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House Journal: Page 239: Wednesday, February 1, 1995

 6     The general assembly finds that the fundamental
 7   unit of educational improvement is the individual
 8   community school.  The general assembly further finds
 9   that the success of Iowa's educational system has
10   resulted from the high degree of responsibility
11   provided to local districts with regard to educational
12   decisions affecting their students.  The purpose of
13   this chapter is to provide additional resources for
14   improvement at the school level, to provide
15   compensation for school instructional staff and school
16   service personnel for school improvement efforts, and
17   to provide Iowa's students and teachers with access to
18   computers and computer technology in their schools.
19     Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  295.2  DEFINITIONS.
20     1.  "School level instructional staff" means an
21   individual holding a practitioner's license issued
22   under chapter 272 by the board of educational
23   examiners, who is employed in a nonadministrative
24   position by a school district pursuant to a contract
25   issued by a board of directors under section 279.13;
26   an administrator as defined in section 272.1, who is
27   assigned to work at one or more school sites; an
28   educational aide as defined under rules of the
29   department of education; and an area education agency
30   special education staff member assigned to a classroom
31   teaching assignment in a school district.
32     2.  "School" means an attendance center within a
33   public school district under section 280.2.
34     3.  "School service personnel" means a person
35   holding a practitioner's license who provides support
36   services to a student enrolled in school or to
37   practitioners employed by a school.
38     Sec. 3.  NEW SECTION.  295.3  SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT
39   PLAN.
40     1.  A school district that uses funds for purposes
41   described in section 295.4, subsection 3, paragraphs
42   "g" through "i", shall develop a plan that shall be
43   for a four-year period and may include plans for the
44   entire district and individual schools within the
45   district.  Plans must be developed with involvement
46   from school level instructional staff and school
47   service personnel, parents, and representatives of the
48   school district community, and must set academic goals
49   for students as identified in the reports submitted
50   pursuant to section 280.18.  School-based building
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 1   plans shall be submitted to the board of directors of
 2   the district no later than May 1 of the preceding
 3   school year.  Plans shall indicate the additional
 4   instructional or noninstructional duties of school-
 5   level instructional staff and school service personnel
 6   performed beyond the regular instructional or

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