Senate Amendment 5131


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 2279 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 2 the
     1  3 following:
     1  4    <Sec.    .  Section 256.7, subsection 19,
     1  5 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2007, is
     1  6 amended to read as follows:
     1  7    Define the minimum school day as a day consisting
     1  8 of five and one=half six hours of instructional time
     1  9 for grades one through twelve.  The minimum hours
     1 10 shall be exclusive of the lunch period, but may
     1 11 include passing time between classes.  Time spent on
     1 12 parent=teacher conferences shall be considered
     1 13 instructional time.  A school or school district may
     1 14 record a day of school with less than the minimum
     1 15 instructional hours as a minimum school day if any of
     1 16 the following apply:
     1 17    Sec.    .  Section 256.7, subsection 19, paragraph
     1 18 b, Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
     1 19 follows:
     1 20    b.  If the total hours of instructional school time
     1 21 for grades one through twelve for any five consecutive
     1 22 school days equal a minimum of twenty=seven and
     1 23 one=half thirty hours, even though any one day of
     1 24 school is less than the minimum instructional hours
     1 25 because of a staff development opportunity provided
     1 26 for the professional instructional staff or because
     1 27 parent=teacher conferences have been scheduled beyond
     1 28 the regular school day.  Furthermore, if the total
     1 29 hours of instructional time for the first four
     1 30 consecutive days equal at least twenty=seven and
     1 31 one=half thirty hours because parent=teacher
     1 32 conferences have been scheduled beyond the regular
     1 33 school day, a school or school district may record
     1 34 zero hours of instructional time on the fifth
     1 35 consecutive school day as a minimum school day."
     1 36 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 40 MARK ZIEMAN
     1 41 SF 2279.201 82
     1 42 kh/nh/9913
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