Bill Text: IA HF2462 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to early school start date provisions, and including effective date and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 671)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-11 - Read first time, referred to Government Oversight. S.J. 765. [HF2462 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2462-Amended.html
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HOUSE
FILE
2462
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
WAYS
AND
MEANS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
671)
(As
Amended
and
Passed
by
the
House
April
10,
2012
)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
early
school
start
date
provisions,
and
1
including
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
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
8
not
apply
to
a
school
district
that
has
received
approval
9
from
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
under
for
10
a
pilot
program
for
an
innovative
school
year
in
accordance
11
with
section
279.10,
subsection
4
3
,
or
to
commence
classes
12
for
regularly
established
elementary
and
secondary
schools
in
13
advance
of
the
starting
earliest
start
date
established
in
14
section
279.10,
subsection
1.
15
Sec.
2.
Section
279.10,
subsections
1
and
2,
Code
2011,
are
16
amended
to
read
as
follows:
17
1.
The
school
year
shall
begin
on
the
first
day
of
July
18
and
each
regularly
established
elementary
and
secondary
school
19
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
a
day
during
the
calendar
week
in
20
which
the
first
day
fourth
Monday
of
September
falls
August,
21
but
no
later
than
the
first
Monday
in
December
.
However,
22
if
the
first
day
of
September
falls
on
a
Sunday,
school
may
23
begin
on
a
day
during
the
calendar
week
which
immediately
24
precedes
the
first
day
of
September
,
unless
the
school
district
25
has
received
approval
from
the
department
of
education
for
26
a
pilot
program
for
an
innovative
school
year
in
accordance
27
with
subsection
3
.
The
earliest
start
date
specified
in
this
28
section
shall
not
apply
to
a
school
district
that
maintains
a
29
year
around
three-semester
school
year.
School
shall
continue
30
for
at
least
one
hundred
eighty
days,
except
as
provided
in
31
subsection
3
,
and
may
be
maintained
during
the
entire
calendar
32
year.
However,
if
the
board
of
directors
of
a
district
33
extends
the
school
calendar
because
inclement
weather
caused
34
the
district
to
temporarily
close
school
during
the
regular
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school
calendar,
the
district
may
excuse
a
graduating
senior
1
who
has
met
district
or
school
requirements
for
graduation
2
from
attendance
during
the
extended
school
calendar.
A
school
3
corporation
may
begin
employment
of
personnel
for
in-service
4
training
and
development
purposes
before
the
date
to
begin
5
elementary
and
secondary
school.
6
2.
The
board
of
directors
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
7
any
proposal
for
a
pilot
program
for
an
innovative
school
year
8
prior
to
submitting
it
such
a
request
to
the
department
of
9
education
for
approval
pursuant
to
subsection
3
.
10
Sec.
3.
Section
279.10,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
11
by
striking
the
subsection.
12
Sec.
4.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2013.
13
Sec.
5.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
is
applicable
to
school
14
years
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2013.
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