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2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299 - COMPULSORY EDUCATION › Section 299.24 - Religious groups exempted from school standards.

299.24 Religious groups exempted from school standards.
When members or representatives of a local congregation of a recognized church or religious denomination established for ten years or more within the state of Iowa prior to July 1, 1967, which professes principles or tenets that differ substantially from the objectives, goals, and philosophy of education embodied in standards set forth in section 256.11, and rules adopted in implementation thereof, file with the director of the department of education proof of the existence of such conflicting tenets or principles, together with a list of the names, ages, and post office addresses of all persons of compulsory school age desiring to be exempted from the compulsory education law and the educational standards law, whose parents or guardians are members of the congregation or religious denomination, the director, subject to the approval of the state board of education, may exempt the members of the congregation or religious denomination from compliance with any or all requirements of the compulsory education law and the educational standards law for two school years. When the exemption has once been granted, renewal of such exemptions for each succeeding school year may be conditioned by the director, with the approval of the board, upon proof of achievement in the basic skills of arithmetic, the communicative arts of reading, writing, grammar, and spelling, and an understanding of United States history, history of Iowa, and the principles of American government, by persons of compulsory school age exempted in the preceding year, which shall be determined on the basis of tests or other means of evaluation selected by the director with the approval of the state board. The testing or evaluation, if required, shall be accomplished prior to submission of the request for renewal of the exemption. Renewal requests shall be filed with the director on or before April 15 of the school year preceding the school year for which the applicants desire exemption.
[C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.24]
85 Acts, ch 212, §21, 22; 89 Acts, ch 296, §26
Referred to in §280.3, 299.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.1 - Competent private instruction and independent private instruction.

299A.1 Competent private instruction and independent private instruction.
1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age may place the child under competent private instruction or independent private instruction in accordance with this chapter. A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age who places the child under private instruction that is not in compliance with this chapter, or who otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this chapter, is subject to the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.4 and the penalties provided in section 299.6.
2. For purposes of this chapter and chapter 299:
a. “Competent private instruction” means either of the following:
(1) Private instruction provided on a daily basis for at least one hundred forty-eight days during a school year, to be met by attendance for at least thirty-seven days each school quarter, by or under the supervision of a licensed practitioner in the manner provided under section 299A.2, which results in the student making adequate progress.
(2) Private instruction provided by a parent, guardian, or legal custodian under section 299A.3.
b. “Independent private instruction” means private instruction that meets the following criteria:
(1) Is not accredited.
(2) Enrolls not more than four unrelated students.
(3) Does not charge tuition, fees, or other remuneration for instruction.
(4) Provides private or religious-based instruction as its primary purpose.
(5) Provides enrolled students with instruction in mathematics, reading and language arts, science, and social studies.
(6) Provides, upon written request from the superintendent of the school district in which the independent private instruction is provided, or from the director of the department of education, a report identifying the primary instructor, location, name of the authority responsible for the independent private instruction, and the names of the students enrolled.
(7) Is not a nonpublic school and does not provide competent private instruction as defined in this subsection.
(8) Is exempt from all state statutes and administrative rules applicable to a school, a school board, or a school district, except as otherwise provided in chapter 299 and this chapter.
c. “Private instruction” means instruction using a plan and a course of study in a setting other than a public or organized accredited nonpublic school.
91 Acts, ch 200, §20; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §87, 97; 2021 Acts, ch 88, §3 – 5
Referred to in §299.11, 321.178, 422.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.2 - Competent private instruction by licensed practitioner.

299A.2 Competent private instruction by licensed practitioner.
If a licensed practitioner provides competent instruction to a school-age child, the practitioner shall possess a valid license or certificate which has been issued by the state board of educational examiners under chapter 272 and which is appropriate to the ages and grade levels of the children to be taught. Competent private instruction may include but is not limited to a home school assistance program which provides instruction or instructional supervision offered through an accredited nonpublic school or public school district by a teacher, who is employed by the accredited nonpublic school or public school district, who assists and supervises a parent, guardian, or legal custodian in providing instruction to a child. If competent private instruction is provided through a public school district, the child shall be enrolled and included in the basic enrollment of the school district as provided in section 257.6. Sections 299A.3 through 299A.7 do not apply to competent private instruction provided by a licensed practitioner under this section. However, the reporting requirement contained in section 299A.3, subsection 1, shall apply to competent private instruction provided by licensed practitioners that is not part of a home school assistance program offered through an accredited nonpublic school or public school district.
91 Acts, ch 200, §21; 92 Acts, ch 1135, §10; 92 Acts, ch 1247, §48; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §21, 31, 106
Referred to in §261E.3, 299.4, 299A.1, 422.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.3 - Competent private instruction by parent, guardian, or legal custodian.

299A.3 Competent private instruction by parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age providing competent private instruction to the child may meet all of the following requirements:
1. Complete and send, in a timely manner, the report required under section 299.4 to the school district of residence of the child.
2. Ensure that the child under the parent’s, guardian’s, or legal custodian’s instruction is evaluated annually to determine whether the child is making adequate progress, as defined in section 299A.6.
3. Ensure that the results of the child’s annual evaluation are reported to the school district of residence of the child and to the department of education by a date not later than August 1 of the year following the school year in which the child was under competent private instruction pursuant to this section.
91 Acts, ch 200, §22; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §88; 2021 Acts, ch 88, §6
Referred to in §299A.1, 299A.2, 422.12
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.5 - Reporting of evaluation results.

299A.5 Reporting of evaluation results.
The results of evaluations administered to children of compulsory attendance age who are under competent private instruction shall be reported by the evaluation administrator to the child’s parent, guardian, or legal custodian, the school district of residence of the child, and the department of education. Personally identifiable information relating to or contained in the evaluation scores is confidential and shall not be released without the prior consent of the child’s parent, guardian, or custodian except as otherwise permitted by law.
91 Acts, ch 200, §24; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §69
Referred to in §299A.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.6 - Failure to make adequate progress.

299A.6 Failure to make adequate progress.
1. If the results of evaluations, administered to a child of compulsory attendance age who is under competent private instruction, indicate that the student has failed to make adequate progress, the parent, guardian, or legal custodian shall cause the child to attend an accredited public or nonpublic school at the beginning of the next school year unless, before the beginning of the next school year, the child retakes a different form of the same evaluation, or another evaluation from the approved list of tests or assessment tools recognized by the department of education, and the results indicate that adequate progress has been made, the child has demonstrated adequate performance in the opinion of an evaluator and documented in a report under section 299A.4, subsection 7, or the director of the department of education, or the director’s designee, grants approval for competent private instruction to continue under a plan for remediation.
2. A child who is required to attend an accredited public or nonpublic school under this section shall continue attendance at an accredited public or nonpublic school until the child achieves adequate progress.
3. This section shall not be construed to require or prohibit testing on any subject matter at intervals more frequently or at grade levels other than those set forth in section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph “b”, subparagraph (2).
4. For purposes of this chapter, “adequate progress” means, for children in all grade levels of competent private instruction, evaluation scores which are above the thirtieth percentile, nationally normed, in each of the areas of reading, mathematics, and language arts, and which indicate either that the child has made six months’ progress from the previous evaluation results or that the child is at or above grade level for the child’s age. For children in grade levels six and above, “adequate progress” also means that the child has achieved evaluation scores in both science and social studies which are above the thirtieth percentile, nationally normed, and which either indicate that the child has made six months’ progress from the previous evaluation results or that the child is at or above grade level for the child’s age.
91 Acts, ch 200, §25; 91 Acts, ch 258, §41; 92 Acts, ch 1135, §11; 2017 Acts, ch 54, §76; 2021 Acts, ch 88, §8
Referred to in §299A.2, 299A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.7 - Notice to parents — remediation.

299A.7 Notice to parents — remediation.
If a child is placed under competent private instruction and the child fails to make adequate progress under competent private instruction, the director of the department of education, or the director’s designee, shall notify the parent, guardian, or custodian of the child that the child is required to attend an accredited public or nonpublic school, unless approval for competent private instruction under a remediation plan is granted. The director, or the director’s designee, may provisionally approve continued competent private instruction under an approved remediation plan designed to improve instruction for up to one year.
91 Acts, ch 200, §26
Referred to in §299A.2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.8 - Dual enrollment.

299A.8 Dual enrollment.
1. If a parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a school-age child who is receiving competent private instruction under this chapter submits a request, the child shall also be registered in a public school for dual enrollment purposes. If the child is enrolled in a public school district for dual enrollment purposes, the child shall be permitted to participate in any academic activities in the district and shall also be permitted to participate on the same basis as public school children in any extracurricular activities available to children in the child’s grade or group. Dual enrollment of a child solely for purposes of accessing the annual achievement evaluation shall not constitute a dual enrollment purpose.
2. If the child is enrolled for dual enrollment purposes, the child shall be included in the public school’s basic enrollment under section 257.6. A pupil who is participating only in extracurricular activities shall be counted under section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (6). A pupil enrolled in grades nine through twelve under this section shall be counted in the same manner as a shared-time pupil under section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (3).
91 Acts, ch 200, §27; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §70; 92 Acts, ch 1247, §49; 2001 Acts, ch 159, §16; 2001 Acts, ch 176, §38; 2007 Acts, ch 22, §67; 2011 Acts, ch 132, §22, 31, 106; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §34
Referred to in §257.6, 299A.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.9 - Children requiring special education.

299A.9 Children requiring special education.
1. A child of compulsory attendance age who is identified as requiring special education under chapter 256B is eligible for placement under competent private instruction with prior approval of the placement by the director of special education of the area education agency of the child’s district of residence.
2. A child who has been placed under competent private instruction, whose performance indicates that the child may require special education, shall be referred for evaluation under chapter 256B and the rules of the state board of education. Evaluation shall occur at a time and a place to be determined by the person responsible for conducting the evaluation. Persons conducting the evaluations shall make every reasonable effort to conduct the evaluations at times and places which are convenient for the parent, guardian, or legal custodian.
91 Acts, ch 200, §28
Referred to in §299A.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 299A - PRIVATE INSTRUCTION › Section 299A.11 - Student records confidential.

299A.11 Student records confidential.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, personal information in records regarding a child receiving competent private instruction or independent private instruction pursuant to this chapter, which are maintained, created, collected, or assembled by or for a state agency, shall be kept confidential in the same manner as personal information in student records maintained, created, collected, or assembled by or for a school corporation or educational institution in accordance with section 22.7, subsection 1.
2006 Acts, ch 1152, §48; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §98
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 300 - EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL TAX › Section 300.1 - Public recreation.

300.1 Public recreation.
Boards of directors of school districts may establish and maintain for children and adults public recreation places and playgrounds, and necessary accommodations for the recreation places and playgrounds, in the public school buildings and grounds of the district. The board may cooperate under chapter 28E with a public agency having the custody and management of public parks or public buildings and grounds, and with a private agency having custody and management of buildings or grounds open to the public, located within the school district, and may provide for the supervision and instruction necessary to carry on public educational and recreational activities in the parks, buildings, and grounds located within the district.
[S13, §2823-u; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4433; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §300.1; 81 Acts, ch 95, §2]
Referred to in §298A.6
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 300 - EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL TAX › Section 300.2 - Tax levy.

300.2 Tax levy.
1. The board of directors of a school district may, and upon receipt of a petition signed by eligible electors equal in number to at least twenty-five percent of the number of voters at the last preceding school election, shall, direct the county commissioner of elections to submit to the registered voters of the school district the question of whether to levy a tax of not to exceed thirteen and one-half cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for public educational and recreational activities authorized under this chapter. The question shall be submitted at an election held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “c”.
2. If a majority of the votes cast upon the proposition is in favor of the proposition, the board shall certify the amount required for a fiscal year to the county board of supervisors by April 15 of the preceding fiscal year. The board of supervisors shall levy the amount certified. The amount shall be placed in the public education and recreation levy fund of the district and shall be used only for the purposes specified in this chapter.
3. The proposition to levy the public recreation and playground tax is not affected by a change in the boundaries of a school district, except as otherwise provided in this section. If each district involved in school reorganization under chapter 275 has adopted the public recreation and playground tax, and if the voters have not voted upon the proposition to levy the public recreation and playground tax in the reorganized district, the existing public recreation and playground tax shall be in effect for the reorganized district for the least amount that has been approved in any of the districts and until discontinued pursuant to section 300.3.
[S13, §2823-u1, -u2; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4434, 4435; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §300.2, 300.3; 81 Acts, ch 95, §3]
93 Acts, ch 1, §13; 93 Acts, ch 160, §17; 94 Acts, ch 1029, §29; 95 Acts, ch 67, §53; 2008 Acts, ch 1115, §53, 71
Referred to in §276.12, 298A.6, 300.3, 300.4, 423F.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 300 - EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL TAX › Section 300.3 - Discontinuance of levy.

300.3 Discontinuance of levy.
Once approved at an election, the authority of the board to levy and collect the tax under section 300.2 shall continue until the board votes to rescind the levy and collection of the tax or the voters of the school district by majority vote order the discontinuance of the levy and collection of the tax. The tax shall be discontinued in the manner provided in this section or in the manner provided for imposition of the tax in section 300.2.
[S13, §2823-u4, -u5; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4437, 4438; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §300.5, 300.6; 81 Acts, ch 95, §4]
Referred to in §300.2, 300.4
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.2 - Custodian — bond.

301.2 Custodian — bond.
The books and supplies so purchased shall be under the charge of the board, who may select one or more persons within the county to keep said books and supplies as the depository agent of the board under such rules and regulations as the board shall adopt. The board shall require of each person so appointed a bond in such sum as may seem to the board to be desirable, the reasonable cost of which, if a bond of an association or corporation as surety is furnished, shall be paid by the district. The board shall adopt rules and regulations to provide that no textbook in any branch determined by the board to be taught in the schools under its charge, shall be sold or rented by such depository agent to the pupils in such schools as a textbook other than those textbooks authorized by said board for use by the pupils in such schools; to provide that no such textbook shall be sold or rented by such depository agent at a price or fee higher than that fixed by the said board; and to provide such other measures not in conflict with law as are necessary properly to govern said depository agents and safeguard the said books and moneys.
[C97, §2824; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4447; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.2]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.3 - Annual settlement by board of directors.

301.3 Annual settlement by board of directors.
At the close of each school year the board of directors in each school district shall cause a complete settlement to be made with each depository agent. A complete inventory of the textbooks on hand, with a statement itemized to show the expenses authorized and paid by the board, and the amount of money collected from each such depository agent during the year from the sale or rental of textbooks, shall be made in duplicate, signed by the secretary of the board and the depository agent and one copy filed with the secretary and one with the depository agent.
[C39, §4447.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.3]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.4 - Payment from general fund.

301.4 Payment from general fund.
All the books and other supplies purchased under the provisions of this chapter shall be paid for out of the general fund.
[C97, §2825; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4448; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.4]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.5 - Purchase — exchange.

301.5 Purchase — exchange.
In the purchasing of textbooks it shall be the duty of the board of directors to take into consideration the books then in use in the respective districts, and they may buy such additional number of said books as may from time to time become necessary to supply their schools, and they may arrange on equitable terms for exchange of books in use for new books adopted.
[C97, §2826; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4449; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.5]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.6 - Suit on bond.

301.6 Suit on bond.
If at any time the publishers of such books as shall have been adopted by any board of directors shall neglect or refuse to furnish such books when ordered by said board in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, at the very lowest price, either contract or wholesale, that such books are furnished any other district or state board, then said board of directors may and it is hereby made their duty to bring suit upon the bond given them by the contracting publisher.
[C97, §2827; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4450; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.6]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.10 - Textbook suppliers.

301.10 Textbook suppliers.
A person or firm desiring to furnish books or supplies under this chapter shall do all of the following:
1. Make available samples of all textbooks accompanied by lists giving the lowest wholesale and contract prices for the textbooks.
2. If requested by the department of education, make available a machine-readable version of a textbook purchased by a school district to the department in the best available format for electronic braille translation.
[C97, §2830; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4454; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.10]
93 Acts, ch 59, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1175, §15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.11 - Bond.

301.11 Bond.
The board of directors shall require any person or persons with whom they contract for furnishing any books or supplies to enter into a good and sufficient bond, in such sum and with such conditions and sureties as may be required by such board of directors for the faithful performance of any such contract. Bonds of surety companies duly authorized under the laws of Iowa shall be accepted.
[C97, §2830; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4455; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.11]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.24 - Petition — election.

301.24 Petition — election.
Whenever a petition signed by one hundred eligible electors residing in the school district or a number of eligible electors residing in the school district equal to at least ten percent of the number of voters in the last preceding regular school election, whichever is greater, is filed with the secretary sixty days or more before the regular school election, asking that the question of providing free textbooks for the use of pupils in the school district’s attendance centers be submitted to the voters at the next regular school election, the secretary shall cause notice of the proposition to be given in the notice of the election.
[C97, §2836; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4464; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.24]
2001 Acts, ch 56, §15; 2006 Acts, ch 1044, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 57, §82
Referred to in §301.27
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.25 - Loaning books.

301.25 Loaning books.
If, at such election, a majority of the legal voters present and voting by ballot thereon shall authorize the board of directors of said school district to loan textbooks to the pupils free of charge, then the board shall procure such books as shall be needed, in the manner provided by law for the purchase of textbooks, and loan them to the pupils.
[C97, §2837; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4465; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.25]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.26 - General regulations.

301.26 General regulations.
The board shall hold pupils responsible for any damage to, loss of, or failure to return any such books, and shall adopt such rules and regulations as may be reasonable and necessary for the keeping and preservation thereof. Any pupil shall be allowed to purchase any textbook used in the school at cost. No pupil already supplied with textbooks shall be supplied with others without charge until needed.
[C97, §2837; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4466; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.26]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.27 - Discontinuance of loaning.

301.27 Discontinuance of loaning.
The electors may, at any election called as provided in section 301.24, direct the board to discontinue the loaning of textbooks to pupils.
[C97, §2837; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4467; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.27]
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 301 - TEXTBOOKS › Section 301.28 - Officers and teachers as agents for books and supplies — penalty.

301.28 Officers and teachers as agents for books and supplies — penalty.
1. A school district director, officer, or teacher shall not act as agent for school textbooks or school supplies, including sports apparel or equipment, in any transaction with a director, officer, or other staff member of the school district during such term of office or employment.
2. An area education agency director, officer, or teacher shall not act as an agent for school textbooks or school supplies, including sports apparel or equipment, in any transaction with a director, officer, or other staff member of the area education agency or any school district located within the area education agency during such time of office or employment.
3. A school district or area education agency director, officer, or teacher who acts as agent or dealer in school textbooks or school supplies during the person’s term of office or employment in violation of this section shall be deemed guilty of a serious misdemeanor.
[C97, §2834; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4468; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §301.28]
2009 Acts, ch 54, §12; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §41
Referred to in §298A.15
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.1 - Department of cultural affairs.

303.1 Department of cultural affairs.
1. The department of cultural affairs is created. The department has primary responsibility for development of the state’s interest in the areas of the arts, history, and other cultural matters. In fulfilling this responsibility, the department will be advised and assisted by the state historical society and its board of trustees, and the Iowa arts council.
2. The department shall:
a. Develop a comprehensive, coordinated, and efficient policy to preserve, research, interpret, and promote to the public an awareness and understanding of local, state, and regional history.
b. Stimulate and encourage throughout the state the study and presentation of the performing and fine arts and public interest and participation in them.
c. Implement tourism-related art and history projects as directed by the general assembly.
d. Design a comprehensive, statewide, long-range plan with the assistance of the Iowa arts council to develop the arts in Iowa. The department is designated as the state agency for carrying out the plan.
e. Encourage the use of volunteers throughout its divisions, especially for purposes of restoring books and manuscripts.
3. The department may:
a. By rule, establish advisory groups necessary for the receipt of federal funds or grants or the administration of any of the department’s programs.
b. Develop and implement fee-based educational programming opportunities, including preschool programs, related to arts, history, and other cultural matters for Iowans of all ages.
4. The department shall consist of the following:
a. Historical division.
b. Arts division.
c. Other divisions created by rule.
d. Administrative section.
e. Film office.
5. The department is under the control of a director who shall be appointed by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The salary of the director shall be set by the governor within a range set by the general assembly. The director may create, combine, eliminate, alter, or reorganize the organization of the department by rule.
6. The divisions shall be administered by administrators who shall be appointed by the director and serve at the director’s pleasure. The administrators shall:
a. 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.
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1301
C87, §303.1
87 Acts, ch 211, §3; 90 Acts, ch 1065, §1; 91 Acts, ch 120, §1; 91 Acts, ch 157, §9; 93 Acts, ch 48, §48; 98 Acts, ch 1215, §53; 2007 Acts, ch 215, §104; 2010 Acts, ch 1069, §83; 2012 Acts, ch 1136, §31, 41
Referred to in §7E.5, 303A.3
Confirmation, see §2.32
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.3 - Cultural grant programs.

303.3 Cultural grant programs.
1. The department shall establish a grant program for cities and nonprofit, tax-exempt community organizations for the development of community programs that provide local jobs for Iowa residents and also promote Iowa’s historic, ethnic, and cultural heritages through the development of festivals, music, drama, cultural programs, or tourist attractions. A city or nonprofit, tax-exempt community organization may submit an application to the department for review. The department shall establish criteria for the review and approval of grant applications. The amount of a grant shall not exceed fifty percent of the cost of the community program. Each application shall include information demonstrating that the city or nonprofit, tax-exempt community organization will provide matching funds of fifty percent of the cost of the program. The matching funds requirement may be met by substituting in-kind services, based on the value of the services, for actual dollars.
2. The department shall establish a grant program which provides general operating budget support to major, multidisciplined cultural organizations which demonstrate cultural and managerial excellence on a continuing basis to the citizens of Iowa. Applicant organizations must be incorporated under chapter 504, be exempt from federal taxation, and not be attached or affiliated with an educational institution. Eligible organizations shall be operated on a year-round basis and employ at least one full-time, paid professional staff member. The department shall establish criteria for review and approval of grant applications. Criteria established shall include, but are not limited to, a matching funds requirement. The matching funds requirement shall permit an applicant to meet the matching requirement by demonstrating that the applicant’s budget contains funds, other than state and federal funds, in excess of the grant award.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys committed to grantees under this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated on June 30 of the fiscal year for which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall be available for expenditure for the following fiscal year for the purposes of subsection 2.
90 Acts, ch 1272, §77; 91 Acts, ch 120, §2; 97 Acts, ch 212, §32; 2004 Acts, ch 1049, §191; 2004 Acts, ch 1175, §393
Referred to in §99F.11, 303.3B
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.3B - Cultural and entertainment districts.

303.3B Cultural and entertainment districts.
1. The department of cultural affairs shall establish and administer a cultural and entertainment district certification program. The program shall encourage the growth of communities through the development of areas within a city or county for public and private uses related to cultural and entertainment purposes.
2. A city or county may create and designate a cultural and entertainment district subject to certification by the department of cultural affairs, in consultation with the economic development authority. A cultural and entertainment district is encouraged to include a unique form of transportation within the district and for transportation between the district and recreational trails. A cultural and entertainment district certification shall remain in effect for ten years following the date of certification. Two or more cities or counties may apply jointly for certification of a district that extends across a common boundary. Through the adoption of administrative rules, the department of cultural affairs shall develop a certification application for use in the certification process. The provisions of this subsection relating to the adoption of administrative rules shall be construed narrowly.
3. The department of cultural affairs shall encourage development projects and activities located in certified cultural and entertainment districts through incentives under cultural grant programs pursuant to section 303.3, chapter 303A, and any other grant programs.
2005 Acts, ch 150, §19; 2011 Acts, ch 118, §85, 89
Referred to in §15.274
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.3D - Iowa great places program fund.

303.3D Iowa great places program fund.
1. An Iowa great places program fund is created under the authority of the department of cultural affairs. The fund shall consist of appropriations made to the fund and transfers of interest, earnings, and moneys from other funds as provided by law. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on investments or time deposits of the moneys in the Iowa great places program fund shall be credited to the Iowa great places program fund.
2. Moneys appropriated for a fiscal year to the fund shall be used by the general assembly to fund capital infrastructure projects for identified Iowa great places through the Iowa great places program established in section 303.3C. Moneys appropriated for a fiscal year shall be available for a project identified in an Iowa great places agreement for a period of three years from the time the project is identified.
3. In awarding moneys the department of cultural affairs shall give consideration to the particular needs of each identified Iowa great place.
4. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys credited to the great places program fund shall not revert to the fund from which appropriated but shall remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated for subsequent fiscal years.
2006 Acts, ch 1179, §54; 2008 Acts, ch 1179, §55
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.3E - Culture, history, and arts teams program.

303.3E Culture, history, and arts teams program.
1. The department of cultural affairs shall establish and administer a statewide program facilitating the promotion of culture, history, and arts in Iowa. The program’s purpose shall be to encourage cooperation and collaboration among the various state and local organizations working in these areas to improve Iowa’s quality of life.
2. The department shall implement the program by working with the local organizations to establish local committees. Each committee shall:
a. Include representatives from local organizations dedicated to promoting culture, history, and arts.
b. Gather and disseminate information on the cultural, historical, and arts opportunities in the regions.
c. Enhance communication among the local organizations.
d. Assist the staff members of local organizations in obtaining technical and professional training.
3. The department shall assist local organizations in the delivery of technical services, professional training, and programming opportunities by working with these committees.
2008 Acts, ch 1057, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.4 - State historical society of Iowa — board of trustees.

303.4 State historical society of Iowa — board of trustees.
1. A state historical society board of trustees is established consisting of twelve members selected as follows:
a. Three members shall be elected by the members of the state historical society according to rules established by the board of trustees.
b. The governor shall appoint one member from each of the state’s congressional districts established under section 40.1.
c. The governor shall appoint five members from the state at large, at least two of whom shall be on the faculty of a college or university in the state engaged in a discipline related to the activities of the historical society.
2. The term of office of members of the board of trustees is three years beginning on July 1 and ending June 30. The terms of office of the governor’s appointees are staggered terms of three years each, so that three members are appointed each year.
[C73, §1885, 1901; C97, §2858, 2883; S13, §2881-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4512 – 4514, 4543; C39, §4541.01, 4541.02, 4543; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §303.1, 303.2, 304.2; C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.1; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §2]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1305
C87, §303.4
89 Acts, ch 78, §1; 93 Acts, ch 18, §1; 2005 Acts, ch 80, §1; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §96; 2016 Acts, ch 1135, §12
Referred to in §103A.41
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.5 - Powers and duties of state historical society administrator.

303.5 Powers and duties of state historical society administrator.
The state historical society administrator may:
1. Make and sign any agreements and perform any acts which are necessary, desirable, or proper to carry out the purpose of the division.
2. Request and obtain assistance and data from any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or agency of the state.
3. Accept any federal funds granted, by Act of Congress or by executive order, for all or any purposes of this subchapter.
89 Acts, ch 78, §2
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.6 - Officers — meetings.

303.6 Officers — meetings.
1. The state historical society board of trustees shall annually elect a chairperson and vice chairperson from its membership. The board shall meet as often as deemed necessary, upon the call of the chairperson, or at the request of a majority of the members of the board.
2. Members of the board are entitled to be reimbursed for actual expenses while engaged in their official duties. Members may also be eligible for compensation as provided in section 7E.6.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.2; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §3]
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1306
C87, §303.6
2019 Acts, ch 24, §104
Referred to in §303A.5
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.7 - Membership in state historical society.

303.7 Membership in state historical society.
1. The state historical society board of trustees shall recommend to the director rules for membership of the general public in the state historical society, including rules relating to membership fees. Members shall be persons who indicate an interest in the history, progress, and development of the state and who pay the prescribed fee. The members of the state historical society may meet at least one time per year to further the understanding of the history of this state. The members of the society shall not determine policy for the department of cultural affairs but may advise the director and perform functions to stimulate interest in the history of this state among the general public. The society may perform other activities related to history which are not contrary to this chapter.
2. As used in this chapter, “state historical society” means the state historical society of Iowa, an agency of the state which is part of the department of cultural affairs. It does not mean or include any private entity.
3. Unless designated otherwise, a gift, bequest, devise, endowment, or grant to or application for membership in the state historical society shall be presumed to be to or in the state historical society of Iowa.
4. Notwithstanding section 633.63, the board may enter into agreements authorizing nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of the state historical society to administer its membership program and funds.
[C73, §1902; C97, §2884; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4544; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §304.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.3, 303.4; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §5]
C83, §303.4
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1307
C87, §303.7
89 Acts, ch 78, §3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.8 - Powers and duties of board and department.

303.8 Powers and duties of board and department.
1. The state historical society board of trustees shall:
a. Recommend to the state historical society a comprehensive, coordinated, and efficient policy to preserve, research, interpret, and promote to the public an awareness and understanding of local, state, and regional history.
b. Make recommendations to the division administrator on historically related matters.
c. Review and recommend to the director or the director’s designee policy decisions regarding the division.
d. Recommend to the state historic preservation officer for approval the state preservation plan.
e. Perform other functions prescribed by law to further historically related matters in the state.
2. The department shall:
a. Have authority to acquire by fee simple title historic properties by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest; preserve, restore, transfer, and administer historic properties; and charge reasonable admission to historic properties.
b. Maintain research centers in Des Moines and Iowa City.
[C73, §1902; C97, §2858, 2884; S13, §2881-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, §4515 – 4517, 4544; C39, §4541.03, 4544; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, §303.3, 304.3; C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.4, 303.5; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §7]
C83, §303.6
86 Acts, ch 1245, §1309
C87, §303.8
89 Acts, ch 78, §4; 2018 Acts, ch 1026, §106
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.9 - Funds received by department.

303.9 Funds received by department.
1. All funds received by the department, including but not limited to gifts, endowments, funds from the sale of memberships in the state historical society, funds from the sale of mementos and other items relating to Iowa history as authorized under subsection 2, interest generated by the life membership trust fund, and fees, shall be credited to the account of the department and are appropriated to the department to be invested or used for programs and purposes under the authority of the department. Interest earned on funds credited to the department, except funds appropriated to the department from the general fund of the state, shall be credited to the department. Section 8.33 does not apply to funds credited to the department under this section.
2. The department may sell mementos and other items relating to Iowa history and historic sites on the premises of property under control of the department and at the state capitol. Notwithstanding sections 8A.321 and 8A.327, the department may directly and independently enter into rental and lease agreements with private vendors for the purpose of selling mementos. All fees and income produced by the sales and rental or lease agreements shall be credited to the account of the department. The mementos and other items sold by the department or vendors under this subsection are exempt from section 8A.311.
3. Notwithstanding section 633.63, the board may authorize nonprofit foundations acting solely for the support of the state historical society of Iowa to accept and administer trusts deemed by the board to be beneficial to the division’s operations. The board and the foundation may act as trustees in such instances.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.9; 81 Acts, ch 10, §11; 82 Acts, ch 1238, §8]
86 Acts, ch 1244, §36; 88 Acts, ch 1284, §8; 89 Acts, ch 78, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §237;
2003 Acts, 1st Ex, ch 2, §160, 205
Referred to in §404A.3
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.9A - Iowa heritage fund.

303.9A Iowa heritage fund.
1. An Iowa heritage fund is created in the state treasury to be administered by the state historical society. The fund shall consist of all moneys allocated to the fund by the treasurer of state.
2. Moneys in the fund shall be used in accordance with the following:
a. Ninety percent shall be retained by the state historical society and used to maintain and expand Iowa’s history curriculum, to provide teacher training in Iowa history, and to support museum exhibits, historic sites, and adult education programs.
b. Five percent shall be retained by the state historical society to be used for start-up costs for the one hundred seventy-fifth and two hundredth anniversaries of Iowa statehood.
c. Five percent shall be retained by the state historical society to be used for the promotion of the sale of the Iowa heritage registration plate issued under section 321.34.
96 Acts, ch 1088, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 144, §1; 2008 Acts, ch 1005, §2
Referred to in §321.34
2023 Iowa Code › Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Chapter 303 - DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS › Section 303.10 - Acceptance and use of money grants.

303.10 Acceptance and use of money grants.
All federal grants to and the federal receipts of the agencies receiving funds under this chapter are appropriated for the purpose set forth in the federal grants or receipts.
[C75, 77, 79, 81, §303.10]