House File 2508 H-8077 Amend House File 2508 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. Section 256E.7, subsection 2, paragraph i, Code 4 2026, is amended to read as follows: 5 i. Provide instruction for at least the number of days 6 or hours required by section 279.10, subsection 1 , unless 7 specifically waived by the state board as part of the 8 application process. However, the mandatory spring break 9 period established in section 279.10, subsection 1, paragraph 10 “b” , shall not be waived. 11 Sec. 2. Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2026, is amended 12 to read as follows: 13 1. a. The school year for each school district and 14 accredited nonpublic school shall begin on July 1 and the 15 school calendar shall begin no sooner than August 23 and no 16 later than the first Monday in December. The school calendar 17 shall include not less than one hundred eighty days or one 18 thousand eighty hours of instruction during the calendar 19 year, of which not more than five days or thirty hours of 20 instruction may be delivered primarily over the internet except 21 as otherwise provided in section 256.43 or in rules adopted 22 by the state board of education pursuant to section 256.7, 23 subsection 32 . The board of directors of a school district and 24 the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school 25 shall determine the school start date for the school calendar 26 in accordance with this subsection and shall set the number 27 of days or hours of required attendance for the school year 28 as provided in section 299.1, subsection 2 , but the board of 29 directors of a school district shall hold a public hearing 30 on any proposed school calendar prior to adopting the school 31 calendar. If the board of directors of a district or the 32 authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school extends 33 the school calendar because inclement weather caused the school 34 district or accredited nonpublic school to temporarily close 35 -1- HF 2508.3029 (3) 91 mb/jh 1/ 3 #1.

during the regular school calendar, the school district or 1 accredited nonpublic school may excuse a graduating senior 2 who has met district or school requirements for graduation 3 from attendance during the extended school calendar. A school 4 corporation may begin employment of personnel for in-service 5 training and development purposes before the date to begin 6 elementary and secondary school. 7 b. The school calendar for each school district and 8 accredited nonpublic school must include a spring break 9 consisting of five consecutive school days during the week 10 immediately following the conclusion of the state boys 11 basketball tournament conducted by the Iowa high school 12 athletic association or its successor organization. During 13 that week, classes shall not be held and school-sponsored 14 activities, including extracurricular activities, shall not 15 occur. 16 Sec. 3. Section 280.13, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code 17 2026, is amended by adding the following new subparagraphs: 18 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (5) (a) Beginning with the 2026-2027 19 school year, the corporation, association, or organization 20 observes the noncontact periods described in this subparagraph, 21 during which a coach, director, or teacher shall not have 22 contact with students regarding extracurricular interscholastic 23 athletic contests or competitions, including athletics, 24 dance or cheerleading, band, show choir, and theater, 25 and extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 26 competitions do not occur. All high school students, including 27 incoming ninth grade students, shall be subject to a noncontact 28 period and shall not have contact, on or off school premises, 29 with coaches, directors, or teachers, or use school facilities 30 for extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 31 competitions during a noncontact period. 32 (b) The corporation, association, or organization 33 establishes a minimum of twenty-three calendar days of 34 nonconcact periods each year. 35 -2- HF 2508.3029 (3) 91 mb/jh 2/ 3

(c) The minimum twenty-three calendar days required 1 under subparagraph division (b) must comply with all of the 2 following: 3 (i) Ten calendar days must begin on the Sunday immediately 4 following the conclusion of the state softball or the state 5 baseball tournament, whichever concludes later. 6 (ii) Eight calendar days must begin on the Sunday 7 immediately following the conclusion of the state boys 8 basketball tournament. 9 (iii) The remaining calendar days must be established 10 at the discretion of the corporations, associations, and 11 organizations, in coordination with each other. 12 (d) Organizations that operate nonschool-sponsored 13 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 14 competitions in this state shall observe the noncontact periods 15 in this subparagraph. 16 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (6) If the corporation, association, 17 or organization sponsors a state volleyball tournament, that 18 tournament shall not begin until the day after the general 19 election as provided in section 39.1 or the regular city 20 election as provided in section 376.1, subsection 1, as 21 applicable. > 22 ______________________________ WHEELER of Sioux -3- HF 2508.3029 (3) 91 mb/jh 3/ 3