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House Journal: Page 929: Wednesday, March 25, 1998

20   applicable to a school, a school board, or a school
21   district, although a frontier school may elect to
22   comply with one or more provisions of statute or rule.
23   However, the frontier school shall be organized and
24   operated as a nonprofit cooperative association under
25   chapter 498 or nonprofit corporation under chapter
26   504A; the provisions of chapters 21 and 22 shall apply
27   to meetings and records of the frontier school board;
28   and frontier schools are subject to and shall comply
29   with chapters 216 and 216A relating to civil and human
30   rights, and sections 275.55A, 279.9A, 280.17B,
31   280.21B, and 282.4, relating to suspension and
32   expulsion of a student.  The frontier school shall
33   employ or contract with necessary teachers, as defined
34   in section 272.1, who hold a valid license with an
35   endorsement for the type of service for which the
36   teacher is employed.  Frontier schools are subject to
37   the same financial audits, audit procedures, and audit
38   requirements as a school district.  The audits shall
39   be consistent with the requirements of sections 11.6,
40   11.14, 11.19, 256.9, subsection 19, and section
41   279.29, except to the extent deviations are necessary
42   because of the program at the school.  The department,
43   auditor of state, or the legislative fiscal bureau may
44   conduct financial, program, or compliance audits.  The
45   provisions of chapter 20 shall not apply to the board
46   of directors of a frontier school or its employees.
47     Sec. 4.  NEW SECTION.  256.44  NATIONAL BOARD
48   CERTIFICATION AWARD - APPROPRIATION.
49     1.  A teacher, as defined in section 272.1, who
50   registers for a national board for professional

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 1   teaching standards certificate and is employed by a
 2   school district in Iowa shall be eligible for a
 3   registration award as provided in subsection 2, and
 4   upon achievement of a national board for professional
 5   teaching standards certificate, is eligible for an
 6   annual award of ten thousand dollars for each year the
 7   certificate is valid as provided in this section.
 8     2.  To receive a partial registration award in the
 9   amount of one-half of the registration fee charged by
10   the national board for professional teaching
11   standards, the teacher shall apply to the department
12   of education within one year of registration,
13   submitting to the department any documentation the
14   department requires.  A teacher shall receive a final
15   registration award in the amount of the remaining
16   registration fee charged by the national board if the
17   teacher notifies the department of the teacher's
18   certification achievement and submits any
19   documentation requested by the department.

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