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1 1 Amend House File 766 as follows:
1 2 #1. By striking everything after the enacting
1 3 clause and inserting the following:
1 4 "Section 1. Section 256.44, Code 1999, is amended
1 5 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
1 6 the following:
1 7 256.44 NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION PILOT PROJECT.
1 8 1. A national board certification pilot project is
1 9 established to be administered by the department of
1 10 education. A teacher, as defined in section 272.1,
1 11 who registers for or achieves national board for
1 12 professional teaching standards certification, and who
1 13 is employed by a school district in Iowa and receiving
1 14 a salary as a classroom teacher, may be eligible for
1 15 the following:
1 16 a. If a teacher registers for national board for
1 17 professional teaching standards certification prior to
1 18 June 30, 2002, a one-time initial reimbursement award
1 19 in the amount of up to one-half of the registration
1 20 fee paid by the teacher for registration for
1 21 certification by the national board for professional
1 22 teaching standards. The teacher shall apply to the
1 23 department of education within one year of
1 24 registration, submitting to the department any
1 25 documentation the department requires. A teacher who
1 26 receives an initial reimbursement award shall receive
1 27 a one-time final registration award in the amount of
1 28 the remaining national board registration fee paid by
1 29 the teacher if the teacher notifies the department of
1 30 the teacher's certification achievement and submits
1 31 any documentation requested by the department.
1 32 b. (1) If, by May 1, 2000, the teacher applies to
1 33 the department for an annual award and submits
1 34 documentation of certification by the national board
1 35 for professional teaching standards, an annual award
1 36 in the amount of five thousand dollars. However, if
1 37 the teacher does not achieve certification on the
1 38 teacher's first attempt to pass the national board for
1 39 professional teaching standards assessment, the
1 40 teacher shall be paid the award amount as provided in
1 41 subparagraph (2) upon achieving certification. The
1 42 department shall award not more than a total of fifty
1 43 thousand dollars in annual awards to an individual
1 44 during the individual's term of eligibility for annual
1 45 awards.
1 46 (2) If the teacher registers for national board
1 47 for professional teaching standards certification
1 48 between January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2002, and
1 49 achieves certification within three years from the
1 50 date of initial score notification, an annual award in
2 1 the amount of two thousand five dollars upon achieving
2 2 certification by the national board of professional
2 3 teaching standards.
2 4 To receive an annual award pursuant to this
2 5 paragraph "b", a teacher shall apply to the department
2 6 for an award within one year of eligibility. Payment
2 7 for awards shall be made only upon departmental
2 8 approval of an application or recertification of
2 9 eligibility. A term of eligibility shall be for ten
2 10 years or for the years in which the individual
2 11 maintains a valid certificate, whichever time period
2 12 is shorter. In order to continue receipt of payments,
2 13 a recipient shall annually recertify eligibility.
2 14 2. a. If the amount appropriated annually for
2 15 purposes of this section is insufficient to pay the
2 16 full amount of reimbursement awards in accordance with
2 17 subsection 1, paragraph "a", the department shall
2 18 annually prorate the amount of the registration awards
2 19 provided to each teacher who meets the requirements of
2 20 this section.
2 21 b. If the amount appropriated annually for
2 22 purposes of providing an annual award in accordance
2 23 with subsection 1, paragraph "b", is insufficient to
2 24 pay the full annual award to all teachers approved by
2 25 the department for an annual award, the department
2 26 shall prorate the amount of the annual award based
2 27 upon the amount appropriated.
2 28 3. A teacher receiving an annual award pursuant to
2 29 this section may provide additional services to the
2 30 school district that employs the teacher. The
2 31 additional services to be provided by the teacher may
2 32 be mutually agreed upon by the school district and the
2 33 teacher.
2 34 4. Awards shall be paid to teachers by the
2 35 department as follows:
2 36 a. Upon receipt of reimbursement documentation as
2 37 provided in subsection 1, paragraph "a".
2 38 b. Not later than June 1 to teachers whose
2 39 applications and recertifications for annual awards as
2 40 provided in subsection 1, paragraph "b", are submitted
2 41 to the department by May 1 and subsequently approved.
2 42 5. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary,
2 43 a teacher approved by the department to receive an
2 44 annual award for certification in accordance with this
2 45 section in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998,
2 46 shall receive the annual award amount specified in
2 47 subsection 1, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), to
2 48 commence with the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999.
2 49 6. From funds appropriated for purposes of this
2 50 section by the general assembly to the department of
3 1 education for each fiscal year in the fiscal period
3 2 beginning July 1, 1999, and ending June 30, 2004,
3 3 three hundred thousand dollars, or so much thereof as
3 4 may be necessary, shall be used for the payment of
3 5 registration awards as provided in subsection 4,
3 6 paragraph "a".
3 7 7. The department shall prorate the amount of the
3 8 annual awards paid in accordance with this section
3 9 when the number of award recipients exceeds one
3 10 thousand one hundred individuals.
3 11 Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION STUDIES. The
3 12 department of education shall conduct a study of the
3 13 effects of the national board certification pilot
3 14 project established in section 256.44 on teaching
3 15 quality, professional development, the provision of
3 16 additional services to school districts in accordance
3 17 with section 256.44, subsection 3, and teacher
3 18 induction and retention in this state. The department
3 19 shall consider whether the effects of the pilot
3 20 project support continuation of the project or
3 21 expansion to include other teacher awards or
3 22 recognitions. The department shall submit its
3 23 findings and recommendations in a report to the
3 24 chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and
3 25 house standing committees on education and the joint
3 26 subcommittee on education appropriations by December
3 27 1, 2001.
3 28 Sec. 3. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of
3 29 education may adopt emergency rules under section
3 30 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
3 31 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of this Act
3 32 and the rules shall be effective immediately upon
3 33 filing unless a later date is specified in the rules.
3 34 Any rules adopted in accordance with this section
3 35 shall also be published as a notice of intended action
3 36 as provided in section 17A.4."
3 37
3 38
3 39
3 40 GRUNDBERG of Polk
3 41 HF 766.303 78
3 42 kh/cf
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