256.20 - YEAR AROUND SCHOOLS.
256.20 YEAR AROUND SCHOOLS.
Pursuant to section 279.10, subsection 1, relating to the
maintenance of school during an entire year, the board of directors
of a school district may request approval from the state board of
education for a pilot project for a year around three semester school
year.
The application shall describe the anticipated additional costs to
the school district and the benefits to be gained from the three
semester school year. Students would not be required to attend
school more than two semesters each school year.
Participation in a pilot project shall not modify provisions of a
master contract negotiated between a school district and a certified
bargaining unit pursuant to chapter 20 unless mutually agreed upon.
If moneys are appropriated by the general assembly for funding the
costs of pilot projects under this section, the state board of
education shall notify the department of administrative services of
the amounts to be paid to each school district with an approved pilot
project. Section History: Recent Form
87 Acts, ch 224, §31; 92 Acts, ch 1163, §59; 2003 Acts, ch 145,
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