Senator SENN proposed the following amendment (419R043.SP.SS):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, page 59, SECTION 42, by striking lines 15-28 and inserting:

/ "Section 59-5-63. (A)(1) The State Board of Education shall promulgate regulations directing adopt and revise, as necessary, a policy that each local school board must use to develop and implement a plan that directs the principal of each elementary school having grades one kindergarten through six the fifth grade to provide at least thirty minutes of duty-free time on each regular school day to all full-time teachers who are assigned to a classroom. In addition to elementary schools, a principal shall provide to any teacher who is responsible for instructing a student who is removed from the general education setting for more than forty percent of the day at least thirty minutes of duty-free time on each regular school day to develop and implement a plan which shall equitably apportion lunchroom duty among the teachers so that each teacher has as many duty free lunch periods as may be reasonable in order to insure the safety and welfare of students and staff. The implementation of the plan shall not impose additional costs on the school districts. The regulations shall direct that the plan be in effect for the 1984 85 school year. /