Bill Text: IA SF353 | 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. (See SF 480.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as SF 480. S.J. 470. [SF353 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-SF353-Introduced.html
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BY
SCHNEIDER
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.
Best
practices
for
utilizing
virtual
instructional
days
22
as
minimum
school
days.
23
3.
The
study
committee
shall
submit
a
report
with
its
24
analysis,
findings,
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
25
by
December
20,
2019.
26
EXPLANATION
27
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
28
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
29
This
bill
requests
the
legislative
council
to
establish
30
an
interim
study
committee
to
study
and
make
recommendations
31
relating
to
the
feasibility
of
allowing
school
districts
32
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
to
count
a
day
of
virtual
33
instruction
as
a
minimum
school
day
when
inclement
weather
34
causes
schools
to
close
and
instructional
staff
and
students
35
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engage
in
curriculum-aligned
instructional
and
learning
1
opportunities
from
home.
2
The
study
committee
shall
review
and
provide
an
analysis
3
of
school
districts
or
accredited
nonpublic
schools
in
Iowa
4
currently
offering
virtual
instructional
days,
authorization
of
5
virtual
instructional
days
by
other
states,
potential
barriers
6
to
allowing
virtual
instructional
days
to
be
counted
as
minimum
7
school
days,
opportunities
to
overcome
such
barriers
without
8
need
for
new
state
funding,
and
best
practices
for
utilizing
9
virtual
instructional
days
as
minimum
school
days.
10
The
study
committee
shall
submit
a
report
with
its
analysis,
11
findings,
and
recommendations
to
the
general
assembly
by
12
December
20,
2019.
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