Amend Senate File 2284 as follows:
   1.  Page 31, after line 21 by inserting: 

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SCHOOL START DATE PROVISIONS
   Sec. ___.  Section 257.17, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   257.17  Aid reduction for early school starts.
   State aid payments made pursuant to section 257.16 for a fiscal year shall be reduced by one one-hundred-eightieth for each day of that fiscal year for which the school district begins school before the earliest starting date specified in section 279.10, subsection 1. However, this section does not apply to a school district that has received approval from the director of the department of education under section 279.10, subsection 4, to commence classes for regularly established elementary and secondary schools in advance of the starting date established in
 
for a pilot program for an innovative school year in accordance with section 279.10, subsection 1
 
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   Sec. ___.  Section 279.10, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2011, are amended to read as follows:
   1.  The school year shall begin on the first day of July 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
 
the fourth Monday in August 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
 
unless the school district has received approval from the department of education for a pilot program for an innovative school year in accordance with subsection 3. School shall continue for at least one hundred eighty days, except as provided in subsection 3, and may be maintained during the entire calendar year. However, if the board of directors of a district extends the school calendar because inclement weather caused the district to temporarily close school during the regular school calendar, the district 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.

The earliest starting date specified in this subsection shall not apply to a school district which maintains a year around three semester school year.

   2.  The board of directors shall hold a public hearing on any proposal
 
request made pursuant to subsection 3 prior to submitting it to the department of education for approval.
   Sec. ___.  Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2011, is amended by striking the subsection.
   Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This division of this Act takes effect July 1, 2013.
   Sec. ___.  APPLICABILITY.  This division of this Act is applicable for school years beginning on or after July 1, 2013.>
   2.  Title page, line 4, after <schools> by inserting <and including effective date and applicability provisions>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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DAVID JOHNSON

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DICK L. DEARDEN