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Relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and including effective date provisions
Sponsored by the House Education Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: House committeeJanuary 27, 2021
- Done: Passes the HouseJanuary 28, 202159–39
- Skipped: Senate committeeSkipped
- Done: Passes the SenateJanuary 28, 202129–18
- Done: To the GovernorJanuary 29, 2021
- Done: Signed into lawJanuary 29, 2021
SF 160 became law → The same legislation passed as SF 160, so this version was set aside. Go to SF 160 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools for the 2020-2021 school year.6 and related to COVID-19. A school district or accredited nonpublic school that is not providing an opportunity for full-time in-person instruction on the effective date of the bill must notify the parents and guardians of the opportunity to allow the parent or guardian at least five days to decide whether to select the full-time in-person option if the school district or accredited nonpublic school will also continue to offer other instructional options.
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For the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, any instruction provided by a school district or accredited nonpublic school shall be deemed to meet the days and hours of instructional time requirements of Iowa law only if the instruction is provided in compliance with all requirements of Iowa law, including those in the bill; or pursuant to 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1107; or under a proclamation of a public health disaster emergency, which is related to COVID-19 and issued by the governor. Also for the 2020-2021 school year, to the extent the governor waives the requirement for full-time in-person instruction pursuant to the bill, or authorizes a brick-and-mortar school district or accredited nonpublic school to provide instruction primarily through continuous remote learning by conditioning the waiver or authorization on approval by the department of education, the department shall consider, in addition to any other factors or information, data regarding the number of teachers employed by the school district or school who are quarantining due to exposure to COVID-19, as well as the scarcity of substitute teachers and school bus drivers. The bill takes effect upon enactment.
Changed since by amendments S-3001, H-1025; see Amendments.
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