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House Journal: Page 931: Wednesday, March 25, 1998

20   of compensation from the district in which the
21   ambassador is regularly employed, a salary which is
22   equal to the amount of salary received by the person
23   during the previous would have received from the
24   district in the person's regular position during the
25   school year for which the person serves as ambassador,
26   or thirty thousand dollars, whichever amount is
27   greater.  The ambassador shall also be compensated for
28   actual expenses incurred as a result of the
29   performance of duties under this section.
30     The district which department shall grant funds in
31   an amount equal to the salary and benefits the person
32   selected as ambassador to education would have
33   received from the district, or thirty thousand
34   dollars, whichever amount is greater, to the school
35   district that employs the person selected as the
36   ambassador to education.  The department shall also
37   reimburse the school district for actual expenses
38   incurred as a result of the performance of duties
39   under this section.  The school district shall grant
40   the person a one-year sabbatical in order to allow the
41   person to be the ambassador to education, and during
42   the sabbatical, shall pay the salary and benefits of
43   the ambassador with funds granted by the department.
44   The person selected as the ambassador to education
45   shall be entitled to return to the person's same or a
46   comparable position without loss of accrued benefits
47   or seniority.
48     Sec. 6.  NEW SECTION.  256E.1  BEGINNING TEACHER
49   INDUCTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED - GRANTS.
50     If the general assembly appropriates moneys for

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 1   purposes of teacher induction, the department of
 2   education shall coordinate a beginning teacher
 3   induction program to promote excellence in teaching,
 4   to build a supportive environment within school
 5   districts, to increase the retention of promising
 6   beginning teachers, and to promote the personal and
 7   professional well-being of teachers.  The department
 8   of education shall develop a process for awarding
 9   beginning teacher induction grants to school
10   districts, and shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter
11   17A relating to the equitable distribution of grants
12   to school districts to reflect diversity
13   geographically and by population.
14     Sec. 7.  NEW SECTION.  256E.2  DEFINITIONS.
15     As used in this chapter, unless the context
16   otherwise requires:
17     1.  "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving
18   under an initial provisional or conditional license,
19   issued by the board of educational examiners under

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