Section 282.1. School age — nonresidents.

  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, subsection 1, 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, subsection 1.

  2.  For purposes of this section, “resident” means a child who 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:

  a.  Is in the district for the purpose of making a home and not solely for school purposes.

  b.  Meets the definitional requirements of the term “homeless individual” under 42 U.S.C. §11302(a) and (c).

  c.  Lives in a juvenile detention center or residential facility in the district.

[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