Senate Amendment 3133 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 423, as passed by the House, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 33 the 1 4 following: 1 5 <Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 1 6 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 7 1.TheExcept as provided in section 282.18, 1 8 subsection 18, the school year shall begin on the 1 9 first day of July and each regularly established 1 10 elementary and secondary school shall begin no sooner 1 11 than a day during the calendar week in which the first 1 12 day of September falls but no later than the first 1 13 Monday in December. However, if the first day of 1 14 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day 1 15 during the calendar week which immediately precedes 1 16 the first day of September. School shall continue for 1 17 at least one hundred eighty days, except as provided 1 18 in subsection 3, and may be maintained during the 1 19 entire calendar year. However, if the board of 1 20 directors of a district extends the school calendar 1 21 because inclement weather caused the district to 1 22 temporarily close school during the regular school 1 23 calendar, the district may excuse a graduating senior 1 24 who has met district or school requirements for 1 25 graduation from attendance during the extended school 1 26 calendar. A school corporation may begin employment 1 27 of personnel for in=service training and development 1 28 purposes before the date to begin elementary and 1 29 secondary school.> 1 30 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 2 the 1 31 following: 1 32 <Sec. . Section 282.18, Code 2005, is amended 1 33 by adding the following new subsection: 1 34 NEW SUBSECTION. 18. It is the intent of the 1 35 general assembly to provide students participating in 1 36 open enrollment under subsection 13 with the 1 37 opportunity to fully participate in interscholastic 1 38 athletic competitions if the students are eligible to 1 39 participate under subsection 13. In order to provide 1 40 eligible students with this opportunity, the school 1 41 start date for a school district that is a sending or 1 42 receiving district as provided in this section shall 1 43 begin on the first day of July and each regularly 1 44 established elementary and secondary school in the 1 45 district shall begin no sooner than August 22, but no 1 46 later than the first Monday in December. The 1 47 provisions of section 279.10, subsection 4, shall not 1 48 apply to a school district subject to the start date 1 49 set forth in this subsection.> 1 50 #3. Title page, line 2, by inserting after the 2 1 word <levels> the following: <and changing the school 2 2 start date for school districts whose students are 2 3 participating in interscholastic sports and open 2 4 enrollment>. 2 5 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 6 2 7 2 8 2 9 JOHN PUTNEY 2 10 HF 423.701 81 2 11 kh/gg/2397 -1-