Senate
File
160
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Reprinted
SENATE
FILE
160
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1064)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
Senate
January
28,
2021
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
temporary
in-person
and
remote
learning
1
instruction
and
instructional
time
requirements
for
school
2
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and
including
3
effective
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
IN-PERSON
INSTRUCTION
DURING
THE
2020-2021
1
SCHOOL
YEAR.
2
1.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
3
including
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107,
beginning
no
later
than
4
the
first
Monday
that
is
at
least
two
weeks
after
the
effective
5
date
of
this
Act
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
a
brick-and-mortar
6
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
provide
an
7
opportunity
for
a
parent
or
guardian
of
each
student
enrolled
8
in
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
select
9
full-time
in-person
instruction
for
the
parent’s
or
guardian’s
10
student
unless
this
requirement
is
explicitly
waived
for
one
11
or
more
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
a
12
proclamation
of
a
public
health
disaster
emergency
issued
by
13
the
governor
pursuant
to
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
14
A
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
that
is
not
15
providing
an
opportunity
for
full-time
in-person
instruction
16
on
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
shall
provide
to
the
parents
17
and
guardians
of
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
18
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
notice
of
the
opportunity
to
19
select
full-time
in-person
instruction
and
shall
allow
the
20
parent
or
guardian
at
least
five
days
to
decide
whether
to
21
select
the
full-time
in-person
option
if
the
school
district
or
22
accredited
nonpublic
school
will
also
continue
to
offer
other
23
instructional
options.
24
2.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
25
for
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
26
30,
2021,
any
instruction
provided
by
a
school
district
or
27
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
the
days
28
and
hours
of
instructional
time
requirements
of
Iowa
law
29
only
if
the
instruction
is
provided
in
compliance
with
all
30
requirements
of
Iowa
law,
including
this
Act;
or
pursuant
31
to
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107;
or
under
a
proclamation
of
32
a
public
health
disaster
emergency
issued
by
the
governor
33
pursuant
to
section
29C.6
and
related
to
COVID-19.
34
Sec.
2.
REQUESTS
TO
MOVE
TO
REMOTE
LEARNING
FOR
A
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SCHOOL
BUILDING
OR
DISTRICT.
For
the
school
year
beginning
1
July
1,
2020,
and
ending
June
30,
2021,
to
the
extent
the
2
governor
waives
the
requirement
for
full-time
in-person
3
instruction
pursuant
to
section
1
of
this
Act,
or
authorizes
4
a
brick-and-mortar
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
5
school
to
provide
primarily
remote
learning
in
accordance
6
with
2020
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
1107,
by
conditioning
the
waiver
7
or
authorization
on
approval
by
the
department
of
education,
8
the
department
of
education
shall
consider,
in
addition
to
9
any
other
factors
or
information,
data
regarding
the
number
10
of
teachers
employed
by
the
school
district
or
school
who
11
are
quarantining
due
to
exposure
to
COVID-19,
as
well
as
the
12
scarcity
of
substitute
teachers,
food
service
workers,
and
13
school
bus
drivers.
14
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
15
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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