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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 295.1 INTENT.
1 2 It is in the public interest to develop and fund classrooms
1 3 within the public school system of the state of Iowa to ensure
1 4 that school children, teachers, and administrators are
1 5 equipped and prepared to excel in the twenty-first century.
1 6 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 295.2 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
1 7 TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND.
1 8 1. A school improvement and technology assistance trust
1 9 fund is created in the office of the treasurer of state under
1 10 the control of the department of education. There is
1 11 appropriated to the school improvement and technology
1 12 assistance trust fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 13 1995, and ending June 30, 1996, the sum of fifteen million
1 14 dollars from the general fund of the state.
1 15 2. The payment to a school district or area education
1 16 agency for a fiscal year shall be equivalent proportionately
1 17 to the allocation that school districts or area education
1 18 agencies would receive under phase III pursuant to section
1 19 294A.14 for that year. Of the moneys appropriated for the
1 20 fiscal year in subsection 1, the amount of twelve thousand
1 21 dollars shall be paid to the state board of regents for
1 22 distribution to the Iowa braille and sight saving school and
1 23 the state school for the deaf based upon the average student
1 24 yearly enrollment at each school as determined by the state
1 25 board of regents. The department of education shall notify
1 26 the department of revenue and finance of the amount to be paid
1 27 to each school district and area education agency. Payments
1 28 shall be made on a monthly basis commencing on October 15 and
1 29 ending June 15 of each fiscal year, taking into consideration
1 30 the relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
1 31 3. Any moneys received under this chapter, and any
1 32 interest accrued on the moneys, shall not be commingled with
1 33 state aid payments made, under sections 257.16 and 257.35, to
1 34 a school district or area education agency and shall be
1 35 accounted for by the school district and area education agency
2 1 separately from state aid payments. The Iowa braille and
2 2 sight saving school and the state school for the deaf shall
2 3 maintain a separate account for moneys received under this
2 4 chapter and any interest accrued on the moneys.
2 5 4. Payments made to school districts and area education
2 6 agencies under this chapter are miscellaneous income for
2 7 purposes of chapter 257. Each district and area education
2 8 agency shall maintain a separate listing within their budgets
2 9 for payments received and expenditures made pursuant to this
2 10 chapter.
2 11 5. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or other income
2 12 earned by the fund shall remain in the school improvement and
2 13 technology assistance trust fund and used for the purposes of
2 14 the fund.
2 15 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 295.3 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
2 16 TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEES &endash; PLAN.
2 17 The board of directors of a school district, the Iowa
2 18 braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
2 19 deaf, and the board of directors of an area education agency
2 20 shall each establish a school improvement and technology
2 21 committee to develop a school improvement and technology plan
2 22 that includes an evaluation component. The evaluation
2 23 component shall be designed to measure the district's and the
2 24 agency's progress toward meeting its school improvement and
2 25 technology goals. The plan shall support and focus on the
2 26 improvement of student achievement and the attainment of
2 27 student achievement goals under sections 280.12 and 280.18.
2 28 The school improvement and technology plan shall be included
2 29 in the plan submitted by a district to the department of
2 30 education under section 280.18. Each committee shall be made
2 31 up of an equal number of administrators and instructional or
2 32 support staff.
2 33 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 295.4 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
2 34 TECHNOLOGY EXPENDITURES.
2 35 1. Funds received under this chapter by a school district,
3 1 the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state school for
3 2 the deaf, or area education agency shall be expended for one
3 3 or more of the following purposes:
3 4 a. To provide additional time for activities and
3 5 responsibilities that are part of the school improvement and
3 6 technology plan approved by a school district, the Iowa
3 7 braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
3 8 deaf, or an area education agency and are in addition to the
3 9 regular activities and duties of the school district, the Iowa
3 10 braille and sight saving school, the state school for the
3 11 deaf, and its instructional staff or of the agency and its
3 12 school service personnel.
3 13 b. To provide for the costs of substitute instructional
3 14 staff to permit the regular instructional staff to engage in
3 15 planning or staff development activities that are part of the
3 16 school improvement and technology plan.
3 17 c. To provide for the costs associated with specialized or
3 18 general staff development that are part of the school
3 19 improvement and technology plan.
3 20 d. To purchase or lease telephone equipment, computers,
3 21 computer networks, computer programs, computer software,
3 22 computer systems, and for computer services as defined in
3 23 section 716A.1.
3 24 e. For maintaining purchases listed under this section.
3 25 f. The costs of establishing an electronic classroom, or
3 26 purchasing or leasing satellite equipment, receiving
3 27 equipment, studio and production equipment, and other
3 28 associated equipment.
3 29 g. The costs of purchasing or leasing audio, video, or
3 30 audiovisual machines, machinery, or equipment.
3 31 h. For instructional materials related to technology.
3 32 2. The education telecommunications council, created in
3 33 section 8D.5, shall recommend appropriate standards for the
3 34 educational technology to be purchased or leased under this
3 35 section. These technology standards shall ensure that
4 1 technology and infrastructure procured by school districts,
4 2 the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the state school for
4 3 the deaf, and area education agencies are compatible, uniform,
4 4 and interconnective.
4 5 EXPLANATION
4 6 This bill directs each school district and area education
4 7 agency, the Iowa braille and sight saving school, and the
4 8 state school for the deaf to establish a school improvement
4 9 and technology plan with an assessment component. The bill
4 10 creates a school improvement and technology assistance trust
4 11 fund and provides for an appropriation to the trust fund to
4 12 fund school improvement activities, staffing, and technology
4 13 relating to implementation of the school improvement and
4 14 technology plans.
4 15 Intent provided in the bill provides that it is in the
4 16 public interest to develop and fund classrooms within the
4 17 public school system to ensure that Iowa's school children,
4 18 teachers, and administrators are equipped and prepared to
4 19 excel in the 21st century.
4 20 The board of directors of a school district and the board
4 21 of directors of an area education agency, the Iowa braille and
4 22 sight saving school, and the state school for the deaf shall
4 23 each establish a school improvement and technology committee,
4 24 consisting of equal numbers of administrators and
4 25 instructional or support staff, to develop a school
4 26 improvement and technology plan that supports and focuses on
4 27 the improvement of student achievement and the attainment of
4 28 student achievement goals under sections 280.12 and 280.18.
4 29 Funds received by a school district, area education agency,
4 30 the Iowa braille and sight saving school, and the state school
4 31 for the deaf, under the bill shall be expended for one or more
4 32 of the following purposes approved under a school improvement
4 33 and technology plan: to provide additional time for
4 34 activities and responsibilities that are in addition to
4 35 regular activities and duties; to provide for the costs of
5 1 substitute instructional staff to permit regular instructional
5 2 staff to engage in planning or staff development activities;
5 3 to provide for specialized or general training costs; to
5 4 purchase or lease telephone equipment, computers, computer
5 5 networks, computer programs, computer software, computer
5 6 systems, and for computer services as defined in section
5 7 716A.1; for maintaining purchases listed in the bill; for
5 8 establishing an electronic classroom, or purchasing or leasing
5 9 satellite equipment, receiving equipment, studio and
5 10 production equipment, and other associated equipment; for
5 11 purchasing or leasing audio, video, or audiovisual machines,
5 12 machinery, or equipment; and for instructional materials
5 13 related to technology.
5 14 The education telecommunications council is directed to
5 15 recommend standards for the technology purchased pursuant to
5 16 the bill to ensure compatibility and uniformity.
5 17 The bill provides an appropriation of $15 million for FY
5 18 1995-1996 from the general fund of the state to the department
5 19 of education to be used for the school improvement and
5 20 technology program. Of the moneys appropriated, $12,000 is
5 21 allocated to the state board of regents to be distributed to
5 22 the Iowa braille and sight saving school and to the state
5 23 school for the deaf for purposes of the school improvement and
5 24 technology program. Payment to a school district or area
5 25 education agency for a fiscal year shall be equivalent
5 26 proportionately to the allocation that school districts or
5 27 area education agencies would receive under phase III pursuant
5 28 to section 294A.14 for that year.
5 29 LSB 2630SV 76
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