House File 2380 H-8222 Amend House File 2380 as follows: 1 1. Page 55, before line 23 by inserting: 2 < DIVISION ___ 3 SCHOOL START DATE PROVISIONS 4 Sec. ___. Section 257.17, Code 2011, is amended to 5 read as follows: 6 257.17 Aid reduction for early school starts. 7 State aid payments made pursuant to section 8 257.16 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one 9 one-hundred-eightieth for each day of that fiscal year 10 for which the school district begins school before the 11 earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, 12 subsection 1 . However, this section does not apply 13 to a school district that has received approval from 14 the director of state board of education for a year 15 around school year under section 256.20, or from 16 the department of education under section 279.10, 17 subsection 4 , to commence classes for regularly 18 established elementary and secondary schools in advance 19 of the starting date established for a pilot program 20 for an innovative school year in accordance with 21 section 279.10, subsection 1 3 . 22 Sec. ___. Section 279.10, subsection 2, Code 2011, 23 is amended to read as follows: 24 2. The board of directors shall hold a public 25 hearing on any proposal request for approval made 26 pursuant to subsection 3 prior to submitting it to the 27 department of education for approval. 28 Sec. ___. Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2011, 29 is amended by striking the subsection. > 30 2. By renumbering as necessary. 31 ______________________________ J. SMITH of Dickinson ______________________________ COWNIE of Polk -1- HF2380.5018 (1) 84 kh/nh 1/ 1 #1. #2.