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PAG LIN 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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