Iowa Code
Chapter 282 - SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION
Section 282.8 - Attending school outside state.

282.8 Attending school outside state.
1. The boards of directors of school districts located near the state boundaries may designate schools of equivalent standing across the state line for attendance of both elementary and secondary school pupils when the public school in the adjoining state is nearer than any appropriate public school in a pupil’s district of residence or in Iowa. Distance shall be measured by the nearest traveled public road. Arrangements shall be subject to reciprocal agreements made between the chief state school officers of the respective states. Notwithstanding section 282.1, arrangements between districts pursuant to the reciprocal agreements made under this section shall establish tuition and transportation fees in an amount acceptable to the affected boards, but the tuition fee established shall not be less than the lower of the tuition fee established pursuant to section 282.24 for the school district or the equivalent tuition rate for the non-Iowa school district for the previous school year, and the transportation fee established shall not be less than the lower average transportation cost per mile for yellow school buses as described in section 321.373 for the previous school year of the two affected school districts. The agreement shall provide that if the tuition fee for the school district in the adjoining state is a variable rate, the test of which tuition fee is lower shall be determined for each student by the affected boards.
2. A person attending school in another state pursuant to this section shall continue to be treated as a pupil of the district of residence for state school foundation aid purposes under section 257.6.
3. Notwithstanding the tuition provisions of subsection 1, the tuition fee established for a child requiring special education under chapter 256B shall be equal to the actual cost of the special education instructional program provided to that child under the child’s individualized education program.
4. If the chief state school officers of the respective states have not entered into a reciprocal agreement under this section, or the agreement has expired or been terminated, or the distance to the public school in the adjoining state is not nearer than an appropriate public school in the pupil’s district of residence or an appropriate public school in Iowa, the pupil attending school outside the state shall be considered a nonresident child for purposes of tuition payments to the receiving district and shall not be treated as a pupil of the district of residence for state school foundation aid purposes under section 257.6.
5. The whole grade sharing provisions of sections 282.10 through 282.12 and the open enrollment provisions of section 282.18 shall not apply to agreements made between districts under this section.
[C31, 35, §4274-c1, -c2, 4275; C39, §4274.01, 4274.02, 4275; C46, §282.8, 282.9, 282.17; C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.8, 282.17; 81 Acts, ch 89, §1]
87 Acts, ch 4, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §39; 2016 Acts, ch 1036, §6
Referred to in §275.1, 282.7

Structure Iowa Code

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 282.6 - Tuition.

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 282.23

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 282.32 - Appeal.

Section 282.33 - Funding for children residing in state mental health institutes or institutions.

Section 282.34 - Educational programs for children’s residential facilities.