{"id":"IA-045","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds January 29, 2021","authority":"2021 Iowa Acts ch. 1 (Senate File 160)","instrument":"Senate File 160 (full-time in-person instruction)","title":"An Act relating to temporary in-person and remote learning instruction and instructional time requirements for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools, and including effective date provisions","dateIssued":"2021-01-29","effective":"Upon enactment (January 29, 2021); in-person option required \u0027no later than the first Monday that is at least two weeks after the effective date\u0027 (February 15, 2021)","end":"June 30, 2021","startDate":"2021-01-29","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["brick-and-mortar school districts and accredited nonpublic schools","Department of Education"],"clause":"Section 1. IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR. 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, including 2020 Iowa Acts, chapter 1107, beginning no later than the first Monday that is at least two weeks after the effective date of this Act and ending June 30, 2021, a brick-and-mortar school district or accredited nonpublic school shall provide an opportunity for a parent or guardian of each student enrolled in the school district or accredited nonpublic school to select full-time in-person instruction for the parent\u0027s or guardian\u0027s student unless this requirement is explicitly waived for one or more school districts or accredited nonpublic schools in a proclamation of a public health disaster emergency issued by the governor pursuant to section 29C.6 and related to COVID-19.... Sec. 2.... the department of education shall consider, in addition to any other factors or information, data regarding the number of teachers employed by the school district or school who are quarantining due to exposure to COVID-19, as well as the scarcity of substitute teachers, food service workers, and school bus drivers.","enforcement":"Statute; instructional time deemed met only if instruction complies with the Act (§ 1(2))","functions":["IN full-time in-person option mandated","RL hybrid and remote models curtailed","WF workforce (teacher quarantines recognized in § 2)"],"notes":"Ended the hybrid schedules many Iowa districts ran in 2020-21; SF 160 § 2 is a legislative finding that teacher quarantines and staff scarcity were ongoing in January 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/89/SF160.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":21893,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-045","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-045","citation":"Iowa General Assembly (89th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds January 29, 2021, Senate File 160 (full-time in-person instruction) (Jan. 29, 2021) (Ex. IA-045)","stateName":"Iowa","related":[]}