{"id":"IA-044","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Iowa","state":"IA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Iowa General Assembly (88th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds June 29, 2020","authority":"2020 Iowa Acts ch. 1107 (Senate File 2310)","instrument":"Senate File 2310 (Return-to-Learn)","title":"An Act relating to education, including instructional time, return-to-learn plans, remote learning and school closures during the 2020-2021 school year","dateIssued":"2020-06-29","effective":"Upon enactment (June 29, 2020) for the 2020-21 provisions; § 9 repealed July 1, 2021","end":"2020-21 school-year provisions expired June 30, 2021","startDate":"2020-06-29","endDate":"2021-06-30","quarters":["2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2"],"types":["SCH"],"addressees":["school districts and accredited nonpublic schools","Department of Education","the Governor (proclamation authority)"],"clause":"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":"Statute; instructional-time requirements (Iowa Code § 279.10) enforced through accreditation and state aid","functions":["IN in-person instruction presumed","RL remote learning confined to proclamation authorization","WF workforce (parents; hybrid schedules)"],"notes":"The statutory basis for the July 17, 2020 proclamation (IA-020) and the Department of Education\u0027s remote-learning approvals.","sourceUrl":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/publications/LGE/88/SF2310.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":53753,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"IA","url":"/library/IA-044","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/IA-044","citation":"Iowa General Assembly (88th G.A.); approved by Governor Reynolds June 29, 2020, Senate File 2310 (Return-to-Learn) (June 29, 2020) (Ex. IA-044)","stateName":"Iowa","related":["IA-020"]}