Bills › 89th General Assembly
HSB 109
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 21, 2021
- Done: House committeeFebruary 2, 2021
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 385
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 385 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 385 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary This law changes the rules for students who want to switch schools through open enrollment. It adds prekindergarten students in special education programs to the group that must follow the September deadline for requests. It also allows families to request a late school transfer if a child moves between parents or if a prekindergarten student is first placed in a special education program.1
Read the official explanation
_____ the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill modifies several provisions related to Iowa’s open enrollment law.18(2) establishes deadlines for requests to open enroll as March of the preceding school year for students entering grades one through twelve and as September of the current school year for students entering kindergarten.18. The bill also amends the definition of “good cause” for purposes of consideration and approval of open enrollment requests that fail to meet statutory deadlines to include a change in a child’s residence from the residence of one parent or guardian to the residence of a different parent or guardian and the initial placement of a prekindergarten student in a special education program requiring specially designed instruction. 18 to reflect the amendment to the definition of good cause. The bill applies to school years beginning on or after July 1, 2021.
House subcommittee
Named January 21, 2021. On January 27, 2021 it recommended passage.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
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