Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 282.1 (2026)

School age — nonresidents

✓ current as of July 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 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.\n\nTue Dec 09 22:17:47 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 282 (44, 2) §282.1, SCHOOL ATTENDANCE AND TUITION 2\n\n 4. Notwithstanding section 282.6, if a parent or guardian enrolls a child in a school district in accordance with subsection 3, the school district shall be free of tuition for such child. [C73, §1795; C97, §2804; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4268; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §282.1] 83 Acts, ch 31, §3; 88 Acts, ch 1263, §6; 89 Acts, ch 210, §8; 92 Acts, ch 1130, §1; 2006 Acts, ch 1152, §38; 2009 Acts, ch 120, §6; 2010 Acts, ch 1061, §48; 2012 Acts, ch 1021, §61; 2018 Acts, ch 1172, §88, 89; 2019 Acts, ch 59, §237, 239 Referred to in §256E.8, 257.6, 257.11B, 282.8, 282.18, 282.35 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1951–1994 · leading case: Lakota Consol. Indep. Sch. v. Buffalo Ctr./Rake Cmty. Schs., 334 N.W.2d 704 (Iowa 1983).

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Lakota Consol. Indep. Sch. v. Buffalo Ctr./Rake Cmty. Schs., 334 N.W.2d 704 (Iowa 1983). · cites it 9× “The plaintiff Lakota Consolidated Independent School (Lakota District) alleges in its petition that the defendant Buffalo Center/Rake Community Schools (Buffalo Center/Rake District) has acted contrary to law and has violated Iowa Code sections 282.1 and 285.1(11) (1981) by…”

Exira Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. State, 512 N.W.2d 787 (Iowa 1994). · cites it 2× “A pupil’s residence, for purposes of this section means a residence under section 282.1. The hoard of directors of the district of residence shall pay to the receiving district the lower district cost per pupil of the two districts, plus any moneys received for the pupil as a…”

Livingston v. Davis, 50 N.W.2d 592 (Iowa 1951). · cites it 2× “It is true, as plaintiffs argue, a statute pertaining to our public-school system provides that persons between five and twenty-one shall be of school age (section 282.1, Code, 1950). Code section 286.”

Maquoketa Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. George, 193 N.W.2d 519 (Iowa 1972). “Defendants’ appeal centers around the effect of the administrative determination that the children were nonresidents of the district and the refusal of the trial judge to consider the issue.”

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