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Relating to the Iowa school for the deaf and providing transition provisions
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 29, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Instead of the department of education, the state board of regents would now oversee the Iowa School for the Deaf. This change moves the school's property, records, and employees over to the board of regents. The new rules also require the board to create a hall of fame for special graduates and decide how students earn college credits.1
Read the official explanation
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to the Iowa school for the deaf. Current law tasks the department of education with governing the Iowa school for the deaf. The bill transfers the responsibility for governing the Iowa school for the deaf to the state board of regents and makes conforming changes, including requiring the state board of regents to establish a hall of fame for distinguished graduates at the Iowa school for the deaf, set transportation reimbursement rates, and determine the number of credits to grant to students enrolled in the Iowa school for the deaf who complete courses under the postsecondary enrollment options program. The bill provides that the property and records in the custody of the department of education relating to the Iowa school for the deaf and the hall of fame for distinguished graduates at the Iowa school for the deaf shall be transferred to the state board of regents. Additionally, the bill provides that all employees of the department of education whose primary workplace is located at the Iowa school for the deaf shall be considered employees of the state board of regents on the effective date of the bill without incurring any loss in salary, benefits, or accrued years of service.