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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 295.1 INTENT.
1 2 It is in the public interest to develop, fund, and
1 3 encourage classrooms within the public school system of the
1 4 state of Iowa to ensure that school children, teachers, and
1 5 administrators are equipped and prepared to excel in the
1 6 twenty-first century.
1 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 295.2 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
1 8 TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE TRUST FUND.
1 9 1. A school improvement and technology assistance trust
1 10 fund is created in the office of the treasurer of state under
1 11 the control of the department of education. There is
1 12 appropriated to the technology assistance trust fund for the
1 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1995, and ending June 30, 1996,
1 14 the sum of fifteen million dollars from the general fund of
1 15 the state. There is appropriated to the technology assistance
1 16 trust fund for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1996, and
1 17 ending June 30, 1997, the sum of fifteen million dollars from
1 18 the general fund of the state.
1 19 2. The payment to a school district or area education
1 20 agency for a fiscal year for a plan submitted under section
1 21 295.3 shall be equivalent proportionately to the payments made
1 22 to school districts or area education agencies for phase III
1 23 pursuant to section 294A.14 for that year.
1 24 3. Any moneys received under this chapter, and any
1 25 interest accrued on the moneys, shall not be commingled with
1 26 state aid payments made, under sections 257.16 and 257.35, to
1 27 a school district or area education agency and shall be
1 28 accounted for by the school district and area education agency
1 29 separately from state aid payments.
1 30 4. Payments made to school districts and area education
1 31 agencies under this chapter are miscellaneous income for
1 32 purposes of chapter 257. Each district and area education
1 33 agency shall maintain a separate listing within their budgets
1 34 for payments received and expenditures made pursuant to this
1 35 chapter.
2 1 5. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, interest or other income
2 2 earned by the fund shall remain in the school improvement and
2 3 technology assistance trust fund and used for the purposes of
2 4 the fund.
2 5 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 295.3 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
2 6 TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEES &endash; PLAN.
2 7 The board of directors of a school district and the board
2 8 of directors of an area education agency shall each establish
2 9 a school improvement and technology committee to develop a
2 10 school improvement and technology plan that includes an
2 11 evaluation component. The evaluation component shall be
2 12 designed to measure the district's and the agency's progress
2 13 toward meeting its school improvement and technology goals.
2 14 The plan shall support and focus on the improvement of student
2 15 achievement and the attainment of student achievement goals
2 16 under sections 280.12 and 280.18. Each committee shall be
2 17 made up of an equal number of administrators and instructional
2 18 or support staff. If the school district or area education
2 19 agency is organized for collective bargaining purposes, the
2 20 certified bargaining representative for the licensed employees
2 21 shall appoint the members of the committee which represent the
2 22 instructional or support staff.
2 23 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 295.4 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT AND
2 24 TECHNOLOGY EXPENDITURES.
2 25 1. Funds received under this chapter by a school district
2 26 or area education agency shall be expended for one or more of
2 27 the following purposes:
2 28 a. To provide additional time for activities and
2 29 responsibilities that are part of the school improvement and
2 30 technology plan approved by a school district or an area
2 31 education agency and are in addition to the regular activities
2 32 and duties of the school district and its instructional staff
2 33 or of the agency and its school service personnel.
2 34 b. To provide for the costs of substitute instructional
2 35 staff to permit the regular instructional staff to engage in
3 1 planning or staff development activities that are part of the
3 2 school improvement and technology plan.
3 3 c. To provide for the costs associated with specialized or
3 4 general staff development that are part of the school
3 5 improvement and technology plan.
3 6 d. To purchase or lease telephone equipment, computers,
3 7 computer networks, computer programs, computer software,
3 8 computer systems, and for computer services as defined in
3 9 section 716A.1.
3 10 e. For maintaining purchases listed under this section.
3 11 f. The costs of establishing an electronic classroom, or
3 12 purchasing or leasing satellite equipment, receiving
3 13 equipment, studio and production equipment, and other
3 14 associated equipment.
3 15 g. The costs of purchasing or leasing audio, video, or
3 16 audiovisual machines, machinery, or equipment.
3 17 2. Not less than ten percent of the moneys received under
3 18 this chapter shall be used by a district or agency for
3 19 training or staff development in the use of equipment or
3 20 software purchased or leased under this section.
3 21 3. The education telecommunications council, created in
3 22 section 8D.5, shall recommend appropriate standards for the
3 23 educational technology to be purchased or leased under this
3 24 section. These technology standards shall ensure that
3 25 technology and infrastructure procured by school districts and
3 26 area education agencies are compatible, uniform, and
3 27 interconnective.
3 28 EXPLANATION
3 29 This bill directs each school district and area education
3 30 agency to establish a school improvement and technology plan
3 31 to be submitted annually to the department of education for
3 32 audit and examination. The bill creates a school improvement
3 33 and technology assistance trust fund and provides for a two-
3 34 year appropriation to the trust fund to fund school
3 35 improvement activities, staffing, and technology relating to
4 1 implementation of the school improvement and technology plans.
4 2 The intent of the general assembly, as provided in the
4 3 bill, is to provide additional resources for improvement at
4 4 the school level, which includes providing compensation for
4 5 school district instructional staff and area education agency
4 6 support staff for school improvement efforts, and access by
4 7 Iowa's school districts and area education agencies to
4 8 computers, computer technology, and technology consultation
4 9 and staff development.
4 10 The board of directors of a school district and the board
4 11 of directors of an area education agency shall each establish
4 12 a school improvement and technology committee, consisting of
4 13 equal numbers of administrators and instructional or support
4 14 staff, to develop a school improvement and technology plan
4 15 that supports and focuses on the improvement of student
4 16 achievement and the attainment of student achievement goals
4 17 under sections 280.12 and 280.18.
4 18 Funds received by a school district or area education
4 19 agency under the bill shall be expended for one or more of the
4 20 following purposes approved under a school improvement and
4 21 technology plan: for activities and responsibilities that are
4 22 in addition to regular activities and duties; to provide for
4 23 the costs of substitute instructional staff to permit regular
4 24 instructional staff to engage in planning or training
4 25 activities; to provide for specialized or general training
4 26 costs; for staff development activities; to purchase or lease
4 27 telephone equipment, computers, computer networks, computer
4 28 programs, computer software, computer systems, and for
4 29 computer services as defined in section 716A.1; for
4 30 maintaining purchases listed in the bill; for establishing an
4 31 electronic classroom, or purchasing or leasing satellite
4 32 equipment, receiving equipment, studio and production
4 33 equipment, and other associated equipment; for purchasing or
4 34 leasing audio, visual, or audiovisual machines, machinery, or
4 35 equipment; and for training or staff development in the use of
5 1 equipment or software purchased or leased.
5 2 The education telecommunications council is directed to
5 3 develop standards for the technology purchased pursuant to the
5 4 bill to ensure compatibility and uniformity. A district or
5 5 area education agency that receives school improvement and
5 6 technology moneys must complete and submit to the department
5 7 an assessment instrument.
5 8 The bill provides appropriations of $15 million for FY
5 9 1995-1996, and for FY 1996-1997, from the general fund of the
5 10 state to the department of education to be used for the school
5 11 improvement and technology program. Payment to a school
5 12 district or area education agency for a fiscal year for a plan
5 13 annually submitted to the department shall be equivalent
5 14 proportionately to the amount of the payment made to that
5 15 school district or area education agency for phase III
5 16 pursuant to section 294A.14 for that year.
5 17 LSB 2630XC 76
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