House
File
11
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
11
BY
SORENSEN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
the
earliest
possible
start
date
of
the
school
1
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
school
year
for
each
school
district
and
accredited
3
nonpublic
school
shall
begin
on
July
1
and
the
school
calendar
4
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
the
earlier
of
August
23
or
the
5
first
business
day
that
falls
three
days
after
the
final
day
6
of
the
Iowa
state
fair
and
no
later
than
the
first
Monday
7
in
December.
The
school
calendar
shall
include
not
less
8
than
one
hundred
eighty
days
or
one
thousand
eighty
hours
of
9
instruction
during
the
calendar
year,
of
which
not
more
than
10
five
days
or
thirty
hours
of
instruction
may
be
delivered
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primarily
over
the
internet
except
as
otherwise
provided
in
12
section
256.43
or
in
rules
adopted
by
the
state
board
of
13
education
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
32
.
The
board
14
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
in
15
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
determine
the
16
school
start
date
for
the
school
calendar
in
accordance
with
17
this
subsection
and
shall
set
the
number
of
days
or
hours
of
18
required
attendance
for
the
school
year
as
provided
in
section
19
299.1,
subsection
2
,
but
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
20
district
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
any
proposed
school
21
calendar
prior
to
adopting
the
school
calendar.
If
the
board
22
of
directors
of
a
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
23
accredited
nonpublic
school
extends
the
school
calendar
because
24
inclement
weather
caused
the
school
district
or
accredited
25
nonpublic
school
to
temporarily
close
during
the
regular
school
26
calendar,
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
27
may
excuse
a
graduating
senior
who
has
met
district
or
school
28
requirements
for
graduation
from
attendance
during
the
extended
29
school
calendar.
A
school
corporation
may
begin
employment
30
of
personnel
for
in-service
training
and
development
purposes
31
before
the
date
to
begin
elementary
and
secondary
school.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
modifies
the
earliest
possible
start
date
of
the
1
school
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools.
Current
law
provides
that
the
school
calendar
for
3
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
begin
4
no
sooner
than
August
23.
The
bill
modifies
this
provision
5
to
provide
that
the
school
calendar
shall,
instead,
begin
no
6
sooner
than
the
earlier
of
August
23
or
the
first
business
day
7
that
falls
three
days
after
the
final
day
of
the
Iowa
state
8
fair.
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