Bill Text: IA HF197 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the assignment of pupils who are siblings to classrooms by school districts. (See HF 598.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Withdrawn. H.J. 582. [HF197 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF197-Introduced.html
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BY
WHEELER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
assignment
of
pupils
who
are
siblings
to
1
classrooms
by
school
districts.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.11,
Code
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.11
Number
of
schools
——
attendance
——
terms
——
classroom
3
assignment
.
4
1.
The
board
of
directors
shall
determine
the
number
of
5
schools
to
be
taught,
divide
the
corporation
into
such
wards
or
6
other
divisions
for
school
purposes
as
may
be
proper,
determine
7
the
particular
school
which
each
child
shall
attend,
and
8
designate
the
period
each
school
shall
be
held
beyond
the
time
9
required
by
law.
10
2.
A
school
district
shall
require
school
administrators
11
to
assign
siblings
who
are
enrolled
in
the
school
district
12
and
who
are
deemed
by
the
school
district
to
be
at
the
same
13
grade
level
academically
to
the
same
classroom
if
the
siblings’
14
parent
or
guardian
submits
to
the
school
administrator,
prior
15
to
the
start
of
the
school
semester,
a
written
request
that
the
16
siblings
be
assigned
to
the
same
classroom.
17
EXPLANATION
18
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
19
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
20
This
bill
requires
school
districts
to
assign
siblings
21
who
are
deemed
by
the
district
to
be
at
the
same
grade
level
22
academically
to
the
same
classroom
if
the
siblings’
parent
23
or
guardian
submits
to
the
school
administrator,
prior
to
24
the
start
of
the
school
semester,
a
written
request
that
the
25
siblings
be
assigned
to
the
same
classroom.
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