Bill Text: IA SF480 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act requesting the establishment of an interim committee to study the feasibility of allowing a day of virtual instruction to count as a minimum school day when inclement weather causes schools to close. (Formerly SF 353.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-14 - Subcommittee reassigned: Sinclair, Behn, and Wahls. S.J. 69. [SF480 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF480-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SF
353)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
requesting
the
establishment
of
an
interim
committee
1
to
study
the
feasibility
of
allowing
a
day
of
virtual
2
instruction
to
count
as
a
minimum
school
day
when
inclement
3
weather
causes
schools
to
close.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
INTERIM
STUDY
COMMITTEE
——
VIRTUAL
INSTRUCTIONAL
1
DAYS.
2
1.
The
legislative
council
is
requested
to
establish
an
3
interim
study
committee
to
study
and
make
recommendations
4
relating
to
the
feasibility
of
allowing
school
districts
5
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
count
a
day
of
virtual
6
instruction
as
a
minimum
school
day
when
inclement
weather
7
causes
schools
to
close
and
instructional
staff
and
students
8
engage
in
curriculum-aligned
instructional
and
learning
9
opportunities
from
home.
10
2.
The
study
committee
shall
review
and
provide
an
analysis
11
of
the
following:
12
a.
School
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
Iowa
13
currently
offering
virtual
instructional
days.
14
b.
Authorization
of
virtual
instructional
days
by
other
15
states.
16
c.
Potential
barriers
to
allowing
school
districts
and
17
accredited
schools
to
count
virtual
instructional
days
as
18
minimum
school
days
to
avoid
extending
the
school
calendar.
19
d.
Opportunities
to
overcome
the
barriers
identified
under
20
paragraph
“c”
without
need
for
new
state
funding.
21
e.
Potential
impacts
and
barriers
relating
to
the
use
of
22
technology
to
offer
virtual
instructional
days
by
students
for
23
classes
and
other
scheduled
school-related
academic
activities,
24
including
but
not
limited
to
use
by
students
who
are
limited
25
English
proficient,
children
requiring
special
education,
26
students
enrolled
in
advanced
placement
courses
and
concurrent
27
enrollment
courses,
and
other
nontraditional
students
for
28
nonstandard
classes.
29
f.
Best
practices
for
utilizing
virtual
instructional
days
30
as
minimum
school
days.
31
3.
The
study
committee
may
review
and
provide
an
analysis
of
32
other
potential
solutions
for
successfully
providing
student
33
instruction
on
a
day
when
inclement
weather
causes
schools
to
34
close.
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4.
The
study
committee
shall
submit
a
report
with
its
1
analysis,
findings,
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
2
by
December
20,
2019.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
requests
the
legislative
council
to
establish
7
an
interim
study
committee
to
study
and
make
recommendations
8
relating
to
the
feasibility
of
allowing
school
districts
9
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
count
a
day
of
virtual
10
instruction
as
a
minimum
school
day
when
inclement
weather
11
causes
schools
to
close
and
instructional
staff
and
students
12
engage
in
curriculum-aligned
instructional
and
learning
13
opportunities
from
home.
14
The
study
committee
shall
review
and
provide
an
analysis
15
of
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
Iowa
16
currently
offering
virtual
instructional
days;
authorization
of
17
virtual
instructional
days
by
other
states;
potential
barriers
18
to
allowing
virtual
instructional
days
to
be
counted
as
minimum
19
school
days;
opportunities
to
overcome
such
barriers
without
20
need
for
new
state
funding;
potential
impacts
and
barriers
21
relating
to
the
use
of
technology
under
virtual
instructional
22
days
by
students
who
are
limited
English
proficient,
children
23
requiring
special
education,
students
enrolled
in
advanced
24
placement
courses
and
concurrent
enrollment
courses,
and
other
25
nontraditional
students
for
nonstandard
classes;
and
best
26
practices
for
utilizing
virtual
instructional
days
as
minimum
27
school
days.
28
The
study
committee
may
review
and
provide
an
analysis
of
29
other
potential
solutions
for
successfully
providing
student
30
instruction
on
a
day
when
inclement
weather
causes
schools
to
31
close.
32
The
study
committee
shall
submit
a
report
with
its
analysis,
33
findings,
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
by
34
December
20,
2019.
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