Bill Text: IA HF2001 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to removal of students from school buses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-17 - Subcommittee: Thompson, P., Bradley and Buck. H.J. 102. [HF2001 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2001-Introduced.html
House File 2001 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2001 BY SORENSEN A BILL FOR An Act relating to removal of students from school buses. 1 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 2 TLSB 5501YH (2) 90 je/jh
H.F. 2001 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 321.376A Removal of student from 1 school bus —— notification. 2 When a student is removed from a school bus due to the 3 student’s behavior, the driver of the school bus shall 4 immediately notify the school district or nonpublic school once 5 the removal occurs and the student is in a safe location. If 6 another school employee is also present on the school bus at 7 the time of the removal, that employee may notify the school 8 district or nonpublic school instead. The school district or 9 nonpublic school shall immediately attempt to notify the parent 10 or guardian of the student of the circumstances of the removal, 11 including the student’s present location. The school district 12 shall continue such attempts until the parent or guardian is 13 successfully notified. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill requires the driver of a school bus to immediately 18 notify a school district or nonpublic school when a student 19 is removed from a school bus due to the student’s behavior. 20 The notification shall be carried out once the removal occurs 21 and the student is in a safe location. The school district or 22 nonpublic school shall immediately attempt to notify the parent 23 or guardian of the student of the circumstances of the removal 24 and present location and shall continue such attempts until the 25 parent or guardian is successfully notified. 26 -1- LSB 5501YH (2) 90 je/jh 1/ 1
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