| Last Action | Conference Committee appointed in House and Senate | 
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| Title | AN ACT relating to school calendars and declaring an emergency. | 
| Bill Documents | Bill | 
| Bill Request Number | 1944 | 
| Sponsors | R. Henderson, F. Steele, H. Collins, T. Couch, T. Edmonds, K. Hall, R. Nelson, M. Rader, K. Sinnette, A. Smith, J. Stewart III, W. Stone | 
| Summary of Original Version | Allow a local board of education in a district that missed 20 or more instructional days during the 2009-2010 school year to request the commissioner of education to waive the makeup of instructional days missed beyond 20 days, up to a maximum of 10 days, including waiver of makeup days beyond 20 days scheduled in the district's approved calendar; require the commissioner to approve the request; require all staff to make up waived days; identify activities to be used by staff to make up days. EMERGENCY. | 
| Index Headings of Original Version | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Waiver of instructional days, request for Effective Dates, Emergency - BR 1944 State Agencies - Commissioner of education, waiver of instructional days, request for Teachers - Waiver of instructional days, request for | 
| Proposed Amendments | House Floor Amendment 1 Senate Committee Substitute 1 Senate Committee Amendment 1 | 
| Votes | Vote History | 
| 02/23/10 | 
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| 02/24/10 | 
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| 03/04/10 | 
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| 03/16/10 | 
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| 03/18/10 | 
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| 03/22/10 | 
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| 03/24/10 | 
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| 03/25/10 | 
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| 03/26/10 | 
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| 03/29/10 | 
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| 04/01/10 | 
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| Amendment | House Floor Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | T. Edmonds | 
| Summary | Allow a local board that approved a school calendar for the 2009-2010 school year in which a school day exceeds six instructional hours and the school year exceeds 1,062 instructional hours to count any excess time toward the makeup of instructional days missed during the school year. | 
| Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Waiver of instructional days, request for Effective Dates, Emergency - BR 1944 State Agencies - Commissioner of education, waiver of instructional days, request for Teachers - Waiver of instructional days, request for | 
| Amendment | Senate Committee Substitute 1 | 
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| Summary | Retain original provisions; allow districts to make up missed time by lengthening the school day; allow districts to count excess time over 1,062 instructional hours toward the makeup of missed instructional days; provide that time made up by lengthening the school day shall not result in the loss of SEEK funds; specify how districts may calculate the adjusted average daily attendance for the 2009-2010 school year; add language to clarify how calculations are made when determining the percent change in average daily attendance used to calculate "growth" that is used for determining the 2010-2011 SEEK funding in each district; declare an EMERGENCY. | 
| Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Waiver of instructional days, request for Effective Dates, Emergency - BR 1944 State Agencies - Commissioner of education, waiver of instructional days, request for Teachers - Waiver of instructional days, request for | 
| Amendment | Senate Committee Amendment 1 | 
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| Sponsor | K. Winters | 
| Summary | Make title amendment. | 
| Index Headings | Education, Elementary and Secondary - Waiver of instructional days, request for Effective Dates, Emergency - BR 1944 State Agencies - Commissioner of education, waiver of instructional days, request for Teachers - Waiver of instructional days, request for | 
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