Senate Amendment 5115
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2288 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 5, after line 27 by inserting:
1 3 <Sec. ___. Section 257.17, Code 2009, is amended to
1 4 read as follows:
1 5 257.17 Aid reduction for early school starts.
1 6 State aid payments made pursuant to section
1 7 257.16 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one
1 8 one=hundred=eightieth for each day of that fiscal year
1 9 for which the school district begins school before the
1 10 earliest starting date specified in section 279.10,
1 11 subsection 1. However, this section does not apply to
1 12 a school district that has received approval from the
1 13 director of the department of education under section
1 14 279.10, subsection 4, to commence classes for regularly
1 15 established elementary and secondary schools in
1 16 advance of the starting date established in for a pilot
1 17 program for an innovative school year in accordance
1 18 with section 279.10, subsection 1 3.>
1 19 #2. Page 8, after line 25 by inserting:
1 20 <Sec. ___. Section 279.10, subsections 1 and 2,
1 21 Code 2009, are amended to read as follows:
1 22 1. The school year shall begin on the first day
1 23 of July and each regularly established elementary
1 24 and secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day
1 25 during the calendar week in which the first day of
1 26 September falls the fourth Monday in August but no
1 27 later than the first Monday in December. However, if
1 28 the first day of September falls on a Sunday, school
1 29 may begin on a day during the calendar week which
1 30 immediately precedes the first day of September unless
1 31 the school district has received approval from the
1 32 department of education for a pilot program for an
1 33 innovative school year in accordance with subsection 3.
1 34 School shall continue for at least one hundred eighty
1 35 days, except as provided in subsection 3, and may be
1 36 maintained during the entire calendar year. However,
1 37 if the board of directors of a district extends the
1 38 school calendar because inclement weather caused the
1 39 district to temporarily close school during the regular
1 40 school calendar, the district may excuse a graduating
1 41 senior who has met district or school requirements for
1 42 graduation from attendance during the extended school
1 43 calendar. A school corporation may begin employment
1 44 of personnel for in=service training and development
1 45 purposes before the date to begin elementary and
1 46 secondary school. The earliest starting date specified
1 47 in this subsection shall not apply to a school district
1 48 which maintains a year around three semester school
1 49 year.
1 50 2. The board of directors shall hold a public
2 1 hearing on any proposal request made pursuant to
2 2 subsection 3 prior to submitting it to the department
2 3 of education for approval.
2 4 Sec. ___. Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2009,
2 5 is amended by striking the subsection.>
2 6 #3. Page 9, line 20, by striking <subsection 2, Code
2 7 2009, is> and inserting <subsections 1 and 2, Code
2 8 2009, are>
2 9 #4. Page 9, after line 21 by inserting:
2 10 <1. The board of directors of each public
2 11 school district and the authorities in charge of
2 12 each nonpublic school shall prescribe the minimum
2 13 educational program and an attendance policy which
2 14 shall require each child to attend school for at least
2 15 one hundred forty=eight days, to be met by attendance
2 16 for at least thirty=seven days each school quarter, for
2 17 the schools under their jurisdictions. Each public
2 18 school and non public school shall comply with the
2 19 start date and school calendar requirements specified
2 20 in section 279.10, subsection 1.>
2 21 #5. Page 21, after line 7 by inserting:
2 22 <Sec. ___. EFFECTIVE DATE. The sections of
2 23 this Act amending section 257.17, section 279.10,
2 24 subsections 1 and 2, and section 280.3, subsection 1,
2 25 and striking section 279.10, subsection 4, take effect
2 26 July 1, 2011, and are applicable for school years
2 27 beginning on or after that date.>
2 28 #6. Title page, line 2, after <boards> by inserting
2 29 <and including effective date provisions>
DAVID JOHNSON
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