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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 19, Code Supplement 1 2 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 19. Define the minimum school day as a day consisting of 1 4 five and one-half hours of instructional time for grades one 1 5 through twelve. The minimum hours shall be exclusive of the 1 6 lunch period, but may include passing time between classes. 1 7 Time spent on parent-teacher conferences shall be considered 1 8 instructional time. A school or school district may record a 1 9 day of school with less than the minimum instructional hours 1 10 as a minimum school day ifany of the following apply:1 11a. If emergency health or safety factors require the late1 12arrival or early dismissal of students on a specific day.1 13b. Ifthe total hours of instructional school time for 1 14 grades one through twelve for any five consecutive school days 1 15 equal a minimum of twenty-seven and one-half hours, even 1 16 though any one day of school is less than the minimum 1 17 instructional hours becauseof a staff development opportunity1 18provided for the professional instructional staff or because1 19 parent-teacher conferences have been scheduled beyond the 1 20 regular school day. Furthermore, if the total hours of 1 21 instructional time for the first four consecutive days equal 1 22 at least twenty-seven and one-half hours because parent- 1 23 teacher conferences have been scheduled beyond the regular 1 24 school day, a school or school district may record zero hours 1 25 of instructional time on the fifth consecutive school day as a 1 26 minimum school day. If a health emergency or safety factors 1 27 require the late arrival or early dismissal of students on a 1 28 specific day, the time before arrival or after dismissal shall 1 29 not be considered instructional time. 1 30 Sec. 2. Section 256F.4, subsection 5, Code Supplement 1 31 2003, is amended to read as follows: 1 32 5. A charter school shall provide instruction for at least 1 33 the number ofdayshours required by section 279.10, 1 34 subsection 1, or shall provide at least the equivalent number1 35of total hours. 2 1 Sec. 3. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2003, is 2 2 amended to read as follows: 2 3 1. The school year shall begin on the first day of July 2 4 and each regularly established elementary and secondary school 2 5 shall begin no sooner than a day during the calendar week in 2 6 which the first day of September falls but no later than the 2 7 first Monday in December. However, if the first day of 2 8 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day during 2 9 the calendar week which immediately precedes the first day of 2 10 September.School shall continue for at least one hundred2 11eighty days, except as provided in subsection 3, andThe 2 12 school year shall include, at a minimum, nine hundred ninety 2 13 hours of instructional school time. Instructional school time 2 14 may bemaintainedscheduled during the entire calendar year. 2 15 However, if the board of directors of a district extends the 2 16 school calendar because inclement weather caused the district 2 17 to temporarily close school during the regular school 2 18 calendar, the district may excuse a graduating senior who has 2 19 met district or school requirements for graduation from 2 20 attendance during the extended school calendar. A school 2 21 corporation may begin employment of personnel for in-service 2 22 training and development purposes before the date to begin 2 23 elementary and secondary school. 2 24 Sec. 4. Section 279.10, subsection 3, unnumbered paragraph 2 25 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows: 2 26 The board of directors of a school district may request 2 27 approval from the department of education for a pilot program 2 28 for an innovative school year or for innovative school weeks. 2 29The number of days per year that school is in session may be2 30more or less than those specified in subsection 1, but the2 31innovative school year shall provide for an equivalent number2 32of total hours that school is in session.Notwithstanding 2 33 section 256.7, subsection 19, under a pilot program authorized 2 34 by the department pursuant to this subsection, the total hours 2 35 of instructional time for grades one through twelve for any 3 1 five consecutive days shall equal at least a minimum of 3 2 twenty-seven and one-half hours, though the school district 3 3 may record one or more days of school with less than the 3 4 minimum instructional hours as a minimum school day. The 3 5 director of the department of education shall annually submit 3 6 a report that specifies the number of school districts that 3 7 request approval to conduct a pilot program under this 3 8 subsection, the number of school districts whose requests are 3 9 approved or denied, and the reason for denying any request, 3 10 and the goals and savings to be attained by each district that 3 11 conducts a pilot program in accordance with this subsection, 3 12 to the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and 3 13 house standing committees on education and the joint 3 14 appropriations subcommittee on education by February 1. 3 15 EXPLANATION 3 16 This bill addresses the amount of instructional time 3 17 accredited schools are required to provide during a school 3 18 year by replacing the 180 days of instructional school time 3 19 requirement with an equivalent hourly requirement of 990 hours 3 20 of instructional school time. 3 21 The bill also strikes a provision that requires the state 3 22 board of education to allow schools to record as a minimum 3 23 school day a day consisting of less than five and one-half 3 24 hours of instructional time if the school shortened the school 3 25 day due to emergency health or safety-related factors and for 3 26 staff development opportunities. The bill provides that if 3 27 the school day is shortened due to a late arrival or early 3 28 dismissal, the time before arrival or after dismissal cannot 3 29 be counted as instructional time. The bill makes 3 30 corresponding changes to provisions relating to the charter 3 31 school pilot program and the innovative school year pilot 3 32 program. The bill allows a school district to request 3 33 approval from the department of education for a pilot program 3 34 for an innovative school week that allows for greater 3 35 flexibility in the scheduling of instructional time during a 4 1 school week, and requires the department to submit an annual 4 2 report to the general assembly's committees on education 4 3 detailing those requests. 4 4 LSB 6017XC 80 4 5 kh/gg/14.3
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