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IA Code § 256.85 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION|Section 256.85 - Purchase of energy efficiency packages.

256.85 Purchase of energy efficiency packages.   The public broadcasting division of the department of education may use the state of Iowa facilities improvement corporation to purchase energy efficiency packages.  93 Acts, ch 48, §42; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §29
IA Code § 256.86 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION|Section 256.86 - Competition with private sector.

256.86 Competition with private sector.   1. It is the intent of the general assembly that the division shall not compete with the private sector by actively seeking revenue from its operations except as provided in this chapter.   2. a. The division may receive revenue for providing services, products, and usage of facilities and equipment if one or more of the following conditions are met:   (1) The service, product, or usage is not reasonably available in the private sector.   (2) The division can provide the service, product, or usage at a time, price, location, or terms that are not reasonably available through the private sector.   (3) The service, product, or usage is deemed by the division to be related to public service or the educational mission of the division.   b. The division may charge reasonable fees for providing services, products, and usage of facilities and equipment in accordance with paragraph “a”, including but not limited to a reasonable equipment and facilities usage fee.   c. Fees charged in accordance with this subsection shall be deposited in the capital equipment replacement revolving fund created pursuant to section 256.87.   3. It is not the intent of the general assembly to prohibit the receipt of charitable contributions as defined by section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code.   4. The board, the governor, or the administrator may apply for and accept federal or nonfederal gifts, loans, or grants of funds and may use the funds for projects under this chapter.  93 Acts, ch 48, §43; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §8
IA Code § 256.87 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION|Section 256.87 - Capital equipment replacement revolving fund.

256.87 Capital equipment replacement revolving fund.   1. A capital equipment replacement revolving fund is created in the state treasury. The revolving fund shall be administered by the board and shall consist of moneys collected by the division as fees and any other moneys obtained or accepted by the division for deposit in the revolving fund.   2. The board may expend moneys from the capital equipment replacement revolving fund to update facilities and purchase equipment for its operations.   3. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in the revolving fund shall be credited to the revolving fund. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the revolving fund that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the fiscal year shall not revert to any other fund but shall remain available in the revolving fund for the purposes designated.  93 Acts, ch 48, §44; 2012 Acts, ch 1132, §9  Referred to in §256.86
IA Code § 256.88 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION|Section 256.88 - Trusts.

256.88 Trusts.   Notwithstanding section 633.63, the board may accept and administer trusts and may authorize nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of educational telecommunications including the broadcast and narrowcast systems to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial to the operation of the educational radio and television facility. The board and the foundations may act as trustees in such instances.  93 Acts, ch 48, §45
IA Code § 256.89 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION|Section 256.89 - State plan.

256.89 State plan. Repealed by  2006 Acts, ch 1185, §31  .
IA Code § 256.90 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION|Section 256.90 - Narrowcast operations.

256.90 Narrowcast operations.   1. The board shall not use, permit use, or permit resale of its telecommunications narrowcast system for other than educational purposes. The board, in the establishment and operation of its telecommunications narrowcast system, shall use facilities and services of the private telecommunications industry companies to the greatest extent possible and is prohibited from constructing telecommunications facilities unless comparable facilities are not available from the private telecommunications industry at comparable quality and price.   2. Notwithstanding chapter 476, the provisions of chapter 476 shall not apply to a public utility in furnishing a telecommunications service or facility to the board.  93 Acts, ch 48, §47
IA Code § 256A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256A - CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE|Section 256A.1 - Title.

256A.1 Title.   This chapter shall be known as the “Child Development Assistance Act”.  88 Acts, ch 1130, §2
IA Code § 256A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256A - CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE|Section 256A.2 - Child development coordinating council established.

256A.2 Child development coordinating council established.   1. A child development coordinating council is established to promote the provision of child development services to at-risk three-year-old and four-year-old children. The council shall consist of the following members:   a. The administrator of the division of adult, children and family services of the department of human services or the administrator’s designee.   b. The director of the department of education or the director’s designee.   c. The director of human services or the director’s designee.   d. The director of the department of public health or the director’s designee.   e. An early childhood specialist of an area education agency selected by the area education agency administrators.   f. The dean of the college of human sciences at Iowa state university of science and technology or the dean’s designee.   g. The dean of the college of education from the university of northern Iowa or the dean’s designee.   h. The professor and head of the department of pediatrics at the university of Iowa or the professor’s designee.   i. A resident of this state who is a parent of a child who is or has been served by a federal head start program.   2. Staff assistance for the council shall be provided by the department of education. Members of the council shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in their official duties and shall receive per diem compensation at the level authorized under section 7E.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”.  88 Acts, ch 1130, §3; 89 Acts, ch 206, §7; 91 Acts, ch 109, §5, 6; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §58; 2020 Acts, ch 1022, §2  Subsection 1, paragraphs a and f amended
IA Code § 256A.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256A - CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE|Section 256A.5 - District advisory committees.

256A.5 District advisory committees.   The board of directors of a school district shall appoint an advisory committee for each family support program. The members shall include participating parents and members of the community which participates in the program, such as members of the district’s local early childhood education committees and representatives of local businesses, service organizations, educators, head start educators, parents, private child care providers, county home extension economists, area education agencies, the school board, the community education advisory board, local social services organizations, the local board of health, public health care practitioners, maternal and child health care providers, and persons knowledgeable about developmentally appropriate learning and parent or family education programs. The committee shall be responsible for assessing current programs and services for expectant parents and parents of children who are less than six years of age. The committee shall also assist the board in developing, planning, and monitoring the program and shall submit any recommendations in a report to the board.   The child development coordinating council shall develop a resource directory of parent involvement programs to assist districts in planning family support programs.  92 Acts, ch 1158, §5
IA Code § 256B.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256B - SPECIAL EDUCATION|Section 256B.1 - Division of special education created.

256B.1 Division of special education created.   There is created within the department of education a division of special education for the promotion, direction, and supervision of education for children requiring special education in the schools under the supervision and control of the department. The director of the department of education may organize the division and employ the necessary qualified personnel to implement this chapter.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §281.1]  85 Acts, ch 212, §22; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1476  C93, §256B.1
IA Code § 256B.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256B - SPECIAL EDUCATION|Section 256B.5 - Information available upon request by bureau.

256B.5 Information available upon request by bureau.   The Iowa department of public health shall furnish to the state bureau of special education upon request information obtained from birth certificates relative to the name, address, and disability of any case of developmental disability. The state child health specialty clinics of the university of Iowa shall upon request furnish to the state bureau of special education the name, address, and disability of all children of their register.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §281.5]  C93, §256B.5  94 Acts, ch 1091, §15
IA Code § 256B.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256B - SPECIAL EDUCATION|Section 256B.7 - Examinations of children.

256B.7 Examinations of children.   In order to render proper instruction to each child requiring special education, the school districts shall certify children requiring special education for special instruction in accordance with the requirements set up by the division of special education and shall provide examinations for children preliminary to making certification. The examinations necessary for the certification of children requiring special education shall be prescribed by the state division of special education. Disputes concerning a child’s eligibility for special education shall be addressed under rules and procedures adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section 256B.6 and consistent with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act of 2004, 20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §281.7]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1481  C93, §256B.7  2013 Acts, ch 88, §3  Referred to in §299.5
IA Code § 256B.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256B - SPECIAL EDUCATION|Section 256B.8 - Exceptions.

256B.8 Exceptions.   1. It is not incumbent upon the school districts to keep a child requiring special education in regular instruction when the child cannot sufficiently profit from the work of the regular classroom, nor to keep a child requiring special education in the special class or instruction for children requiring special education when it is determined by the diagnostic educational team that the child can no longer benefit from the instruction or needs more specialized instruction available in special schools. However, the school district shall count the child requiring special education in the enrollment as provided in sections 256B.9, 257.6, and 273.9 and shall ensure that appropriate educational provisions are made for the child requiring special education.   2. An area education agency director of special education may request approval from the department of education to continue the special education program of a person beyond the period specified in section 256B.2, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, if the person had an accident or prolonged illness that resulted in delays in the initiation of or interruptions in that person’s special education program. Approval may be granted by the department to continue the special education program of that person for up to three years or until the person’s twenty-fourth birthday.   3. No provision of this chapter shall be construed to require or compel any person who is a member of a well-recognized church or religious denomination and whose religious convictions, in accordance with the tenets or principles of the person’s church or religious denomination, are opposed to medical or surgical treatment for disease to take or follow a course of physical therapy, or submit to medical treatment, nor shall any parent or guardian who is a member of such church or religious denomination and who has such religious convictions be required to enroll a child in any course or instruction which utilizes medical or surgical treatment for disease.  [C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §281.8]  84 Acts, ch 1001, §1; 89 Acts, ch 135, §83  C93, §256B.8  93 Acts, ch 101, §102; 2010 Acts, ch 1016, §4
IA Code § 256B.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256B - SPECIAL EDUCATION|Section 256B.11 - Program plans.

256B.11 Program plans.   1. Program plans submitted to the department of education pursuant to section 273.5 for approval by the director of the department of education shall establish all of the following:   a. That there are sufficient children requiring special education within the area.   b. That the service or program will be provided by the most appropriate educational agency.   c. That the educational agency providing the service or program has employed qualified special educational personnel.   d. That the instruction is a natural and normal progression of a planned course of instruction.   e. That all revenue raised for support of special education instruction and services is expended for actual delivery of special education instruction or services.   f. Other factors as the state board may require.   2. Notwithstanding subsection 1 and section 273.5, subsection 6, the director of the department of education may authorize the area education agency to submit a statement assuring that the requirements of subsection 1 are satisfied in lieu of submitting a special education instructional and support program plan.  [C73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §281.11]  86 Acts, ch 1245, §1483  C93, §256B.11  2010 Acts, ch 1016, §5  Referred to in §298.1
IA Code § 256C.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256C - STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN|Section 256C.1 - Definitions.

256C.1 Definitions.   As used in this chapter:   1. “Approved local program” means a school district’s program for four-year-old children approved by the department of education to provide high quality preschool instruction.   2. “Department” means the department of education.   3. “Director” means the director of the department of education.   4. “Preschool program” means the statewide preschool program for four-year-old children created in accordance with this chapter.   5. “School district approved to participate in the preschool program” means a school district that meets the school district requirements under section 256C.3 and has been approved by the department to participate in the preschool program.   6. “State board” means the state board of education.  2007 Acts, ch 148, §1
IA Code § 256C.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256C - STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN|Section 256C.2 - Statewide preschool program for four-year-old children — purpose.

256C.2 Statewide preschool program for four-year-old children — purpose.   1. A statewide preschool program for four-year-old children is established. The purpose of the preschool program is to provide an opportunity for all young children in the state to enter school ready to learn by expanding voluntary access to quality preschool curricula for all children who are four years old.   2. The state board shall adopt rules in accordance with chapter 17A as necessary to implement the preschool program as provided in this chapter.  2007 Acts, ch 148, §2
IA Code § 256C.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256C - STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN|Section 256C.5 - Funding formula.

256C.5 Funding formula.   1. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and section 256C.4:   a. “Base year”, “budget year”, “regular program state cost per pupil”, and “school district” mean the same as defined or described in chapter 257.   b. “Eligible student” means a child who meets eligibility requirements under section 256C.4.   c. “Preschool budget enrollment” means the figure that is equal to fifty percent of the actual enrollment of eligible students in the preschool programming provided by a school district approved to participate in the preschool program on October 1 of the base year, or the first Monday in October if October 1 falls on a Saturday or Sunday.   d. “Preschool foundation aid” means the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied by the school district’s preschool budget enrollment.   2. Preschool foundation aid district amount.   a. For the initial school year for which a school district approved to participate in the preschool program receives that approval and implements the preschool program, the funding for the preschool foundation aid payable to that school district shall be paid from the appropriation made for that school year in section 256C.6, Code 2011, or in another appropriation made for purposes of this chapter. For that school year, the preschool foundation aid payable to the school district is the product of the regular program state cost per pupil for the school year multiplied by sixty percent of the school district’s eligible student enrollment on the date in the school year determined by rule.   b. For budget years subsequent to the initial school year for which a school district approved to participate in the preschool program receives that initial approval and implements the preschool program, the funding for the preschool foundation aid payable to that school district shall be paid from the appropriation made in section 257.16. Continuation of a school district’s participation in the preschool program for a second or subsequent budget year is subject to the approval of the department based upon the school district’s compliance with accountability provisions and the department’s on-site review of the school district’s implementation of the preschool program.   3. Aid payments. Preschool foundation aid shall be paid as part of the state aid payments made to school districts in accordance with section 257.16.   4. Administration and oversight. Except as otherwise provided by law for a fiscal year, of the amount appropriated for that fiscal year for payment of preschool foundation aid statewide, the department may use an amount sufficient to fund up to three full-time equivalent positions which shall be in addition to the number of positions authorized for the fiscal year, as necessary to provide administration and oversight of the preschool program.  2007 Acts, ch 148, §5; 2008 Acts, ch 1181, §69, 74; 2011 Acts, ch 131, §91, 101; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §35
IA Code § 256C.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256C - STATEWIDE PRESCHOOL PROGRAM FOR FOUR-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN|Section 256C.6 - Phase-in — appropriations.

256C.6 Phase-in — appropriations. Repealed by its own terms;  2007 Acts, ch 148, §6  .
IA Code § 256F.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS|Section 256F.1 - Authorization and purpose.

256F.1 Authorization and purpose.   1. Charter schools and innovation zone schools shall be part of the state’s program of public education.   2. A charter school may be established by creating a new school within an existing public school or converting an existing public school to charter status.   3. The purpose of a charter school or an innovation zone school established pursuant to this chapter shall be to accomplish the following:   a. Improve student learning.   b. Increase learning opportunities for students.   c. Encourage the use of different and innovative methods of teaching.   d. Require the measurement of learning outcomes and create different and innovative forms of measuring outcomes.   e. Establish new forms of accountability for schools.   f. Create new professional opportunities for teachers and other educators, including the opportunity to be responsible for the learning program at the school site.   g. Create different organizational structures for continuous learner progress.   h. Allow greater flexibility to meet the education needs of a diverse and constantly changing student population.   i. Allow for the allocation of resources in innovative ways through implementation of specialized school budgets for the benefit of the schools served.   4. An innovation zone school may be established pursuant to this chapter to encourage diverse approaches to learning and education within individual schools.  2002 Acts, ch 1124, §1, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §2 – 5  Referred to in §256F.3, 256F.5
IA Code § 256F.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 256F - CHARTER SCHOOLS AND INNOVATION ZONE SCHOOLS|Section 256F.2 - Definitions.

256F.2 Definitions.   As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Advisory council” means a council appointed by the school board of directors of a charter school or an innovation zone consortium pursuant to section 256F.5, subsection 4.   2. “Attendance center” means a public school building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students.   3. “Charter school” means a charter school established in accordance with this chapter.   4. “Department” means the department of education.   5. “Innovation zone consortium” means a consortium of two or more school districts and an area education agency in which one or more of the school districts are located, that receives approval to establish an innovation zone school pursuant to this chapter. In addition, the innovation zone consortium may receive technical assistance from an accredited higher education institution.   6. “Innovation zone school” means a public school administered by a principal that is, pursuant to an innovation zone school contract entered into by an innovation zone consortium pursuant to section 256F.6, established as an innovation zone school.   7. “School board” means a board of directors regularly elected by the registered voters of a school district.   8. “State board” means the state board of education.  2002 Acts, ch 1124, §2, 16; 2003 Acts, ch 79, §7, 8; 2010 Acts, ch 1001, §6 - 9; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §32; 2014 Acts, ch 1026, §62; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §89