282.10 Whole grade sharing.
1. Whole grade sharing is a procedure used by school districts whereby all or a substantial portion of the pupils in any grade in two or more school districts share an educational program for all or a substantial portion of a school day under a written agreement pursuant to section 256.13, 280.15, or 282.7, subsection 1 or 3. Whole grade sharing may either be one-way or two-way sharing.
2. One-way whole grade sharing occurs when a school district sends pupils to one or more other school districts for instruction and does not receive a substantial number of pupils from those districts in return.
3. Two-way whole grade sharing occurs when a school district sends pupils to one or more other school districts for instruction and receives a substantial number of pupils from those school districts in return.
4. A whole grade sharing agreement shall be signed by the boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year for which the agreement is to take effect. The boards of the districts shall negotiate as part of the new or existing agreement the disposition of funding provided under chapter 284, including the teacher leadership supplement state cost per pupil as provided in section 257.9, unless all of the districts subject to the agreement are receiving such funding.
87 Acts, ch 224, §60; 88 Acts, ch 1263, §8; 2008 Acts, ch 1181, §75; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §62; 2013 Acts, ch 88, §19; 2016 Acts, ch 1036, §7; 2017 Acts, ch 172, §31; 2019 Acts, ch 24, §38
Referred to in §256.9, 256.13, 257.11, 275.2, 280.15, 282.7, 282.8, 285.1
Structure Iowa Code
Title VII - EDUCATION AND CULTURAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION
Section 282.1 - School age — nonresidents.
Section 282.1A - Extended school programs.
Section 282.2 - Offsetting tax.
Section 282.3 - Admission and exclusion of pupils.
Section 282.4 - Suspension — expulsion.
Section 282.5 - Readmission of student.
Section 282.7 - Attending in another corporation — payment.
Section 282.8 - Attending school outside state.
Section 282.9 - Enrollment of person listed on sex offender registry.
Section 282.10 - Whole grade sharing.
Section 282.11 - Procedure for whole grade sharing agreements.
Section 282.12 - Funding of whole grade sharing agreements.
Section 282.18 - Open enrollment.
Section 282.19 - Child living in substance abuse or foster care placement.
Section 282.20 - Tuition fees — payment.
Section 282.21 - Collection of tuition fees.
Section 282.24 - Tuition fees established.
Section 282.26 - High school students attending advanced courses.
Section 282.27 - Children living in psychiatric hospitals or institutions — payment.
Section 282.28 - Children at Eldora and Toledo.
Section 282.29 - Children placed by district court.
Section 282.30 - Special programs.
Section 282.31 - Funding for special programs.
Section 282.33 - Funding for children residing in state mental health institutes or institutions.
Section 282.34 - Educational programs for children’s residential facilities.