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House Journal: Page 235: Wednesday, February 1, 1995

 5   IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.
 6     The general assembly finds that the fundamental
 7   unit of educational improvement is the individual
 8   schools in each community.  The general assembly
 9   further finds that the success of Iowa's educational
10   system has resulted from the high degree of
11   responsibility provided to local districts with regard
12   to educational decisions affecting their students.
13   The purpose of this chapter is to provide additional
14   resources for improvement at the school level,
15   particularly to provide compensation for school
16   instructional staff and school service personnel for
17   school improvement efforts.
18     Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  295.2  DEFINITIONS.
19     1.  "School level instructional staff" means an
20   individual holding a practitioner's license issued
21   under chapter 272 by the board of educational
22   examiners, who is employed in a nonadministrative
23   position by a school district pursuant to a contract
24   issued by a board of directors under section 279.13;
25   an administrator as defined in section 272.1, who is
26   assigned to work at one or more school sites; an
27   educational aide as defined under rules of the
28   department of education; and an area education agency
29   special education staff member assigned to a classroom
30   teaching assignment in a school district.
31     2.  "School" means an attendance center within a
32   public school district under section 280.2.
33     3.  "School service personnel" means a person
34   holding a practitioner's license who provides support
35   services to a student enrolled in school or to
36   practitioners employed by a school.
37     Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  295.3  SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
38   PLAN.
39     1.  A plan developed under this section shall be
40   for a four-year period and may include plans for the
41   entire district and individual schools within the
42   district.  Plans must be developed with involvement
43   from school-level instructional staff and school
44   service personnel, parents, and representatives of the
45   school district community, and must set academic goals
46   for students as identified in the reports submitted
47   pursuant to section 280.18.  School-based building
48   plans shall be submitted to the board of directors of
49   the district no later than May 1 of the preceding
50   school year.  Plans shall indicate the additional
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 1   instructional or noninstructional duties of school-
 2   level instructional staff and school service personnel
 3   performed beyond the regular instructional or
 4   noninstructional duties for compensation pursuant to

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