House Amendment 8240
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2288, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 6, after line 12 by inserting:
1 4 <Sec. ___. Section 257.17, Code 2009, is amended to
1 5 read as follows:
1 6 257.17 Aid reduction for early school starts.
1 7 State aid payments made pursuant to section
1 8 257.16 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 from the
1 14 director of the department of education under section
1 15 279.10, subsection 4, to commence classes for regularly
1 16 established elementary and secondary schools in
1 17 advance of the starting date established in for a pilot
1 18 program for an innovative school year in accordance
1 19 with section 279.10, subsection 1 3.>
1 20 #2. Page 9, after line 10 by inserting:
1 21 <Sec. ___. Section 279.10, subsections 1 and 2,
1 22 Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
1 23 1. The school year shall begin on the first day
1 24 of July and each regularly established elementary
1 25 and secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day
1 26 during the calendar week in which the first day of
1 27 September falls the fourth Monday in August but no
1 28 later than the first Monday in December. However, if
1 29 the first day of September falls on a Sunday, school
1 30 may begin on a day during the calendar week which
1 31 immediately precedes the first day of September unless
1 32 the school district has received approval from the
1 33 department of education for a pilot program for an
1 34 innovative school year in accordance with subsection 3.
1 35 School shall continue for at least one hundred eighty
1 36 days, except as provided in subsection 3, and may be
1 37 maintained during the entire calendar year. However,
1 38 if the board of directors of a district extends the
1 39 school calendar because inclement weather caused the
1 40 district to temporarily close school during the regular
1 41 school calendar, the district may excuse a graduating
1 42 senior who has met district or school requirements for
1 43 graduation from attendance during the extended school
1 44 calendar. A school corporation may begin employment
1 45 of personnel for in=service training and development
1 46 purposes before the date to begin elementary and
1 47 secondary school.
1 48 2. The board of directors shall hold a public
1 49 hearing on any proposal request made pursuant to
1 50 subsection 3 prior to submitting it to the department
2 1 of education for approval.
2 2 Sec. ___. Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2009,
2 3 is amended by striking the subsection. >>
2 4 #3. Page 10, line 5, by striking <subsection 2, Code
2 5 2009, is> and inserting <subsections 1 and 2, Code
2 6 2009, are>
2 7 #4. Page 10, after line 6 by inserting:
2 8 <1. The board of directors of each public
2 9 school district and the authorities in charge of
2 10 each nonpublic school shall prescribe the minimum
2 11 educational program and an attendance policy which
2 12 shall require each child to attend school for at least
2 13 one hundred forty=eight days, to be met by attendance
2 14 for at least thirty=seven days each school quarter,
2 15 for the schools under their jurisdictions. Each public
2 16 school and nonpublic school shall comply with the start
2 17 date and school calendar requirements specified in
2 18 section 279.10, subsection 1.>
2 19 #5. Page 23, after line 13 by inserting:
2 20 <Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATES. The provisions of the
2 21 sections of this Act amending section 257.17, section
2 22 279.10, subsections 1 and 2, section 279.10, subsection
2 23 4, and section 280.3, subsection 1, take effect July 1,
2 24 2011, and are applicable for school years beginning on
2 25 or after that date.>
2 26 #6. Title page, line 2, after <boards> by inserting
2 27 <and including effective date and applicability
2 28 provisions>
2 29 #7. By renumbering as necessary.
MAY of Dickinson
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