House File 446 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 446 BY MOHR A BILL FOR An Act relating to the open enrollment of children receiving 1 educational instruction and course content delivered 2 primarily over the internet, and including applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2139YH (3) 91 jda/jh
H.F. 446 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 17, Code 2025, is 1 amended by striking the subsection. 2 Sec. 2. APPLICABILITY. This Act applies to applications 3 and notifications related to open enrollment submitted under 4 section 282.18 on or after the effective date of this Act. 5 EXPLANATION 6 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 7 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 8 This bill relates to the open enrollment of children 9 receiving educational instruction and course content delivered 10 primarily over the internet. 11 Current Code section 282.18(17) provides that the deadlines 12 associated with the submission of open enrollment applications 13 and notifications do not apply to a child whose parent or 14 guardian is filing a notification that the parent or guardian 15 intends to open enroll the child in a public school in 16 another school district for purposes of receiving full-time 17 instruction under Code section 256.43 (online learning program 18 model). The bill strikes this provision. The bill applies 19 to applications and notifications related to open enrollment 20 that are submitted on or after the effective date of the bill. 21 Under current Code section 282.18 (open enrollment), a parent 22 or guardian is required to send notification to the district 23 of residence and the receiving district that the parent or 24 guardian intends to enroll the parents or guardians child in 25 a public school in another school district by March 1 of the 26 preceding school year for students entering grades 1 through 27 12, or by September 1 of the current school year for students 28 entering kindergarten or for prekindergarten students enrolled 29 in special education programs and included in the school 30 districts basic enrollment. 31 -1- LSB 2139YH (3) 91 jda/jh 1/ 1