House Amendment 1599


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 62, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 8, by inserting after line 10 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code
     1  6 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1  7    1.  The school year shall begin on the first day of
     1  8 July and each regularly established elementary and
     1  9 secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day
     1 10 during the calendar week in which the first day of
     1 11 September falls August 24 but no later than the first
     1 12 Monday in December.  However, if the first day of
     1 13 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day
     1 14 during the calendar week which immediately precedes
     1 15 the first day of September.  School shall continue for
     1 16 at least one hundred eighty days, except as provided
     1 17 in subsection 3, and may be maintained during the
     1 18 entire calendar year.  However, if the board of
     1 19 directors of a district extends the school calendar
     1 20 because inclement weather caused the district to
     1 21 temporarily close school during the regular school
     1 22 calendar, the district may excuse a graduating senior
     1 23 who has met district or school requirements for
     1 24 graduation from attendance during the extended school
     1 25 calendar.  A school corporation may begin employment
     1 26 of personnel for in=service training and development
     1 27 purposes before the date to begin elementary and
     1 28 secondary school.>
     1 29 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 33 MAY of Dickinson
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