Iowa legislation · 91st General Assembly
Iowa HF446: A BILL FOR An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions
Status: In committee, February 20, 2025
An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.
What the bill says
A bill FOR An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.
From the introduced text, February 18, 2025:
A BILL FOR An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2139YH (3) jda/jh H.F. Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 17, Code 2025, is amended by striking the subsection. Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to applications and notifications related to open enrollment submitted under section 282.18 on or after the effective date of this Act. EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. This bill relates to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet. Current Code section 282.18(17) provides that the deadlines associated with the submission of open enrollment applications and notifications do not apply to a child whose parent or guardian is filing a notification that the parent or guardian intends to open enroll the child in a public school in another school district for purposes of receiving full-time instruction under Code section 256.43 (online learning program model). The bill strikes this provision. The bill applies to applications and notifications related to open enrollment that are submitted on or after the effective date of the bill. Under …
Sponsors
- Gary Mohr (R, 93) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Tabled until future meeting.
- : Subcommittee Meeting: 02/25/2025 12:00PM House Lounge 2.
- : Subcommittee: Gehlbach, Gjerde and Johnson, C. H.J. 406 .
- : Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 344 .
Subjects: education, school districts, open enrollment, students, internet, children
Common questions
- What is HF446?
- HF446 is a bill in the Iowa Legislature (91st General Assembly): A BILL FOR An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.
- What does HF446 do?
- In its own words: A bill FOR An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.
- What is the status of HF446?
- In committee as of February 20, 2025. Latest action: Tabled until future meeting. (February 25, 2025).
- Who sponsored HF446?
- Gary Mohr (R, 93).
- Where is the official record for HF446?
- On the Iowa Legislature website: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/legislation/BillBook?ba=HF+0446&ga=91
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