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IA SF2116
Bill
Status
1/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
Lynn Evans
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AI Summary
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Pupils who are chronically absent, participating in a school engagement meeting, or party to an absenteeism prevention plan are prohibited from transferring through open enrollment until those conditions are resolved.
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Receiving districts may approve transfer requests from chronically absent pupils at their discretion, even if the pupil has not yet resolved their attendance issues.
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Once a pupil is no longer chronically absent and no longer subject to engagement meetings or prevention plans, they may transfer in the same manner as any other student.
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The bill strikes existing subsection 17 of Section 282.18 related to children receiving educational instruction delivered primarily over the internet.
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Provisions apply to open enrollment applications and notifications submitted on or after the effective date of the Act.
Legislative Description
A bill for an act relating to open enrollment, including by modifying provisions related to the open enrollment of pupils who are truant or chronically absent and children receiving educational instruction and course content delivered primarily over the internet, and including applicability provisions.(See SF 2351.)
Last Action
Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 2351. S.J. 306.
2/17/2026