Senate File 2310 (Return-to-Learn)

The record

Jurisdiction

Iowa

Level

State

Authority

2020 Iowa Acts ch. 1107 (Senate File 2310)

Issued

2020-06-29 June 29, 2020

Effective

Upon enactment (June 29, 2020) for the 2020-21 provisions; § 9 repealed July 1, 2021 (read as 2020-06-29)

End

2020-21 school-year provisions expired June 30, 2021 (read as 2021-06-30)

In force

June 29, 2020 to June 30, 2021

Quarters

2020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q2

2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3

Limitation types

Schools and child care

Addressees

• school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
• Department of Education
• the Governor (proclamation authority)

Functions reached

• IN in-person instruction presumed
• RL remote learning confined to proclamation authorization
• WF workforce (parents; hybrid schedules)

Collection

Iowa IA

Operative words

Sec. 9.... NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. For the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, any instruction provided in accordance with a return-to-learn plan submitted by a school district or accredited nonpublic school to the department of education in response to a proclamation of a public health disaster emergency, issued by the governor pursuant to section 29C.6 and related to COVID-19, shall be deemed to meet the requirements of subsection 1, regardless of the nature, location, or medium of instruction if the return-to-learn plan contains the minimum number of days or hours as required by subsection 1. Any return-to-learn plan submitted by a school district or accredited nonpublic school must contain provisions for in-person instruction and provide that in-person instruction is the presumed method of instruction.... Sec. 14. SCHOOL DISTRICT CLOSURES DURING THE 2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR.... if the governor proclaims a public health disaster pursuant to section 29C.6, the board of directors of a school district may authorize closure of the school district or any school district attendance center due to an outbreak of COVID-19... Sec. 15.... Unless explicitly authorized in a proclamation of a public health disaster emergency issued by the governor pursuant to section 29C.6 and related to COVID-19, a brick-and-mortar school district or accredited nonpublic school shall not take action to provide instruction primarily through remote-learning opportunities.

Enforcement

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