House
File
2388
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Reprinted
HOUSE
FILE
2388
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
654)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
March
5,
2014
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
continuity
of
learning
for
children
1
receiving
foster
care
services.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
273.2,
Code
2014,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
10.
The
area
education
agency
board
3
is
encouraged
to
employ
a
child
welfare
liaison
to
provide
4
services
and
guidance
to
local
school
districts
to
facilitate
5
the
efficient
and
effective
transfer
and
enrollment
of
6
a
child
receiving
foster
care
services
to
another
school
7
district,
including
but
not
limited
to
guidance
relating
to
the
8
transfer
of
credit
earned
for
coursework
taken
by
the
student,
9
enrollment
transition
planning,
facilitating
information
10
sharing
between
education
and
child
welfare
agencies,
and
11
developing
systems
designed
to
ameliorate
the
transition
12
issues
faced
by
a
child
receiving
foster
care
services
who
is
13
transferring
to
and
enrolling
in
a
school
district.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
280.29,
Code
2014,
is
amended
to
read
as
15
follows:
16
280.29
Enrollment
of
children
in
foster
care
——
transfer
of
17
educational
records
——
services
.
18
1.
In
order
to
facilitate
the
educational
stability
of
19
children
in
receiving
foster
care
services
,
a
school
district,
20
upon
notification
by
an
agency
of
the
state
that
a
child
21
in
receiving
foster
care
services
is
transferring
into
to
22
and
enrolling
in
the
school
district,
shall
provide
for
the
23
immediate
and
appropriate
enrollment
of
the
child.
The
school
24
district
shall
do
the
following:
25
a.
Work
with
an
area
education
agency
child
welfare
liaison,
26
if
the
area
education
agency
has
employed
such
a
liaison
in
27
accordance
with
section
273.2,
subsection
10,
to
develop
28
systems
to
ease
the
enrollment
transition
of
a
child
receiving
29
foster
care
services
to
another
school.
30
b.
Develop
procedures
for
awarding
credit
for
coursework,
31
including
electives,
completed
by
a
child
receiving
foster
care
32
services
while
enrolled
at
another
school.
33
(1)
Credits
and
grades
earned
and
offered
for
acceptance
34
shall
be
based
on
official
transcripts
and
shall
be
accepted
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without
validation
unless
required
under
the
receiving
school
1
district’s
accreditation
requirements.
2
(2)
If
the
child
earned
less
than
a
passing
grade
for
a
3
unit
of
coursework,
the
school
district
may
require
the
child
4
to
retake
the
class
in
middle
or
high
school.
If
the
school
5
district
determines
the
child’s
proficiencies
in
an
elementary
6
grade
are
substantially
deficient,
the
child’s
parent
or
7
guardian
shall
be
notified
and
intensive
instructional
services
8
and
supports
pursuant
to
section
279.68
shall
be
provided
if
9
appropriate.
10
c.
Promote
practices
that
facilitate
access
by
a
child
11
receiving
foster
care
services
to
extracurricular
programs,
12
summer
programs,
and
credit
transfer
services.
13
d.
Establish
procedures
to
lessen
the
adverse
impact
of
the
14
enrollment
transfer
of
a
child
receiving
foster
care
services
15
to
another
school.
16
e.
Enter
into
a
memorandum
of
understanding
with
the
17
department
of
human
services
regarding
the
exchange
of
18
information
as
appropriate
to
facilitate
the
enrollment
19
transition
of
children
receiving
foster
care
services
from
one
20
school
to
another
school.
21
f.
Provide
other
assistance
as
identified
by
the
area
22
education
child
welfare
liaison.
23
2.
A
school
district
or
an
accredited
nonpublic
school,
24
upon
notification
by
an
agency
of
the
state
that
a
child
in
25
foster
care
is
transferring
enrollment
from
the
school
district
26
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
another
school
district
or
27
accredited
nonpublic
school,
shall
promptly
provide
for
the
28
transfer
of
all
of
the
educational
records
of
the
child
not
29
later
than
five
school
days
after
receiving
the
notification.
30
Sec.
3.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
31
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
32
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
33
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
34
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
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specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
1
to
meet
all
of
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
2
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
3
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
4
by
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
5
districts.
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