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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 294B.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE –
1 2 ADOPTION OF RULES.
1 3 The purpose of this chapter is to provide meritorious
1 4 recognition to highly skilled teachers and administrators.
1 5 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 294B.2 DEFINITIONS.
1 6 As used in this chapter:
1 7 1. "Administrator" means an individual holding an
1 8 administrative license or certification issued under chapter
1 9 272 who is employed full-time in an administrative position by
1 10 a public school district pursuant to a contract issued by a
1 11 board of directors under section 279.23.
1 12 2. "Teacher" means an individual holding a practitioner's
1 13 license issued under chapter 272, or a letter of authorization
1 14 or statement of professional recognition issued by the board
1 15 of educational examiners, who is employed full-time in a
1 16 nonadministrative position by an accredited public school
1 17 district pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors
1 18 under section 279.13.
1 19 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 294B.3 MERITORIOUS RECOGNITION
1 20 AWARD PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.
1 21 If the general assembly appropriates moneys for the
1 22 establishment and ongoing administration of a meritorious
1 23 recognition award program for teachers and administrators, the
1 24 department of education shall establish and implement the
1 25 program. The state board of education shall adopt rules
1 26 pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this chapter. A teacher
1 27 or administrator who has completed two years of service in
1 28 Iowa under contract as provided in section 294B.2 shall be
1 29 qualified to receive a five-year meritorious award of five
1 30 thousand dollars annually. The department shall determine
1 31 additional criteria for the program that includes, but is not
1 32 limited to, areas of professional responsibilities, classroom
1 33 or school environment, and effective practices. The
1 34 application and approval process shall include, but is not
1 35 limited to, verification of achievements, employment, and
2 1 certification at the local level with the submission of
2 2 artifacts and demonstrated competence in the areas included
2 3 within the criteria developed by the department. A state
2 4 review shall include, at a minimum, a review by trained
2 5 panelists, who may be teachers, administrators, postsecondary
2 6 staff, and members of professional organizations; and on-site
2 7 visits or personal interviews to the highest scoring
2 8 applicants. Not more than six thousand teachers and three
2 9 hundred sixty administrators shall be granted awards in a
2 10 single given year.
2 11 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 294B.4 MERITORIOUS AWARD FUND.
2 12 A meritorious award fund is established in the office of
2 13 the treasurer of state to be administered by the department of
2 14 education. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly for
2 15 deposit in the fund shall be paid to school districts pursuant
2 16 to this chapter and shall be expended only to grant
2 17 meritorious awards to teachers and administrators approved by
2 18 the department of education to receive the meritorious awards,
2 19 and to pay the costs of the employer's share of federal social
2 20 security and the Iowa public employees' retirement system for
2 21 such an award.
2 22 Sec. 5. MERITORIOUS AWARDS, INITIAL FISCAL YEAR 1998-1999.
2 23 Notwithstanding section 294B.3, for the fiscal year beginning
2 24 July 1, 1998, and ending June 30, 1999, not more than one
2 25 thousand five hundred teachers and sixty administrators shall
2 26 be granted awards in that year.
2 27 EXPLANATION
2 28 This bill, subject to appropriations by the general
2 29 assembly, establishes a meritorious recognition award program
2 30 and fund for teachers and administrators within or
2 31 administered by the department of education, but restricts the
2 32 number of teachers and administrators who may receive the
2 33 award in its initial year. To qualify for the five-year,
2 34 $5,000 per year award, a teacher or administrator must have
2 35 completed two years of service in Iowa. The department is
3 1 authorized to determine additional criteria for the program.
3 2 The program includes provisions for a state review by trained
3 3 panelists and on-site visits or personal interviews to the
3 4 highest scoring applicants.
3 5 LSB 4207HC 77
3 6 kh/jl/8
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