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Relating to the open enrollment of truant pupils
Topics:K–12 education
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 General Assembly adjourned on April 19, 2024. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the open enrollment of truant pupils. The bill provides that, if a pupil participating in open enrollment is truant, the receiving district may prohibit the pupil from remaining enrolled in the receiving district and from enrolling in the receiving district in the future. The bill requires the receiving district to send notification of the receiving district’s decision to prohibit the pupil from remaining enrolled to the pupil’s parent or guardian and to the pupil’s sending district.
Read the full explanation
Additionally, the bill requires the sending district to enroll the pupil. The bill does not prohibit such a pupil’s parent or guardian from filing a request to open enroll in the future. The bill defines “truant” as any child of compulsory attendance age who fails to attend school as provided in Code chapter 299 (compulsory education), or as required by the school board’s attendance policy, without reasonable excuse for the absence.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
Iowa Code it changes
Amends§282.18
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Lobbying
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