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1 1 Amend Senate File 2237 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. Section 279.10, subsection 3, Code
1 5 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 6 3. a. The board of directors of a school district
1 7 may request approval from the department of education
1 8 for a pilot program for an innovative school year.
1 9 The number of days per year that school is in session
1 10 may be more or less than those specified in subsection
1 11 1, but the innovative school year shall provide for an
1 12 equivalent number of total hours that school is in
1 13 session.
1 14 b. The board shall file a request for approval
1 15 with the department not later than November 1 of the
1 16 preceding school year. The request shall detail the
1 17 educational, financial, social, or other benefits the
1 18 school district expects to achieve through the pilot
1 19 program. The request shall include a listing of the
1 20 savings and goals to be attained under the innovative
1 21 school year subject to rules adopted by the department
1 22 under chapter 17A. The department shall notify the
1 23 districts of the approval or denial of pilot programs
1 24 not later than the next following January 15.
1 25 c. A request to continue an innovative school year
1 26 pilot project after its initial year also shall
1 27 include an evaluation of the savings and impacts on
1 28 the educational program in the district.
1 29 d. Participation in a pilot project shall not
1 30 modify provisions of a master contract negotiated
1 31 between a school district and a certified bargaining
1 32 unit pursuant to chapter 20 unless mutually agreed
1 33 upon.
1 34 e. The department shall approve not more than ten
1 35 innovative school year pilot program requests per
1 36 school year. This paragraph is repealed effective
1 37 June 30, 2007.
1 38 Sec. 2. INSTRUCTIONAL TIME. Annually, for a
1 39 period of three years, the department of education
1 40 shall conduct a survey of school districts to compile
1 41 data regarding the amount of total scheduled
1 42 instructional hours per day provided at the
1 43 elementary, junior high or middle school, and high
1 44 school levels pursuant to section 256.7, subsection
1 45 19, and section 279.10, subsection 1. The department
1 46 shall submit a report containing the summarized data,
1 47 along with its findings and recommendations to the
1 48 general assembly by January 15. Reports submitted in
1 49 2006 and 2007 shall compare results of school
1 50 districts implementing, during the previous school
2 1 year, financially based innovative school years with
2 2 school districts not under financially based
2 3 innovative school years."
2 4
2 5
2 6
2 7 BOB BRUNKHORST
2 8
2 9
2 10
2 11 DARYL BEALL
2 12 SF 2237.301 80
2 13 kh/cf
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