Amendment S-3104 to SF 496
Relating to children and students, including establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a student enrolled in a school district to enroll the student in another attendance center within the same school district in certain specified circumstances, prohibiting instruction related to gender identity and sexual orientation in school districts, charter schools, and innovation zone schools in kindergarten through grade six, and modifying provisions related to student health screenings, school district library programs, the educational program provided to students enrolled in school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, and charter schools, other duties of school districts, accredited nonpublic schools, the department of education, the board of educational examiners, and the governing boards of charter schools and innovation zone schools, competent private instruction, and special education, and including effective date provisions
Adopted · March 22, 2023
Filed March 22, 2023 in the Senate by Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R)
What it changes
- Page 3, line 7, after “a.” by inserting “(1)”
- Page 3, after line 14 by inserting: “(2) If, after investigation, the department of education determines that a school district or an employee of a school district has violated the provisions of subparagraph (1) related to library programs containing only age-appropriate materials, beginning January 1, 2024, the school district or employee of the school district, as applicable, shall be subject to the following: (a) For the first violation of subparagraph (1), the department of education shall issue a written warning to the board of directors of the school district or the employee, as applicable. (b) (i) For a second or subsequent violation of subparagraph (1), if the department of education finds that a school district knowingly violated subparagraph (1), the superintendent of the school district shall be subject to a hearing conducted by the board of educational examiners pursuant to section 272,2, subsection 14, which may result in disciplinary action. (ii) For a second or subsequent violation of subparagraph (1), if the department of education finds that an employee of the school district who holds a license, certificate, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners knowingly violated subparagraph (1), the employee shall be subject to a hearing conducted by the board of educational examiners pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 14, which may result in disciplinary action.”