Senate Amendment 3423
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 601 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 39, by inserting after line 15 the
1 3 following:
1 4 <Sec. . Section 257.17, Code 2007, 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
1 9 one=hundred=eightieth for each day of that fiscal year
1 10 for 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 for a
1 14 pilot program for an innovative school year 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 3.>
1 20 #2. Page 40, by inserting after line 1 the
1 21 following:
1 22 <Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code
1 23 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 24 1. The school year shall begin on the first day of
1 25 July and each regularly established elementary and
1 26 secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day
1 27 during the calendar week in which the first day of
1 28 September falls August 25 but no later than the first
1 29 Monday in December unless the school district has
1 30 received approval from the department of education for
1 31 a pilot program in accordance with subsection 3.
1 32 However, if the first day of September falls on a
1 33 Sunday, school may begin on a day during the calendar
1 34 week which immediately precedes the first day of
1 35 September. School shall continue for at least one
1 36 hundred eighty days, except as provided in subsection
1 37 3, and may be maintained during the entire calendar
1 38 year. However, if the board of directors of a
1 39 district extends the school calendar because inclement
1 40 weather caused the district to temporarily close
1 41 school during the regular school calendar, the
1 42 district may excuse a graduating senior who has met
1 43 district or school requirements for graduation from
1 44 attendance during the extended school calendar. A
1 45 school corporation may begin employment of personnel
1 46 for in=service training and development purposes
1 47 before the date to begin elementary and secondary
1 48 school.
1 49 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 2, Code 2007,
1 50 is amended to read as follows:
2 1 2. The board of directors shall hold a public
2 2 hearing on any proposal request made pursuant to
2 3 subsection 3 prior to submitting it to the department
2 4 of education for approval.
2 5 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2007,
2 6 is amended by striking the subsection.>
2 7 #3. Page 44, by inserting after line 11 the
2 8 following:
2 9 <3. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATES. The
2 10 section of this division of this Act that amends
2 11 section 279.10, subsection 2, takes effect upon
2 12 enactment and the sections of this division of this
2 13 Act that amend section 257.17 and section 279.10,
2 14 subsections 1 and 4, take effect July 1, 2008, and are
2 15 applicable for school years beginning on or after that
2 16 date.>
2 17 #4. Title page, line 6, by inserting after the
2 18 word <effective> the following: <and applicability>.
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2 22 JOHN PUTNEY
2 23 SF 601.203 82
2 24 mg/es/8371
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