Senate Amendment 5010 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2216 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by striking lines 28 through 35 and 1 3 inserting the following: <asset building.> 1 4 #2. Page 3, by inserting after line 33 the 1 5 following: 1 6 <Sec. . Section 280.3, Code 2007, is amended to 1 7 read as follows: 1 8 280.3DUTIES OF BOARDEDUCATIONAL PROGRAM == 1 9 ATTENDANCE CENTER REQUIREMENTS. 1 10 1. The board of directors of each public school 1 11 district and the authorities in charge of each 1 12 nonpublic school shall prescribe the minimum 1 13 educational program and an attendance policy which 1 14 shall require each child to attend school for at least 1 15 one hundred forty=eight days, to be met by attendance 1 16 for at least thirty=seven days each school quarter, 1 17 for the schools under their jurisdictions. 1 18 2. The minimum educational program shall be the 1 19 curriculum set forth in subsection 3 of this section 1 20 and section 256.11, except as otherwise provided by 1 21 law. The board of directors of a public school 1 22 district shall not allow discrimination in any 1 23 educational program on the basis of race, color, 1 24 creed, sex, marital status or place of national 1 25 origin. 1 26 3. The board of directors of each public school 1 27 district and the authorities in charge of each 1 28 nonpublic school shall do all of the following: 1 29 a. Adopt an implementation plan by July 1, 2010, 1 30 which provides for the adoption of at least one core 1 31 curriculum subject area each year as established by 1 32 the state board for grades nine through twelve 1 33 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 26. The core 1 34 curriculum established for grades nine through twelve 1 35 by the state board pursuant to section 256.7, 1 36 subsection 26, shall be fully implemented by each 1 37 school district and school by July 1, 2012. 1 38 b. Adopt an implementation plan, by July 1, 2012, 1 39 which provides for the full implementation of the core 1 40 curriculum established for kindergarten through grade 1 41 eight by the 2014=2015 school year. 1 42 4. A nonpublic school which is unable to meet the 1 43 minimum educational program may request an exemption 1 44 from the state board of education. The authorities in 1 45 charge of the nonpublic school shall file with the 1 46 director of the department of education the names and 1 47 locations of all schools desiring to be exempted and 1 48 the names, ages, and post office addresses of all 1 49 pupils of compulsory school age who are enrolled. The 1 50 director, subject to the approval of the state board, 2 1 may exempt the nonpublic school from compliance with 2 2 the minimum educational program for two school years. 2 3 When the exemption has once been granted, renewal of 2 4 the exemption for each succeeding school year may be 2 5 conditioned by the director, with the approval of the 2 6 board, upon proof of achievement in the basic skills 2 7 of arithmetic, the communicative arts of reading, 2 8 writing, grammar, and spelling, and an understanding 2 9 of United States history, history of Iowa, and the 2 10 principles of American government, of the pupils of 2 11 compulsory school age exempted in the preceding year. 2 12 Proof of achievement shall be determined on the basis 2 13 of tests or other means of evaluation prescribed by 2 14 the director of the department of education with the 2 15 approval of the state board of education. The testing 2 16 or evaluation, if required, shall be accomplished 2 17 prior to submission of the request for renewal of the 2 18 exemption. Renewal requests shall be filed with the 2 19 director by April 15 of the school year preceding the 2 20 school year for which the applicants desire exemption. 2 21 This section shall not apply to schools eligible for 2 22 exemption under section 299.24. 2 23 5. The board of directors of each public school 2 24 district and the authorities in charge of each 2 25 nonpublic school shall establish and maintain 2 26 attendance centers based upon the needs of the school 2 27 age pupils enrolled in the school district or 2 28 nonpublic school. Public school kindergarten programs 2 29 shall and public and nonpublic school prekindergarten 2 30 programs may be provided. In addition, the board of 2 31 directors or governing authority may include in the 2 32 educational program of any school such additional 2 33 courses, subjects, or activities which it deems fit 2 34 the needs of the pupils.> 2 35 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 2 36 2 37 2 38 2 39 FRANK B. WOOD 2 40 SF 2216.501 82 2 41 kh/nh/9878 -1-