SF 160 - Requires Schools Provide a 100 Percent In-Person Learning Option - Iowa Key Vote
Chris Hall voted Nay (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- Jan. 29, 2021
- House Bill Passed
- Jan. 28, 2021
- Senate Bill Passed
- Jan. 28, 2021
- Introduced
- Jan. 26, 2021
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Title: Requires Schools Provide a 100 Percent In-Person Learning Option
Signed by Governor Kim Reynolds
Title: Requires Schools Provide a 100 Percent In-Person Learning Option
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires schools provide a 100 percent in-person learning option.
Highlights:
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Requires a brick-and-mortar school district or accredited nonpublic school to provide an opportunity for a parent or guardian of each student enrolled to select full-time in-person instruction for the parent's or guardian’s student unless this requirement is explicitly waived (Sec. 1).
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Requires any instruction provided by a school district or accredited nonpublic school to be deemed to meet the days and hours of instructional time requirements of Iowa law or under a proclamation of a public health disaster emergency issued by the governor and related to COVID-19 (Sec. 1-2).
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Specifies for the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the extent the Governor waives the requirement for full-time in-person instruction and authorizes primarily remote learning by conditioning the waiver on the teachers employed by the school district school who are quarantined due to exposure to COVID-19, as well as the scarcity of substitute teachers, food service workers, and school bus drivers (Sec. 2).
Title: Requires Schools Provide a 100 Percent In-Person Learning Option
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that requires schools provide a 100 percent in-person learning option.
Highlights:
-
Requires a brick-and-mortar school district or accredited nonpublic school to provide an opportunity for a parent or guardian of each student enrolled to select full-time in-person instruction for the parent's or guardian’s student unless this requirement is explicitly waived (Sec. 1).
-
Requires any instruction provided by a school district or accredited nonpublic school to be deemed to meet the days and hours of instructional time requirements of Iowa law or under a proclamation of a public health disaster emergency issued by the governor and related to COVID-19 (Sec. 1-2).
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Specifies for the school year beginning July 1, 2020, and ending June 30, 2021, the extent the Governor waives the requirement for full-time in-person instruction and authorizes primarily remote learning by conditioning the waiver on the teachers employed by the school district school who are quarantined due to exposure to COVID-19, as well as the scarcity of substitute teachers, food service workers, and school bus drivers (Sec. 2).
Title: Requires Schools Provide a 100 Percent In-Person Learning Option
Committee Sponsors
- Education Committee (Sponsor)