Relating to matters involving the state board of education and the department of education to reflect current practices, technology, and titles, to delete redundancies, and to resolve inconsistencies

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to develop a system of electronic access to documents the state library maintains is updated to replace a reference to outdated technology with language that requires the state library to use current, widely accepted and utilized technology, though the state librarian is authorized to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. The titles of certain entities represented by members of the child development coordinating council are updated to the division 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. 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. In addition to not causing the class to exceed the maximum class size, the bill provides that the enrollment of the child must not cause the caseload to exceed the maximum caseload in that special education instructional program under rules adopted by the state board and there must be sufficient classroom space for the general education classes to which the child would be assigned.