House File 2419 - Introduced



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  WATTS, JENKINS, DE BOEF,
                                        FREEMAN, BAUDLER, GREINER,
                                        and RAYHONS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of a statewide school bell
  2    schedule for secondary public schools.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 5823YH 81
  5 kh/je/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256F.4, subsection 5, Code 2005, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    5.  A charter school shall provide instruction for at least
  1  4 the number of days required by section 279.10, subsection 1,
  1  5 or shall provide at least the equivalent number of total
  1  6 hours.  A charter school shall use the statewide secondary
  1  7 school bell schedule as provided in section 279.63.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  279.63  COMMON SECONDARY SCHOOL BELL
  1  9 SCHEDULE.
  1 10    1.  The boards of directors of the area education agencies
  1 11 shall, in consultation with the school districts located
  1 12 within agency boundaries, determine through unanimous
  1 13 agreement of all of the area education agencies, a statewide
  1 14 school bell schedule for the following school year for
  1 15 secondary schools.
  1 16    2.  The area education agencies shall submit to the
  1 17 department of education, not later than November 1 of the
  1 18 preceding school year, the statewide secondary school bell
  1 19 schedule determined for the following school year pursuant to
  1 20 subsection 1.  The department of education shall post the
  1 21 statewide secondary school bell schedule on its internet
  1 22 website not later than December 1 of the preceding school
  1 23 year.
  1 24    3.  The board of directors of each school district shall
  1 25 use the statewide secondary school bell schedule determined
  1 26 pursuant to subsection 1.
  1 27    4.  For purposes of this section, "bell schedule" means the
  1 28 start and end of class times for schools.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill requires the area education agencies, in
  1 31 consultation with school districts, to determine annually,
  1 32 through unanimous agreement of all of the agencies, a
  1 33 statewide school bell schedule for the following school year
  1 34 for secondary schools, and requires all school districts and
  1 35 charter schools to use the bell schedule established by the
  2  1 area education agencies.  The department of education is
  2  2 directed to post the bell schedule on its internet website.
  2  3 LSB 5823YH 81
  2  4 kh:nh/je/5.1