Senate Amendment 5417
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend House File 2679, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 62, by inserting after line 19 the
1 4 following:
1 5 <DIVISION
1 6 SCHOOL START DATE PROVISIONS
1 7 Sec. . Section 257.17, Code 2007, is amended to
1 8 read as follows:
1 9 257.17 AID REDUCTION FOR EARLY SCHOOL STARTS.
1 10 State aid payments made pursuant to section 257.16
1 11 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one
1 12 one=hundred=eightieth for each day of that fiscal year
1 13 for which the school district begins school before the
1 14 earliest starting date specified in section 279.10,
1 15 subsection 1. However, this section does not apply to
1 16 a school district that has received approval for a
1 17 pilot program for an innovative school year from the
1 18 director of the department of education under section
1 19 279.10, subsection 4, to commence classes for
1 20 regularly established elementary and secondary schools
1 21 in advance of the starting date established in section
1 22 279.10, subsection 1 3.
1 23 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2007,
1 24 is amended to read as follows:
1 25 1. The school year shall begin on the first day of
1 26 July and each regularly established elementary and
1 27 secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day
1 28 during the calendar week in which the first day of
1 29 September falls August 25 but no later than the first
1 30 Monday in December unless the school district has
1 31 received approval from the department of education for
1 32 a pilot program in accordance with subsection 3.
1 33 However, if the first day of September falls on a
1 34 Sunday, school may begin on a day during the calendar
1 35 week which immediately precedes the first day of
1 36 September. School shall continue for at least one
1 37 hundred eighty days, except as provided in subsection
1 38 3, and may be maintained during the entire calendar
1 39 year. However, if the board of directors of a
1 40 district extends the school calendar because inclement
1 41 weather caused the district to temporarily close
1 42 school during the regular school calendar, the
1 43 district may excuse a graduating senior who has met
1 44 district or school requirements for graduation from
1 45 attendance during the extended school calendar. A
1 46 school corporation may begin employment of personnel
1 47 for in=service training and development purposes
1 48 before the date to begin elementary and secondary
1 49 school.
1 50 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 2, Code 2007,
2 1 is amended to read as follows:
2 2 2. The board of directors shall hold a public
2 3 hearing on any proposal request made pursuant to
2 4 subsection 3 prior to submitting it to the department
2 5 of education for approval.
2 6 Sec. . Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2007,
2 7 is amended by striking the subsection.
2 8 Sec. . EFFECTIVE DATES. The section of this
2 9 division of this Act that amends section 279.10,
2 10 subsection 2, takes effect upon enactment and the
2 11 sections of this division 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 #2. By renumbering as necessary.
2 16
2 17
2 18
2 19 JOHN PUTNEY
2 20
2 21
2 22 ______________________________
2 23 E. THURMAN GASKILL
2 24
2 25
2 26 ______________________________
2 27 JERRY BEHN
2 28
2 29
2 30 ______________________________
2 31 RON WIECK
2 32
2 33
2 34 ______________________________
2 35 NANCY J. BOETTGER
2 36
2 37
2 38 ______________________________
2 39 DAVID L. HARTSUCH
2 40
2 41
2 42 ______________________________
2 43 PAT WARD
2 44
2 45
2 46 ______________________________
2 47 DAVE MULDER
2 48
2 49
2 50 ______________________________
3 1 PAUL McKINLEY
3 2
3 3
3 4 ______________________________
3 5 STEVE KETTERING
3 6
3 7
3 8 ______________________________
3 9 JAMES F. HAHN
3 10 HF 2679.705 82
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