Senate
File
2367
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
2367
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
VETERANS
AFFAIRS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3149)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
March
6,
2018
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
residency
for
children
1
of
United
States
military
persons
who
reside
on
and
are
2
employed
at
certain
federal
military
installations,
and
3
providing
for
state
aid
for
such
children
under
the
state
4
school
foundation
program.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.6,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
subparagraph:
2
NEW
SUBPARAGRAPH
.
(8)
Pupils
who
are
enrolled
in
public
3
schools
within
the
district
under
section
282.1,
subsection
4
3,
in
grades
kindergarten
through
twelve
and
including
5
prekindergarten
pupils
enrolled
in
special
education
programs.
6
Sec.
2.
Section
282.1,
subsection
2,
Code
2018,
is
amended
7
to
read
as
follows:
8
2.
For
purposes
of
this
section
,
“resident”
means
a
child
9
who
is
meets
either
of
the
following
requirements:
10
a.
Is
physically
present
in
a
district,
whose
residence
has
11
not
been
established
in
another
district
by
operation
of
law,
12
and
who
meets
any
of
the
following
conditions:
13
a.
(1)
Is
in
the
district
for
the
purpose
of
making
a
home
14
and
not
solely
for
school
purposes.
15
b.
(2)
Meets
the
definitional
requirements
of
the
term
16
“homeless
individual”
under
42
U.S.C.
§11302(a)
and
(c).
17
c.
(3)
Lives
in
a
juvenile
detention
center
or
residential
18
facility
in
the
district.
19
b.
Is
domiciled
with
the
child’s
parent
or
guardian
who
is
20
on
active
duty
in
the
military
service
of
the
United
States
and
21
is
stationed
at
and
resides
or
is
domiciled
within
a
federal
22
military
installation
located
contiguous
to
a
county
in
this
23
state.
24
Sec.
3.
Section
282.1,
Code
2018,
is
amended
by
adding
the
25
following
new
subsections:
26
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3.
The
parent
or
guardian
of
a
child
27
who
meets
the
requirements
of
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”
,
28
paragraph
may
enroll
the
child
in
a
school
district
in
a
county
29
in
this
state
that
is
located
contiguous
to
the
out-of-state
30
federal
military
installation.
Notwithstanding
section
285.1
31
relating
to
transportation
of
resident
pupils,
the
parent
or
32
guardian
is
responsible
for
transporting
the
child
without
33
reimbursement
to
and
from
a
point
on
a
regular
school
bus
route
34
of
the
district
of
enrollment.
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NEW
SUBSECTION
.
4.
Notwithstanding
section
282.6,
if
a
1
parent
or
guardian
enrolls
a
child
in
a
school
district
in
2
accordance
with
subsection
3,
the
school
district
shall
be
free
3
of
tuition
for
such
child.
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