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H0625..........................................................by EDUCATION
STUDENTS - RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION - Amends existing law to accommodate
release time for religious or other purposes in school districts with
various class scheduling arrangements subject to the control of the board
of trustees.
02/05 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/06 Rpt prt - to Educ
02/17 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/18 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/20 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-0-5
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bell, Bieter, Bivens,
Black(15), Boe, Bruneel, Callister, Campbell, Chase, Clark, Crow,
Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes,
Gould, Hadley, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones(9), Jones(22), Jones(20),
Judd, Kellogg, Kempton, Kendell, Kjellander, Kunz, Lake, Linford,
Loertscher, Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mortensen,
Newcomb, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Richman, Ridinger, Robison,
Sali, Schaefer, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stubbs, Taylor, Tilman,
Tippets, Trail, Watson, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Black(23), Crane, Hansen, Henbest, Stone
Floor Sponsors - Bell, Stevenson
Title apvd - to Senate
02/23 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Educ
H0625|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-fourth Legislature Second Regular Session - 1998IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 625 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO RELEASE TIME FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION; AMENDING SECTION 33-519, 3 IDAHO CODE, TO ACCOMMODATE RELEASE TIME IN VARIOUS CLASS SCHEDULE ARRANGE- 4 MENTS. 5 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 6 SECTION 1. That Section 33-519, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 7 amended to read as follows: 8 33-519. RELEASE FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION. Upon application of his parent 9 or guardian, or, if the student has attained the age of eighteen (18) years, 10 upon application of the student, a student attending a public school in grades 11 nine (9) through twelve (12) may be excused from school for a period not 12 exceeding five (5) periods in any week and not exceedingone hundred13sixty-five (165)two hundred fifteen (215) hours per stu- 14 dent during any one (1) school year for religious or other purposes. Release 15 time pursuant to this section shall be scheduled by the board of trustees upon 16 application as provided herein and the board shall have reasonable discretion 17 over the scheduling and timing of the release time. Release time pursuant to 18 this section shall not reduce the minimum graduation requirements for accred- 19 ited Idaho high schools. The provisions of this section shall not be deemed to 20 authorize the use of any public school facility for religious instruction. The 21 board of trustees of a school district may not authorize the use of, and pub- 22 lic school facilities, personnel or equipment may not be utilized, to maintain 23 attendance records for the benefit of release time classes for religious 24 instruction. No credit shall be awarded by the school or school district for 25 completion of courses during release time for religious purposes. At the dis- 26 cretion of the board credit may be granted for other purposes.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 07508C2
This legislation allows necessary flexibility for school
districts to use a schedule of an eight-period rollover or
trimesters.
FISCAL NOTE
No fiscal impact.
CONTACT: Representative Maxine Bell
208-332-1000
Representative John Stevenson
208-332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/ FISCAL NOTE
Bill No. H625