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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 1997, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The school year shall begin on the first day of July
  1  4 and each regularly established elementary and secondary school
  1  5 shall begin no sooner than a day during the calendar week in
  1  6 which the first day of September falls but no later than the
  1  7 first Monday in December.  However, if the first day of
  1  8 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day during
  1  9 the calendar week which immediately precedes the first day of
  1 10 September.  School shall continue for at least one hundred
  1 11 eighty days, except as provided in subsection 3, and may be
  1 12 maintained during the entire calendar year.  However, if the
  1 13 board of directors of a district extends the school calendar
  1 14 because inclement weather caused the district to temporarily
  1 15 close school during the regular school calendar, the district
  1 16 may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school
  1 17 requirements for graduation from attendance during the
  1 18 extended school calendar.  A school corporation may begin
  1 19 employment of personnel for in-service training and
  1 20 development purposes before the date to begin elementary and
  1 21 secondary school.
  1 22    Sec. 2.  Section 279.10, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph
  1 23 2, Code 1997, is amended to read as follows:
  1 24    The board shall file a request for approval with the
  1 25 department not later than November 1 March 15 of the preceding
  1 26 school year.  The request shall include a listing of the
  1 27 savings and goals to be attained under the innovative school
  1 28 year subject to rules adopted by the department under chapter
  1 29 17A.  The department shall notify the districts of the
  1 30 approval or denial of pilot programs not later than the next
  1 31 following January April 15.
  1 32    Sec. 3.  Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 1997, is
  1 33 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 34    Sec. 4.  Section 299.4, Code 1997, is amended to read as
  1 35 follows:
  2  1    299.4  REPORTS AS TO PRIVATE INSTRUCTION.
  2  2    The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is
  2  3 of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under
  2  4 competent private instruction under either section 299A.2 or
  2  5 299A.3, not in an accredited school or a home school
  2  6 assistance program operated by a public or accredited
  2  7 nonpublic school, shall furnish a report in duplicate on forms
  2  8 provided by the public school district, to the district by the
  2  9 earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, subsection
  2 10 1 September 1 of the school year in which the child is placed
  2 11 under private instruction.  The secretary shall retain and
  2 12 file one copy and forward the other copy to the district's
  2 13 area education agency.  The report shall state the name and
  2 14 age of the child, the period of time during which the child
  2 15 has been or will be under competent private instruction for
  2 16 the year, an outline of the course of study, texts used, and
  2 17 the name and address of the instructor.  The parent, guardian,
  2 18 or legal custodian of a child, who is placing the child under
  2 19 competent private instruction, for the first time, shall also
  2 20 provide the district with evidence that the child has had the
  2 21 immunizations required under section 139.9.  The term "outline
  2 22 of course of study" shall include subjects covered, lesson
  2 23 plans, and time spent on the areas of study.
  2 24    Sec. 5.  Section 257.17, Code 1997, is repealed.  
  2 25                           EXPLANATION
  2 26    This bill removes provisions that prohibit school districts
  2 27 from beginning school calendars before the calendar week in
  2 28 which the first day of September falls, or later than the
  2 29 first Monday in December, and which penalize a school that
  2 30 begins before the date specified by reducing state aid.  
  2 31 LSB 2327HH 77
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