Bill Text: IA HF492 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act limiting the amount of instructional time a school district or accredited nonpublic school must make up when inclement weather causes a school district or accredited nonpublic school to close, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Subcommittee: Fry, Brink and Winckler. H.J. 372. [HF492 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF492-Introduced.html
House
File
492
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
492
BY
WINCKLER
,
JAMES
,
KURTH
,
STAED
,
B.
MEYER
,
DONAHUE
,
LENSING
,
EHLERT
,
GAINES
,
ABDUL-SAMAD
,
BEARINGER
,
and
OLDSON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
limiting
the
amount
of
instructional
time
a
school
1
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
must
make
up
when
2
inclement
weather
causes
a
school
district
or
accredited
3
nonpublic
school
to
close,
and
including
effective
date
4
provisions.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
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
12
of
required
attendance
for
the
school
year
as
provided
in
13
section
299.1,
subsection
2
,
but
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.
The
16
number
of
instructional
days
or
hours
that
a
school
district
17
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
be
required
to
make
up
18
in
the
event
inclement
weather
causes
the
school
district
or
19
accredited
nonpublic
school
to
close
during
the
regular
school
20
calendar
shall
be
limited
to
not
more
than
five
instructional
21
days
or
thirty
instructional
hours.
If
the
board
of
directors
22
of
a
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
accredited
23
nonpublic
school
extends
the
school
calendar
because
inclement
24
weather
caused
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
25
school
to
temporarily
close
during
the
regular
school
calendar,
26
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
may
excuse
a
27
graduating
senior
who
has
met
district
or
school
requirements
28
for
graduation
from
attendance
during
the
extended
school
29
calendar.
A
school
corporation
may
begin
employment
of
30
personnel
for
in-service
training
and
development
purposes
31
before
the
date
to
begin
elementary
and
secondary
school.
32
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
33
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
limits
the
number
of
instructional
days
or
hours
3
that
a
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
has
4
to
make
up
in
the
event
inclement
weather
causes
the
school
5
district
or
school
to
close
during
the
regular
school
calendar
6
to
not
more
than
5
instructional
days
or
30
instructional
7
hours.
8
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
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