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Senate
File
2406
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Introduced

SENATE
FILE
2406

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
3170)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
charter
schools
and
innovation
zone
schools,
1

including
by
modifying
provisions
related
to
charter
school
2

funding
and
operations,
services
provided
to
charter
schools
3

by
area
education
agencies,
charter
school
contracts,
and
4

charter
school
student
participation
in
extracurricular
5

activities
provided
by
public
schools,
striking
provisions
6

allowing
for
the
establishment
of
innovation
zone
schools,
7

and
including
applicability
provisions.
8

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
9

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DIVISION
I
1

CONSOLIDATION
OF
CHARTER
SCHOOL
CODE
CHAPTERS
AND
ELIMINATION
2

OF
INNOVATION
ZONE
SCHOOLS
3

Section
1.
Section
29E.1,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
4

subparagraph
(4),
Code
2026,
is
amended
by
striking
the
5

subparagraph.
6

Sec.
2.
Section
232E.1,
subsection
6,
Code
2026,
is
amended
7

to
read
as
follows:
8

6.
“Public
school
district”
means
a
public
school
district
9

as
described
in
chapter
274
,
and
includes
a
charter
school
10

under
chapter
256E
,
or
a
charter
school
or
an
innovation
zone

11

school
under
chapter
256F
.
12

Sec.
3.
Section
256.7,
subsection
15,
Code
2026,
is
amended
13

to
read
as
follows:
14

15.
Adopt
rules
under
chapter
17A
that
require
school
15

districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and

charter
schools
,
16

and
innovation
zone
schools
to
include
information
regarding
17

the
exemptions
and
requirements
for
an
exemption
described
18

in
section
139A.8,
subsection
4
,
in
any
communication
to
19

the
parent
or
guardian
of
a
student
that
is
related
to
the
20

immunizations
required
under
section
139A.8
.
21

Sec.
4.
Section
256.9,
subsections
69,
71,
73,
and
78,
Code
22

2026,
are
amended
to
read
as
follows:
23

69.
On
or
before
May
1,
2025,
develop
and
distribute
to
24

school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and

charter
25

schools
,
and
innovation
zone
schools
model
policies
that,
if
26

adopted,
would
satisfy
a
school
district’s
responsibilities
27

under
section
279.88
relating
to
policies
governing
student
use
28

of
personal
electronic
devices.
29

71.
Develop
and
distribute
to
school
districts,
accredited
30

nonpublic
schools,
and

charter
schools
,
and
innovation
31

zone
schools

family-centered
resources
to
support
student
32

development
of
mathematics
knowledge
at
home.
33

73.
On
or
before
July
1,
2025,
develop
and
distribute
to
34

school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and

charter
35

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schools
,
and
innovation
zone
schools
a
comprehensive
state
1

mathematics
plan
that
is
designed
to
increase
the
level
of
2

mathematics
proficiency
attained
by
students
using
systematic
3

and
sequential
approaches
to
teaching
subitizing,
cardinality,
4

object
counting,
verbal
counting,
spatial
relationships,
5

benchmark
numbers,
and
part-part-whole
models.
6

78.
a.
Develop
and
distribute
to
school
districts,
7

accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and

charter
schools
,
and
8

innovation
zone
schools

a
test
in
multiple-choice
format
that
9

consists
of
all
of
the
questions
contained
in
the
most
recent
10

version
of
the
civics
test
developed
by
the
United
States
11

citizenship
and
immigration
services.
12

b.
On
or
before
the
January
31
immediately
subsequent
to
13

each
general
election
which
is
a
presidential
election,
update
14

the
test
described
in
paragraph
“a”
and
distribute
the
updated
15

test
to
school
districts,
accredited
nonpublic
schools,
and

16

charter
schools
,
and
innovation
zone
schools
.
17

Sec.
5.
Section
256E.1,
subsection
3,
unnumbered
paragraph
18

1,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19

The
purpose
of
a
charter
school
established
pursuant
to
this
20

chapter

subchapter
shall
be
to
accomplish
the
following:
21

Sec.
6.
Section
256E.1,
subsection
4,
Code
2026,
is
amended
22

to
read
as
follows:
23

4.
The
state
board
of
education
shall
be
the
only
authorizer
24

of
charter
schools
under
this
chapter

subchapter
.
25

Sec.
7.
Section
256E.2,
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2026,
26

is
amended
to
read
as
follows:

27

As
used
in
this
chapter

subchapter
,
unless
the
context
28

otherwise
requires:
29

Sec.
8.
Section
256E.2,
subsections
2
and
5,
Code
2026,
are
30

amended
to
read
as
follows:
31

2.
“Charter
school”
means
a
school
established
in
accordance
32

with
this
chapter

subchapter
.
33

5.
“Founding
group”
means
a
person,
group
of
persons,
34

or
education
service
provider
that
develops
and
submits
an
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application
for
a
charter
school
to
the
state
board
under
this
1

chapter

subchapter
.
2

Sec.
9.
Section
256E.3,
Code
2026,
is
amended
to
read
as
3

follows:
4

256E.3
Department
——
duty
to
monitor.
5

The
department
shall
monitor
the
effectiveness
of
charter
6

schools
and
shall
implement
the
applicable
provisions
of
this
7