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Relating to the minimum school calendar requirements and the use of online learning by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 8, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
This bill relates to the minimum school calendar requirements and the use of online learning by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools. The bill authorizes the board of directors of a school district and the authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic school to provide online learning to students enrolled in the school district or the accredited nonpublic school for no more than consecutive school days in a school year or for no more than total school days in a school year, without prior approval from the department of education.
Read the full explanation
The bill provides that the board of directors and the authorities must apply to the department of education for authorization to provide online learning to students enrolled in the school district or the accredited nonpublic school for more than consecutive school days in a school year or for more than total school days in a school year. Current law requires the school calendar for school districts and accredited nonpublic schools to include at least 180 days of instruction or 1,080 hours of instruction. The bill provides that any school days of online learning that the department authorizes the board of directors or the authorities to provide in excess of the 10-day limitation shall not be considered days of instruction or hours of instruction that count toward the 180-day or 1,080-hour requirement and requires the board of directors or the authorities to extend the school calendar to make up for those school days. The bill defines “online learning”.
From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text
House subcommittee
Named February 8, 2022. On February 9, 2022 it recommended indefinite postponement. Vote Total: 2-0.
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Iowa Code it changes
Amends§279.10
Read from the bill as introduced. Each links to every bill touching that chapter of the Iowa Code. How the Code works
Lobbying
2 for · 0 against · 8 undecided · Who →