House
File
2044
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2044
BY
COWNIE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
eliminating
the
department
of
education’s
authority
to
1
approve
certain
requests
to
waive
the
school
start
date.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.17,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
257.17
Aid
reduction
for
early
school
starts.
3
State
aid
payments
made
pursuant
to
section
257.16
for
a
4
fiscal
year
shall
be
reduced
by
one
one-hundred-eightieth
for
5
each
day
of
that
fiscal
year
for
which
the
school
district
6
begins
school
before
the
earliest
starting
date
specified
in
7
section
279.10,
subsection
1
.
However,
this
section
does
not
8
apply
to
a
school
district
that
has
received
approval
from
the
9
director
of
state
board
of
education
for
a
year
around
school
10
year
under
section
256.20,
or
from
the
department
of
education
11
under
section
279.10,
subsection
4
,
to
commence
classes
for
12
regularly
established
elementary
and
secondary
schools
in
13
advance
of
the
starting
date
established
for
a
pilot
program
14
for
an
innovative
school
year
in
accordance
with
section
15
279.10,
subsection
1
3
.
16
Sec.
2.
Section
279.10,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
17
to
read
as
follows:
18
2.
The
board
of
directors
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
19
any
proposal
request
for
approval
made
pursuant
to
subsection
20
3
prior
to
submitting
it
to
the
department
of
education
for
21
approval.
22
Sec.
3.
Section
279.10,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
23
by
striking
the
subsection.
24
EXPLANATION
25
This
bill
eliminates
the
department
of
education’s
authority
26
to
grant
a
school
district’s
request
to
waive
the
earliest
27
school
start
date
allowed,
which
currently
is
no
sooner
than
28
a
day
during
the
calendar
week
in
which
the
first
day
of
29
September
falls
or,
if
the
first
day
of
September
falls
on
a
30
Sunday,
a
day
during
the
prior
week.
31
The
bill
makes
a
conforming
change
to
eliminate
an
exemption
32
in
a
provision
that
reduces
a
school
district’s
state
aid
33
payments
for
early
school
starts
unless
the
school
district
34
receives
a
waiver,
but
maintains
exemptions
for
a
school
35
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district
approved
to
implement
an
innovative
school
year
or
a
1
year
around
school
year.
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