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IA Code § 280.21 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.21 - Corporal punishment — burden of proof.

280.21 Corporal punishment — burden of proof.   1. An employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency shall not inflict, or cause to be inflicted, corporal punishment upon a student. For purposes of this section, “corporal punishment” means the intentional physical punishment of a student. An employee’s physical contact with the body of a student shall not be considered corporal punishment if it is reasonable and necessary under the circumstances and is not designed or intended to cause pain or if the employee uses reasonable force, as defined under section 704.1, for the protection of the employee, the student, or other students; to obtain the possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within a student’s control; or for the protection of property. The department of education shall adopt rules to implement this section.   2. A school employee who, in the reasonable course of the employee’s employment responsibilities, comes into physical contact with a student shall be granted immunity from any civil or criminal liability which might otherwise be incurred or imposed as a result of such physical contact, if the physical contact is reasonable under the circumstances and involves any of the following:   a. Encouraging, supporting, or disciplining the student.   b. Protecting the employee, the student, or other students.   c. Obtaining possession of a weapon or other dangerous object within a student’s control.   d. Protecting employee, student, or school property.   e. Quelling a disturbance or preventing an act threatening physical harm to any person.   f. Removing a disruptive student from class or any area of the school premises, or from school-sponsored activities off school premises.   g. Preventing a student from the self-infliction of harm.   h. Self-defense.   i. Any other legitimate educational activity.   3. To prevail in a civil action alleging a violation of this section the party bringing the action shall prove the violation by clear and convincing evidence. Any school employee determined in a civil action to have been wrongfully accused under this section shall be awarded reasonable monetary damages, in light of the circumstances involved, against the party bringing the action.   4. A school employee’s employer and the board of educational examiners shall not engage in reprisal or retaliation against a school employee who, in the reasonable course of the employee’s employment responsibilities, comes into physical contact with a student in accordance with this section.  89 Acts, ch 71, §1; 90 Acts, ch 1218, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1131, §5; 98 Acts, ch 1195, §1; 2018 Acts, ch 1057, §10; 2020 Acts, ch 1108, §10, 11  Referred to in §232.71B, 256.9  Subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph 1 amended  NEW subsection 4
IA Code § 280.21A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.21A - Leave — episode of violence.

280.21A Leave — episode of violence.   1. a. A school employee who, in the course of employment, suffers a personal injury causing temporary total disability, or a permanent partial or total disability, resulting from an episode of violence toward that employee, for which workers’ compensation under chapter 85 is payable, shall be entitled to receive workers’ compensation, which the district shall supplement in order for the employee to receive full salary and benefits for the shortest of the following periods:   (1) One year from the date of the disability.   (2) The period during which the employee is disabled and incapable of employment.   b. During the period described in paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1) or (2), the school employee shall not be required to use accumulated sick leave or vacation.   2. The school district may require the employee, as a condition of receiving benefits under this section, to provide a signed statement that justifies the use of this leave and, if medical attention is required, a certificate from a licensed physician that states the nature and duration of the leave.   3. For purposes of this section, “school employee” means a person employed by a nonpublic school or school district, or any area education agency staff member who provides services to a school or school district.  94 Acts, ch 1131, §6; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §101
IA Code § 280.21B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.21B - Expulsion — weapons in school.

280.21B Expulsion — weapons in school.   The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school which receives services supported by federal funds shall expel from school for a period of not less than one year a student who is determined to have brought a weapon to a school or knowingly possessed a weapon at a school under the jurisdiction of the board or the authorities. However, the superintendent or chief administering officer of a school or school district may modify expulsion requirements on a case-by-case basis. This section shall not be construed to prevent the board of directors of a school district or the authorities in charge of a nonpublic school that have expelled a student from the student’s regular school setting from providing educational services to the student in an alternative setting. If both this section and section 282.4 apply, this section takes precedence over section 282.4. For purposes of this section, “weapon” means a firearm as defined in 18 U.S.C. §921. This section shall be construed in a manner consistent with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, 20 U.S.C. §1400 et seq.  95 Acts, ch 191, §23  Referred to in §279.9A
IA Code § 280.22 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.22 - Student exercise of free expression.

280.22 Student exercise of free expression.   1. Except as limited by this section, students of the public schools have the right to exercise freedom of speech, including the right of expression in official school publications.   2. Students shall not express, publish, or distribute any of the following:   a. Materials which are obscene.   b. Materials which are libelous or slanderous under chapter 659.   c. Materials which encourage students to do any of the following:   (1) Commit unlawful acts.   (2) Violate lawful school regulations.   (3) Cause the material and substantial disruption of the orderly operation of the school.   3. There shall be no prior restraint of material prepared for official school publications except when the material violates this section.   4. Each board of directors of a public school shall adopt rules in the form of a written publications code, which shall include reasonable provisions for the time, place, and manner of conducting such activities within its jurisdiction. The board shall make the code available to the students and their parents.   5. Student editors of official school publications shall assign and edit the news, editorial, and feature content of their publications subject to the limitations of this section. Journalism advisers of students producing official school publications shall supervise the production of the student staff, to maintain professional standards of English and journalism, and to comply with this section.   6. Any expression made by students in the exercise of free speech, including student expression in official school publications, shall not be deemed to be an expression of school policy, and the public school district and school employees or officials shall not be liable in any civil or criminal action for any student expression made or published by students, unless the school employees or officials have interfered with or altered the content of the student speech or expression, and then only to the extent of the interference or alteration of the speech or expression.   7. “Official school publications” means material produced by students in the journalism, newspaper, yearbook, or writing classes and distributed to the student body either free or for a fee.   8. This section does not prohibit a board of directors of a public school from adopting otherwise valid rules relating to oral communications by students upon the premises of each school.  89 Acts, ch 155, §1  Referred to in §279.58
IA Code § 280.23 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.23 - Student health services.

280.23 Student health services.   The board of directors of each public school district and the authorities in charge of each nonpublic school shall not require nonadministrative personnel to perform any special health services or intrusive nonemergency medical services for students unless the nonadministrative personnel are licensed or otherwise qualified and have consented to perform the services.  92 Acts, ch 1033, §1
IA Code § 280.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.24 - Procedures for reporting drug or alcohol possession or use.

280.24 Procedures for reporting drug or alcohol possession or use.   The board of directors of each public school and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall prescribe procedures to report any use or possession of alcoholic liquor, wine, or beer or any controlled substance on school premises to local law enforcement agencies, if the use or possession is in violation of school policy or state law. The procedures may include a provision which does not require a report when the school officials have determined that a school at-risk or other student assistance program would be jeopardized if a student self reports.  97 Acts, ch 126, §38
IA Code § 280.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.26 - Intervention in altercations.

280.26 Intervention in altercations.   1. An employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency may intervene in a fight or physical struggle occurring among students or between students and nonstudents that takes place in the presence of the school employee in a school building, on school premises, or at any school function or school-sponsored activity regardless of its location. The degree and force of the intervention may be as reasonably necessary, in the opinion of the school employee, to restore order and protect the safety of the individuals involved in the altercation and others in the vicinity of the altercation.   2. A person who is not an employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency may intervene in a fight or physical struggle occurring among students, or between students and nonstudents, that takes place in the presence of the nonemployee in a school building, on school premises, or at any school function or school-sponsored activity regardless of its location. The intervention may occur in the absence of an employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency, or at the request of such an employee, utilizing the degree and force of intervention reasonably necessary to restore order and protect the safety of the individuals involved in the altercation and others in the vicinity of the altercation. However, a person who intervenes in the absence of an employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency shall report the intervention and all relevant information regarding the situation as soon as reasonably possible to such an employee.   3. An employee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency who intervenes in a fight or physical struggle pursuant to subsection 1 shall be awarded reasonable monetary damages against a party bringing a civil action alleging a violation of this section, if it is determined in the action that the employee has been wrongfully accused. A nonemployee of a public school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency who intervenes in a fight or physical struggle pursuant to subsection 2 shall be limited to the recovery of reasonable attorney fees and court costs, if it is determined in a civil action alleging a violation of this section that the nonemployee has been wrongfully accused.  98 Acts, ch 1195, §2; 2018 Acts, ch 1057, §11
IA Code § 280.27 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.27 - Reporting violence — immunity.

280.27 Reporting violence — immunity.   An employee of a school district, an accredited nonpublic school, or an area education agency who participates in good faith and acts reasonably in the making of a report to, or investigation by, an appropriate person or agency regarding violence, threats of violence, physical or sexual abuse of a student, or other inappropriate activity against a school employee or student in a school building, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored function shall be immune from civil or criminal liability relating to such action, as well as for participating in any administrative or judicial proceeding resulting from or relating to the report or investigation.  2000 Acts, ch 1162, §1; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §96, 106  Referred to in §279.51A, 613.21  Similar provision, see §613.21
IA Code § 280.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS|Section 280.30 - High-quality school building emergency operations plans.

280.30 High-quality school building emergency operations plans.   1. The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall develop a high-quality emergency operations plan for the district and individual school buildings in which students are educated no later than June 30, 2019. The plan shall include but not be limited to responses to active shooter scenarios and natural disasters. The plan shall provide that any alert regarding an emergency situation that is transmitted to school personnel or students by electronic means shall also be transmitted to the employer of any individual who is not a school employee but who is required as a part of the individual’s employment to regularly be present in a school building during the school year. The plan shall include publication of procedures for school personnel, parents, and guardians to report possible threats to the safety of students or school personnel on school grounds or at school activities. The board and authorities shall consider any recommendations of the department of education relating to the development of a high-quality emergency operations plan and shall consult with local emergency management coordinators and local law enforcement agencies in the development of the plan. The board and authorities shall review and update the plan on an annual basis. The plan shall be confidential and shall not be a public record subject to disclosure under chapter 22.   2. The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of each accredited nonpublic school shall require that at least once per school year an emergency operations drill based on the emergency operations plan be conducted in each individual school building in which students are educated. The board and authorities shall determine which school personnel participate in the drill and whether students or local law enforcement agencies participate in the drill. The drill may include but is not limited to a table top exercise, walk-through, partial drill, or full drill. This subsection shall not be construed to affect the requirements of section 100.31, subsection 1.  2018 Acts, ch 1109, §1
IA Code § 280A.1 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280A - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES — SCHOOL SETTINGS|Section 280A.1 - Definitions.

280A.1 Definitions.   As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:   1. “Accredited nonpublic school” means any school, other than a public school, that is accredited pursuant to section 256.11 for any and all levels for grades one through twelve.   2. “Area education agency” means an area education agency established pursuant to chapter 273.   3. “Behavioral health screening” or “screening” means a screening and assessment performed using a universal behavioral health screening and assessment tool, approved for use by the department of education in consultation with the department of public health and the department of human services, to identify factors that place children at higher risk for behavioral health conditions, to determine appropriate treatment or intervention, and to identify the need for referral for appropriate services.   4. “Behavioral health services” means services provided by a health care professional operating within the scope of the health care professional’s practice which address mental, emotional, medical, or behavioral conditions, illnesses, diseases, or problems.   5. “Health care professional” means a physician or other health care practitioner licensed, accredited, registered, or certified to perform specified health care services consistent with state law.   6. “In-person encounter” means that the mental health professional and the student are in the physical presence of each other and are in the same physical location during the provision of behavioral health services.   7. “Mental health professional” means the same as defined in section 228.1.   8. “Patient” means a student receiving a behavioral health screening or other behavioral health services in accordance with this chapter.   9. “Primary care provider” means the personal provider trained to provide the first contact and continuous and comprehensive care to a patient and includes but is not limited to any of the following licensed or certified health care professionals who provide primary care:   a. A physician who is a family or general practitioner or a pediatrician.   b. An advanced registered nurse practitioner.   c. A physician assistant.   10. “Provider-patient relationship” means the relationship between the patient and the mental health professional that meets the requirements for commencement and establishment of a valid provider-patient relationship as specified in this chapter.   11. “Public school” means any school directly supported in whole or in part by taxation.   12. “School district” means a school district described in chapter 274.   13. “Student” means a person enrolled in and attending an accredited nonpublic school or a public school in grades one through twelve.   14. “Telehealth” means the same as defined in section 514C.34.  2020 Acts, ch 1105, §1  NEW section
IA Code § 280A.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280A - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES — SCHOOL SETTINGS|Section 280A.2 - Behavioral health screenings and assessments in school settings.

280A.2 Behavioral health screenings and assessments in school settings.   1. a. A school district, an accredited nonpublic school, or an area education agency may contract with a mental health professional or a nationally accredited behavioral health care organization to provide behavioral health screenings to students in person.   b. (1) A behavioral health screening may be conducted following provision of written consent by the student’s parent or guardian for the student to participate in such screening.   (2) The consent shall also allow for the disclosure of the results of such screenings to the school district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency, if the mental health professional believes there is a credible threat to the health and safety of the student or others.   2. If a mental health professional conducts an initial behavioral health screening on the premises of a public school, an accredited nonpublic school, or an area education agency and determines that a student should be referred for additional behavioral health services, all of the following shall apply:   a. The mental health professional shall notify the parent or guardian of the student of the results of the screening.   b. The mental health professional may notify the student’s primary care provider following provision of written consent by the student’s parent or guardian. If a student does not have a primary care provider, the mental health professional may provide a listing of local primary care providers to the student’s parent or guardian.  2020 Acts, ch 1105, §2  NEW section
IA Code § 280A.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS|Chapter 280A - BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES — SCHOOL SETTINGS|Section 280A.3 - Establishment of provider-patient relationship for services provided via telehealth in a school setting.

280A.3 Establishment of provider-patient relationship for services provided via telehealth in a school setting.   1. A mental health professional who provides services via telehealth in a public school, an accredited nonpublic school, or an area education agency shall establish a valid provider-patient relationship with the student who receives telehealth services.   2. The provider-patient relationship commences when all of the following conditions are met:   a. The student with the health-related matter with the consent of the student’s parent or guardian seeks assistance from a mental health professional.   b. The mental health professional agrees to undertake diagnosis and treatment of the student.   c. The student’s parent or guardian agrees to have the student treated by the mental health professional.   3. A valid provider-patient relationship may be established through any of the following means:   a. Through an in-person encounter which includes an in-person medical interview and physical examination conducted under the standard of care required for an in-person encounter.   b. Through consultation with a primary care provider who has an established relationship with the patient and who agrees to participate in or supervise the patient’s care.   c. Through telehealth, if the standard of care does not require an in-person encounter, in accordance with evidence-based standards of practice and telehealth practice guidelines that address the clinical and technological aspects of telehealth, and the student’s parent or guardian is present.   4. The parent or guardian of a student shall consent prior to the student receiving behavioral health services via telehealth under this chapter after a provider-patient relationship is established pursuant to this section. The school district shall maintain any such consent form completed by a parent or guardian.  2020 Acts, ch 1105, §3  NEW section