Amend Senate File 533 as follows:
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DAYS OF INSTRUCTION
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.7, subsection 19, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   19.  Definethe minimum school day as a day consisting of five and one-half hours of instructional time for grades one through twelve. The minimum hours as time spent with a licensed teacher that shall be exclusive of the lunch period and parent-teacher conferences, but may include passing time between classes. Time spent on parent-teacher conferences shall be considered instructional time. A school or school district may record a day of school with less than the minimum instructional hours as a minimum school day if any of the following apply:
   a.  If emergency health or safety factors require the late arrival or early dismissal of students on a specific day.
   b.  If the total hours of instructional school time for grades one through twelve for any five consecutive school days equal a minimum of twenty-seven and one-half hours, even though any one day of school is less than the minimum instructional hours because of a staff development opportunity provided for the professional instructional staff or because parent-teacher conferences have been scheduled beyond the regular school day. Furthermore, if the total hours of instructional time for the first four consecutive days equal at least twenty-seven and one-half hours because parent-teacher conferences have been scheduled beyond the regular school day, a school or school district may record zero hours of instructional time on the fifth consecutive school day as a minimum school day.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256F.4, subsection 5, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   5.  A charter school or innovation zone school shall provide instruction for at least the number of days hours required by section 279.10, subsection 1, or shall provide at least the equivalent number of total hours.
   Sec. ___.  Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The school year for each school district and accredited nonpublic school shall begin onthe first day of July 1 and each regularly established elementary and secondary school shall begin no sooner than a day during the calendar week in which the first day of September falls but no later than the first Monday in December. However, if the first day of September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day during the calendar week which immediately precedes the first day of September.School shall continue for at least one hundred eighty days, except as provided in subsection 3, and may be maintainedThe school calendar shall include not less than one thousand eighty hours of instruction during theentire calendar year. However, if The board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall set the number of days of required attendance for the school year as provided in section 299.1, subsection 2, but the board of directors of a school district shall hold a public hearing on any proposed school calendar prior to adopting the school calendar. If the board of directors of a district or the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school extends the school calendar because inclement weather caused the school district or accredited nonpublic school to temporarily closeschool during the regular school calendar, the school district or accredited nonpublic school may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school requirements for graduation from attendance during the extended school calendar. A school corporation may begin employment of personnel for in-service training and development purposes before the date to begin elementary and secondary school.
   Sec. ___.  Section 279.10, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2011, are amended by striking the subsections.
   Sec. ___.  Section 299.4, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who is of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under competent private instruction under either section 299A.2 or 299A.3, not in an accredited school or a home school assistance program operated by a school district or accredited nonpublic school, shall furnish a report in duplicate on forms provided by the public school district, to the district by the earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, subsection 1 September 1 of the school year in which the child will be under competent private instruction. The secretary shall retain and file one copy and forward the other copy to the district’s area education agency. The report shall state the name and age of the child, the period of time during which the child has been or will be under competent private instruction for the year, an outline of the course of study, texts used, and the name and address of the instructor. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child, who is placing the child under competent private instruction for the first time, shall also provide the district with evidence that the child has had the immunizations required under section 139A.8, and, if the child is elementary school age, a blood lead test in accordance with section 135.105D. The term“outline of course of study” shall include subjects covered, lesson plans, and time spent on the areas of study.
   Sec. ___.  REPEAL.  Section 256.22, Code 2011, is repealed. 
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act takes effect July 1, 2012.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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SHAWN HAMERLINCK