Senate
File
2018
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2018
BY
DVORSKY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
concerning
school
instructional
days
and
including
1
effective
date
and
applicability
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
19,
Code
2013,
as
1
amended
by
2013
Iowa
Acts,
chapter
121,
section
79,
is
amended
2
to
read
as
follows:
3
19.
Define
For
a
school
or
school
district
with
a
school
4
calendar
measuring
instructional
time
in
days
pursuant
to
5
section
279.10,
subsection
1,
define
the
minimum
school
day
as
6
a
day
consisting
of
six
hours
of
instructional
days
or
time
7
for
grades
one
through
twelve.
The
minimum
hours
as
time
that
8
shall
be
exclusive
of
the
lunch
period,
but
may
include
passing
9
time
between
classes.
Time
spent
on
parent-teacher
conferences
10
shall
be
considered
instructional
time.
A
school
or
school
11
district
may
record
a
day
of
school
with
less
than
the
minimum
12
instructional
hours
as
a
minimum
school
day
if
any
of
the
13
following
apply:
14
a.
If
emergency
health
or
safety
factors
require
the
late
15
arrival
or
early
dismissal
of
students
on
a
specific
day.
16
b.
If
the
total
hours
of
instructional
school
time
for
17
grades
one
through
twelve
for
any
five
consecutive
school
18
days
equal
a
minimum
of
thirty
hours,
even
though
any
one
19
day
of
school
is
less
than
the
minimum
instructional
hours
20
because
of
a
staff
development
opportunity
provided
for
the
21
professional
instructional
staff
or
because
parent-teacher
22
conferences
have
been
scheduled
beyond
the
regular
school
day.
23
Furthermore,
if
the
total
hours
of
instructional
time
for
the
24
first
four
consecutive
days
equal
at
least
thirty
hours
because
25
parent-teacher
conferences
have
been
scheduled
beyond
the
26
regular
school
day,
a
school
or
school
district
may
record
zero
27
hours
of
instructional
time
on
the
fifth
consecutive
school
day
28
as
a
minimum
school
day.
29
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
30
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
31
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
school
years
32
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2014.
33
EXPLANATION
34
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
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the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
1
This
bill
restores
language
struck
by
2013
Iowa
Acts,
2
chapter
121
(House
File
215)
that
permits
a
school
or
school
3
district
with
a
school
calendar
measuring
instructional
4
time
in
days
to
record
a
day
of
school
with
less
than
the
5
minimum
instructional
hours
as
a
minimum
school
day
for
6
emergency
health
or
safety
factors
and
for
staff
development
7
opportunities
and
parent-teacher
conferences.
However,
the
8
bill
provides
that
a
minimum
school
day
shall
consist
of
six
9
hours
of
instructional
time.
10
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
11
The
bill
applies
to
school
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
12
1,
2014.
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