Senate Amendment 5204


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend House File 2645, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 21, by inserting after line 2 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 279.8, Code 2007, is amended to
     1  6 read as follows:
     1  7    279.8  GENERAL RULES == BONDS OF EMPLOYEES.
     1  8    1.  The board shall make rules for its own
     1  9 government and that of the directors, officers,
     1 10 employees, teachers and pupils, and for the care of
     1 11 the schoolhouse, grounds, and property of the school
     1 12 corporation, and shall aid in the enforcement of the
     1 13 rules, and require the performance of duties imposed
     1 14 by law and the rules.
     1 15    a.  The board shall include in its rules provisions
     1 16 regulating the loading and unloading of pupils from a
     1 17 school bus stopped on the highway during a period of
     1 18 reduced highway visibility caused by fog, snow or
     1 19 other weather conditions.
     1 20    b.  The board shall have the authority to include
     1 21 in its rules provisions allowing school corporation
     1 22 employees to use school credit cards to pay for the
     1 23 actual and necessary expenses incurred in the
     1 24 performance of work=related duties.
     1 25    c.  The board shall include in its rules a
     1 26 provision which permits a student's parent or guardian
     1 27 to select from the instructional staff for the grade
     1 28 level at the attendance center of the student's
     1 29 enrollment the teacher who shall provide instruction
     1 30 to the student for the school year.
     1 31    2.  Employees of a school corporation maintaining a
     1 32 high school who have the custody of funds belonging to
     1 33 the corporation or funds derived from extracurricular
     1 34 activities and other sources in the conduct of their
     1 35 duties, shall be required to furnish suitable bond
     1 36 indemnifying the corporation or any activity group
     1 37 connected with the school against loss, and employees
     1 38 who have the custody of property belonging to the
     1 39 corporation or any activity group connected with the
     1 40 school may be required to furnish such bond.  Said
     1 41 bond or bonds may be in such form and penalty as the
     1 42 board may approve and the premiums on same shall be
     1 43 paid from the general fund of the corporation.>
     1 44 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 48 BRAD ZAUN
     1 49 HF 2645.235 82
     1 50 ec/rj/20900

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