Senate
File
135
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
135
BY
McKINLEY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
minimum
hours
of
instructional
time
in
1
a
school
day
for
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
2
accredited
nonpublic
schools
and
including
effective
date
3
and
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
19,
unnumbered
1
paragraph
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
Define
the
minimum
school
day
as
a
day
consisting
of
five
3
and
one-half
seven
hours
of
instructional
time
for
grades
one
4
through
twelve.
The
minimum
hours
shall
be
exclusive
of
the
5
lunch
period,
but
may
include
passing
time
between
classes.
6
Time
spent
on
parent-teacher
conferences
shall
be
considered
7
instructional
time.
A
school
or
school
district
may
record
a
8
day
of
school
with
less
than
the
minimum
instructional
hours
as
9
a
minimum
school
day
if
any
of
the
following
apply:
10
Sec.
2.
Section
256.7,
subsection
19,
paragraph
b,
Code
11
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
12
b.
If
the
total
hours
of
instructional
school
time
for
13
grades
one
through
twelve
for
any
five
consecutive
school
14
days
equal
a
minimum
of
twenty-seven
and
one-half
thirty-five
15
hours,
even
though
any
one
day
of
school
is
less
than
the
16
minimum
instructional
hours
because
of
a
staff
development
17
opportunity
provided
for
the
professional
instructional
staff
18
or
because
parent-teacher
conferences
have
been
scheduled
19
beyond
the
regular
school
day.
Furthermore,
if
the
total
hours
20
of
instructional
time
for
the
first
four
consecutive
days
equal
21
at
least
twenty-seven
and
one-half
thirty-five
hours
because
22
parent-teacher
conferences
have
been
scheduled
beyond
the
23
regular
school
day,
a
school
or
school
district
may
record
zero
24
hours
of
instructional
time
on
the
fifth
consecutive
school
day
25
as
a
minimum
school
day.
26
Sec.
3.
STATE
MANDATE
FUNDING
SPECIFIED.
In
accordance
27
with
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
the
state
cost
of
requiring
28
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
included
in
this
Act
shall
29
be
paid
by
a
school
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
30
received
by
the
school
district
under
section
257.16.
This
31
specification
of
the
payment
of
the
state
cost
shall
be
deemed
32
to
meet
all
the
state
funding-related
requirements
of
section
33
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
state
funding
shall
34
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
this
Act
by
and
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enforcement
of
this
Act
against
all
affected
school
districts.
1
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2013.
2
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
years
3
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2013.
4
EXPLANATION
5
This
bill
increases
the
hours
in
the
minimum
school
day
from
6
five
and
one-half
hours
to
seven
hours,
or
from
27.5
hours
7
per
week
to
35
hours
per
week
for
school
districts,
charter
8
schools,
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
9
This
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
10
section
25B.3.
The
bill
requires
that
the
state
cost
of
11
any
state
mandate
included
in
the
bill
be
paid
by
a
school
12
district
from
state
school
foundation
aid
received
by
the
13
school
district
under
Code
section
257.16.
The
specification
14
is
deemed
to
constitute
state
compliance
with
any
state
mandate
15
funding-related
requirements
of
Code
section
25B.2.
The
16
inclusion
of
this
specification
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
17
requirement
of
political
subdivisions
to
comply
with
any
state
18
mandates
included
in
the
bill.
19
The
bill
takes
effect
July
1,
2013,
for
school
years
20
beginning
on
or
after
that
date.
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