Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 299.4 (2026)

Reports as to private instruction

✓ current as of July 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section IA-LEGlegis.iowa.gov JustiaTitle on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under competent private instruction under section 299A.2, not in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited nonpublic school, shall furnish a report in duplicate on forms provided by the public school district, to the district by September 1 of the school year in which the child will be under competent private instruction. The secretary shall retain and file one copy and forward the other copy to the district’s area education agency. The report shall state the name and age of the child, the period of time during which the child has been or will be under competent private instruction for the year, an outline of the course of study, texts used, and the name and address of the instructor. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child, who is placing the child under competent private instruction for the first time, shall also provide the district with evidence that the child has had the immunizations required under section 139A.8, and, if the child is elementary school age, a blood lead test in accordance with section 135.105D. The term “outline of course of study” shall include subjects covered, lesson plans, and time spent on the areas of study.

2. A home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited nonpublic school shall furnish a report on forms provided by the department. The report shall, at a minimum, state the name and age of the child and the period of time during the school year in which the child has been or will be under competent private instruction by the home school assistance program. [S13, §2823-b; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §4413; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §299.4] 88 Acts, ch 1259, §4; 91 Acts, ch 200, §7; 92 Acts, ch 1135, §9; 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §45; 2007 Acts, ch 79, §4; 2008 Acts, ch 1191, §110; 2013 Acts, ch 121, §84 – 86 Referred to in §299.6, 299.11, 299A.1, 299A.3 \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 2 cases, 1992–1993 · leading case: State v. Skeel, 486 N.W.2d 43 (Iowa 1992).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

State v. Skeel, 486 N.W.2d 43 (Iowa 1992). · cites it 10× “See Iowa Code § 299.4 (1989) (compulsory education reporting statute requiring parental reports to State when children are placed in private institution, an outline of the course of study, texts used, and the name and address of the instructor).”

State v. Rivera, 497 N.W.2d 878 (Iowa 1993). · cites it 13× “Iowa Code § 299.4 (1989). Failure to comply with this legislative enactment constitutes a misdemeanor.”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.