Bill Text: IA HF2254 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the minimum school calendar requirements and the use of online learning by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-09 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 2-0 [HF2254 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2254-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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FILE
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BY
DOLECHECK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
minimum
school
calendar
requirements
1
and
the
use
of
online
learning
by
school
districts
and
2
accredited
nonpublic
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
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
a.
The
school
year
for
each
school
district
and
3
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
begin
on
July
1
and
the
4
school
calendar
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
August
23
and
no
5
later
than
the
first
Monday
in
December.
The
school
calendar
6
shall
include
not
less
than
one
hundred
eighty
days
or
one
7
thousand
eighty
hours
of
instruction
during
the
calendar
year.
8
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
9
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
determine
the
10
school
start
date
for
the
school
calendar
in
accordance
with
11
this
subsection
and
shall
set
the
number
of
days
or
hours
of
12
required
attendance
for
the
school
year
as
provided
in
section
13
299.1,
subsection
2
,
but
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
14
district
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
any
proposed
school
15
calendar
prior
to
adopting
the
school
calendar.
If
the
board
16
of
directors
of
a
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
17
accredited
nonpublic
school
extends
the
school
calendar
because
18
inclement
weather
caused
the
school
district
or
accredited
19
nonpublic
school
to
temporarily
close
during
the
regular
school
20
calendar,
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
21
may
excuse
a
graduating
senior
who
has
met
district
or
school
22
requirements
for
graduation
from
attendance
during
the
extended
23
school
calendar.
A
school
corporation
may
begin
employment
24
of
personnel
for
in-service
training
and
development
purposes
25
before
the
date
to
begin
elementary
and
secondary
school.
26
b.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
27
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
may,
28
without
prior
approval
from
the
department
of
education,
29
provide
online
learning
to
students
enrolled
in
the
school
30
district
or
the
accredited
nonpublic
school
for
no
more
than
31
five
consecutive
school
days
in
a
school
year
or
for
no
more
32
than
ten
total
school
days
in
a
school
year.
The
board
of
33
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
in
charge
34
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
must
apply
to
the
department
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of
education
for
authorization
to
provide
online
learning
to
1
students
enrolled
in
the
school
district
or
the
accredited
2
nonpublic
school
for
more
than
five
consecutive
school
days
3
in
a
school
year
or
for
more
than
ten
total
school
days
in
4
a
school
year.
Any
school
days
of
online
learning
that
the
5
department
of
education
authorizes
the
board
of
directors
of
a
6
school
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
7
nonpublic
school
to
provide
in
excess
of
ten
school
days
in
8
a
school
year
shall
not
be
considered
days
of
instruction
9
or
hours
of
instruction
for
purposes
of
the
minimum
school
10
calendar
requirements
in
paragraph
“a”
,
and
the
board
of
11
directors
of
the
school
district
or
authorities
in
charge
12
of
the
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
extend
the
school
13
calendar
an
equivalent
number
of
days.
For
purposes
of
this
14
paragraph,
“online
learning”
means
the
same
defined
in
section
15
256.2.
16
EXPLANATION
17
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
18
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
19
This
bill
relates
to
the
minimum
school
calendar
20
requirements
and
the
use
of
online
learning
by
school
districts
21
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
22
The
bill
authorizes
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
23
district
and
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
24
nonpublic
school
to
provide
online
learning
to
students
25
enrolled
in
the
school
district
or
the
accredited
nonpublic
26
school
for
no
more
than
5
consecutive
school
days
in
a
school
27
year
or
for
no
more
than
10
total
school
days
in
a
school
year,
28
without
prior
approval
from
the
department
of
education.
29
The
bill
provides
that
the
board
of
directors
and
the
30
authorities
must
apply
to
the
department
of
education
for
31
authorization
to
provide
online
learning
to
students
enrolled
32
in
the
school
district
or
the
accredited
nonpublic
school
for
33
more
than
5
consecutive
school
days
in
a
school
year
or
for
34
more
than
10
total
school
days
in
a
school
year.
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Current
law
requires
the
school
calendar
for
school
1
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
include
at
least
2
180
days
of
instruction
or
1,080
hours
of
instruction.
The
3
bill
provides
that
any
school
days
of
online
learning
that
the
4
department
authorizes
the
board
of
directors
or
the
authorities
5
to
provide
in
excess
of
the
10-day
limitation
shall
not
be
6
considered
days
of
instruction
or
hours
of
instruction
that
7
count
toward
the
180-day
or
1,080-hour
requirement
and
requires
8
the
board
of
directors
or
the
authorities
to
extend
the
school
9
calendar
to
make
up
for
those
school
days.
10
The
bill
defines
“online
learning”.
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