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SB 64 - Under the provisions of this act, the State Board of Education shall annually establish a range of dates during which local school districts may set their school opening date, provided that the date range shall not include any dates ten days prior to Labor Day. Each public school district shall select a start date within this range unless the local district follows the following procedure. A district may set an opening date that is up to seven calendar days prior to the earliest date in the range established by the state board provided that: the local board gives public notice of a public meeting to discuss the proposal of starting school on an earlier date; and a majority of the board votes to allow an earlier opening date at the public meeting. If the previous two conditions are met, the district may set their opening date up to seven calendar days prior to the earliest date in the range established by the state board. However, in no event shall a public school start more than 17 calendar days prior to the first Monday in September. Any local district that violates the provisions of this act shall be fined by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education an amount equal to one quarter of the state funding the district generated for each date the district was in violation of this act. The act does not apply to school districts in which school is in session for twelve months of each calendar year or for districts that the commissioner of education determines demonstrate highly extenuating circumstances which justify violating the provisions of this act. This act is similar to SB 1114 (2006). JIM ERTLE
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