Title VII, EDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE (Ch. 256 - 305B)

The physical plant and equipment levy fund is a capital project fund. A physical plant and equipment levy fund must be established in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized, whether regular or voter-approved, under section 298.2 . 94 Acts, ch 1029, §4 ; 2013 Acts,…

The public education and recreation levy fund is a special revenue fund. A public education and recreation levy fund must be established in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized under section 300.2 or which receives revenue from a chapter 28E agreement authorized…

The library levy fund is a special revenue fund. A library levy fund must be established in any school corporation which levies the tax authorized under section 298.7 . 94 Acts, ch 1029, §7

1. The student activity fund is a special revenue fund. A student activity fund must be established in any school corporation receiving money from student-related activities such as admissions, activity fees, student dues, student fundraising events, or other student-related cocu…

A capital project fund must be established in any school corporation which issues bonds or other authorized indebtedness for capital projects or which initiates a capital project, or which receives grants or other funds for capital projects. Boards are authorized to establish mor…

1. Except as provided in section 299.2 , the parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age shall cause the child to attend some public school or an accredited nonpublic school, or place the child under competent private instruction …

1. The board of each school district may appoint a truancy officer. The board of each school district, which does not appoint a truancy officer for the district, shall designate a suitable person to collect information on the numbers of children in the district who are truant. 2.…

1. The truancy officer may take into custody without warrant any apparently truant child and place the child in the charge of the school principal, or the principal’s designee, designated by the board of directors of the school district in which the child resides, or in the charg…

1. Definitions. As used in this section : a. “Chronically absent” means any absence from school for more than ten percent of the days or hours in the grading period established by a public school; provided, however, that an absence from school that is related to attending a cours…

A person shall not disseminate or redisseminate information shared with the person pursuant to section 299.12 , unless specifically authorized to do so by section 217.30 or 299.12 . Unless a prohibited dissemination or redissemination of information is subject to injunction or sa…

All school officers and employees shall promptly report to the secretary of the school corporation any violations of the truancy law of which they have knowledge, and the secretary shall inform the president of the board of directors who shall, if necessary, call a meeting of the…

Children who are of compulsory attendance age and who are so deaf or hard of hearing, or blind, or have such severe disabilities so as to be unable to obtain an education in the public or accredited nonpublic schools shall be sent to the appropriate state-operated school, or shal…

Upon the failure of a person having the custody and control of a child who is blind, deaf or hard of hearing, or has severe disabilities to require the child’s attendance as provided in section 299.18 , the state board of regents may make application to the district court or the …

1. Except as provided in subsections 2 and 3 , a child who has reached the age of six and is under sixteen years of age by September 15 is of compulsory attendance age. However, if a child enrolled in a school district or accredited nonpublic school reaches the age of sixteen on …

A person who is of compulsory attendance age who does not meet the requirements for an exception under section 299.2 , who does not attend a public school or an accredited nonpublic school, who is not receiving competent private instruction or independent private instruction in a…

The county attorney of the county in which the public school’s or accredited nonpublic school’s central administrative office is located shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter , as described in this chapter . Actions instituted by a county attorney pursuant to t…

1. Section 299.1 shall not apply to a child while the child is attending a course in religious instruction that is provided by a private organization if all of the following requirements are satisfied: a. The child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child, if…

Section 299.1 shall not apply to any child: 1. Who has completed the requirements for graduation in an accredited school or has obtained a high school equivalency diploma under chapter 259A . 2. Who is excused for sufficient reason by any court of record or judge. 3. While attend…

Upon the filing of the application mentioned in section 299.19 , the time of hearing shall be determined by the juvenile court or the district court. If, upon hearing, the court determines that the person required to appear has the custody and control of a child who should be req…

A failure to comply with the order of the court shall subject the person against whom the order is made to punishment the same as in ordinary contempt cases. [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4430; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.21 ] Contempts, chapter 665

Attendance at the state-operated school may be excused when the superintendent of the state-operated school certifies that an interdisciplinary staffing team has determined, pursuant to the requirements of chapter 256B , that the child is efficiently taught for the scholastic yea…

The state board of regents may employ an agent to aid in the enforcement of law relative to the education of deaf or hard-of-hearing children and blind children. The agent shall seek out children who should be in attendance at the state schools but who are not, and require such a…

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, an…

Within ten days from receipt of notice from the secretary of the school district within which an accredited nonpublic school is conducted, the principal of the accredited nonpublic school shall, once during each school year, and at any time when requested in individual cases, fur…

1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under competent private instruction under section 299A.2 , not in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited …

The parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who is physically or mentally unable to attend school, or whose presence in school would be injurious to the health of other pupils, shall furnish proofs by certificate under sectio…

1. Any person who violates the terms of an absenteeism prevention plan entered into under section 299.12 , who is referred for prosecution under section 299.12 and is convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of sections 299.1 through 299.5 , who violates any of the provi…

1. In lieu of a criminal proceeding under section 299.6 , a county attorney may bring a civil action against a parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, has not completed educational requirements, and is truant, if the parent, …

All such certificates, reports, and proofs shall be filed and preserved in the office of the secretary of the school corporation as a part of the records of the office, and the secretary shall furnish certified copies thereof to any person requesting the same. [S13, §2823-b, -c; …

Any child of compulsory attendance age, to whom the exceptions described in section 299.1, subsection 4 , paragraph “b” , or section 299.2 do not apply, who has been absent from school, for any reason, for at least twenty percent of the days or hours in the grading period, shall …

The board of directors of a public school district or the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall prescribe reasonable rules for the punishment of truants. [S13, §2823-d, -h; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 4418; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.…

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 attenda…

The department of education shall develop and recommend and the state board shall adopt rules to implement this chapter . 91 Acts, ch 200, §29

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…

1. The board of directors of a school district shall expend moneys received pursuant to section 257.6, subsection 1 , paragraph “a” , subparagraph (5), and amounts designated from the school district’s flexibility account under section 298A.2, subsection 2 , for purposes of provi…

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 256, subchapter VII, part 3, and which is appropriate to …

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…

1. Each child of compulsory attendance age who is receiving competent private instruction shall either be evaluated annually by May 31, using a nationally recognized standardized achievement evaluation or other assessment tool developed or recognized by the department of educatio…

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 t…

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 accredite…

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 t…

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 …

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. 2. A child who has been placed under competent private instruction, whose performance indicates that the chil…

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 c…

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 subm…

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 a…