Iowa § 282.1 School age — nonresidents

Iowa Statutes

§ 282.1 — School age — nonresidents

Iowa § 282.1

Title VIIEDUCATION, HISTORY, AND CULTURE

Ch. 282SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION

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Iowa Code § 282.1 (2026).

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1. Persons between five and twenty-one years of age are of school age. Nonresident children shall be charged the maximum tuition rate as determined in section 282.24, with the exception that those residing temporarily in a school corporation may attend school in the corporation upon terms prescribed by the board. A school district discontinuing grades under section 282.7, subsection 1 or 3, shall be charged tuition as provided in section 282.24. 2. For purposes of this section, “resident” means a child who meets either of the following requirements: a. Is physically present in a district, whose residence has not been established in another district by operation of law, and who meets any of the following conditions:

(1)Is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for

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1. Persons between five and twenty-one years of age are of school age. Nonresident
children shall be charged the maximum tuition rate as determined in section 282.24, with
the exception that those residing temporarily in a school corporation may attend school in
the corporation upon terms prescribed by the board. A school district discontinuing grades
under section 282.7, subsection 1 or 3, shall be charged tuition as provided in section 282.24.
2. For purposes of this section, “resident” means a child who meets either of the following
requirements:
a. Is physically present in a district, whose residence has not been established in another
district by operation of law, and who meets any of the following conditions:
(1) Is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for school purposes.
(2) Meets the definitional requirements of the term “homeless individual” under 42 U.S.C.
§11302(a) and (c).
(3) Lives in a juvenile detention center or residential facility in the district.
b. Is domiciled with the child’s parent or guardian who is on active duty in the military
service of the United States and is stationed at and resides or is domiciled within a federal
military installation located contiguous to a county in this state.
3. The parent or guardian of a child who meets the requirements of subsection 2,
paragraph “b”, may enroll the child in a school district in a county in this state that is
located contiguous to the out-of-state federal military installation. Notwithstanding section
285.1 relating to transportation of resident pupils, the parent or guardian is responsible for
transporting the child without reimbursement to and from a point on a regular school bus
route of the district of enrollment.

4. Notwithstandingsection282.6, ifaparentorguardianenrollsachildinaschooldistrict
in accordance with subsection 3, the school district shall be free of tuition for such child.