Requires that any funds due to the landowner, whether such funds are in the possession of the court or are outstanding, shall be payable to the landowner or to the landowner's attorney, if such landowner is represented by counsel, within 30 days of a settlement or final determination in an eminent domain proceeding.
Requires local school boards to provide (i) a minimum of 680 hours of instructional time to students in elementary, except for students in half-day kindergarten, in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science and (ii) a minimum of 375 hours of instructional time to students in half-day kindergarten in the four academic disciplines of English, mathematics, science, and history and social science. The bill authorizes local school boards to include and requires the Board of Education to accept, elementary school, unstructured recreational time that is intended to develop teamwork, social skills, and overall physical fitness in any calculation of total instructional time or teaching hours. This bill is identical to
