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1 1 Section 1. DISASTER EMERGENCY SCHOOL CALENDAR WAIVER. For
1 2 the school year beginning July 1, 1996, and ending June 30,
1 3 1997, the director of the department of education may waive
1 4 the one-hundred-eighty-day school calendar requirement set
1 5 forth in section 279.10, subsection 1, for an accredited
1 6 nonpublic school or public school district that submits a
1 7 written request if the school or school district is located in
1 8 a county proclaimed by the governor to be a disaster emergency
1 9 area. To be eligible for a waiver under this section, the
1 10 school or school district's calendar shall have been reduced
1 11 only by the number of days in which the county experienced
1 12 disaster conditions and during which the proclamation was in
1 13 effect.
1 14 Sec. 2. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
1 15 takes effect upon enactment.
1 16 EXPLANATION
1 17 This bill authorizes the director of the department of
1 18 education to waive, during the school year beginning July 1,
1 19 1996, and ending June 30, 1997, the 180-day school calendar
1 20 requirement set forth in section 279.10, subsection 1, for
1 21 accredited nonpublic schools and school districts located in a
1 22 county proclaimed by the governor to be a disaster emergency
1 23 area.
1 24 The governor issued such a proclamation on January 29 for
1 25 the following counties, which have experienced several severe
1 26 winter storm systems since January 9, 1997: Cherokee, Clay,
1 27 Dickinson, Emmet, Kossuth, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto,
1 28 Plymouth, and Sioux counties. To be eligible for a waiver, a
1 29 school or school district located in one of these counties
1 30 shall submit a written request to the director, and the school
1 31 or school district's calendar shall have been reduced only by
1 32 the number of days in which the county experienced disaster
1 33 conditions and during which the proclamation was in effect.
1 34 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
1 35 LSB 2159SS 77
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