HSB 641

This bill updates the titles of certain entities represented by members of the child development coordinating council and eliminates certain duties required of the council, updates language relating to school district agency funds, revises provisions relating to children requiring special education under the open enrollment law, adds a reference to a provision relating to the actual enrollment of shared-time and part-time pupils, and modifies language relating to technology used by the state librarian. STATE LIBRARY —— TECHNOLOGY. Language requiring the state library to develop a system of electronic access to documents the state library maintains is updated to replace a reference to outdated technology with language that requires the state library to use current, widely accepted and utilized technology, though the state librarian is authorized to consider other forms of electronic access that are more cost-effective. CHILD DEVELOPMENT COORDINATING COUNCIL. _____ of adult, children and family services under the department of human services and the college of human sciences at Iowa state university to reflect prior name changes of those entities. The bill eliminates provisions requiring the council to make recommendations to the department of education and the general assembly regarding curricula, staff qualifications, training, and the development of an at-risk children definition; and requiring the council to encourage the establishment of regional councils. SHARED-TIME AND PART-TIME PUPILS ENROLLMENT.12, which describes the manner in which school districts may provide classes and services to private school students and receive funding for providing such instruction and services. SCHOOL DISTRICT AGENCY FUNDS. The term “agency fund”, describing a fund maintained by a school district, is replaced with the term “custodial fund”. OPEN ENROLLMENT REQUESTS FOR CHILDREN REQUIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION. Currently, a receiving school district need only grant the open enrollment request of a child requiring special education if the district maintains a special education instructional program appropriate to meet the child’s educational needs and such enrollment would not cause the appropriate class to exceed the maximum class size under rules adopted by the state board of education. _____ the general education classes to which the child would be assigned.