House File 511 - Introduced



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                                       BY  FORD


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act allowing school districts to utilize attendance centers to
  2    provide academic, enrichment, cultural, or recreational
  3    activities to children during noninstructional hours.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 2425HH 83
  6 kh/nh/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.39, Code 2009, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3
  1  4    279.39  SCHOOL BUILDINGS == USE.
  1  5    1.  The board of any school corporation a school district
  1  6 shall establish attendance centers and provide suitable
  1  7 buildings for each school in the district and may at the
  1  8 regular or a special meeting resolve to submit to the
  1  9 registered voters of the district at an election held on a
  1 10 date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph "c",
  1 11 the question of voting a tax or authorizing the board to issue
  1 12 bonds, or both.
  1 13    2.  The board of directors of a school district may utilize
  1 14 an attendance center to provide academic, enrichment,
  1 15 cultural, or recreational activities to children during
  1 16 noninstructional hours and during hours used by the school
  1 17 district to provide the attendance center's instructional
  1 18 staff with professional development.  The board may provide
  1 19 such activities in partnership or collaboration with one or
  1 20 more not=for=profit community organizations.
  1 21                           EXPLANATION
  1 22    This bill permits the board of directors of a school
  1 23 district to use an attendance center to provide academic,
  1 24 enrichment, cultural, or recreational activities to children
  1 25 during noninstructional hours and during hours used to provide
  1 26 professional development to the instructional staff.  The
  1 27 school district may partner or collaborate with not=for=profit
  1 28 community organizations to provide the activities.
  1 29 LSB 2425HH 83
  1 30 kh/nh/14