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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.45 - Ambassador to education.

256.45 Ambassador to education.
1. The department of education shall establish and administer the position of ambassador to education. It shall be the function of the ambassador to education to act as an education liaison to primary and secondary schools in this state. The ambassador to education position shall be filled by the educator selected as teacher of the year by the governor, but only if that person agrees to fill the ambassador to education position.
2. The ambassador to education’s duties shall be established by the director of the department and shall be tailored to the relative skills and educational background of the person designated as ambassador. Duties of the ambassador may include but are not limited to providing seminars and workshops in the subject matter area in which the ambassador possesses expertise, accompanying the director of the department of education in the exercise of the director’s duties in the state, and speaking at public gatherings in the state.
3. The ambassador to education shall receive, in lieu of compensation from the district in which the ambassador is regularly employed, a salary equal to the amount of salary the person would have received from the district in the person’s regular position during the school year for which the person serves as ambassador, or thirty thousand dollars, whichever amount is greater. The ambassador shall also be compensated for actual expenses incurred as a result of the performance of duties under this section.
4. The department shall grant funds in an amount equal to the salary and benefits the person selected as ambassador to education would have received from the district, or thirty thousand dollars, whichever amount is greater, to the school district that employs the person selected as the ambassador. The department shall also reimburse the school district for actual expenses incurred as a result of the performance of duties under this section. The school district shall grant the person a one-year sabbatical in order to allow the person to be the ambassador to education, and during the sabbatical, shall pay the salary and benefits of the ambassador with funds granted by the department. The person selected as the ambassador to education shall be entitled to return to the person’s same or a comparable position without loss of accrued benefits or seniority.
90 Acts, ch 1272, §43; 98 Acts, ch 1216, §6; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76
Referred to in §284.13
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.46 - Rules for participation in extracurricular activities by certain children.

256.46 Rules for participation in extracurricular activities by certain children.
1. The state board shall adopt rules that permit a child who does not meet the residence requirements for participation in extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions sponsored or administered by an organization as defined in section 280.13 to participate in the contests or competitions immediately if the child is duly enrolled in a school, is otherwise eligible to participate, and meets one of the following circumstances or a similar circumstance:
a. The child has been adopted.
b. The child is placed under foster or shelter care.
c. The child is living with one of the child’s parents as a result of divorce, separation, death, or other change in the child’s parents’ marital relationship, or pursuant to other court-ordered decree or order of custody.
d. The child is a foreign exchange student, unless undue influence was exerted to place the child for primarily athletic purposes.
e. The child has been placed in a juvenile correctional facility.
f. The child is a ward of the court or the state.
g. The child is a participant in a substance abuse or mental health program.
h. The child is enrolled in an accredited nonpublic high school because the child’s district of residence has entered into a whole grade sharing agreement for the pupil’s grade with another district.
i. If the child’s former school or school district, if located in this state, was unable to participate in varsity interscholastic sports as the result of a decision or implementation of a decision of the school board or superintendent.
2. The rules shall permit a child who is otherwise eligible to participate, but who does not meet one of the foregoing or similar circumstances relating to residence requirements, to participate at any level of competition other than the varsity level.
3. For purposes of this section and section 282.18, “varsity” means the highest level of competition offered by one school or school district against the highest level of competition offered by an opposing school or school district.
90 Acts, ch 1049, §1; 92 Acts, ch 1135, §1; 93 Acts, ch 101, §201; 2002 Acts, ch 1129, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 79, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §20; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §30; 2021 Acts, ch 139, §12, 22
Referred to in §282.18
Extracurricular eligibility; see also chapter 261I and §282.18(9)
Subsection 1, paragraph i applies retroactively to July 1, 2020; 2021 Acts, ch 139, §22
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.50 - Division of library services — definitions.

256.50 Division of library services — definitions.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Commission” means the commission of libraries.
2. “Division” means the division of library services of the department of education.
3. “State agency” means a legislative, executive, or judicial office of the state and all of its respective officers, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, commissions, and committees, except the state institutions of higher education governed by the state board of regents.
4. “State publications” means all multiply produced publications regardless of format, which are issued by a state agency and supported by public funds, but it does not include:
a. Correspondence and memoranda intended solely for internal use within the agency or between agencies.
b. Materials excluded from this definition by the commission through the adoption and enforcement of rules.
93 Acts, ch 48, §17; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §44, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.53 - State publications.

256.53 State publications.
Upon issuance of a state publication in any format, a state agency shall provide the division with an electronic version of the publication at no cost to the division.
93 Acts, ch 48, §20; 2003 Acts, ch 35, §41, 49; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §56
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.54 - State library — law library.

256.54 State library — law library.
1. The state library includes but is not limited to the library support network, the specialized library services unit, and the state data center. The law library shall be under the direction of the specialized library services unit.
2. The law library shall be administered by a law librarian appointed by the state librarian subject to chapter 8A, subchapter IV, who shall do all of the following:
a. Operate the law library which shall be maintained in the state capitol or in rooms convenient to the state supreme court and which shall be available for free use by the residents of Iowa under rules the commission adopts.
b. Maintain, as an integral part of the law library, reports of various boards and agencies, copies of bills, journals, other information relating to current or proposed legislation, and copies of the Iowa administrative bulletin and Iowa administrative code and any publications incorporated by reference in the bulletin or code.
c. Arrange to make exchanges of all printed material published by the states and the government of the United States.
d. Perform other duties imposed by law or by the rules of the commission.
93 Acts, ch 48, §21; 95 Acts, ch 14, §2; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §224, 225; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §319 – 321; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §55, 56, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.55 - State data center.

256.55 State data center.
A state data center is established in the division. The state data center shall be administered by the state data center coordinator, who shall do all of the following:
1. Manage the state data center program to make United States census data available to the residents of Iowa under rules the commission adopts.
2. Act as the state’s liaison with the United States census bureau in matters relating to United States decennial, economic, and agricultural census data, and population estimates and projections.
3. Perform other duties imposed by law or prescribed by the commission.
93 Acts, ch 48, §22; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §57, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.56 - Electronic access to documents.

256.56 Electronic access to documents.
The state library shall work to develop a system of electronic access to documents maintained by the state library with a goal of providing electronic access to all such documents. The access shall be provided using a current, widely accepted and utilized technology. This section shall not prohibit the state librarian from considering other forms of electronic access if the use of such other access is shown to exceed the benefits of, and is more cost-effective than, the currently used technology.
93 Acts, ch 178, §32; 2020 Acts, ch 1022, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.58 - Library support network.

256.58 Library support network.
1. A library support network is established in the division to offer services and programs for libraries, including but not limited to individualized, locally delivered consulting and training, and to facilitate resource sharing and innovation through the use of technology, administer enrich Iowa programs, advocate for libraries, promote excellence and innovation in library services, encourage governmental subdivisions to provide local financial support for local libraries, and ensure the consistent availability of quality service to all libraries throughout the state, regardless of location or size.
2. The organizational structure to deliver library support network services shall include district offices. The district offices shall serve as a basis for providing field services to local libraries in the counties comprising the district. The division shall determine which counties are served by each district office. The number of district offices established to provide services pursuant to this section shall be six.
2011 Acts, ch 132, §58, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.59 - Specialized library services.

256.59 Specialized library services.
The specialized library services unit is established in the division to provide information services to the three branches of state government and to offer focused information services to the general public in the areas of Iowa law, Iowa state documents, and Iowa history and culture.
2011 Acts, ch 132, §59, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.62 - Library services advisory panel.

256.62 Library services advisory panel.
1. The state librarian shall convene a library services advisory panel to advise and recommend to the commission and the division evidence-based best practices, to assist the commission and division to determine service priorities and launch programs, articulate the needs and interests of Iowa librarians, and share research and professional development information.
2. The library services advisory panel shall consist of no fewer than eleven members representing libraries of all sizes and types, and various population levels and geographic regions of the state. A simple majority of the members appointed shall be appointed by the executive board of the Iowa library association and the remaining members shall be appointed by the state librarian. Terms of members shall begin and end as provided in section 69.19. Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as regular appointments are made for the unexpired portion of the regular term. Members shall serve four-year terms which are staggered at the discretion of the state librarian. A member is eligible for reappointment for three successive terms. The members shall elect a chairperson annually.
3. The library services advisory panel shall meet at least twice annually and shall submit its recommendations in a report to the commission and the state librarian at least once annually. The report shall be timely submitted to allow for consideration of the recommendations prior to program planning and budgeting for the following fiscal year.
4. Members of the library services advisory panel shall receive actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. Expenses shall be paid from funds appropriated to the department for purposes of the division.
2011 Acts, ch 132, §60, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.66 - Powers and duties of regional trustees.

256.66 Powers and duties of regional trustees. Repealed by
2011 Acts, ch 132, §66, 106
.
Length of service of library service area employees hired by division of library services on or after July 1, 2011, to be prorated and credited as state employment service for certain purposes; personnel records to be submitted to division by July 1, 2011;
2011 Acts, ch 132, §68, 106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.69 - Local financial support.

256.69 Local financial support.
Commencing July 1, 1977, each city within its corporate boundaries and each county within the unincorporated area of the county shall levy a tax of at least six and three-fourths cents per thousand dollars of assessed value on the taxable property or at least the monetary equivalent thereof when all or a portion of the funds are obtained from a source other than taxation, for the purpose of providing financial support to the public library which provides library services within the respective jurisdictions.
93 Acts, ch 48, §32
Referred to in §256.51, 336.13, 692A.101
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.71 - Administrator.

256.71 Administrator.
The administrator of the division of library services shall be the compact administrator. The compact administrator shall receive copies of all agreements entered into by the state or its political subdivisions and other states or political subdivisions; consult with, advise and aid such governmental units in the formulation of such agreements; make such recommendations to the governor, legislature, governmental agencies and units as the administrator deems desirable to effectuate the purposes of this compact and consult and cooperate with the compact administrators of other party states.
93 Acts, ch 48, §34; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §62, 106
Referred to in §331.381
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.72 - Agreements.

256.72 Agreements.
The compact administrator and the chief executive of a county, city, or library board may enter into agreements with other states or their political subdivisions pursuant to the compact. The agreements made pursuant to this compact on behalf of the state of Iowa shall be made by the compact administrator. The agreements made on behalf of a political subdivision shall be made after due notice to and consultation with the compact administrator.
93 Acts, ch 48, §35
Referred to in §331.381
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.73 - Enforcement.

256.73 Enforcement.
The agencies and officers of this state and its subdivisions shall enforce this compact and do all things appropriate to effect its purpose and intent which may be within their respective jurisdiction.
93 Acts, ch 48, §36
Referred to in §331.381
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.80 - Definitions.

256.80 Definitions.
As used in this subchapter unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Administrator” means the administrator of the public broadcasting division of the department of education.
2. “Board” means the Iowa public broadcasting board.
3. “Broadcast” means communications through a system that is receivable by the general public with programming designed for a large group of users.
4. “Narrowcast” means communications through systems that are directed toward a narrowly defined audience.
5. “Radio and television facility” means transmitters, towers, studios, and all necessary associated equipment for broadcasting, including closed circuit television.
93 Acts, ch 48, §37
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.81 - Public broadcasting division created — administrator — duties.

256.81 Public broadcasting division created — administrator — duties.
1. The public broadcasting division of the department of education is created. The chief administrative officer of the division is the administrator who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the Iowa public broadcasting board. The board shall set the division administrator’s salary within the applicable salary range established by the general assembly unless otherwise provided by law. Educational programming shall be the highest priority of the division. The division shall be governed by the national principles of editorial integrity developed by the editorial integrity project. The director of the department of education and the state board of education are not liable for the activities of the division of public broadcasting.
2. The administrator shall do all of the following:
a. Direct and organize the activities of the division.
b. Submit a biennial report to the governor on the activities and an evaluation of the division and its programs and policies.
c. Control all property of the division.
d. Perform other duties imposed by law.
93 Acts, ch 48, §38; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §22; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §69
Referred to in §8F.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.82 - Board — advisory committees.

256.82 Board — advisory committees.
1. The Iowa public broadcasting board is created to plan, establish, and operate educational radio and television facilities and other telecommunications services to serve the educational needs of the state. The board shall be composed of nine members selected in the following manner:
a. Four members shall be appointed by the governor so that the portion of the board membership appointed under this paragraph includes two male board members and two female board members at all times:
(1) One member shall be appointed from the business community other than the television and telecommunications industry.
(2) One member shall be appointed with experience in or knowledge about the television industry.
(3) One member shall be appointed from the membership of a fund-raising nonprofit organization financially assisting the Iowa public broadcasting division.
(4) One member shall represent the general public.
b. Five members shall be selected in the manner provided in this paragraph and the gender balance of the membership shall be coordinated among the associations and boards making the appointments so that not more than three members serving under this paragraph at the same time are of the same gender.
(1) One member shall be appointed by the state association of private colleges and universities.
(2) One member shall be appointed jointly by the superintendents of the community colleges created by chapter 260C.
(3) One member shall be appointed jointly by the administrators of the area education agencies created by chapter 273.
(4) One member shall be appointed by the state board of regents.
(5) One member shall be appointed by the state board of education.
2. a. Board members shall serve a three-year term commencing on July 1 of the year of appointment. A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the remainder of the term.
b. Membership on the board does not constitute holding a public office and members shall not be required to take and file oaths of office before serving. A member shall not be disqualified from holding any public office or employment by reason of appointment to the board nor shall a member forfeit an office or employment by reason of appointment to the board.
3. a. The board shall appoint an advisory committee on journalistic and editorial integrity which has no more than a simple majority of members of the same gender.
b. Duties of the advisory committee, and of additional advisory committees the board may from time to time appoint, shall be specified in rules of internal management adopted by the board.
c. Members of advisory committees shall receive actual expenses incurred in performing their official duties.
93 Acts, ch 48, §39; 94 Acts, ch 1184, §22; 2006 Acts, ch 1185, §23 – 25; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §70
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Section 256.83 - Meetings.

256.83 Meetings.
1. The board shall elect from among its members a president and a vice president to serve a one-year term. The board shall meet at least four times annually and shall hold special meetings at the call of the president or in the absence of the president by the vice president or by the president upon written request of four members. The board shall establish procedures and requirements relating to quorum, place, and conduct of meetings.
2. Board members shall receive actual expenses incurred in performing their official duties.
93 Acts, ch 48, §40
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256A - CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE › Section 256A.5 - District advisory committees.

256A.5 District advisory committees.
1. 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.
2. 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; 2021 Acts, ch 76, §150
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 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
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256E - CHARTER SCHOOLS — SCHOOL BOARD AND FOUNDING GROUP MODELS › Section 256E.1 - Establishment of charter schools — purpose.

256E.1 Establishment of charter schools — purpose.
1. Charter schools shall be part of the state’s program of public education.
2. A charter school may be established by either of the following methods:
a. A school board may create a founding group to apply to the state board for approval to establish and operate a charter school within and as a part of the school district by establishing a new attendance center, creating a new school within an existing attendance center, or by converting an existing attendance center to charter status.
b. A founding group may apply to the state board for approval to establish and operate a charter school within the boundaries of the state that operates as a new attendance center independently from a public school district.
3. The purpose of a charter school established pursuant to this chapter shall be to accomplish the following:
a. Improve student learning, well-being, and postsecondary success.
b. Increase learning opportunities for students in areas of need in this state, including but not limited to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and science, technology, engineering, arts, and math (STEAM).
c. Increase opportunities for work-based learning, early literacy intervention, and serving at-risk populations.
d. Accelerating student learning to prevent learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic and other significant disruptions to student learning.
e. Encourage the use of evidence-based practices in innovative environments.
f. Require the measurement and evaluation of program implementation and learning outcomes.
g. Establish models of success for Iowa schools.
h. Create new professional opportunities for teachers and other educators.
i. Investigate and establish different organizational structures for schools to use to implement a multi-tiered system of supports for students.
j. Allow greater flexibility to meet the education needs of a diverse student population and changing workforce needs.
k. Allow for the flexible allocation of resources through implementation of specialized school budgets for the benefit of the schools served.
l. Allow greater flexibility for districts and schools to focus on closing gaps in student opportunity and achievement for all students from preschool through postsecondary preparation.
4. The state board of education shall be the only authorizer of charter schools under this chapter.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §1
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256E - CHARTER SCHOOLS — SCHOOL BOARD AND FOUNDING GROUP MODELS › Section 256E.2 - Definitions.

256E.2 Definitions.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Attendance center” means a school building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for elementary, middle, or secondary school students.
2. “Charter school” means a school established in accordance with this chapter.
3. “Department” means the department of education.
4. “Education service provider” means an education management organization, charter school management organization, or other person with whom a charter school contracts for educational program implementation or comprehensive management.
5. “Founding group” means a person, group of persons, or education service provider that develops and submits an application for a charter school to the state board under this chapter.
6. “Governing board” means the independent board of a charter school whose members are elected or selected pursuant to the charter school contract, subject to the requirements of section 256E.7, subsection 11.
7. “School board” means a board of directors regularly elected by the registered voters of an accredited public school district.
8. “State board” means the state board of education.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 256E - CHARTER SCHOOLS — SCHOOL BOARD AND FOUNDING GROUP MODELS › Section 256E.6 - Charter school contract.

256E.6 Charter school contract.
1. Within the later of thirty days following approval of a charter school application or upon the satisfaction of all reasonable conditions imposed on the applicant in the charter school approval, if any, an enforceable and renewable charter school contract shall be executed between the founding group and the state board setting forth the academic and operational performance expectations and measures by which the charter school will be evaluated pursuant to sections 256E.9 and 256E.10 and the other rights and duties of the parties.
2. An initial charter school contract shall be granted for a term of five school budget years. The charter school contract shall include the beginning and ending dates of the charter school contract term. An approved charter school may delay its opening for a period of time not to exceed one school year in order to plan and prepare for the charter school’s opening. If the charter school requires an opening delay of more than one school year, the charter school may request an extension from the state board.
3. Each charter school contract shall be signed by the president of the state board and the president or appropriate officer of the governing body of the founding group.
4. Within fifteen days of the execution of a charter school contract entered into by the state board, the state board shall notify the department and the department of management of the name of the charter school and any applicable education service provider, the proposed location of the charter school, and the charter school’s first year projected enrollment.
5. A charter school approved under this chapter shall not commence operations without a valid charter school contract executed in accordance with this section and approved in an open session of the state board.
6. The contract may provide for requirements or conditions to govern and monitor the start-up progress of an approved charter school prior to the opening of the charter school including but not limited to conditions to ensure that the charter school meets all building, health, safety, insurance, and other legal requirements.
7. A charter school contract may be amended to govern multiple charter schools operated by the same applicant and approved by the state board. However, each charter school that is part of a charter school contract shall be separate and distinct from any other charter school governed by the contract.
2021 Acts, ch 112, §6
Referred to in §256E.4, 256E.5