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PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2366 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 1, by inserting after line 30 the 1 3 following: 1 4 "Sec. ___. NEW SECTION. 256.17 TEACHER 1 5 INTERNSHIP PROGRAM. 1 6 1. The state board of education shall establish 1 7 and implement a program approval process by July 1, 1 8 1999, for a teacher internship program. An internship 1 9 program shall, at a minimum, include the following: 1 10 a. A one-year teaching experience conducted in a 1 11 collaborating school district. 1 12 b. Application of best practices in diverse 1 13 settings and diverse student needs under the 1 14 mentorship of selected district teachers and 1 15 postsecondary personnel. 1 16 c. Seminars and special projects designed to meet 1 17 an intern's needs. 1 18 d. Support by master teachers. 1 19 e. Opportunity to complete coursework toward a 1 20 master's degree. 1 21 2. A school district shall be paid a state subsidy 1 22 in the amount of four thousand dollars for each intern 1 23 enrolled in an approved internship program, which may 1 24 in part be used to pay the cost of providing district 1 25 teachers as mentors. Not more than five percent of 1 26 the total district subsidy for an internship program 1 27 may be used for indirect costs. 1 28 3. A teacher internship fund is established in the 1 29 office of the treasurer of state to be administered by 1 30 the department. Moneys appropriated by the general 1 31 assembly for deposit in the fund shall be paid to 1 32 school districts pursuant to the requirements of this 1 33 section and shall be expended only to pay for the 1 34 costs of the program pursuant to this section, 1 35 including the costs of the employer's share of federal 1 36 social security and Iowa public employees' retirement 1 37 system contributions, or a pension and annuity 1 38 retirement system established under chapter 294, for 1 39 such amounts paid by the districts. 1 40 4. There is appropriated from the general fund of 1 41 the state to the department of education for the 1 42 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and each 1 43 succeeding fiscal year, the sum of one million five 1 44 hundred thousand dollars for purposes of the teacher 1 45 internship program." 1 46 #2. Page 16, by inserting after line 25 the 1 47 following: 1 48 "Sec. ___. Section 272.2, Code 1997, is amended by 1 49 adding the following new subsection: 1 50 NEW SUBSECTION. 16. In addition to the licensing 2 1 authority under subsection 1, establish a license for 2 2 practitioners who have completed an approved teacher 2 3 internship program as established pursuant to section 2 4 256.17." 2 5 #2. By renumbering, relettering, and redesignating 2 6 as necessary. 2 7 2 8 2 9 2 10 MIKE CONNOLLY 2 11 PATRICK J. DELUHERY 2 12 SF 2366.315 77 2 13 kh/cf/28
Text: S05094 Text: S05096 Text: S05000 - S05099 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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