Iowa Code Title VII. Education and Cultural Affairs [Chs. 256-305B] § 299.1D. Absences related to courses in religious instruction

a. The child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child, if the child is not an emancipated minor, or the child, if the child is an emancipated minor, must submit a notification to the public school or accredited nonpublic school informing the school that the child will attend a course in religious instruction during the school day.

b. The course in religious instruction must not require the child to be absent from school for more than five hours per week.

c. The private organization that provides the course in religious instruction must maintain attendance records and must make the attendance records available to the school district or accredited nonpublic school to verify when the child is attending a course in religious instruction.

d. Transportation related to the course in religious instruction must be provided by the private organization, the child's parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian, or the child.

e. The private organization must make provisions for and assume liability for the child while the child is attending the course in religious instruction.

f. The school district or accredited nonpublic school must not expend any moneys related to the course in religious instruction, not including de minimis administrative costs associated with processing notifications received under paragraph “a” and tracking the child's attendance to ensure compliance with this section.

g. The course in religious instruction must not be held on school district property unless authorized by the board of directors of the school district pursuant to section 297.9.

h. The child must agree to make up any school work that the child does not complete while attending the course in religious instruction.