Bill Text: IA SF2063 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the school start date and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-23 - Subcommittee recommends indefinite postponement. [SF2063 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2063-Introduced.html

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Senate File 2063 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  FEENSTRA

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the school start date and including
  2    effective date provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
    TLSB 5121XS (4) 87
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.10, subsection 1, Code 2018, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    1.  The school year for each school district and accredited
  1  4 nonpublic school shall begin on July 1 and the school calendar
  1  5 shall begin no sooner than August 23 and no later than the
  1  6 first Monday in December. If, however, August 23 falls on
  1  7 a Thursday or Friday, the school calendar may begin on the
  1  8 preceding Wednesday.  The school calendar shall include not
  1  9 less than one hundred eighty days or one thousand eighty
  1 10 hours of instruction during the calendar year. The board
  1 11 of directors of a school district and the authorities in
  1 12 charge of an accredited nonpublic school shall determine the
  1 13 school start date for the school calendar in accordance with
  1 14 this subsection and shall set the number of days or hours of
  1 15 required attendance for the school year as provided in section
  1 16 299.1, subsection 2, but the board of directors of a school
  1 17 district shall hold a public hearing on any proposed school
  1 18 calendar prior to adopting the school calendar. If the board
  1 19 of directors of a district or the authorities in charge of an
  1 20 accredited nonpublic school extends the school calendar because
  1 21 inclement weather caused the school district or accredited
  1 22 nonpublic school to temporarily close during the regular school
  1 23 calendar, the school district or accredited nonpublic school
  1 24 may excuse a graduating senior who has met district or school
  1 25 requirements for graduation from attendance during the extended
  1 26 school calendar. A school corporation may begin employment
  1 27 of personnel for in=service training and development purposes
  1 28 before the date to begin elementary and secondary school.
  1 29    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate
  1 30 importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 33 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 34    This bill allows a school district or accredited nonpublic
  1 35 school to start its school calendar on the Wednesday before
  2  1 August 23 if August 23 falls on a Thursday or Friday.
  2  2    The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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       kh/rj