HF 598 — A bill for an act relating to the assignment of pupils who are siblings to classrooms by school districts. (Formerly HF 197.) Effective 7-1-19.

KIMHouse REYNOLDSFile O598 F- FEnrolled ICHouse EFile O598 FAN TACT HRELATING ETO GTHE OASSIGNMENT VOF EPUPILS RWHO NARE OSIBLINGS RTO ADAMCLASSROOMS GREGGBY GOVERNORSCHOOL LTDISTRICTS. GOVERNOR May 2, 2019 The Honorable Paul Pate Secretary of State of Iowa State Capitol Des Moines, Iowa 50319 Dear Mr.

Secretary, I hereby transmit:

House File 598, an Act relating to the assignment of pupils who are siblings to classrooms by school districts.

The above House File is hereby approved on this date.

STATE CAPITOL DES MOINES, IOWA 50319 515.281.5211 FAX 515.725.3527 WWW.GOVERNOR.IOWA.GOV House F ile 598 AN ACT RELATING TO THE ASSIGNMENT OF PUPILS WHO ARE SIBLINGS TO CLASSROOMS BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

SSection e1. c tio n 1 .

SSection e c tio n 279.11, Code 2019, iis s amended to read as fofollows: llo w s:

279.11 Number oof f schools ~attendance—— ~attendance term—— sterms ~classroom—— assignmclassroom ent.assignment.

The1. board o f d ir e c to r s s h a ll determ ine th e number o f sch o o ls to be ta u g h t, d iv id e th e c o rp o ra tio n in to such wards or o th e r d iv is io n s fo r school purposes as may be p ro p e r, determ ine th e p a r tic u la r school which each c h ild s h a ll a tte n d , and d e sig n a te th e p e rio d each school s h a ll be h eld beyond th e tim e re q u ire d by law .

The board of directors shall determine the number of schools to be taught, divide the corporation into such wards or other divisions for school purposes as may be proper, determine the particular school which each child shall attend, and designate the period each school shall be held beyond the time required by law.

A pparent a re n t or gguardian uof ardsiblings ian o f s ib lin g s may rerequest qof u e st o f a school pprincipal, rthat inthe cchildren ip a l, th a t th e c h ild re n be pplaced laced in ththe e same classroom oor r in sseparate eclassrooms pif athe rachildren teare classroom s i f th e c h ild re n a re in ththe e same grade lelevel vacademically efor lkindergarten acad em ically fo r k in d e rg a rte n through grade ffive. iv e .

The school pprincipal r in cconsultation ipwith athe lsiblings’ in c o n s u lta tio n w ith th e s i b l i n g s ' classroom teteachers afor cthe hprior e rs fo r th e p r io r school yyear, e a r, may recommend classroom placemplacement ent to ththe eparent p a re n t or gguardian. u a rd ia n .

The school pprincipal rshall inprovide cthe ipplacement arequested l s h a ll p ro v id e th e placem ent req u ested by ththe eparent por aguardian, reunless nthe t o r g u a rd ia n , u n le ss th e school pprincipal r in c ip a l makes a classroom placemplacement entdetermination d e te rm in a tio n as provided under paragraph -b“b” - or iif fthe thplacement e placem ent would rerequire qthe uschool iredistrict th e sch o o l d i s t r i c t to add an aadditional dclass dat itiothe nsiblings’ a l c la s s a t th e s i b l i n g s ' grade lelevel. vA re q u e st made House F ile 598, p .

2A byrequest amade parentHouse orFile guardi598, anp. under th is paragraph must be submitted to the school principal a t the time of re g istra tio n for classes o r, i f the children are enrolled in the school d is tr ic t a fte r the school year commences, w ithin fourteen days a fte r the ch ild ren 's f i r s t day of attendance during the school year.

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c.Forb. purposes of th is subsection, -disruptive to the c la ss- includes classroom placement of the siblings where i t is determined that a s ib lin g 's behavior or actions are detrim ental to other students' academic achievement or su b stan tially in te rfe re s with other students' a b ilitie s to p a rtic ip a te in or benefit from the services, a c tiv itie s , or privileges provided by the school.

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~For ~Lpurposes .of this subsection, “disruptive to the class” includes classroom placement of the siblings where it is determined that a sibling’s behavior or actions are detrimental to other students’ academic achievement or substantially interferes with other students’ abilities to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by the school.

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CARMINEA BOALparent Chiefor Clerkguardian may appeal the assignment of siblings made by a school principal under this subsection to the Houseboard Aprovd_~-1--~~~'2019of Governordirectors of the school district.

______________________________ ______________________________ LINDA UPMEYER CHARLES SCHNEIDER Speaker of the House President of the Senate I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and is known as House File 598, Eighty-eighth General Assembly.

______________________________ CARMINE BOAL Chief Clerk of the House Approved _______________, 2019 ______________________________ KIM REYNOLDS Governor