Senate Amendment 3085 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 742, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 23 the 1 4 following: 1 5 <Sec. . Section 257.17, Code 2005, is amended 1 6 to read as follows: 1 7 257.17 AID REDUCTION FOR EARLY SCHOOL STARTS. 1 8 State aid payments made pursuant to section 257.16 1 9 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one one= 1 10 hundred=eightieth for each day of that fiscal year for 1 11 which the school district begins school before the 1 12 earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, 1 13 subsection 1.However, this section does not apply to 1 14 a school district that has received approval from the 1 15 director of the department of education under section 1 16 279.10, subsection 4, to commence classes for 1 17 regularly established elementary and secondary schools 1 18 in advance of the starting date established in section 1 19 279.10, subsection 1.1 20 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2005, 1 21 is amended to read as follows: 1 22 1. The school year shall begin on the first day of 1 23 July and each regularly established elementary and 1 24 secondary school shall begin no sooner thana day 1 25 during the calendar week in which the first day of 1 26 September fallsAugust 22 but no later than the first 1 27 Monday in December.However, if the first day of 1 28 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day 1 29 during the calendar week which immediately precedes 1 30 the first day of September.School shall continue for 1 31 at least one hundred eighty days, except as provided 1 32 in subsection 3, and may be maintained during the 1 33 entire calendar year. However, if the board of 1 34 directors of a district extends the school calendar 1 35 because inclement weather caused the district to 1 36 temporarily close school during the regular school 1 37 calendar, the district may excuse a graduating senior 1 38 who has met district or school requirements for 1 39 graduation from attendance during the extended school 1 40 calendar. A school corporation may begin employment 1 41 of personnel for in=service training and development 1 42 purposes before the date to begin elementary and 1 43 secondary school. 1 44 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2005, 1 45 is amended by striking the subsection.> 1 46 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 and 2 and 1 47 inserting the following: <An Act relating to 1 48 requirements and support for school districts, 1 49 including changing the school start date, eliminating 1 50 authorization for a school district to request 2 1 approval for an earlier start date, changing the 2 2 reporting requirements for the Iowa early intervention 2 3 block grant program, extending the>. 2 4 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 2 5 2 6 2 7 2 8 JOHN PUTNEY 2 9 HF 742.201 81 2 10 kh/sh/2382 -1-