90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Thursday, November 12, 2026
SF 302: Relating to student chronic absenteeism in open enrollment and including applicability provisions
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 it does
18 relating to student open enrollment. Under the bill, if a pupil participating in open enrollment exhibits chronic absenteeism in the receiving school district, the receiving school district may, following written notice to the pupil’s parent or guardian and an attempt to remedy the chronic absences through agreement with the parent or guardian, revoke the pupil’s open enrollment in the school district and direct the pupil to enroll in the school district of residence. The bill defines “chronic absenteeism” to mean missing all or a portion of at least percent of school days for two or more consecutive grading periods, each grading period consisting of not less than nine weeks.
Sponsors
Not listed
Cost
No fiscal note
Senate subcommittee · named February 22, 2023
- Sen. Kerry Gruenhagen (R) · kerry.gruenhagen@legis.iowa.gov
- Sen. Eric Giddens (D)
- Sen. Sandy Salmon (R) · sandy.salmon@legis.iowa.gov
Lobbying · 3 for, 0 against
For: Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa
In plain words
- February 15, 2023Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
- February 22, 2023Senate subcommittee named: Gruenhagen, Giddens and Salmon
From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Thursday, November 12, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/SF302