HF 2312 (LSB 5465HV (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE 2312

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2034)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to permissible uses of supplemental aid for professional development paid to school districts and area education agencies under the state school foundation program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2016, is amended to read as follows:
   8.  For each year in which a school district receives funds calculated and paid to school districts for professional development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10, or section 257.37A, subsection 2, the school district shall create quality professional development opportunities. Not less than thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation time or designated professional development time to allow practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1. The funds may be used to implement the professional development provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles specified in section 284.7 or 284.15, including but not limited to providing professional development to teachers, including additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated agreement; pay for substitute teachers,; professional development materials, speakers, and professional development content; textbooks and curriculum materials used for classroom purposes, if purchase of such textbooks and curriculum materials includes professional development; and costs associated with implementing the individual professional development plans. The use of the funds shall be balanced between school district, attendance center, and individual professional development plans, making every reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill expands the list of purposes for which school districts and area education agencies may expend funds that are calculated and paid to school districts and area education agencies as supplemental aid for professional development under the state school foundation program.
   Currently, the funds received must be used to implement the professional development provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles specified in Code sections 284.7 and 284.15. To the list of permissible professional development expenditures currently in statute, the bill adds textbooks and curriculum materials used for classroom purposes, if purchase of such textbooks and curriculum materials includes professional development.