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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.44, Code 1999, is amended by 1 2 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 1 3 following: 1 4 256.44 NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION PILOT PROJECT 1 5 APPROPRIATION. 1 6 1. A national board certification pilot project is 1 7 established to be administered by the department of education. 1 8 A teacher, as defined in section 272.1, who registered for 1 9 national board for professional teaching standards 1 10 certification by January 1, 1999, and is employed by a school 1 11 district in Iowa and receiving a salary as a classroom 1 12 teacher, shall be eligible for the following: 1 13 a. A reimbursement award in the amount of one thousand 1 14 dollars for the registration fee charged by the national board 1 15 for professional teaching standards. The teacher shall apply 1 16 to the department of education within one year of 1 17 registration, submitting to the department any documentation 1 18 the department requires. 1 19 b. An annual award in the amount of three thousand dollars 1 20 for up to fifteen years upon achieving certification by the 1 21 national board of professional teaching standards. A teacher 1 22 shall apply to the department for an award within one year of 1 23 eligibility. Payment for awards shall be made only upon 1 24 departmental approval of an application or recertification of 1 25 eligibility. A term of eligibility shall be for fifteen years 1 26 or for the years in which the individual maintains a valid 1 27 certificate, whichever time period is shorter. However, the 1 28 department shall award not more than forty-five thousand 1 29 dollars to an individual during the individual's term of 1 30 eligibility for annual awards. In order to continue receipt 1 31 of payments, a recipient shall annually recertify eligibility. 1 32 2. Reimbursement payments and annual awards shall be made 1 33 on a first-come, first-served basis and are subject to 1 34 sufficient funds being appropriated by the general assembly. 1 35 3. A teacher receiving an annual award pursuant to this 2 1 section shall provide additional services to the school 2 2 district that employs the teacher. Additional services may 2 3 include, but are not limited to, mentoring beginning teachers 2 4 and providing professional guidance and assistance to 2 5 ineffectual teachers. The additional services to be provided 2 6 by the teacher shall be mutually agreed upon by the school 2 7 district and the teacher. 2 8 4. A national board for professional teaching standards 2 9 certification fund is established in the office of treasurer 2 10 of state to be administered by the department. Moneys 2 11 appropriated by the general assembly for deposit in the fund 2 12 shall be paid as follows: 2 13 a. Upon receipt of reimbursement documentation as provided 2 14 in subsection 1, paragraph "a". 2 15 b. On April 15 to teachers whose applications and 2 16 recertifications for annual awards as provided in subsection 2 17 1, paragraph "b", are approved by the department. 2 18 The treasurer of state shall act as custodian of the fund 2 19 and may invest the moneys deposited in the fund. The director 2 20 of revenue and finance shall issue warrants upon the fund 2 21 pursuant to the order of the department and such warrants 2 22 shall be paid from the fund by the treasurer of state. 2 23 Notwithstanding section 8.33, unencumbered or unobligated 2 24 moneys remaining in the fund on June 30 of the fiscal year for 2 25 which the funds were appropriated shall not revert but shall 2 26 be available for subsequent fiscal years for the purposes of 2 27 this section. Notwithstanding section 12C.7, subsection 2, 2 28 interest or earnings on moneys deposited in the national board 2 29 for professional teaching standards certification fund shall 2 30 be credited to the fund. 2 31 5. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, a 2 32 teacher approved by the department to receive an annual award 2 33 for certification in accordance with this section in the 2 34 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, shall receive the annual 2 35 award amount specified in this section to commence with the 3 1 fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999. 3 2 EXPLANATION 3 3 This bill strikes from the Code the original national board 3 4 certification award provisions, and replaces those provisions 3 5 with language establishing a national board certification 3 6 pilot project to be administered by the department of 3 7 education. 3 8 Under the pilot project, a teacher, who registered by 3 9 January 1, 1999, for and achieves a national board certificate 3 10 and who is employed by a school district in Iowa, shall be 3 11 eligible for the following: 3 12 1. A reimbursement payment in the amount of $1,000 for the 3 13 registration fee charged by the national board. 3 14 2. An annual award in the amount of $3,000 once 3 15 certification is achieved. 3 16 The nonrenewable term of award eligibility is for 15 years 3 17 or while the certificate is valid, whichever time period is 3 18 shorter. However, the department is prohibited from awarding 3 19 an amount of more than $45,000 to any one individual during 3 20 the individual's term of eligibility for annual awards. 3 21 Reimbursement payments and annual awards shall be made on a 3 22 first-come, first-served basis subject to the availability of 3 23 appropriated funds. 3 24 A teacher receiving an annual award must provide additional 3 25 services to the school district of employment. Additional 3 26 services may include, but are not limited to, mentoring 3 27 beginning teachers and providing professional guidance and 3 28 assistance to ineffectual teachers. The school district and 3 29 the teacher must mutually agree upon the additional services 3 30 to be provided. 3 31 The bill establishes a national board for professional 3 32 teaching standards certification fund in the office of 3 33 treasurer of state to be administered by the department. 3 34 Moneys appropriated for the pilot project are to be deposited 3 35 in the fund, and the director of revenue and finance shall 4 1 issue warrants upon the fund based on the amounts of 4 2 reimbursement and award amounts determined by the department 4 3 of education. The treasurer of state pays the warrants from 4 4 the fund. The bill permits moneys in the fund to carry over 4 5 to be available for subsequent fiscal years for the purposes 4 6 of the pilot project. Interest or earnings on moneys 4 7 deposited in the fund shall be credited to the fund. 4 8 LSB 2089HV 78 4 9 kh/jw/5
Text: HF00689 Text: HF00691 Text: HF00600 - HF00699 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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