House File 498 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY WILLEMS, WESSEL=KROESCHELL,
FREVERT, FICKEN, STRUYK,
GAYMAN, BUKTA, and THEDE
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for year=round classes for kindergarten and
2 grades one through five in school districts with three
3 thousand or more students, and providing an applicability
4 date.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 256.20A YEAR=ROUND ELEMENTARY
1 2 SCHOOL CLASSES.
1 3 1. a. Notwithstanding section 279.10, relating to the
1 4 maintenance of school during an entire year, the department of
1 5 education shall direct the boards of directors of each school
1 6 district with three thousand or more students to implement at
1 7 least one year=round class each of kindergarten and grades one
1 8 through five.
1 9 b. The number of days per year that year=round classes are
1 10 in session shall equal the number of days specified for
1 11 schools in section 279.10, subsection 1. The number of
1 12 professional staffing hours shall also remain the same for
1 13 year=round teachers and staff as regular school teachers and
1 14 staff.
1 15 2. In order to implement subsection 1, school district
1 16 officials may renegotiate a master contract entered into
1 17 between the school district and a certified employee
1 18 organization for an appropriate bargaining unit determined
1 19 pursuant to chapter 20.
1 20 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance
1 21 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring
1 22 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall
1 23 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid
1 24 received by the school district under section 257.16. This
1 25 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed
1 26 to meet all the state funding=related requirements of section
1 27 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be
1 28 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and
1 29 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts.
1 30 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY DATE. This Act applies to school
1 31 years beginning on and after July 1, 2010.
1 32 EXPLANATION
1 33 This bill requires that the department of education direct
1 34 the boards of directors of each school district with 3,000 or
1 35 more students to have at least one year=round class each of
2 1 kindergarten and grades one through five. The year=round
2 2 school classes will have the same number of days as regular
2 3 schools and professional staff for year=round classes will
2 4 have the same professional staffing hour requirements.
2 5 The bill also authorizes school districts to renegotiate a
2 6 master contract entered into between the district and a
2 7 certified employee organization for a bargaining unit as
2 8 necessary to implement the year=round classes.
2 9 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code
2 10 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any
2 11 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school
2 12 district from state school foundation aid received by the
2 13 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification
2 14 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state
2 15 mandate funding=related requirements of Code section 25B.2.
2 16 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate
2 17 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any
2 18 state mandates included in the bill.
2 19 The bill applies to school years beginning on and after
2 20 July 1, 2010.
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