Senate Amendment 5112 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2278 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 8, by inserting after line 19 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 fromthe 1 15 director ofthe 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,subsection13.> 1 20 #2. Page 15, by inserting after line 13 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 thana day 1 27 during the calendar week in which the first day of 1 28 September fallsAugust 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 32However, 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 anyproposalrequest 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 25, by inserting after line 19 the 2 8 following: 2 9 <3. EFFECTIVE DATES. The section of this Act that 2 10 amends section 279.10, subsection 2, takes effect upon 2 11 enactment and the sections of this Act that amend 2 12 section 257.17 and section 279.10, subsections 1 and 2 13 4, take effect July 1, 2009, and are applicable for 2 14 school years beginning on or after that date.> 2 15 #4. By renumbering as necessary. 2 16 2 17 2 18 2 19 JOHN PUTNEY 2 20 SF 2278.201 82 2 21 kh/nh/9921 -1-