House File 2091 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  TYMESON, LUKAN, and CHAMBERS


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to time lost for certain activities in order to
  2    meet the minimum hours of school instruction for grades one
  3    through twelve.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5130YH 82
  6 kh/rj/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 19, Code Supplement
  1  2 2007, is amended by adding the following new unnumbered
  1  3 paragraph:
  1  4    NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH.  A school district or an
  1  5 accredited nonpublic school that uses any time from the school
  1  6 day for professional development for instructional staff or
  1  7 weather=related purposes, or which excuses twenty=five percent
  1  8 or more of the students enrolled in order that the students
  1  9 may attend an athletic event or assembly, shall extend the
  1 10 school calendar so that the time used for any such purpose is
  1 11 made up later in the school year.
  1 12    Sec. 2.  STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED.  In accordance
  1 13 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
  1 14 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
  1 15 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
  1 16 received by the school district under section 257.16.  This
  1 17 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
  1 18 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
  1 19 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
  1 20 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
  1 21 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill requires the state board of education to provide,
  1 24 in rules adopted to define the minimum hours of instructional
  1 25 school time for grades one through 12, that school districts
  1 26 and accredited nonpublic schools are required to extend their
  1 27 school calendars to make up time lost in the school day
  1 28 because of professional development for instructional staff or
  1 29 weather=related purposes, or because 25 percent or more of the
  1 30 students enrolled were excused to attend an athletic event or
  1 31 assembly.
  1 32    The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
  1 33 section 25B.3.  The bill requires that the state cost of any
  1 34 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
  1 35 district from state school foundation aid received by the
  2  1 school district under Code section 257.16.  The specification
  2  2 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
  2  3 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
  2  4 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
  2  5 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
  2  6 state mandates included in the bill.
  2  7 LSB 5130YH 82
  2  8 kh/rj/8