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Iowa
Education Code For Homeschooling
This is not intended to be legal advice and is distributed
for information purposes only. Check for updates at your public
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Compulsory attendance - 6 to under 16 by
September 15
Table of Contents
- 299A.1 Private instruction.
- 299A.2 Competent
private instruction by licensed practitioner.
- 299A.3 Private instruction
by nonlicensed person.
- 299.1 Attendance
requirements.
- 299.1A Compulsory
attendance age.
- 299.1B Failure
to attend--loss of driver's license.
- 299.2 Exceptions.
- 299.3 Reports from accredited nonpublic
schools.
- 299.4
Reports as to private instruction.
- 299.24
Religious groups exempted from school standards.
299A.1 Private instruction.
The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory
attendance age who places the child under private instruction
shall provide, unless otherwise exempted, competent private instruction
in accordance with this chapter. A parent, guardian, or legal
custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age who places
the child under private instruction which is not competent private
instruction, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements
of this chapter, is subject to the provisions of sections 299.1
through 299.4 and the penalties provided in section 299.6.
For purposes of this chapter, "competent private instruction"
means private instruction provided on a daily basis for at least
one hundred forty-eight days during a school year, to be met
by attendance for at least thirty-seven days each school quarter,
by or under the supervision of a licensed practitioner in the
manner provided under section 299A.2, or other person under section
299A.3, which results in the student making adequate progress.
For purposes of this chapter and chapter 299, "private
instruction" means instruction using a plan and a course
of study in a setting other than a public or organized accredited
nonpublic school.
299A.2
Competent private instruction by licensed practitioner.
If a licensed practitioner provides competent instruction
to a child of compulsory attendance age, the practitioner shall
possess a valid license or certificate which has been issued
by the state board of educational examiners under chapter 272
and which is appropriate to the ages and grade levels of the
children to be taught. Competent private instruction may include,
but is not limited to, a home school assistance program which
provides instruction or instructional supervision offered through
an accredited nonpublic school or public school district by a
teacher, who is employed by the accredited nonpublic school
or public school district, who assists and supervises
a parent, guardian, or legal custodian in providing instruction
to a child. If competent private instruction is provided through
a public school district, the child shall be enrolled and included
in the basic enrollment of the school district as provided in
section 257.6. Sections 299A.3 through 299A.7 do not apply to
competent private instruction provided by a licensed practitioner
under this section. However, the reporting requirement contained
in section 299A.3, subsection 1, shall apply to competent private
instruction provided by licensed practitioners that is not part
of a home school assistance program offered through an accredited
nonpublic school or public school district.
299A.3 Private instruction
by nonlicensed person.
A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of compulsory
attendance age providing competent private instruction to the
child shall meet all of the following requirements:
- Complete and send, in a timely manner, the report required
under section 299.4 to the school district of residence of the
child.
- Ensure that the child under the parent's, guardian's, or
legal custodian's instruction is evaluated annually to determine
whether the child is making adequate progress, as defined in
section 299A.6.
- Ensure that the results of the child's annual evaluation
are reported to the school district of residence of the child
and to the department of education by a date not later than June
30 of each year in which the child is under private instruction.
299.1 Attendance
requirements.
Except as provided in section 299.2, the parent, guardian,
or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of compulsory
attendance age, shall cause the child to attend some public school,
an accredited nonpublic school, or competent private instruction
in accordance with the provisions of chapter 299A, during a school
year, as defined under section 279.10. The board of directors
of a public school district or the governing body of an accredited
nonpublic school shall set the number of days of required attendance
for the schools under its control.
The board of directors of a public or the governing body of
an accredited nonpublic school may, by resolution, require attendance
for the entire time when the schools are in session in any school
year and adopt a policy or rules relating to the reasons considered
to be valid or acceptable excuses for absence from school.
299.1A Compulsory
attendance age.
A child who has reached the age of six and is under sixteen
years of age by September 15 is of compulsory attendance age.
299.1B Failure
to attend--loss of driver's license.
A person who does not attend a public school, an accredited
nonpublic school, competent private instruction in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 299A, an alternative school, adult
education classes, or who is not employed at least twenty hours
per week shall not receive a motor vehicle operator's license
until age eighteen. A person under age eighteen who has been
issued a motor vehicle operator's license who does not attend
a public school, an accredited nonpublic school, competent private
instruction in accordance with the provisions of chapter 299A,
an alternative school, or adult education classes, shall surrender
the license and be issued a temporary restricted license under
section 321.215.
299.2 Exceptions.
Section 299.1 shall not apply to any child:
- Who has completed the requirements for graduation in an accredited
school or has obtained a high school equivalency diploma under
chapter 259A.
- Who is excused for sufficient reason by any court of record
or judge.
- While attending religious services or receiving religious
instructions.
- Who is attending a private college preparatory school accredited
or probationally accredited under section 256.11, subsection
13.
- Who has been excused under section 299.22.
- Who is exempted under section 299.24.
299.3 Reports from accredited
nonpublic schools.
Within ten days from receipt of notice from the secretary
of the school district within which an accredited nonpublic school
is conducted, the principal of the accredited nonpublic school
shall, once during each school year, and at any time when requested
in individual cases, furnish to the secretary of the public school
district, within which the accredited nonpublic school is located,
a certificate and report in duplicate on forms provided by the
public school district of the names and ages of each pupil of
the accredited nonpublic school who is of compulsory attendance
age and the grade level of each pupil, during the preceding year
and from the time of the last preceding report to the time at
which a report is required. In addition, the report shall identify
all students of compulsory attendance age who were truant as
defined by law or school policy and the number of days of truancy
for the period covered by the report, and children who dropped
out, withdrew from enrollment, or transferred to another Iowa
school and the date their attendance ceased at the accredited
nonpublic school. The secretary shall retain one of the reports
and file the other with the secretary of the area education agency.
299.4
Reports as to private instruction.
The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is
of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under competent
private instruction under either section 299A.2 or 299A.3, not
in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated
by a public or accredited nonpublic school, shall furnish a report
in duplicate on forms provided by the public school district,
to the district by the earliest starting date specified in section
279.10, subsection 1. The secretary shall retain and file one
copy and forward the other copy to the district's area education
agency. The report shall state the name and age of the child,
the period of time during which the child has been or will be
under competent private instruction for the year, an outline
of the course of study, texts used, and the name and address
of the instructor. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of
a child, who is placing the child under competent private instruction,
for the first time, shall also provide the district with evidence
that the child has had the immunizations required under section
139.9. The term "outline of course of study"
shall include subjects covered, lesson plans, and time spent
on the areas of study.
299.24
Religious groups exempted from school standards.
When members or representatives of a local congregation of
a recognized church or religious denomination established for
ten years or more within the state of Iowa prior to July 1, 1967,
which professes principles or tenets that differ substantially
from the objectives, goals, and philosophy of education embodied
in standards set forth in section 256.11, and rules adopted in
implementation thereof, file with the director of the department
of education proof of the existence of such conflicting tenets
or principles, together with a list of the names, ages, and post-office
addresses of all persons of compulsory school age desiring to
be exempted from the compulsory education law and the educational
standards law, whose parents or guardians are members of the
congregation or religious denomination, the director, subject
to the approval of the state board of education, may exempt the
members of the congregation or religious denomination from compliance
with any or all requirements of the compulsory education law
and the educational standards law for two school years. When
the exemption has once been granted, renewal of such exemptions
for each succeeding school year may be conditioned by the director,
with the approval of the board, upon proof of achievement.
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