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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 9, lines 33 and 34, by striking the words
1 5 and figures ", if enacted by 1999 Iowa Acts, Senate
1 6 File 232".
1 7 #2. Page 23, by inserting after line 7 the
1 8 following:
1 9 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.1 DEFINITIONS.
1 10 As used in this chapter, unless the context
1 11 otherwise requires:
1 12 1. "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving
1 13 under an initial provisional or conditional license,
1 14 issued by the board of educational examiners under
1 15 chapter 272, who is assuming a position as a classroom
1 16 teacher.
1 17 2. "Board" means the board of directors of a
1 18 school district or a collaboration of boards of
1 19 directors of school districts.
1 20 3. "Classroom teacher" means an individual who
1 21 holds a valid practitioner's license and who is
1 22 employed under a teaching contract with a school
1 23 district or area education agency in this state to
1 24 provide classroom instruction to students.
1 25 4. "Department" means the department of education.
1 26 5. "Director" means the director of the department
1 27 of education.
1 28 6. "District facilitator" means a licensed
1 29 professional pursuant to chapter 272 who is appointed
1 30 by a board to serve as the liaison between the board
1 31 and the department for the beginning teacher induction
1 32 program.
1 33 7. "Mentor" means an individual employed by a
1 34 school district or area education agency as a
1 35 classroom teacher who holds a valid license to teach
1 36 issued under chapter 272. The individual must have a
1 37 record of four years of successful teaching practice,
1 38 must be employed as a classroom teacher on a
1 39 nonprobationary basis, and must demonstrate
1 40 professional commitment to the improvement of teaching
1 41 and learning, and the development of beginning
1 42 teachers.
1 43 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.2 BEGINNING TEACHER
1 44 INDUCTION PROGRAM ESTABLISHED – GRANTS.
1 45 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for
1 46 purposes of teacher induction, the department of
1 47 education shall coordinate a beginning teacher
1 48 induction program to promote excellence in teaching,
1 49 build a supportive environment within school
1 50 districts, increase the retention of promising
2 1 beginning teachers, and promote the personal and
2 2 professional well-being of teachers.
2 3 2. The department shall adopt rules concerning the
2 4 grant application and award process, including
2 5 reasonable cost estimates for beginning teacher
2 6 induction programs. The department may disapprove a
2 7 plan submitted by a board if the plan does not meet
2 8 the minimum criteria set forth in section 256E.3,
2 9 subsection 2, or the plan exceeds the reasonable costs
2 10 as determined by the department. If the cost
2 11 estimates submitted by a board exceed reasonable cost
2 12 estimates as determined by the department, the
2 13 department shall work with the board to identify
2 14 measures for reducing plan costs. If the department
2 15 determines that moneys appropriated by the general
2 16 assembly are insufficient to meet the grant requests
2 17 for all approved beginning teacher induction program
2 18 plans, the department shall award grants based on the
2 19 geographic location and district population of the
2 20 school districts with approved plans. Grants may be
2 21 awarded in subsequent years based upon the most recent
2 22 plan on file with the department. It is the intent of
2 23 the general assembly that the department approve plans
2 24 that incorporate local innovation and take into
2 25 consideration local needs.
2 26 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.3 DISTRICT
2 27 FACILITATOR AND PLAN.
2 28 1. An area education agency shall prepare a model
2 29 beginning teacher induction program plan and shall
2 30 provide the model plan to each school district within
2 31 its area. The plan shall include a model evaluation
2 32 component by which a school district may measure the
2 33 effectiveness of its program. Any modifications to
2 34 the model plan shall be submitted to school districts
2 35 as soon as practical. A board that wishes to
2 36 participate in the program shall adopt a beginning
2 37 teacher induction program plan and written procedures
2 38 for the program, and may use, alter, or revise the
2 39 model plan provided by the area education agency at
2 40 the board's discretion.
2 41 2. A board that wishes to participate in the
2 42 beginning teacher induction program shall appoint a
2 43 district facilitator, whose duties shall include, but
2 44 are not limited to, overseeing the implementation of a
2 45 plan for meeting the goals of the program as set forth
2 46 in section 256E.2. The plan shall, at a minimum,
2 47 provide the process for the selection of and the
2 48 number of mentors; the mentor training process; the
2 49 timetable by which the plan shall be implemented;
2 50 placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the
3 1 minimum amount of contact time between mentors and
3 2 beginning teachers; the minimum amount of release time
3 3 for mentors and beginning teachers for meetings for
3 4 planning, demonstration, observation, feedback, and
3 5 workshops; the process for dissolving mentor and
3 6 beginning teacher partnerships; and the process for
3 7 measuring the results of the program.
3 8 3. The district facilitator shall submit the plan,
3 9 and the proposed costs of implementing the plan, to
3 10 the board, which shall consider the plan and, once
3 11 approved, submit the plan and a reasonable cost
3 12 proposal to the department of education.
3 13 4. The district facilitator is encouraged to work
3 14 with area education agencies and postsecondary
3 15 institutions in the preparation and implementation of
3 16 a plan.
3 17 5. The district facilitator shall place beginning
3 18 teachers participating in the program in a manner that
3 19 provides the greatest opportunity to work with the
3 20 largest number of mentors.
3 21 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.4 BEGINNING TEACHER
3 22 INDUCTION STATE SUBSIDY – FUND.
3 23 1. A mentor in a beginning teacher induction
3 24 program approved under this chapter shall be eligible
3 25 for an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at
3 26 a minimum, for participation in the program, which
3 27 shall be paid from moneys received pursuant to this
3 28 chapter by the school district.
3 29 2. Moneys received by a school district pursuant
3 30 to this chapter shall be expended to provide mentors
3 31 with awards in accordance with subsection 1, to
3 32 implement the plan, to provide for a stipend for the
3 33 district facilitator, and to pay any applicable costs
3 34 of the employer's share of contributions to federal
3 35 social security and the Iowa public employees'
3 36 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement
3 37 system established under chapter 294, for such amounts
3 38 paid by the district.
3 39 3. Moneys received by a school district under this
3 40 chapter are miscellaneous income for purposes of
3 41 chapter 257 or are considered encumbered. A school
3 42 district shall maintain a separate listing within its
3 43 budget for payments received and expenditures made
3 44 pursuant to this section.
3 45 4. A beginning teacher induction fund is
3 46 established in the office of the treasurer of state to
3 47 be administered by the department. Moneys
3 48 appropriated by the general assembly for deposit in
3 49 the fund shall be used to provide funding to school
3 50 districts pursuant to this section.
4 1 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256E.5 REPORTS.
4 2 The board implementing an approved beginning
4 3 teacher induction program as provided in this chapter
4 4 shall submit an assessment of the program's results by
4 5 July 1 of the fiscal year succeeding the year in which
4 6 the school district received moneys under this
4 7 chapter. The department shall annually report the
4 8 statewide results of the program to the chairpersons
4 9 and the ranking members of the senate and house
4 10 education committees by January 1."
4 11 #3. Page 31, by inserting after line 24 the
4 12 following:
4 13 "Sec. . EMERGENCY RULES. The department of
4 14 education may adopt emergency rules under section
4 15 17A.4, subsection 2, and section 17A.5, subsection 2,
4 16 paragraph "b", to implement the provisions of Code
4 17 chapter 256E as enacted by this Act and the rules
4 18 shall be effective immediately upon filing unless a
4 19 later date is specified in the rules. Any rules
4 20 adopted in accordance with this section shall also be
4 21 published as a notice of intended action as provided
4 22 in section 17A.4."
4 23 #4. By renumbering, relettering, and redesignating
4 24 as necessary.
4 25
4 26
4 27
4 28 JEFF ANGELO
4 29
4 30
4 31
4 32 KITTY REHBERG
4 33 SF 464.221 78
4 34 kh/gg
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