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1	If a student is no longer in attendance because the student is incarcerated for robbing a gas station, does a district report this for unsafe school rules purposes? (Hot!)
2	How is a "persistently dangerous school" defined? (Hot!)
3	If there is a fight on school grounds late at night or during the summer vacation, and students are hurt, is this reportable on BEDS under the unsafe school rules? (Hot!)
4	If one student is suspended more than once on different occasions in the same school year for ten or fewer days each suspension, but the TOTAL suspended days exceed ten days, does a school report this? (Hot!)
5	Do these rules apply to accredited and non-accredited nonpublic schools? (Hot!)
6	How does the Iowa Department of Education know whether a school meets the definition of persistently dangerous? (Hot!)
7	Where can these rules be found? (expulsion/suspension information and dangerous schools) (Hot!)
8	Why were these rules adopted by the State Board of Education? (expulsion/suspension information and dangerous schools) (Hot!)
9	If one student is suspended for more than ten days on two different occasions in the same school year for violence-related offenses, how does a school report this? (Hot!)
10	If a firearm is found in a school locker shared by two students and one acknowledges ownership of the firearm and the other student knows nothing about it, do both students have to be expelled under Iowa Code section 280.21B? (Hot!)
11	If a student is expelled for possession of alcohol or a controlled substance, does a district report this for unsafe school rules purposes? (Hot!)
12	If a student is expelled because the student brought a gun to school and used it to assault another student, causing injury to the victim, how is this expulsion reported? (Hot!)
13	If a student is expelled for having a firearm (shotgun) in his vehicle which is parked in the school's parking lot, how is this reported? (Hot!)
14	What are long-term suspensions or expulsions? (Hot!)
15	What if a school is notified by the Iowa Department of Education that it meets the definition of persistently dangerous? (Hot!)
16	Are the violence-related offenses used to define a "persistently dangerous schools" the same ones used to determine whether a student is the victim of a crime of violence? (Hot!)
17	Does the "persistently dangerous school" label apply to an entire school district? (Hot!)
18	What is the individual student option? How does it differ from the persistently dangerous school rules? (Hot!)
19	What is the Gun-Free Schools Act? (Hot!)
20	Does a student have to be adjudicated or convicted in juvenile or adult court before s/he can be expelled by a district? (Hot!)
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