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Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.3 - Online Learning-private Providers

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(1)
Online
				learning model established.
An online learning program model is
				established by the director, pursuant to Iowa Code section
				256.9, that provides districts
				and accredited nonpublic schools with a list of approved online providers.
				Approved providers will meet criteria for approval in accordance with Iowa Code
				section 256.43(1)
"a."
(2)
Use of approved private providers.
Courses developed by
				private providers may be utilized by a school district or school in
				implementing a high-quality online learning program in circumstances described
				in Iowa Code section 256.43(2)
"a."
(3)
Approval criteria.
The department will maintain a list of
				approved online providers that provide course content through an online
				learning platform whose content and delivery meet the following provisions:
a. Courses meet the standards of Iowa Code
				section 256.7(32)
"c."
b. The
				provider supplies coursework customized to the needs of the student.
c. The provider offers a means for a student
				to demonstrate competency in completed online coursework.
d. Courses provide online content and
				instruction evaluated on the basis of student learning outcomes.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.4 - Online Learning Provided by Area Education Agencies

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(1)
Online
				learning program delivered by area education agencies.
Subject to an
				appropriation of funds by the general assembly for this purpose, AEAs may
				provide an online learning program to deliver distance education to Iowa's
				secondary students, including students receiving competent private instruction
				under Iowa Code chapter 299A. An AEA may provide an online learning program
				separately, in collaboration with other AEAs, or in partnership with school
				districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
(2)
Student participation.
To participate in an online learning program offered by an AEA, a student must
				be enrolled in a participating school district or accredited nonpublic school
				or be receiving competent private instruction under Iowa Code chapter
				299A.
(3)
District
				responsibility.
The school district or accredited nonpublic school in
				which the student is enrolled is responsible for:
a. Recording a student's program coursework
				grades in the student's permanent record.
b. Awarding high school credit for program
				coursework.
c. Issuing a high
				school diploma to a student enrolled in the district or school who participates
				and completes coursework under the program.
d. Identifying a site coordinator to serve as
				a student advocate and as a liaison between the program staff and teachers and
				the school district or accredited nonpublic school.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.5 - Online Learning Program Provided by a School District-online Schools

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(1)
Online
				learning program provided by a school district.
A school district may
				provide an online learning program delivered primarily over the Internet that
				operates as an online school. Such a program is governed by Iowa Code section
				256.41.
(2)
Course content and
				delivery.
Content and delivery provided by an online learning program
				established pursuant to this rule must meet the provisions of Iowa Code section
				256.7(32)
"c."
Grades in online courses are awarded based on
				Iowa Code section 256.43(3).
(3)
Approval criteria.
The
				department will maintain a list of approved school districts that provide
				course content through an online learning platform whose content and delivery
				meet the provisions of subrule 15.5(2).
(4)
Approval process.
School
				district providers of online course content or full-time online instruction
				will apply for approval to offer such services to Iowa districts and accredited
				nonpublic schools a minimum of once every five years on forms provided by the
				department. If a school district is providing full-time online instruction only
				to its resident students and not to any other students, the school district
				need not seek approval; however, the school district must ensure it meets the
				provisions of subrules 15.5(1) and 15.5(2). Applications may be received at any
				time; however, the department will give preference to applications received no
				later than May 1 during the year prior to the school year in which the provider
				intends to provide services. Applications received by the deadline of May 1
				will be answered no later than June 1. An approved district provider under this
				rule will also apply in each year that any of these alterations take place,
				which are substantial in nature:
a. The
				provider altered the courses or content offered by either adding or subtracting
				grade levels or subjects.
b. The
				provider altered the delivery of the courses or content offered by altering the
				learning management system or delivery of assessments.
c. The provider altered the evaluation of
				student learning used in the system.
d. The provider altered the online learning
				content or delivery in any other way that may reasonably be considered material
				to a school district considering the use of a private provider.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.6 - Online Learning Provided by a School District or Accredited Nonpublic School-courses

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(1)
Course
				content and delivery.
A school district or accredited nonpublic school
				may provide an online learning program to deliver online learning and online
				coursework to students attending the district or school. Content and delivery
				provided by an online learning program established pursuant to this rule must
				meet the provisions of Iowa Code section
				256.7(32)
"c."
Grades in online courses are awarded based on Iowa Code
				section 256.43(3).
(2)
Use to meet general accreditation
				standards.
Any course that is not part of the offer-and-teach
				standards for grades 9 through 12 may be provided by an area education agency,
				by the school district or accredited nonpublic school, or through an online
				learning platform or online exchange offered by the department in collaboration
				with area education agencies, school districts, or accredited nonpublic
				schools. Online courses may be used to meet offer-and-teach standards for
				grades 9 through 12 in the circumstances described in Iowa Code section
				256.11(17)
"a."
Additionally, a school district or accredited
				nonpublic school may apply for an annual waiver of the standards for up to two
				specified subjects in the circumstances described in Iowa Code section
				256.11(17)
"b."
(3)
Delivery options for general
				accreditation standards.
Delivery of coursework used to meet general
				accreditation standards is governed by Iowa Code section
				256.11(17)
"c."
(4)
Competent private instruction.
The online learning platform
				described in subparagraph 15.8(3)
"b"
(3) may deliver distance
				education to students receiving competent private instruction under Iowa Code
				chapter 299A, provided such students register with the school district of
				residence and the coursework offered by the online learning platform is taught
				and supervised by a teacher appropriately licensed by the BOEE who has online
				learning experience, and the course content meets the provisions of Iowa Code
				section 256.7(32)
"c."
(5)
Coordination and costs.
The department and the area education
				agencies operating online learning programs pursuant to Iowa Code section
				273.16 will coordinate to ensure
				the most effective use of resources and delivery of services. Federal or other
				funds, if available, may be used to offset what would otherwise be costs to
				school districts for participation in the program.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.7 - Open Enrollment

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Content and delivery provided online pursuant to rule
				  281-15.3 (256),
				  281-15.4 (256),
				  281-15.5 (256) or
				  281-15.6 (256) may be provided
				  to pupils who are participating in open enrollment under Iowa Code section
				  282.18.
(1)
Courses.
A school
				district may provide individual courses it developed, or any other courses
				developed pursuant to this chapter (including courses developed by private
				providers), delivered primarily over the Internet to pupils who are
				participating in open enrollment under Iowa Code section
				282.18.
(2)
Termination.
If a
				student's participation in open enrollment to receive educational instruction
				and course content delivered primarily over the Internet results in the
				termination of enrollment in the receiving district, the receiving district
				will, within 30 days of the termination, notify the district of residence of
				the termination and the date of the termination.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.8 - Online Learning-access by Students Receiving Competent Private Instruction

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Students enrolled in competent private instruction pursuant
				  to Iowa Code chapter 299A may participate in online instruction pursuant to
				  subrules 15.4(6) and 15.6(4). The individual providing instruction to a student
				  under Iowa Code chapter 299A as described in Iowa Code section
				  299A.1(1)  will
				  receive the student's score for completed program coursework.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.9 - Online Learning-students With Disabilities

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(1) Children with
				disabilities are not to be categorically excluded from admission to online
				learning programs or from enrollment in online coursework.
(2) Whether an online course or online
				learning is appropriate to a child with a disability must be determined by the
				child's needs, not by the child's assigned weighting under Iowa Code section
				256B.9. If a child's individualized education program (IEP) goals cannot be met
				in online learning, with or without supplementary aids and services or
				modifications, online learning is not appropriate to the child.
(3) If a child's IEP team determines that
				online learning is inappropriate to the child, the child's parents are entitled
				to prior written notice pursuant to rule
				281-41.503 (256B, 34CFR300) and
				to have available to them the procedural safeguards provided under rule
				281-41.504(256B, 34CFR300).
(4)
				When a child with an IEP seeks open enrollment into an online learning program,
				the child's IEP team will determine whether the child meets the open enrollment
				provisions of 281-Chapter 17. In addition, the child's IEP team, together with
				representatives of the resident and receiving districts and the relevant area
				education agencies, will determine whether the receiving district is able to
				provide an appropriate online education to the child, either with or without
				supplementary aids and services or modifications. Any dispute about whether the
				receiving district's program is appropriate will be resolved pursuant to
				281-Chapter 17. The child is to remain in the child's resident district while
				any dispute about the appropriateness of the receiving district's program is
				pending.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.10 - Department General Supervision of Telecommunications and Online Learning

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(1)
Nature
				of general supervision.
The department will exercise general
				supervision over compliance with this chapter and offer advice and technical
				assistance to foster compliance and improved outcomes. This will be
				accomplished by department staff.
(2)
Data collection and
				reporting.
a. Each school district
				and accredited nonpublic school will list and describe the online coursework
				offered by the school district or accredited nonpublic school in which the
				student is enrolled.
b. A school
				district providing educational instruction and course content delivered
				primarily over the Internet that is required to seek approval under subrule
				15.5(4) will annually submit to the department, in the manner prescribed by the
				department, data sought by the department, including data specified in Iowa
				Code section 256.7(32)
"b"
(1).
c. The department will comply with the
				responsibilities set out in Iowa Code section
				256.7(32)
"b."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.11 - Online Learning-students With Disabilities

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(1) Children with
				disabilities may not be categorically excluded from admission to online
				learning programs or from enrollment in online coursework.
(2) Whether an online course or online
				learning is appropriate to a child with a disability must be determined by the
				child's needs, not by the child's assigned weighting under Iowa Code section
				256B.9. If a child's individualized education program (IEP) goals cannot be met
				in online learning, with or without supplementary aids and services or
				modifications, online learning is not appropriate to the child.
(3) Ifa child's IEP team determines that
				online learning is inappropriate to the child, the child's parents are entitled
				to prior written notice pursuant to rule
				281-41.503 (256B, 34CFR 300)
				and to have available to them the procedural safeguards provided under rule
				281-41.504(256B, 34CFR 300).
(4)
				When a child with an IEP seeks open enrollment into an online learning program,
				the child's IEP team shall determine whether the child meets the open
				enrollment requirements under 281-Chapter 17. In addition, the child's IEP
				team, together with representatives of the resident and receiving districts and
				the relevant area education agencies, shall determine whether the receiving
				district is able to provide an appropriate online education to the child,
				either with or without supplementary aids and services or modifications. Any
				dispute about whether the receiving district's program is appropriate shall be
				resolved pursuant to 281-Chapter 17. The child shall remain in the child's
				resident district while any dispute about the appropriateness of the receiving
				district's program is pending.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.13 - Department Responsibilities

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(1)
Course
				quality.
The department shall annually evaluate the quality of courses
				offered under ILO to ensure that coursework is rigorous and of high quality and
				is aligned with Iowa's core curriculum and core content requirements and
				standards as well as with national standards of quality for online courses
				issued by an internationally recognized association for elementary and
				secondary online learning. The department shall ensure that all ILO coursework
				is taught by a teacher who is appropriately licensed and endorsed for the
				educational level and content area being taught and who has completed an
				online-learning-for-Iowa-educators professional development course offered by
				an area education agency, a teacher preservice program, or comparable
				coursework. The director of the department shall maintain a list of approved
				online providers that meet the standards of this subrule and provide course
				content through an online learning platform taught by a teacher licensed under
				Iowa Code chapter 272 who has specialized training or experience in online
				learning. This list shall be maintained pursuant to subrule 15.16(2). Providers
				shall apply for approval annually or as determined by the department.
(2)
Fiscal matters.
The
				department shall establish fees payable by school districts, accredited
				nonpublic schools, and individuals providing instruction to students under Iowa
				Code chapter 299A as described in rule
				281-15.10 (256), for ILO
				coursework. Fees collected pursuant to this subrule are appropriated to the
				department to be used only for the purpose of administering ILO and shall be
				established so as not to exceed the cost of administering ILO. Providing
				professional development necessary to prepare teachers to participate in the
				initiative shall be considered a cost of ILO administration. Notwithstanding
				Iowa Code section
				8.33,
				fees collected by the department that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
				close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available for
				expenditure for the purpose of expanding ILO coursework offered in subsequent
				fiscal years.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.14 - Responsibilities of Individuals Providing Private Instruction Under Iowa Code Chapter 299a

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The individual providing instruction to a student under rule
				  281-15.10
				  (256) shall pay the fees prescribed by subrule 15.13(2). The individual
				  providing instruction to a student under rule
				  281-15.10
				  (256) shall receive the student's score for completed ILO
				  coursework.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.15 - Enrollment in an Ilo Course

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Under ILO, a student must be enrolled in a participating
				  school district or accredited nonpublic school or be receiving private
				  instruction under Iowa Code chapter 299A as described in rule
				  281-15.10(256).
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 15 - Online and Virtual Learning › Rule 281-15.16 - Private Providers of Online Coursework

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(1)
School
				district discretion.
At the discretion of a school board or
				authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school, after consideration of
				circumstances created by necessity, convenience, and cost-effectiveness,
				courses developed by private providers may be utilized by a school district or
				school in implementing a high-quality online learning program. Courses obtained
				from private providers shall be taught by teachers licensed under Iowa Code
				chapter 272.
(2)
Department
				approval of private providers.
Private providers utilized to provide
				courses by a school district or accredited nonpublic school in accordance with
				this chapter shall meet the standards of subrule 15.13(1) and be approved in
				accordance with this subrule. The department shall establish an application
				process and review process for courses developed by private providers,
				including establishing a schedule of opportunities for new course approval
				applications, which shall be available at least annually, and a review cycle of
				courses previously approved.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.3 - Collaboration

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(1)
Teachers.
The teacher complies with Iowa Code section
				256C.3(2)
"b."
(2)
Programs.
The program complies with Iowa Code section
				256C.3(3)
"e."
In doing so, the program makes available resources,
				including those described in subrule 16.2(14), necessary to meet the needs of
				the child. Preschool programs collaborate to ensure that children receiving
				care from other approved child care arrangements can participate in the
				voluntary preschool program with minimal disruptions to the child.
(3)
Districts.
The school
				district complies with Iowa Code section
				256C.3(4)
"a"
and
"b."
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.4 - Applications for Funding

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All applications are submitted in a manner directed by the
				  department; address the standards found in rules
				  281-16.2 (256C),
				  281-16.3 (256C), and
				  281-16.9 (256C); and contain a
				  plan describing how they will fully meet the program standards within one year
				  of the funding award. Points are awarded based on the applicant's provision of
				  the following information:
1.
				Preschool program summary;
2.
				Research documentation;
3.
				Identification and documentation of local population;
4. Needs assessment of local programs
				providing services;
5. Evidence of
				collaboration with local agencies to provide comprehensive services;
				and
6. Letters of community
				support.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.5 - Application Process

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(1)
Request
				for applications.
a. The department
				announces the commencement of the application period through public notice on
				the department's website and the department's relevant regular electronic
				publications.
b. Applications for
				preschool program funding are available on the department's website and
				otherwise distributed by the department upon request.
c. All applications are to be submitted to
				the department in accordance with instructions accompanying the
				applications.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.6 - Removal of Approval

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(1)
Removal
				by agreement.
The contract may be terminated in whole or in part when
				both parties agree that the continuation of the project would not produce
				beneficial results commensurate with the future expenditure of funds. The
				parties shall agree upon the termination conditions, including the effective
				date and, in the case of partial terminations, the portion to be terminated.
				The applicant does not incur new obligations for the terminated portion after
				the effective date and will cancel as many outstanding obligations as
				possible.
(2)
Department
				removal for cause.
a. The department
				may remove approval in whole or in part at any time before the date of
				completion whenever it is determined by the department that the applicant has
				failed to comply substantially with the conditions of the contract. The
				applicant will be notified in writing by the department of the reasons for the
				removal of approval and the effective date. The applicant does not incur new
				obligations for the portion for which approval is removed after the effective
				date of removal and will cancel as many outstanding obligations as
				possible.
b. The department may
				remove approval in whole or in part by June 30 of the current fiscal year in
				the event that the applicant has not attained the program standards.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.7 - Appeal of Application Denial, Termination, or Removal of Approval

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Any applicant may appeal to the director of the department
				  the denial of a properly submitted preschool program funding application or the
				  unilateral termination or removal of an approval. The jurisdictional criteria
				  and procedures found in 281-Chapter 7 apply to any appeal of
				  denial.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.8 - Finance

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(1)
General.
The department implements Iowa Code sections
				256C.4 and
				256C.5.
(2)
Aid payments.
Preschool
				foundation aid is paid as part of the state aid payments made to school
				districts in accordance with Iowa Code section
				257.16, except that it is not
				necessary that an eligible child be a resident of the district in which the
				child is enrolled voluntarily in the approved local program.
(3)
Separate accounting.
All
				state funding received under this program is accounted for by the applicant
				district separately from other state aid payments.
(4)
Restriction on
				supplanting.
State funding received under this program is used to
				supplement, not supplant, other public funding received by the applicant
				district as the result of the participation of any eligible children in other
				state or federal funded preschool programs. This restriction is applicable only
				for costs related to instructional time as described in subrule
				16.2(4).
(5)
Transportation.
Children participating in preschool in an
				approved local program under Iowa Code chapter 256C may be provided
				transportation services. However, transportation services provided to such
				children are not eligible for reimbursement under this chapter.
(6)
Open enrollment not
				applicable.
Iowa's open enrollment statute (Iowa Code section
				282.18) is not applicable for
				the parent or guardian of an eligible child who desires to access an approved
				program in a school district not of the child's residence. Approved programs
				are open to all eligible Iowa children, regardless of a child's district of
				residence. Accordingly, it is neither necessary for a parent or guardian to
				file an open enrollment application, nor will open enrollment applications for
				approved preschool programs be allowed. Participation in an approved program in
				a school district not of the child's residence does not create an entitlement
				to continuous open enrollment under Iowa Code section
				282.18.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.9 - Accountability

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An approved local program meets the minimum program
				  specifications in this chapter. The department encourages approved local
				  programs to exceed the minimum standards as programs work toward ongoing
				  improvement. The department monitors each local program's compliance with this
				  rule.
(1)
Annual
				reports.
Each approved local program provides, on forms provided by
				the department, an annual report to the department regarding program
				specifications. Failure to submit an annual report by the date specified
				therein results in suspension of financial payments to the applicant until such
				time as the report is received by the department.
(2)
Performance measures.
The approved local program collects data on all of the following:
a. The number of eligible children
				participating in the preschool program.
b. The number of eligible children
				participating in a program that meets the criteria of NAEYC, Head Start, or
				QPPS Standards and Criteria.
c. The
				curriculum.
d. The assessment as
				defined in rule 281-16.1 (256C).
e. The number of teachers.
f. The kindergarten literacy assessment as
				defined in Iowa Code section
				279.60.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.10 - Appeal of Application Denial or Termination

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Any applicant may appeal to the director of the department
				  the denial of a properly submitted preschool program funding application or the
				  unilateral termination of an approved application. The jurisdictional criteria
				  and procedures found in 281-Chapter 7 shall be applicable to any appeal of
				  denial or termination.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.11 - Finance

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(1)
Preschool foundation aid amounts to districts.
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 accordance with Iowa Code section
				256C.6.
				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 60 percent of the school district's eligible student
				enrollment on a specific date in the school year determined by rule. An
				eligible child is not required to be a resident of the district in which the
				child is enrolled voluntarily in the approved local program.
b. For budget years subsequent to 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 in accordance with Iowa Code section
				257.16, except
				that an eligible child is not required to be a resident of the district in
				which the child is enrolled voluntarily in the approved local
				program.
c. 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 the accountability requirements in rule
				281-16.3
				(256C) and the department's on-site review of the school district's
				implementation of the preschool program. The department shall follow the
				procedure set forth in subrule 16.13(3) if a district is found to be
				noncompliant with one or more of the accountability requirements.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.12 - Transportation

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Children participating in preschool in an approved local
				  program under Iowa Code chapter 256C may be provided transportation services.
				  However, transportation services provided to such children are not eligible for
				  reimbursement under this chapter
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.13 - Accountability Requirements

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An approved local program shall meet the program requirements
				  for increased school readiness specified in rule
				  281-16.3
				  (256C). The program requirements are minimum standards. The department
				  encourages approved local programs to exceed the minimum standards as programs
				  work toward ongoing improvement.
(1)
Annual reports.
Each approved local program shall provide on
				forms provided by the department an annual report to the department regarding
				program requirements. Failure to submit an annual report by the date specified
				therein shall result in suspension of financial payments to the applicant until
				such time as the report is received by the department.
(2)
Performance measures.
The approved local program shall collect data on all of the following:
a. The number of eligible children
				participating in the preschool program.
b. The number of eligible children
				participating in a program that meets the requirements of NAEYC, Head Start, or
				Iowa Quality Preschool Program Standards and Criteria.
c. The curriculum.
d. The assessment as defined in rule
				281-16.2
				(256C).
e. The number of
				teachers.
f. The kindergarten
				literacy assessment as defined in Iowa Code section
				279.60.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.14 - Monitoring

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The department shall develop a monitoring system based on the
				  annual reporting requirements and performance measures described in rule
				  281-16.13
				  (256C) to be implemented no later than one year after funding is first provided
				  under this chapter The monitoring system shall ensure that programs meet the
				  provisions herein requiring a properly licensed teacher and adoption of program
				  standards and shall be designed to follow the academic progress of children who
				  voluntarily participate in the statewide preschool program as the children
				  progress through elementary and secondary grade levels. If feasible, it is the
				  intent of the department to include postsecondary monitoring of such
				  children.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 16 - Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program › Rule 281-16.15 - Open Enrollment Not Applicable

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Iowa's open enrollment statute (Iowa Code section
				  282.18
				 ) is not applicable for the parent or guardian of an eligible child who desires
				  to access an approved program in a school district not of the child's
				  residence. Approved programs are open to all eligible Iowa children, regardless
				  of a child's district of residence. Accordingly, it is neither necessary for a
				  parent or guardian to file an open enrollment application, nor will open
				  enrollment applications for approved preschool programs be allowed.
Participation by a child in an approved program under these
				  rules does not provide "good cause," as defined in Iowa Code section
				  282.18(4)
"b,"
for the child's parent
				  or guardian to file for open enrollment after the deadlines specified in Iowa
				  Code section
				  282.18,
				  subsections 2 and 4, by claiming continuous enrollment in the receiving
				  district. (See also 281-subrule 17.8(7).)
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 17 - Open Enrollment and Other Enrollment Options › Rule 281-17.1 - Definitions

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For the purpose of this chapter, the indicated terms are
				  defined as follows:
"Alternative receiving district"
means a
				  district to which a parent/guardian petitions for the open enrollment of a
				  pupil from a receiving district. An alternative receiving district could be the
				  district of residence of the parents/guardians.
"Attendance center"
means a public school
				  building that contains classrooms used for instructional purposes for
				  elementary, middle, or secondary school students.
"Court-ordered desegregation plan"
means a
				  decree, judgment, or order entered by a court in response to a case or
				  controversy alleging the district engaged in unlawful segregation. A
				  desegregation plan is not "court-ordered" merely because a school district
				  seeks approval of a voluntarily developed desegregation plan.
"Department"
means the department of
				  education.
"Director"
means the director of the
				  department or the director's designee.
"Open enrollment"
is the procedure allowing
				  a parent/guardian to enroll one or more pupils in a public school district
				  other than the district of residence at no tuition cost to the parent.
"Receiving district"
is the public school
				  district in which a parent/guardian desires to have the pupil enrolled or the
				  district accepting the application for enrollment of a pupil under the
				  provisions of Iowa Code section
				  282.18.
"Resident district"
is the district of
				  residence for school purposes of the parent/guardian and the district in which
				  an open enrollment pupil will be counted for the purpose of generating state
				  aid regardless of the district in which the pupil is enrolled.
"Sending district"
is synonymous with the
				  term resident district.
"Sibling"
means a child residing primarily
				  in the same household as the child for whom an open enrollment request is filed
				  and who is related by adoption, blood or marriage to the child for whom an open
				  enrollment request is filed. "Sibling" also includes a foster child who is
				  placed in the same household as the child for whom an open enrollment request
				  is filed.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 17 - Open Enrollment and Other Enrollment Options › Rule 281-17.2 - Application Process

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The following procedure is to be used by parents/guardians
				  and school districts in processing open enrollment applications.
(1)
Parent/guardian
				responsibilities.
Iowa Code section
				282.18 governs the application
				process and responsibilities for parents/guardians and school districts. An
				application completed and submitted under this rule will include all
				information set forth in Iowa Code section
				282.18(2)
"a."
(2)
Petition for attendance in an alternative receiving district.
Once the pupil of a parent/guardian has been accepted for open enrollment,
				attendance in an alternative receiving district under open enrollment can be
				initiated by filing a petition for change with the receiving district. The
				timelines and notification provisions for such a request are the same as
				outlined in subrule 17.2(3)
(3)
School district responsibilities.
a. The board of the resident district takes
				no action on an open enrollment request except for a request made under rule
				281-17.3(282). The parent/guardian may withdraw an open enrollment request any
				time prior to the board's action on the application.
b. The board of the receiving district will
				act on an open enrollment request as outlined in Iowa Code section
				282.18(2)
"b."
c.
				The board of the receiving district will comply with the provisions of rule
				281-17.10(282) if the application for open enrollment is for a pupil requiring
				special education as provided by Iowa Code chapter 256B.
d. If the application is a request to attend
				in an alternate receiving district, the alternative district will send notice
				of this action to the parent/guardian, to the original receiving district, and
				to the resident district of the pupil. Petitions for change will be for not
				less than one year. A pupil in good standing may return to the district of
				residence at any time following written notice from the parent/guardian to both
				the resident district and the receiving district.
e. Notification to parents.
(1) By September 30 of each school year, all
				districts must notify parents of the following:
1. Transportation assistance; and
2. Possible loss of athletic eligibility for
				open enrollment pupils.
(2) This notification may be published in a
				school newsletter, a newspaper of general circulation, a website, or a parent
				handbook provided to all patrons of the district. This information will also be
				provided to any parent/guardian of a pupil who enrolls in the district during
				the school year
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 17 - Open Enrollment and Other Enrollment Options › Rule 281-17.3 - Court-ordered Desegregation Plans

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(1)
Applicability.
These rules govern only the components ofa
				court-ordered desegregation plan as the plan affects open enrollment
				requests.
(2)
Nature of
				court-ordered desegregation plan.
The language of the court order
				outlines a district's implementation of open enrollment. The district will
				notify the department of any court-ordered desegregation plan and any
				court-ordered modifications to that plan.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 17 - Open Enrollment and Other Enrollment Options › Rule 281-17.4 - Open Enrollment for Kindergarten or Certain Prekindergarten Programs

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A parent/guardian of a kindergarten pupil or a
				  parent/guardian of a prekindergarten student enrolled in a special education
				  program and eligible to be included in the resident school district's basic
				  enrollment under Iowa Code section
				  257.6(1)
"a"
(1) may request to enroll the pupil or student in a
				  district other than the district of residence. In considering an application
				  under this rule, the resident and the receiving district are not precluded from
				  administering board-adopted policies related to insufficient classroom space,
				  the provisions of rule
				  281-17.11 (282), or the
				  provisions of a desegregation order. As an alternative procedure, the receiving
				  board may, by policy, authorize the superintendent to approve, but not deny,
				  applications filed under this rule.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 17 - Open Enrollment and Other Enrollment Options › Rule 281-17.5 - Open Enrollment and Online Coursework

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(1)
General.
A school district may provide courses developed by
				private providers and delivered primarily over the Internet to pupils who are
				participating in open enrollment under Iowa Code section
				282.18. However, if a student's
				participation in open enrollment to receive educational instruction and course
				content delivered primarily over the Internet results in the termination of
				enrollment in the receiving district, the receiving district will, within 30
				days of the termination, notify the district of residence of the termination
				and the date of the termination.
(2)
Participation in activities in
				the resident district.
A pupil participating in open enrollment for
				purposes of receiving educational instruction and course content primarily over
				the Internet in accordance with Iowa Code section
				256.7(32)  may
				participate in any cocurricular or extracurricular activities offered to
				children in the pupil's grade or group and sponsored by the district of
				residence under the same conditions and requirements as the pupils enrolled in
				the district of residence. The pupil may participate in not more than two
				cocurricular or extracurricular activities during a school year unless the
				resident district approves the student's participation in additional
				activities. The student will comply with the eligibility, conduct, and other
				requirements relating to the activity that are established by the district of
				residence for any student who applies to participate or who is participating in
				the activity.
Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 281 - Education Department › Title II - Accredited Schools and School Districts › Chapter 17 - Open Enrollment and Other Enrollment Options › Rule 281-17.8 - Transportation

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(1)
Parent
				responsibilities.
The parent/guardian of a pupil who has been accepted
				for open enrollment is to be responsible to transport the pupil without
				reimbursement, except as provided in subrule 17.8(2), to a point on a regular
				school bus route of the receiving district as defined in Iowa Code section
				282.18(8)
"a."
A receiving district may send buses into a resident
				district solely for the purpose of transporting an open enrollment pupil if the
				boards of both the sending and receiving districts agree to this arrangement.
				Bus routes that are outside the boundary of the receiving district that have
				been authorized by an area education agency board of directors, as provided by
				Iowa Code section 285.9(3), may be used to transport open enrollment pupils if
				boards of directors of the resident and receiving districts have both acted to
				approve such an arrangement. Bus routes that have been established by the
				receiving district for the purpose of transporting nonpublic school or special
				education pupils that operate in the resident district of an open enrollment
				pupil cannot be utilized for the transportation of such pupil for the portion
				of the route that is within the resident district unless the boards of
				directors of the resident and receiving districts have both acted to approve
				such an arrangement. Bus routes transporting pupils for the purpose of
				whole-grade sharing cannot be used to transport open enrollment pupils for the
				portion of the route that is within the resident district unless the boards of
				directors of the resident and receiving districts have both acted to approve
				such an arrangement.
(2)
Economic qualifications, eligibility and provisions for transportation
				assistance.
Open enrollment pupils who meet the economic eligibility
				provisions established by the department of education will receive
				transportation assistance from their resident district under the terms and
				conditions established by the department and state board of education as
				outlined in Iowa Code section
				282.18(8)
"c."
The resident district may withhold from the amount it is
				required to pay to a receiving district for an open enrollment pupil the actual
				amount or the average cost per pupil transported amount it pays for
				transportation assistance, whichever is the lesser amount.