Senate File 2368 - Enrolled
Senate File 2368
AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION, INCLUDING BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
CHARTER SCHOOL AND OPEN ENROLLMENT FUNDING, AND THE
PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES BY STUDENTS ENROLLED IN
CHARTER SCHOOLS.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 DIVISION I
2 FUNDING FORMULA
3 Section 1. Section 256E.8, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
4 2024, is amended to read as follows:
5 a. The charter school in which the student is enrolled shall
6 receive under paragraph “c” an amount equal to the sum of the
7 regular program state cost per pupil for the previous school
8 budget year plus the teacher leadership supplement state cost
9 per pupil, the professional development supplement state cost
10 per pupil, and the early intervention supplement state cost
11 per pupil for the previous fiscal budget year as provided in
12 section 257.9 plus any moneys received by that would be due to
13 the school district of residence for the student as a result
14 of the non-English speaking weighting under section 280.4,
15 subsection 3, for the previous school budget year multiplied
16 by the state cost per pupil for the previous budget year.
17 If a student is an eligible pupil under section 261E.6, the
18 charter school shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to
19 an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in section
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20 261E.7.
21 Sec. 2. Section 282.18, subsection 5, paragraph b,
22 subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
23 (1) The board of directors of the district of residence
24 shall pay to the receiving district the sum of the state cost
25 per pupil for the previous school budget year plus either
26 the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil, the
27 professional development supplement state cost per pupil, and
28 the early intervention supplement state cost per pupil for
29 the previous fiscal budget year as provided in section 257.9
30 or the teacher leadership supplement foundation aid for the
31 previous fiscal year as provided in section 284.13, subsection
32 1, paragraph “d”, if both the district of residence and the
33 receiving district are receiving such supplements, plus any
34 moneys received that would be due to the school district of
35 residence for the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking
1 weighting under section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous
2 school budget year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for
3 the previous budget year. If the pupil participating in open
4 enrollment is also an eligible pupil under section 261E.6, the
5 receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount
6 to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in section
7 261E.7.
8 DIVISION II
9 SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPERTY
10 Sec. 3. Section 278.1, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2024,
11 is amended to read as follows:
12 b. Except when restricted by section 297.24 or 297.25,
13 direct the sale, lease, or other disposition of any schoolhouse
14 or school site or other property belonging to the corporation,
15 and the application to be made of the proceeds thereof.
16 However, nothing in this section shall not be construed
17 to prevent the sale, lease, exchange, gift, or grant and
18 acceptance of any interest in real or other property of the
19 corporation to the extent authorized in section 297.22 or
20 297.24.
21 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 297.23 Publication of information
22 related to real property.
23 The board of directors of a school district shall publish
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24 information related to all of the following on the school
25 district’s internet site:
26 1. The square footage of each school building owned by the
27 school district.
28 2. The enrollment capacity of each attendance center owned
29 by the school district.
30 3. How each school building owned by the school district is
31 currently utilized by the school district.
32 4. School buildings owned by the school district that are
33 vacant.
34 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 297.24 Sale of real property to other
35 educational institutions.
1 1. The board of directors of a school district shall not
2 enter into any agreement that prohibits the sale of real
3 property to an educational institution.
4 2. If the board of directors of a school district offers
5 to sell real property that contains a building or structure,
6 and an educational institution offers to purchase such real
7 property for a purchase price that represents the highest bid
8 the board of directors of the school district received for
9 the real property, then the board of directors of the school
10 district shall sell the real property to the educational
11 institution for such purchase price.
12 3. For purposes of this section, “educational institution”
13 means all of the following:
14 a. A school district.
15 b. A nonpublic school.
16 c. A charter school established pursuant to chapter 256E.
17 d. A charter school or innovation zone school established
18 pursuant to chapter 256F.
19 e. An institution of higher education under the control of
20 the state board of regents.
21 f. A community college established under chapter 260C.
22 g. The state training school established under chapter 233A.
23 h. An accredited private institution as defined in section
24 256.183.
25 Sec. 6. IMPLEMENTATION OF ACT. Section 25B.2, subsection 3,
26 shall not apply to this division of this Act.
27 DIVISION III
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28 CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS —— PARTICIPATION IN ATHLETICS
29 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 256E.13 Students receiving instruction
30 over the internet —— participation in activities in district of
31 residence.
32 1. A student enrolled in a charter school who receives
33 educational instruction and course content primarily over the
34 internet may participate in any cocurricular or extracurricular
35 activities offered to children in the student’s grade or group
1 and sponsored by the district of residence under the same
2 conditions and requirements as the students enrolled in the
3 district of residence. The student may participate in not more
4 than two cocurricular or extracurricular activities during a
5 school year unless the resident district approves the student’s
6 participation in additional activities. The student shall
7 comply with the eligibility, conduct, and other requirements
8 relating to the activity that are established by the district
9 of residence for any student who applies to participate or who
10 is participating in the activity.
11 2. If a student participates in a cocurricular or
12 extracurricular activity in accordance with this section,
13 the district of residence may charge the charter school
14 up to two hundred dollars per activity, for up to two
15 activities. For a cocurricular activity, one semester shall
16 equal one activity. Extracurricular activities for which a
17 resident district may charge up to two hundred dollars per
18 activity for up to two activities under this section include
19 interscholastic athletics, music, drama, and any other activity
20 with a general fund expenditure exceeding five thousand
21 dollars annually. A student may participate in additional
22 extracurricular activities at the discretion of the resident
23 district. The resident district may charge the student a fee
24 for participation in such cocurricular or extracurricular
25 activities equivalent to the fee charged to and paid in the
26 same manner by other resident students.
27 Sec. 8. Section 280.13A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
28 to read as follows:
29 1. If a school district, or nonpublic school, or charter
30 school operating under section 256E.5 does not provide an
31 interscholastic activity for its students, the board of
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32 directors of that school district, or the authorities in
33 charge of the nonpublic school, or governing board of the
34 charter school may complete an agreement with another school
35 district, or nonpublic school, or charter school operating
1 under section 256E.5 to provide for the eligibility of its
2 students in interscholastic activities provided by that other
3 school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school. A
4 copy of each agreement completed under this section shall be
5 filed with the appropriate organization as organization is
6 defined in section 280.13 not later than April 30 of the school
7 year preceding the school year in which the agreement takes
8 effect, unless an exception is granted by the organization
9 for good cause. An agreement completed under this section
10 shall be deemed approved unless denied by the organization
11 within ten days after its receipt. The organization shall
12 determine whether an agreement would substantially prejudice
13 the interscholastic activities of other schools. An agreement
14 denied by the organization under this section may be appealed
15 to the state board of education under chapter 290.
______________________________ ______________________________
AMY SINCLAIR PAT GRASSLEY
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
is known as Senate File 2368, Ninetieth General Assembly.
______________________________
W. CHARLES SMITHSON
Secretary of the Senate
Approved _______________, 2024 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 256E.8, 280.4, 257.9, 279.39, 297.24, 39.2, 278.1
Reprinted: 256E.8, 257.9
Enrolled: 256E.8, 257.9, 297.24