Senate File 332 - Introduced SENATE FILE 332 BY GREEN A BILL FOR An Act relating to the transportation to and from school of 1 pupils participating in open enrollment. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 2715XS (2) 91 jda/jh

S.F. 332 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 10, paragraph b, 1 subparagraph (1), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 2 (1) A receiving district with a total enrollment of less 3 than two thousand students may send school vehicles not more 4 than two miles into the district of residence of the pupil 5 using the open enrollment option under this section , for the 6 purpose of transporting the pupil to and from school in the 7 receiving district, if the pupil’s primary residence is closer 8 to the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving 9 district than the residence is to the attendance center the 10 pupil would be assigned in the sending district. 11 Sec. 2. Section 282.18, subsection 10, paragraph b, 12 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2025, is amended 13 to read as follows: 14 Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), a receiving district with 15 a total enrollment of greater than or equal to two thousand 16 students may send school vehicles two miles or more into the 17 district of residence of the pupil using the open enrollment 18 option under this section , for the purpose of transporting the 19 pupil to and from school in the receiving district, regardless 20 of the distance between the pupil’s primary residence and the 21 attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district 22 or the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the 23 sending district, if all of the following apply: 24 EXPLANATION 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 26 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 27 This bill relates to the transportation to and from school of 28 pupils participating in open enrollment. 29 Current law provides that a receiving district with a total 30 enrollment of less than 2,000 students may send school vehicles 31 not more than two miles into the district of residence of the 32 pupil who open enrolls, for the purpose of transporting the 33 pupil to and from school in the receiving district, if the 34 pupil’s primary residence is closer to the attendance center 35 -1- LSB 2715XS (2) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2

S.F. 332 the pupil attends in the receiving district than the residence 1 is to the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the 2 sending district. The bill modifies this provision to allow a 3 receiving district with a total enrollment of less than 2,000 4 students to send school vehicles into the district of residence 5 of the pupil who open enrolls, for the purpose of transporting 6 the pupil to and from school in the receiving district, if the 7 pupil’s primary residence is closer to the attendance center 8 the pupil attends in the receiving district than the residence 9 is to the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the 10 sending district, without any restrictions related to mileage. 11 Current law also provides that a receiving district with a 12 total enrollment of at least 2,000 students may send school 13 vehicles two miles or more into the district of residence of 14 the pupil who open enrolls, regardless of the distance between 15 the pupil’s primary residence and the attendance center the 16 pupil attends in the receiving district or the attendance 17 center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district, if 18 certain specified requirements are satisfied. The bill strikes 19 the two-mile provision. The bill modifies this provision to 20 provide that a receiving district with a total enrollment of 21 at least 2,000 students may send school vehicles into the 22 district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, regardless 23 of the distance between the pupil’s primary residence and 24 the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving 25 district or the attendance center the pupil would be assigned 26 in the sending district, if certain specified requirements are 27 satisfied, without any restrictions related to mileage. 28 -2- LSB 2715XS (2) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2