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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1036)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
the
earliest
possible
start
date
of
the
school
1
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.10,
subsection
1,
Code
2025,
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
the
Monday
immediately
5
preceding
the
last
Monday
in
August
and
no
later
than
the
6
first
Monday
in
December.
The
school
calendar
shall
include
7
not
less
than
one
hundred
eighty
days
or
one
thousand
eighty
8
hours
of
instruction
during
the
calendar
year,
of
which
not
9
more
than
five
days
or
thirty
hours
of
instruction
may
be
10
delivered
primarily
over
the
internet
except
as
otherwise
11
provided
in
section
256.43
or
in
rules
adopted
by
the
state
12
board
of
education
pursuant
to
section
256.7,
subsection
32
.
13
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
and
the
authorities
14
in
charge
of
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
shall
determine
the
15
school
start
date
for
the
school
calendar
in
accordance
with
16
this
subsection
and
shall
set
the
number
of
days
or
hours
of
17
required
attendance
for
the
school
year
as
provided
in
section
18
299.1,
subsection
2
,
but
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
19
district
shall
hold
a
public
hearing
on
any
proposed
school
20
calendar
prior
to
adopting
the
school
calendar.
If
the
board
21
of
directors
of
a
district
or
the
authorities
in
charge
of
an
22
accredited
nonpublic
school
extends
the
school
calendar
because
23
inclement
weather
caused
the
school
district
or
accredited
24
nonpublic
school
to
temporarily
close
during
the
regular
school
25
calendar,
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school
26
may
excuse
a
graduating
senior
who
has
met
district
or
school
27
requirements
for
graduation
from
attendance
during
the
extended
28
school
calendar.
A
school
corporation
may
begin
employment
29
of
personnel
for
in-service
training
and
development
purposes
30
before
the
date
to
begin
elementary
and
secondary
school.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
modifies
the
earliest
possible
start
date
of
the
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school
calendar
for
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
1
schools.
Current
law
provides
that
the
school
calendar
for
2
school
districts
and
accredited
nonpublic
schools
shall
begin
3
no
sooner
than
August
23.
The
bill
modifies
this
provision
4
to
provide
that
the
school
calendar
shall,
instead,
begin
no
5
sooner
than
the
Monday
immediately
preceding
the
last
Monday
6
in
August.
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