House File 482 - Introduced



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                                       BY  MAY


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to requests for approval for early school start
  2    dates and year around schools.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1363YH 82
  5 kh/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 257.17, Code 2007, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    257.17  AID REDUCTION FOR EARLY SCHOOL STARTS.
  1  4    State aid payments made pursuant to section 257.16 for a
  1  5 fiscal year shall be reduced by one one=hundred=eightieth for
  1  6 each day of that fiscal year for which the school district
  1  7 begins school before the earliest starting date specified in
  1  8 section 279.10, subsection 1.  However, this section does not
  1  9 apply to a school district that has received approval from the
  1 10 director of the department of education under section 279.10,
  1 11 subsection 4, to commence classes for regularly established
  1 12 elementary and secondary schools in advance of the starting
  1 13 date established in section 279.10, subsection 1.
  1 14    Sec. 2.  Section 279.10, subsection 2, Code 2007, is
  1 15 amended to read as follows:
  1 16    2.  The board of directors shall hold a public hearing on
  1 17 any proposal for a pilot program pursuant to subsection 3
  1 18 prior to submitting it a request to the department of
  1 19 education for approval.
  1 20    Sec. 3.  Section 279.10, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
  1 21 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 22                           EXPLANATION
  1 23    This bill eliminates the department of education's
  1 24 authority to waive the earliest school start date requirement
  1 25 for school districts.  The bill makes a conforming change to
  1 26 section 257.17.
  1 27    Currently, the school year can begin no sooner than a day
  1 28 during the calendar week in which the first day of September
  1 29 falls, or, if the first day of September falls on a Sunday, on
  1 30 a day during the calendar week which immediately precedes the
  1 31 first day of September.  School districts currently are
  1 32 granted waivers authorizing an earlier start date if the
  1 33 director of the department of education determines that a
  1 34 starting date on or after the earliest starting date would
  1 35 have a significant negative educational impact.
  2  1    The bill includes a technical correction.
  2  2 LSB 1363YH 82
  2  3 kh:nh/je/5.2