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1 1 Amend the House amendment, S-3463, to Senate File
1 2 464, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate,
1 3 as follows:
1 4 #1. Page 8, line 26, by inserting after the figure
1 5 "256.44" the following: ", if 1999 Iowa Acts, House
1 6 File 766, is enacted."
1 7 #2. Page 9, lines 33 and 34, by striking the words
1 8 and figures ", if enacted by 1999 Iowa Acts, Senate
1 9 File 232".
1 10 #3. Page 11, line 17, by striking the figure
1 11 "675,000" and inserting the following: "735,000".
1 12 #4. Page 11, line 43, by striking the figure
1 13 "60,000" and inserting the following: "120,000".
1 14 #5. Page 23, by inserting after line 7 the
1 15 following:
1 16 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.1 DEFINITIONS.
1 17 As used in this chapter, unless the context
1 18 otherwise requires:
1 19 1. "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving
1 20 under an initial provisional or conditional license,
1 21 issued by the board of educational examiners under
1 22 chapter 272, who is assuming a position as a classroom
1 23 teacher.
1 24 2. "Board" means the board of directors of a
1 25 school district or a collaboration of boards of
1 26 directors of school districts.
1 27 3. "Classroom teacher" means an individual who
1 28 holds a valid practitioner's license and who is
1 29 employed under a teaching contract with a school
1 30 district or area education agency in this state to
1 31 provide classroom instruction to students.
1 32 4. "Department" means the department of education.
1 33 5. "Director" means the director of the department
1 34 of education.
1 35 6. "District facilitator" means a licensed
1 36 professional pursuant to chapter 272 who is appointed
1 37 by a board to serve as the liaison between the board
1 38 and the department for the beginning teacher induction
1 39 program.
1 40 7. "Mentor" means an individual employed by a
1 41 school district or area education agency as a
1 42 classroom teacher who holds a valid license to teach
1 43 issued under chapter 272. The individual must have a
1 44 record of four years of successful teaching practice,
1 45 must be employed as a classroom teacher on a
1 46 nonprobationary basis, and must demonstrate
1 47 professional commitment to the improvement of teaching
1 48 and learning, and the development of beginning
1 49 teachers.
1 50 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.2 BEGINNING TEACHER
2 1 INDUCTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED – GRANTS.
2 2 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for
2 3 purposes of teacher induction, the department of
2 4 education shall coordinate a beginning teacher
2 5 induction program to promote excellence in teaching,
2 6 build a supportive environment within school
2 7 districts, increase the retention of promising
2 8 beginning teachers, and promote the personal and
2 9 professional well-being of teachers.
2 10 2. The department shall adopt rules concerning the
2 11 grant application and award process, including
2 12 reasonable cost estimates for beginning teacher
2 13 induction programs. The department may disapprove a
2 14 plan submitted by a board if the plan does not meet
2 15 the minimum criteria set forth in section 256E.3,
2 16 subsection 2, or the plan exceeds the reasonable costs
2 17 as determined by the department. If the cost
2 18 estimates submitted by a board exceed reasonable cost
2 19 estimates as determined by the department, the
2 20 department shall work with the board to identify
2 21 measures for reducing plan costs. If the department
2 22 determines that moneys appropriated by the general
2 23 assembly are insufficient to meet the grant requests
2 24 for all approved beginning teacher induction program
2 25 plans, the department shall award grants based on the
2 26 geographic location and district population of the
2 27 school districts with approved plans. Grants may be
2 28 awarded in subsequent years based upon the most recent
2 29 plan on file with the department. It is the intent of
2 30 the general assembly that the department approve plans
2 31 that incorporate local innovation and take into
2 32 consideration local needs.
2 33 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.3 DISTRICT
2 34 FACILITATOR AND PLAN.
2 35 1. An area education agency shall prepare a model
2 36 beginning teacher induction program plan and shall
2 37 provide the model plan to each school district within
2 38 its area. The plan shall include a model evaluation
2 39 component by which a school district may measure the
2 40 effectiveness of its program. Any modifications to
2 41 the model plan shall be submitted to school districts
2 42 as soon as practical. A board that wishes to
2 43 participate in the program shall adopt a beginning
2 44 teacher induction program plan and written procedures
2 45 for the program, and may use, alter, or revise the
2 46 model plan provided by the area education agency at
2 47 the board's discretion.
2 48 2. A board that wishes to participate in the
2 49 beginning teacher induction program shall appoint a
2 50 district facilitator, whose duties shall include, but
3 1 are not limited to, overseeing the implementation of a
3 2 plan for meeting the goals of the program as set forth
3 3 in section 256E.2. The plan shall, at a minimum,
3 4 provide the process for the selection of and the
3 5 number of mentors; the mentor training process; the
3 6 timetable by which the plan shall be implemented;
3 7 placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the
3 8 minimum amount of contact time between mentors and
3 9 beginning teachers; the minimum amount of release time
3 10 for mentors and beginning teachers for meetings for
3 11 planning, demonstration, observation, feedback, and
3 12 workshops; the process for dissolving mentor and
3 13 beginning teacher partnerships; and the process for
3 14 measuring the results of the program.
3 15 3. The district facilitator shall submit the plan,
3 16 and the proposed costs of implementing the plan, to
3 17 the board, which shall consider the plan and, once
3 18 approved, submit the plan and a reasonable cost
3 19 proposal to the department of education.
3 20 4. The district facilitator is encouraged to work
3 21 with area education agencies and postsecondary
3 22 institutions in the preparation and implementation of
3 23 a plan.
3 24 5. The district facilitator shall place beginning
3 25 teachers participating in the program in a manner that
3 26 provides the greatest opportunity to work with the
3 27 largest number of mentors.
3 28 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.4 BEGINNING TEACHER
3 29 INDUCTION STATE SUBSIDY – FUND.
3 30 1. A mentor in a beginning teacher induction
3 31 program approved under this chapter shall be eligible
3 32 for an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at
3 33 a minimum, for participation in the program, which
3 34 shall be paid from moneys received pursuant to this
3 35 chapter by the school district.
3 36 2. Moneys received by a school district pursuant
3 37 to this chapter shall be expended to provide mentors
3 38 with awards in accordance with subsection 1, to
3 39 implement the plan, to provide for a stipend for the
3 40 district facilitator, and to pay any applicable costs
3 41 of the employer's share of contributions to federal
3 42 social security and the Iowa public employees'
3 43 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement
3 44 system established under chapter 294, for such amounts
3 45 paid by the district.
3 46 3. Moneys received by a school district under this
3 47 chapter are miscellaneous income for purposes of
3 48 chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. A school
3 49 district shall maintain a separate listing within its
3 50 budget for payments received and expenditures made
4 1 pursuant to this section.
4 2 4. A beginning teacher induction fund is
4 3 established in the office of the treasurer of state to
4 4 be administered by the department. Moneys
4 5 appropriated by the general assembly for deposit in
4 6 the fund shall be used to provide funding to school
4 7 districts pursuant to this section.
4 8 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.5 REPORTS.
4 9 The board implementing an approved beginning
4 10 teacher induction program as provided in this chapter
4 11 shall submit an assessment of the program's results by
4 12 July 1 of the fiscal year succeeding the year in which
4 13 the school district received moneys under this
4 14 chapter. The department shall annually report the
4 15 statewide results of the program to the chairpersons
4 16 and the ranking members of the senate and house
4 17 education committees by January 1."
4 18 #6. Page 31, by inserting after line 24 the
4 19 following:
4 20 "Sec. . EMERGENCY RULES. The department of
4 21 education may adopt emergency rules under section
4 22 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
4 23 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of Code
4 24 chapter 256E as enacted by this Act and the rules
4 25 shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a
4 26 later date is specified in the rules. Any rules
4 27 adopted in accordance with this section shall also be
4 28 published as a notice of intended action as provided
4 29 in section 17A.4."
4 30 #7. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
4 31 and correcting internal references as necessary.
4 32 SF 464S
4 33 kh/cc/26
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