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