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Relating to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment
Sponsored by the House Education (successor To Hf 41) Committee
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 10, 2023
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 17, 2023
- Done: House committeeJanuary 24, 2023
- Done: Passes the HouseFebruary 28, 202492–3
- Done: Senate committeeMarch 14, 2024
- Done: Passes the SenateApril 2, 202449–0
- Done: To the GovernorApril 23, 2024
- Done: Signed into lawMay 1, 2024
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What’s in it
This bill relates to the transportation to and from school of pupils participating in open enrollment. Current law authorizes a receiving school district to send school vehicles into the district of residence of a pupil who open enrolls, for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and from school in the receiving school district, if the boards of directors of the sending school district and receiving school district agree to this arrangement. The bill strikes the requirement that the boards of directors of the sending school district and receiving school district agree to the arrangement.
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The bill provides that a receiving district with a total enrollment of less than 2,000 students may send school vehicles not more than two miles into the district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, for the purpose of transporting the pupil to and from school in the receiving district, if the pupil’s primary residence is closer to the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district than the residence is to the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district. The bill also provides that a receiving district with a total enrollment of at least 2,000 students may send school vehicles two miles or more into the district of residence of the pupil who open enrolls, regardless of the distance between the pupil’s primary residence and the attendance center the pupil attends in the receiving district or the attendance center the pupil would be assigned in the sending district, if the total enrollment of the pupil’s district of residence is less than two thousand students, the pupil’s district of residence is contiguous to the receiving district, and the pupil’s district of residence has sent school vehicles into the receiving district.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text · What changed before it passed
Senate subcommittee
Named March 4, 2024. On March 6, 2024 it recommended amendment and passage. [].
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Fiscal note
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There is no fiscal impact to the State. There may be a fiscal impact to school districts that choose to provide transportation to students who open enroll. This cost cannot be determined since it would vary across school districts and specific student situations. Additionally, the cost would be voluntarily incurred by school districts since they are not required to provide the transportation.
- Final Fiscal Note — School Bus Open Enrollment · May 1, 2024
- School Bus Open Enrollment · April 3, 2024
- School Bus Open Enrollment · March 1, 2024
- School Bus Open Enrollment · February 22, 2024
- School Bus Open Enrollment · January 31, 2023
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§282.18
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Lobbying
11 for · 3 against · 12 undecided · Who →
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