Bill Text: IA SF37 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to early school starts and including effective date and applicability provisions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-12-31 - END OF 2011 ACTIONS [SF37 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF37-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
JOHNSON
,
KAPUCIAN
,
and
KETTERING
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
early
school
starts
and
including
effective
1
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
a
10
pilot
program
for
an
innovative
school
year
in
accordance
with
11
section
279.10,
subsection
4
,
to
commence
classes
for
regularly
12
established
elementary
and
secondary
schools
in
advance
of
the
13
starting
date
established
in
section
279.10,
subsection
1
3
.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
279.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
15
to
read
as
follows:
16
1.
The
school
year
shall
begin
on
the
first
day
of
July
17
and
each
regularly
established
elementary
and
secondary
school
18
shall
begin
no
sooner
than
a
day
during
the
calendar
week
in
19
which
the
first
day
of
September
falls
August
25
but
no
later
20
than
the
first
Monday
in
December
unless
the
school
district
21
has
received
approval
from
the
department
of
education
for
a
22
pilot
program
in
accordance
with
subsection
3
.
However,
if
the
23
first
day
of
September
falls
on
a
Sunday,
school
may
begin
on
24
a
day
during
the
calendar
week
which
immediately
precedes
the
25
first
day
of
September.
School
shall
continue
for
at
least
one
26
hundred
eighty
days,
except
as
provided
in
subsection
3
,
and
27
may
be
maintained
during
the
entire
calendar
year.
However,
28
if
the
board
of
directors
of
a
district
extends
the
school
29
calendar
because
inclement
weather
caused
the
district
to
30
temporarily
close
school
during
the
regular
school
calendar,
31
the
district
may
excuse
a
graduating
senior
who
has
met
32
district
or
school
requirements
for
graduation
from
attendance
33
during
the
extended
school
calendar.
A
school
corporation
34
may
begin
employment
of
personnel
for
in-service
training
and
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development
purposes
before
the
date
to
begin
elementary
and
1
secondary
school.
2
Sec.
3.
Section
279.10,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
3
to
read
as
follows:
4
2.
The
board
of
directors
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
5
any
proposal
request
made
pursuant
to
subsection
3
prior
to
6
submitting
it
to
the
department
of
education
for
approval.
7
Sec.
4.
Section
279.10,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
8
by
striking
the
subsection.
9
Sec.
5.
EFFECTIVE
DATES.
The
section
of
this
Act
that
10
amends
section
279.10,
subsection
2,
being
deemed
of
immediate
11
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment,
and
the
remainder
of
12
this
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2012,
and
is
applicable
for
13
school
years
beginning
on
or
after
that
date.
14
EXPLANATION
15
This
bill
changes,
effective
for
the
school
year
beginning
16
July
1,
2012,
the
earliest
school
start
date
to
August
25
and
17
eliminates
the
authority
of
the
director
of
the
department
of
18
education
to
grant
a
request
made
by
a
board
of
directors
of
19
a
school
district
to
commence
classes
prior
to
the
earliest
20
starting
date
allowed,
which
currently
is
no
sooner
than
a
day
21
during
the
calendar
week
in
which
the
first
day
of
September
22
falls
or,
if
the
first
day
of
September
falls
on
a
Sunday,
a
day
23
during
the
prior
week.
24
The
bill
makes
a
conforming
change
to
eliminate
an
25
exemption
from
aid
reduction
for
early
school
starts,
unless
26
the
exemption
is
for
a
school
district
approved
to
implement
27
an
innovative
school
year.
Without
the
waiver,
the
school
28
district’s
state
aid
payments
are
reduced
by
1/180
for
each
day
29
of
that
fiscal
year
for
which
the
school
district
begins
school
30
before
the
earliest
starting
date
allowed.
The
bill
includes
a
31
technical
correction
that
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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