Bill Text: IA HSB574 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the beginning date of the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-26 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 0-0 [HSB574 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB574-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
574
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HITE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
beginning
date
of
the
school
calendar
1
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
2
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.
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
August
23
and
no
later
than
the
5
first
Monday
in
December.
The
school
calendar
shall
include
6
not
less
than
one
hundred
eighty
days
or
one
thousand
eighty
7
hours
of
instruction
during
the
calendar
year.
The
board
8
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
in
9
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
.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
14
school
district
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
any
proposed
15
school
calendar
prior
to
adopting
the
school
calendar
and,
if
16
the
school
calendar
begins
on
or
after
June
1,
and
prior
to
17
August
15,
shall
adopt
the
school
calendar
before
February
18
1
of
the
preceding
school
year
.
If
the
board
of
directors
19
of
a
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
20
nonpublic
school
extends
the
school
calendar
because
inclement
21
weather
caused
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
22
school
to
temporarily
close
during
the
regular
school
calendar,
23
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
may
excuse
a
24
graduating
senior
who
has
met
district
or
school
requirements
25
for
graduation
from
attendance
during
the
extended
school
26
calendar.
A
school
corporation
may
begin
employment
of
27
personnel
for
in-service
training
and
development
purposes
28
before
the
date
to
begin
elementary
and
secondary
school.
29
Sec.
2.
REPEAL.
Section
257.17,
Code
2022,
is
repealed.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
the
beginning
date
of
the
school
34
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools.
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Current
law
provides
that
the
school
calendar
for
each
1
school
district
and
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
begin
no
2
sooner
than
August
23
and
no
later
than
the
first
Monday
in
3
December.
The
bill
removes
the
requirement
that
the
school
4
calendar
begin
no
sooner
than
August
23.
Additionally,
the
5
bill
provides
that,
if
a
school
district’s
school
calendar
6
begins
on
or
after
June
1,
and
prior
to
August
15,
the
school
7
district’s
board
of
directors
shall
adopt
the
school
calendar
8
before
February
1
of
the
preceding
school
year.
9
The
bill
repeals
Code
section
257.17,
which
provides
for
the
10
reduction
of
state
aid
payments
to
a
school
district
if
the
11
school
district
begins
school
prior
to
August
23.
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