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Read. Follow. Verify.Iowa Senate File 332 removes mileage limits for school transportation of open-enrolled students
Last action · February 19, 2025: Subcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 314 .Sponsor: Jesse Green
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What This Bill Would Do
Senate File 332 removes all mileage restrictions for school districts sending vehicles into a student's resident district to provide transportation for open-enrolled pupils. Under the measure, small districts under 2,000 students and larger districts with 2,000 or more students can transport open-enrolled students across district lines without mileage caps, provided existing distance or statutory conditions are met.
School districts gain the legal authority to expand bus routes across district boundaries for open-enrolled children without being constrained by previous two-mile limits or distance thresholds.
Who It Would Affect
Groups the bill's text would affect if enacted, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
open-enrolled pupils
Students participating in open enrollment may be transported by receiving district vehicles across district lines without regard to previous mileage caps.
receiving school districts
Districts that accept open-enrolled students gain the legal authority to operate school vehicles into resident districts without mileage restrictions.
school districts of residence
Districts where open-enrolled students reside are subject to receiving district school vehicles entering their boundaries to transport students without distance limits.
Key Facts
- Receiving school districts with fewer than 2,000 students may send school vehicles into a pupil's resident district for open-enrollment transportation without any mileage limitations, provided the student's residence is closer to the receiving attendance center than the assigned sending attendance center.
- Receiving school districts with 2,000 or more students may send school vehicles into a pupil's resident district for open-enrollment transportation without regard to mileage restrictions, provided other specified requirements are satisfied.
- The bill amends Section 282.18, subsection 10, paragraph 'b', Code 2025.
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Currently in committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.
Procedural history
2 actions- Feb 19, 2025SenateSubcommittee: Evans, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 314 .
- Feb 17, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, referred to Education. S.J. 279 .
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Removal of Open Enrollment Transportation Mileage Caps
The legislation systematically eliminates distance caps across both small and large school districts for transporting open-enrolled pupils.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance45How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy15Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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