether the board of directors of the school 12 district should allow the employee to access a school district 13 record pursuant to subsection 1, the board of directors of the 14 school district shall allow the employee to access the record 15 if any of the following individuals so direct the board of 16 directors of the school district: 17 a. The director of special education of the area education 18 agency. 19 b. The special education director of the school district. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill relates to area education agency (AEA) employee 24 access to student records. 25 The bill provides that school districts are required to 26 allow an AEA employee who provides services to students to 27 access any school district records related to such students 28 to the extent necessary for the employee to maximize the 29 effectiveness of the services provided by the employee to such 30 students. If there is a dispute between the school district 31 and the AEA employee related to whether the school district 32 should allow the AEA employee to access a school district 33 record, the school district is required to allow the AEA 34 employee to access the record if either the director of special 35 -1- LSB 5463XS (2) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2
S.F. 2080 education of the AEA or the special education director of the 1 school district directs the school district to do so. 2 -2- LSB 5463XS (2) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2