House File 2276 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY CHAMBERS Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to a school district's authority regarding 2 attendance for graduating seniors. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6035YH 81 5 kh/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 279.10, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2005, 1 2 are amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. The school year shall begin on the first day of July 1 4 and each regularly established elementary and secondary school 1 5 shall begin no sooner than a day during the calendar week in 1 6 which the first day of September falls but no later than the 1 7 first Monday in December. However, if the first day of 1 8 September falls on a Sunday, school may begin on a day during 1 9 the calendar week which immediately precedes the first day of 1 10 September. School shall continue for at least one hundred 1 11 eighty days, except as provided in subsection 3, and may be 1 12 maintained during the entire calendar year.However, if the 1 13 board of directors of a district extends the school calendar 1 14 because inclement weather caused the district to temporarily 1 15 close school during the regular school calendar, theA school 1 16 districtmay excuseshall require a graduating seniorwho has 1 17 met district or schoolto meet the same requirements for 1 18graduation fromattendance during theextendedschool calendar 1 19 as those required of any other class of students enrolled at 1 20 the secondary level in the school district. A school 1 21 corporation may begin employment of personnel for in=service 1 22 training and development purposes before the date to begin 1 23 elementary and secondary school. 1 24 2. The board of directors shall hold a public hearing on 1 25 anyproposalrequest prior to submitting it to the department 1 26 of education for approval. 1 27 EXPLANATION 1 28 This bill eliminates a provision that authorized a school 1 29 district to excuse a graduating senior from attendance on 1 30 instructional days which the school district added to the 1 31 school calendar to make up for school calendar days lost due 1 32 to inclement weather. The bill requires that graduating 1 33 seniors meet the same attendance requirements as those 1 34 required of any other class of students enrolled at the 1 35 secondary level in the school district. 2 1 LSB 6035YH 81 2 2 kh:nh/je/5.1