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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 280 - UNIFORM SCHOOL REQUIREMENTS › Section 280.32 - Radon testing and mitigation.

280.32 Radon testing and mitigation.
1. For purposes of this section, “short-term test” means a test using a device that remains in an area for two to seven days to determine the amount of radon in the air.
2. The board of directors of each public school district shall establish a radon plan and schedule for short-term tests for radon gas to be performed at each attendance center under its control at least once by July 1, 2027, and at least once every five years thereafter. Each school district shall publish testing results on the district’s internet site in a timely manner.
3. Radon testing pursuant to this section conducted on and after July 1, 2022, shall be conducted by a person certified to conduct such testing pursuant to section 136B.1 or by district employees that have completed a school radon testing training program approved by the department of education and the department of public health. District employees that have completed training shall not perform testing services in locations other than the employee’s employing district. The department of public health shall maintain and make available to school districts a list of such approved school radon testing training programs. Testing shall be based on recognized national standards that outline school radon testing practices.
4. a. If the results of a short-term test at an attendance center are at or above four picocuries per liter, the board of directors of the public school district shall conduct a second short-term test for radon gas and radon decay products in the spaces with elevated results within sixty days of the first test.
b. If the averaged results of the first and second tests at an attendance center pursuant to paragraph “a” are at or above four picocuries per liter, the board of directors of the public school district shall retain or employ a person credentialed pursuant to section 136B.1 to develop a radon mitigation plan that may include further diagnostic testing, corrective measures, and active mitigation. The board shall complete the radon mitigation plan within two years of the first test. A district is not required to mitigate radon at an attendance center if the district intends to abandon the building within five years or has a plan to renovate the attendance center within five years and the renovation will include radon mitigation.
5. All new school construction shall incorporate radon resistant construction techniques.
6. In consultation with appropriate stakeholders and the department of education, the department of public health shall adopt rules to administer this section.
2022 Acts, ch 1097, §1, 4
Referred to in §423F.3
For provisions relating to certain funding for radon testing, see §423F.3(3)(a)
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2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.1 - School age — nonresidents.

282.1 School age — nonresidents.
1. Persons between five and twenty-one years of age are of school age. Nonresident children shall be charged the maximum tuition rate as determined in section 282.24, with the exception that those residing temporarily in a school corporation may attend school in the corporation upon terms prescribed by the board. A school district discontinuing grades under section 282.7, subsection 1 or 3, shall be charged tuition as provided in section 282.24.
2. For purposes of this section, “resident” means a child who meets either of the following requirements:
a. Is physically present in a district, whose residence has not been established in another district by operation of law, and who meets any of the following conditions:
(1) Is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for school purposes.
(2) Meets the definitional requirements of the term “homeless individual” under 42 U.S.C. §11302(a) and (c).
(3) Lives in a juvenile detention center or residential facility in the district.
b. Is domiciled with the child’s parent or guardian who is on active duty in the military service of the United States and is stationed at and resides or is domiciled within a federal military installation located contiguous to a county in this state.
3. The parent or guardian of a child who meets the requirements of subsection 2, paragraph “b”, may enroll the child in a school district in a county in this state that is located contiguous to the out-of-state federal military installation. Notwithstanding section 285.1 relating to transportation of resident pupils, the parent or guardian is responsible for transporting the child without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school bus route of the district of enrollment.
4. Notwithstanding section 282.6, if a parent or guardian enrolls a child in a school district in accordance with subsection 3, the school district shall be free of tuition for such child.
[C73, §1795; C97, §2804; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4268; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.1]
83 Acts, ch 31, §3; 88 Acts, ch 1263, §6; 89 Acts, ch 210, §8; 92 Acts, ch 1130, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §38; 2009 Acts, ch 120, §6; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §48; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §61; 2018 Acts, ch 1172, §88, 89; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §237, 239
Referred to in §256E.8, 257.6, 282.8, 282.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.2 - Offsetting tax.

282.2 Offsetting tax.
The parent or guardian whose child or ward attends school in a district of which the parent or guardian is not a resident shall be allowed to deduct the amount of school tax paid by the parent or guardian in said district from the amount of tuition required to be paid.
[C97, §2804; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4269; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.2]
88 Acts, ch 1158, §59
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.3 - Admission and exclusion of pupils.

282.3 Admission and exclusion of pupils.
1. The board may exclude from school children under the age of six years when in its judgment such children are not sufficiently mature to be benefited by regular instruction, or any child who is found to be physically or mentally unable to attend school under section 299.5, or whose presence in school has been found to be injurious to the health of other pupils, or is efficiently taught for the scholastic year at a state institution. However, the board shall provide special education programs and services under chapters 256B, 257, and 273 for all children requiring special education.
2. The conditions of admission to public schools for work in the year immediately preceding the first grade and in the first grade shall be as follows:
a. A child under the age of six years on the fifteenth of September of the current school year shall not be admitted to a public school unless the board of directors of the school has adopted and put into effect courses of study for the school year immediately preceding the first grade, approved by the department of education, and has employed a practitioner or practitioners for this work with standards of training approved by the board of educational examiners.
b. No child shall be admitted to school work for the year immediately preceding the first grade unless the child is five years of age on or before the fifteenth of September of the current school year.
c. No child shall be admitted to the first grade unless the child is six years of age on or before the fifteenth of September of the current school year; except that a child under six years of age who has been admitted to school work for the year immediately preceding the first grade under conditions approved by the department of education, or who has demonstrated the possession of sufficient ability to profit by first-grade work on the basis of tests or other means of evaluation recommended or approved by the department of education, may be admitted to first grade at any time before December 31.
3. This section does not prohibit a school board from requiring the attainment of a greater age than the age requirements set forth in this section.
[C97, §2782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4270; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.3]
89 Acts, ch 135, §85; 89 Acts, ch 210, §9; 89 Acts, ch 265, §36; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §128
Referred to in §279.9A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.4 - Suspension — expulsion.

282.4 Suspension — expulsion.
1. The board may, by a majority vote, expel any student from school for a violation of the regulations or rules established by the board, or when the presence of the student is detrimental to the best interests of the school. The board may confer upon any teacher, principal, or superintendent the power temporarily to suspend a student, notice of the suspension being at once given in writing to the president of the board.
2. A student who commits an assault, as defined under section 708.1, against a school employee in a school building, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored function shall be suspended for a time to be determined by the principal. Notice of the suspension shall be immediately sent to the president of the board. By special meeting or at the next regularly scheduled board meeting, the board shall review the suspension and decide whether to hold a disciplinary hearing to determine whether or not to order further sanctions against the student, which may include expelling the student. In making its decision, the board shall consider the best interests of the school district, which shall include what is best to protect and ensure the safety of the school employees and students from the student committing the assault.
3. A student shall not be suspended or expelled pursuant to this section if the suspension or expulsion would violate the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
4. Notwithstanding section 282.6, if a student has been expelled or suspended from school and has not met the conditions of the expulsion or suspension, the student shall not be permitted to enroll in a school district until the board of directors of the school district approves, by a majority vote, the enrollment of the student.
[C73, §1735, 1756; C97, §2782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4271; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.4]
89 Acts, ch 210, §10; 94 Acts, ch 1131, §7; 94 Acts, ch 1199, §66; 95 Acts, ch 218, §27; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §51; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §180; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §71
Referred to in §279.9A, 280.21B, 282.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.5 - Readmission of student.

282.5 Readmission of student.
When a student is suspended by a teacher, principal, or superintendent, pursuant to section 282.4, the student may be readmitted by the teacher, principal, or superintendent when the conditions of the suspension have been met, but when expelled by the board the student may be readmitted only by the board or in the manner prescribed by the board.
[R60, §2054; C73, §1735, 1756; C97, §2782; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4272; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.5]
94 Acts, ch 1091, §23; 95 Acts, ch 218, §28; 96 Acts, ch 1215, §52
Referred to in §279.9A
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.6 - Tuition.

282.6 Tuition.
1. For purposes of this section, “resident” means a person who is physically present in a district, whose residence has not been established in another district by operation of law, and who meets any of the following conditions:
a. Is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for school purposes.
b. Meets the definitional requirements of the term “homeless individual” under 42 U.S.C. §11302(a) and (c).
c. Lives in a residential correctional facility in the district.
2. Every school shall be free of tuition to all actual residents between the ages of five and twenty-one years and to resident veterans as defined in section 35.1, as many months after becoming twenty-one years of age as they have spent in the armed forces of the United States before they became twenty-one, provided, however, fees may be charged covering instructional costs for a summer school or driver education program. The board of education may, in a hardship case, exempt a student from payment of the above fees. Every person, however, who shall attend any school after graduation from a four-year course in an approved high school or its equivalent shall be charged a sufficient tuition fee to cover the cost of the instruction received by the person.
3. This section shall not apply to tuition authorized by chapter 260C.
[C73, §1724, 1727; C97, §2773; S13, §2773; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4273; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.6]
89 Acts, ch 210, §11; 92 Acts, ch 1135, §2; 99 Acts, ch 180, §14; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §80; 2011 Acts, ch 25, §23
Referred to in §282.1, 282.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.9 - Enrollment of person listed on sex offender registry.

282.9 Enrollment of person listed on sex offender registry.
1. Notwithstanding sections 256E.7, 256F.4, 275.55A, and 282.18, or any other provision to the contrary, prior to knowingly enrolling an individual who is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A, but who is otherwise eligible to enroll in a public school, the board of directors of a school district shall determine the educational placement of the individual. Upon receipt of notice that a student who is enrolled in the district is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A, the board shall determine the educational placement of the student. The tentative agenda for the meeting of the board of directors at which the board will consider such enrollment or educational placement shall specifically state that the board is considering the enrollment or educational placement of an individual who is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A. If the individual is denied enrollment in a school district under this section, the school district of residence shall provide the individual with educational services in an alternative setting.
2. Notwithstanding section 692A.121, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the county sheriff shall provide to the boards of directors of the school districts located within the county the name of any individual under the age of twenty-one who is required to register as a sex offender under chapter 692A.
2004 Acts, ch 1140, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 119, §41; 2021 Acts, ch 112, §17
Referred to in §692A.120
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.10 - Whole grade sharing.

282.10 Whole grade sharing.
1. Whole grade sharing is a procedure used by school districts whereby all or a substantial portion of the pupils in any grade in two or more school districts share an educational program for all or a substantial portion of a school day under a written agreement pursuant to section 256.13, 280.15, or 282.7, subsection 1 or 3. Whole grade sharing may either be one-way or two-way sharing.
2. One-way whole grade sharing occurs when a school district sends pupils to one or more other school districts for instruction and does not receive a substantial number of pupils from those districts in return.
3. Two-way whole grade sharing occurs when a school district sends pupils to one or more other school districts for instruction and receives a substantial number of pupils from those school districts in return.
4. A whole grade sharing agreement shall be signed by the boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the agreement is to take effect. The boards of the districts shall negotiate as part of the new or existing agreement the disposition of funding provided under chapter 284, including the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil as provided in section 257.9, unless all of the districts subject to the agreement are receiving such funding.
87 Acts, ch 224, §60; 88 Acts, ch 1263, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1181, §75; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §62; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §19; 2016 Acts, ch 1036, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 172, §31; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §38
Referred to in §256.9, 256.13, 257.11, 275.2, 280.15, 282.7, 282.8, 285.1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.12 - Funding of whole grade sharing agreements.

282.12 Funding of whole grade sharing agreements.
1. An agreement for whole grade sharing shall establish a method for determination of costs, if any, associated with the sharing agreement.
2. For one-way sharing, the sending district shall pay no less than one-half of the district cost per pupil of the sending district.
3. For two-way sharing, the costs shall be determined by mutual agreement of the boards.
4. The number of pupils participating in a whole grade sharing agreement shall be determined on the date specified in section 257.6, subsection 1, and on the second Friday of January of each year.
87 Acts, ch 224, §62; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §40; 2016 Acts, ch 1036, §8
Referred to in §256.13, 257.11, 280.15, 282.7, 282.8
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.19 - Child living in substance abuse or foster care placement.

282.19 Child living in substance abuse or foster care placement.
1. A child who is living in a facility that provides residential treatment as “facility” is defined in section 125.2, which is located in a school district other than the school district in which the child resided before entering the facility may enroll in and attend an accredited school in the school district in which the child is living.
2. A child who is living in a licensed individual or agency child foster care facility, as defined in section 237.1, or in an unlicensed relative foster care placement, shall remain enrolled in and attend an accredited school in the school district in which the child resided and is enrolled at the time of placement, unless it is determined by the juvenile court or the public or private agency of this state that has responsibility for the child’s placement that remaining in such school is not in the best interests of the child. If such a determination is made, the child may attend an accredited school located in the school district in which the child is living and not in the school district in which the child resided prior to receiving foster care.
3. The instructional costs for students who do not require special education shall be paid as provided in section 282.31, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, or for students who require special education shall be paid as provided in section 282.31, subsection 2 or 3.
[C24, 27, 31, 35, §4283; C39, §4275.1, 4283, 4283.01; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §282.18, 282.22, 282.23; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.18, 282.22, 282.23, 282.25; 81 Acts, ch 90, §1]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 86 Acts, ch 1244, §34; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1485; 87 Acts, ch 233, §480; 89 Acts, ch 319, §74; 2009 Acts, ch 120, §7
Referred to in §282.31
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.20 - Tuition fees — payment.

282.20 Tuition fees — payment.
1. The school corporation in which the student resides shall pay from the general fund to the secretary of the corporation in which the student is permitted to enroll, a tuition fee as prescribed in section 282.24.
2. It shall be unlawful for any school district to rebate to any pupils or their parents, directly or indirectly, any portion of the tuition collected or to be collected or to authorize or permit such pupils to receive at the expense of the district, directly or indirectly, any special compensation, benefit, privilege, or other thing of value that is not and cannot legally be made available to all other pupils enrolled in its schools. Any superintendent or board members responsible for such unlawful act shall each be personally liable to a fine of not to exceed one hundred dollars. Action to recover such penalty or action to enjoin such unlawful act may be instituted by the board of any school district or by a taxpayer in any school district.
3. On or before February 15 and July 15 of each year the secretary of the creditor district shall deliver to the secretary of the debtor district an itemized statement of such tuition fees.
[SS15, §2733-1a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4277; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.20]
83 Acts, ch 31, §6; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §20
Referred to in §256E.8, 282.18
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.21 - Collection of tuition fees.

282.21 Collection of tuition fees.
If payment is not made, the board of the creditor corporation shall file with the auditor of the county of the pupil’s residence a statement certified by its president specifying the amount due for tuition, and the time for which the same is claimed. The auditor shall transmit to the county treasurer an order directing the county treasurer to transfer the amount of such account from the funds of the debtor corporation to the creditor corporation, and the county treasurer shall pay the same accordingly.
[SS15, §2733-1a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4278; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.21]
Referred to in §275.26, 331.502, 331.552
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.24 - Tuition fees established.

282.24 Tuition fees established.
1. The maximum tuition fee that may be charged for elementary and secondary school students residing within another school district or corporation except students attending school in another district under section 282.7, subsection 1 or 3, is the district cost per pupil of the receiving district as computed in section 257.10.
2. A school corporation which owns facilities used as attendance centers for students shall maintain an itemized statement of the appraised value of all buildings owned by the school corporation. The appraisal shall be updated at least once every five years.
3. This section does not prevent the corporation or district in which the student resides from paying a tuition in excess of the maximum computed tuition rates, if the actual per pupil cost of the preceding year so warrants, but the receiving district or corporation shall not demand more than the maximum rate.
[C35, §4233-e3; C39, §4233.3; C46, §279.18; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §279.18, 282.24; C77, 79, 81, §282.24]
83 Acts, ch 31, §7; 85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 87 Acts, ch 224, §63; 88 Acts, ch 1263, §9; 89 Acts, ch 135, §87; 2009 Acts, ch 54, §10; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §82; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §72; 2016 Acts, ch 1036, §11, 12
Referred to in §257.11, 257.41, 275.55A, 282.1, 282.8, 282.20, 282.27, 291.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.26 - High school students attending advanced courses.

282.26 High school students attending advanced courses.
1. The board of any community college may, by mutual agreement with any college or university, permit any specially qualified high school student to attend advanced courses of academic instruction at the college or university.
2. The state board of regents and the state board of education may by rule permit such students to attend any institution of higher learning under their jurisdiction. Credit earned in any such course at a college or university may be applied toward credit for high school graduation. Public school funds shall not be expended for payment of tuition or other costs for such attendance at a college or university, unless the payment is expressly permitted or required by law.
3. Subsections 1 and 2 shall also apply to colleges and universities in adjacent states when the institutions are located nearer to the homes or schools of the school district than the closest college or university within the state.
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.26]
90 Acts, ch 1233, §11; 90 Acts, ch 1253, §89; 2009 Acts, ch 133, §105
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.29 - Children placed by district court.

282.29 Children placed by district court.
Notwithstanding section 282.31, subsection 1, a child who has been identified as requiring special education, who has been placed in a facility, home, or other placement by the district court, and for whom parental rights have been terminated by the district court, shall be provided special education programs and services on the same basis as the programs and services are provided for children requiring special education who are residents of the school district in which the child has been placed. The special education instructional costs shall be paid as provided in section 282.31, subsection 2 or 3.
87 Acts, ch 233, §482; 2009 Acts, ch 120, §8
Referred to in §256.7, 282.31
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.30 - Special programs.

282.30 Special programs.
1. a. An area education agency shall provide or make provision for an appropriate educational program for each child living in the following types of facilities located within its boundaries:
(1) An approved or licensed shelter care home, as defined in section 232.2, subsection 38.
(2) An approved juvenile detention home, as defined in section 232.2, subsection 35.
b. The area education agency shall provide the educational program by any one of, but not limited to, the following:
(1) Providing for the enrollment of the child in the district of residence of the child, subject to the approval of the district in which the child is living.
(2) Cooperating with the district of residence of the child and obtaining the course of study and textbooks of the child for use in the special facility into which the child has been placed.
(3) Providing for the enrollment of the child in the district in which the child is living, subject to the approval of the district in which the child is living.
c. An area education agency shall not provide educational services to a facility specified in paragraph “a” unless the facility makes a request for educational services to the area education agency by either of the following dates:
(1) December 1 of the school year prior to the beginning of the school year for which the services are being requested.
(2) Ninety days prior to the beginning of the time for which the services are being requested if the facility is a newly established facility.
2. The area education agency where the child is living, the school district of residence, the other appropriate area education agency or agencies, and other appropriate agencies involved with the care or placement of the child shall cooperate with the school district where the child is living in sharing educational information, textbooks, curriculum, assignments, and materials in order to plan and to provide for the appropriate education of the child living in such facility specified in subsection 1.
87 Acts, ch 233, §483; 2000 Acts, ch 1121, §1, 2
Referred to in §256.7, 282.31
Section not amended; internal reference changes applied
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.32 - Appeal.

282.32 Appeal.
An area education agency or local school district may appeal a decision made pursuant to section 282.31 to the state board of education. The decision of the state board is final.
87 Acts, ch 233, §485; 2003 Acts, ch 178, §57
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION › Section 282.34 - Educational programs for children’s residential facilities.

282.34 Educational programs for children’s residential facilities.
1. A children’s residential facility operating under a certificate of approval issued under chapter 237C shall do all of the following:
a. Provide an educational program and appropriate education services to children residing in the children’s residential facility by contracting with the school district in which the children’s residential facility is located, contracting with an accredited nonpublic school, or becoming accredited as a nonpublic school through the standards and accreditation process described in section 256.11 and adopted by rule by the state board of education.
b. Display prominently in all of its major publications and on its internet site a notice accurately describing the educational program and educational services provided by the children’s residential facility.
c. Include in any promotional, advertising, or marketing materials regarding the children’s residential facility available in print, broadcast, or via the internet or by any other means all fees charged by the children’s residential facility for the services offered or provided by the children’s residential facility and its refund policy for the return of refundable portions of any fees. This paragraph shall not apply to sponsorship by a children’s residential facility of public radio or public television broadcasts.
2. The state board of education shall adopt by rule pursuant to chapter 17A standards for the following:
a. Educational programs and appropriate educational services provided under this section.
b. Contracts between children’s residential facilities and school districts or accredited nonpublic schools.
c. Notices displayed in accordance with subsection 1, paragraph “b”.
3. The department of education shall comply with the requirements of section 237C.4, subsection 7, regarding standards, rules, and modifications, and the responsibilities set forth for publication, notification, and receipt and maintenance of information filed with the department.
4. A contract that fails to comply with any of the requirements of subsection 1, or with standards adopted by the state board of education under subsection 2, is void.
5. Rules adopted under this section shall not regulate religious education curricula at children’s residential facilities.
2016 Acts, ch 1114, §11
Referred to in §237C.4, 237C.6, 237C.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283 - ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDS › Section 283.1 - Federal funds accepted.

283.1 Federal funds accepted.
The director of the department of education is the “state educational authority” for the purpose of accepting and administering funds appropriated by Congress for educational purposes and the funds shall be deposited with the treasurer of state and disbursed through the department of administrative services on vouchers audited as provided by law. When state matching funds are required as a condition to the acceptance of federal funds, the director of the department of education may make expenditures for matching only from funds provided by the legislature for that purpose. However, when federal funds may be matched with expenditures from funds appropriated for the general operation of the department of education, this may be done with the approval of the legislative council.
[C39, §4283.02 – 4283.08, 4283.10; C46, 50, 54, 58, §283.1 – 283.7, 283.9; C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283.1]
84 Acts, ch 1067, §29; 86 Acts, ch 1245, §1487; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.1 - Definitions.

283A.1 Definitions.
For the purpose of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Nutritionally adequate meal” means a lunch or breakfast which meets the guidelines established by the department of education.
2. “School” means a public school of high school grade or under.
3. “School board” means a board of school directors regularly elected by the registered voters of a school corporation or district of the state of Iowa.
4. “School breakfast or lunch program” means a program under which breakfasts or lunches are served by any public school in the state of Iowa on a nonprofit basis to children in attendance, including any such program under which a school receives assistance out of funds appropriated by the Congress of the United States.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.1]
90 Acts, ch 1152, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1169, §58; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §23; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §61
Referred to in §283A.10
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.2 - School lunch and breakfast programs.

283A.2 School lunch and breakfast programs.
1. School boards may use gifts, funds disbursed to them under the provisions of this chapter, funds received from sale of school breakfasts or lunches, and any other funds legally available for the purpose of operating a school breakfast or lunch program.
2. A school district shall operate or provide for the operation of lunch programs at all attendance centers in the district. A school district may operate or provide for the operation of school breakfast programs at all attendance centers in the district, or provide access to a school breakfast program at an alternative site to students who wish to participate in a school breakfast program. The programs shall provide students with nutritionally adequate meals and shall be operated in compliance with the rules of the state board of education and pertinent federal law and regulation. The school lunch program shall be provided for all students in each district who attend public school four or more hours each school day and wish to participate in a school lunch program. School districts may provide school breakfast and lunch programs for other students.
3. Each school district that operates or provides for a school breakfast or lunch program shall provide for the forwarding of information from the applications for the school breakfast or lunch program, for which federal funding is provided, to identify children for enrollment in the medical assistance program pursuant to chapter 249A or the healthy and well kids in Iowa program pursuant to chapter 514I to the department of human services.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.2]
90 Acts, ch 1152, §3; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §24, 36, 38; 99 Acts, ch 147, §1, 2; 2000 Acts, ch 1223, §32; 2002 Acts, ch 1140, §24, 25; 2007 Acts, ch 218, §105
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.3 - Expenditure of federal funds.

283A.3 Expenditure of federal funds.
The director of the department of education shall accept and direct the disbursement of funds appropriated by any Act of Congress and appropriated to the state of Iowa for use in connection with school breakfast or lunch programs. The director shall deposit the funds with the treasurer of the state of Iowa, who shall make disbursements upon the direction of the director.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.3]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §25
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.4 - Administration of program.

283A.4 Administration of program.
The director of the department of education may enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government, with any school board, or with any other agency or person, adopt rules, employ personnel, and take other action as the director may deem necessary to provide for the establishment, maintenance, operation, and expansion of any school breakfast or lunch program, and to direct the disbursement of federal and state funds, in accordance with any applicable provisions of federal or state law. The director may give technical advice and assistance to any school board in connection with the establishment and operation of any school breakfast or lunch program and may assist in training personnel engaged in the operation of the program. The director of the department of education and any school board may accept any gift for use in connection with any school breakfast or lunch program.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.4]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21, 22; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §26
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.5 - Accounts, records, reports, and operations.

283A.5 Accounts, records, reports, and operations.
The director of the department of education shall adopt rules for the keeping of accounts and records and the making of reports by or under the supervision of school boards. The accounts and records shall at all times be available for inspection and audit by authorized officials and shall be preserved for such period of time, not in excess of five years, as the director may lawfully prescribe. The director shall conduct or cause to be conducted such audits and inspections with respect to school breakfast or lunch programs as may be necessary to determine whether its agreement with school boards and rules adopted pursuant to this chapter are being complied with, and to insure that school breakfast or lunch programs are effectively administered and nutritionally adequate meals are served.
[C54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.5]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21; 90 Acts, ch 1152, §4; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §27
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.7 - Federal benefits accepted.

283A.7 Federal benefits accepted.
The provisions of the federal National School Lunch Act and the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966, 42 U.S.C. §1751 – 1785, and the benefit of all funds appropriated under the Acts, are accepted by the state of Iowa.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.7]
94 Acts, ch 1193, §28
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.8 - Use of school meal facilities by senior citizens.

283A.8 Use of school meal facilities by senior citizens.
Boards of directors of school corporations may authorize the use by senior citizen organizations of school meal facilities subject to reasonable rules and regulations of the board. Such use shall not interfere with the use of the facilities for public school purposes. The board may charge for such use an amount not to exceed the cost to the district.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.8]
94 Acts, ch 1193, §29
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.9 - Building for school meal facility.

283A.9 Building for school meal facility.
School districts may purchase, erect, or otherwise acquire a building for use as a school meal facility, and equip a building for that use, and pay for the acquisition or equipping from funds available in the physical plant and equipment levy fund, subject to the terms of section 298.2.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.9]
89 Acts, ch 135, §91; 94 Acts, ch 1029, §20; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §30
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 283A - SCHOOL MEAL PROGRAMS › Section 283A.10 - School breakfast or lunch in nonpublic schools.

283A.10 School breakfast or lunch in nonpublic schools.
The authorities in charge of nonpublic schools may operate or provide for the operation of school breakfast or lunch programs in schools under their jurisdiction and may use funds appropriated to them by the general assembly, gifts, funds received from sale of school breakfasts or lunches under such programs, and any other funds available to the nonpublic school. However, school breakfast or lunch programs shall not be required in nonpublic schools. The department of education shall direct the disbursement of state funds to nonpublic schools for school breakfast or lunch programs in the same manner as state funds are disbursed to public schools. If a nonpublic school receives state funds for the operation of a school breakfast or lunch program, meals served under the program shall be nutritionally adequate meals, as defined in section 283A.1.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §283A.10]
90 Acts, ch 1152, §5; 94 Acts, ch 1193, §31
Referred to in §256.9
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 284 - TEACHER PERFORMANCE, COMPENSATION, AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT › Section 284.1 - Student achievement and teacher quality program.

284.1 Student achievement and teacher quality program.
A student achievement and teacher quality program is established to promote high student achievement. The program shall consist of the following major elements:
1. Career paths with compensation levels that strengthen Iowa’s ability to recruit and retain teachers.
2. Professional development designed to directly support best teaching practices.
3. Evaluation of teachers against the Iowa teaching standards.
2001 Acts, ch 161, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1182, §5, 6; 2007 Acts, ch 108, §12; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §73; 2017 Acts, ch 172, §32; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §100