Senate Amendment 3087 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 220 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the 1 3 following: 1 4 <Section 1. Section 257.17, Code 2005, is amended 1 5 to read as follows: 1 6 257.17 AID REDUCTION FOR EARLY SCHOOL STARTS. 1 7 State aid payments made pursuant to section 257.16 1 8 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one one= 1 9 hundred=eightieth for each day of that fiscal year for 1 10 which the school district begins school before the 1 11 earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, 1 12 subsection 1.However, this section does not apply to 1 13 a school district that has received approval from the 1 14 director of the department of education under section 1 15 279.10, subsection 4, to commence classes for 1 16 regularly established elementary and secondary schools 1 17 in advance of the starting date established in section 1 18 279.10, subsection 1.1 19 Sec. 2. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2005, 1 20 is amended to read as follows: 1 21 1. The school year shall begin on the first day of 1 22 July and each regularly established elementary and 1 23 secondary school shall begin no sooner thana day 1 24 during the calendar week in which the first day of 1 25 September fallsAugust 22 but no later than the first 1 26 Monday in December.However, if the first day of 1 27 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day 1 28 during the calendar week which immediately precedes 1 29 the first day of September.School shall continue for 1 30 at least one hundred eighty days, except as provided 1 31 in subsection 3, and may be maintained during the 1 32 entire calendar year. However, if the board of 1 33 directors of a district extends the school calendar 1 34 because inclement weather caused the district to 1 35 temporarily close school during the regular school 1 36 calendar, the district may excuse a graduating senior 1 37 who has met district or school requirements for 1 38 graduation from attendance during the extended school 1 39 calendar. A school corporation may begin employment 1 40 of personnel for in=service training and development 1 41 purposes before the date to begin elementary and 1 42 secondary school. 1 43 Sec. 3. Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2005, 1 44 is amended by striking the subsection.> 1 45 #2. Page 1, line 28, by striking the words <This 1 46 Act is> and inserting the following: <The sections of 1 47 this Act amending section 298.3 are>. 1 48 #3. Title page, by striking line 1 and inserting 1 49 the following: <An Act relating to requirements and 1 50 support for school districts, including changing the 2 1 school start date, eliminating authorization for a 2 2 school district to request approval for an earlier 2 3 start date, and providing for matters related to the 2 4 expansion of the authorized uses of physical plant 2 5 and>. 2 6 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 JOHN PUTNEY 2 11 SF 220.303 81 2 12 kh/cf/2386 -1-