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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. There is appropriated
1 2 from the general fund of the state to the department of
1 3 education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and
1 4 ending June 30, 2000, the following amount, or so much thereof
1 5 as is necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
1 6 For purposes of the beginning teacher induction program as
1 7 provided in section 256E.2:
1 8 .................................................. $ 300,000
1 9 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
1 10 section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
1 11 of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
1 12 for expenditure for the purposes designated until the close of
1 13 the succeeding fiscal year.
1 14 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 256E.1 DEFINITIONS.
1 15 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise
1 16 requires:
1 17 1. "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving under
1 18 an initial provisional or conditional license, issued by the
1 19 board of educational examiners under chapter 272, who is
1 20 assuming a position as a classroom teacher.
1 21 2. "Board" means the board of directors of a school
1 22 district or a collaboration of boards of directors of school
1 23 districts.
1 24 3. "Classroom teacher" means an individual who holds a
1 25 valid practitioner's license and who is employed by a school
1 26 district under sections 279.13 through 279.19 in a school
1 27 district or area education agency in this state to provide
1 28 instruction to students.
1 29 4. "Department" means the department of education.
1 30 5. "Director" means the director of the department of
1 31 education.
1 32 6. "District facilitator" means a licensed professional
1 33 pursuant to chapter 272 who is appointed by a board to serve
1 34 as the liaison between the board and the department for the
1 35 beginning teacher induction program.
2 1 7. "Mentor" means an individual employed by a school
2 2 district or area education agency as a classroom teacher who
2 3 holds a valid license to teach issued under chapter 272. The
2 4 individual must have a record of four years of successful
2 5 teaching practice, must be employed as a classroom teacher on
2 6 a nonprobationary basis, and must demonstrate professional
2 7 commitment to the improvement of teaching and learning, and
2 8 the development of beginning teachers.
2 9 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 256E.2 BEGINNING TEACHER INDUCTION
2 10 PROGRAM ESTABLISHED – GRANTS.
2 11 1. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for
2 12 purposes of teacher induction, the department of education
2 13 shall coordinate a beginning teacher induction program to
2 14 promote excellence in teaching, build a supportive environment
2 15 within school districts, increase the retention of promising
2 16 beginning teachers, and promote the personal and professional
2 17 well-being of teachers.
2 18 2. The department shall adopt rules concerning the grant
2 19 application and award process, including reasonable cost
2 20 estimates for beginning teacher induction programs. The
2 21 department may disapprove a plan submitted by a board if the
2 22 plan does not meet the minimum criteria set forth in section
2 23 256E.3, subsection 2, or the plan exceeds the reasonable costs
2 24 as determined by the department. If the cost estimates
2 25 submitted by a board exceed reasonable cost estimates as
2 26 determined by the department, the department shall work with
2 27 the board to identify measures for reducing plan costs. If
2 28 the department determines that moneys appropriated by the
2 29 general assembly are insufficient to meet the grant requests
2 30 for all approved beginning teacher induction program plans,
2 31 the department shall award grants based on the geographic
2 32 location and district population of the school districts with
2 33 approved plans. Grants may be awarded in subsequent years
2 34 based upon the most recent plan on file with the department.
2 35 It is the intent of the general assembly that the department
3 1 approve plans that incorporate local innovation and take into
3 2 consideration local needs.
3 3 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 256E.3 DISTRICT FACILITATOR AND
3 4 PLAN.
3 5 1. An area education agency shall prepare a model
3 6 beginning teacher induction program plan and shall provide the
3 7 model plan to each school district within its area. The plan
3 8 shall include a model evaluation component by which a school
3 9 district may measure the effectiveness of its program. Any
3 10 modifications to the model plan shall be submitted to school
3 11 districts as soon as practical. A board that wishes to
3 12 participate in the program shall adopt a beginning teacher
3 13 induction program plan and written procedures for the program,
3 14 and may use, alter, or revise the model plan provided by the
3 15 area education agency at the board's discretion.
3 16 2. A board that wishes to participate in the beginning
3 17 teacher induction program shall appoint a district
3 18 facilitator, whose duties shall include, but are not limited
3 19 to, overseeing the implementation of a plan for meeting the
3 20 goals of the program as set forth in section 256E.2. The plan
3 21 shall, at a minimum, provide the process for the selection of
3 22 and the number of mentors; the mentor training process; the
3 23 timetable by which the plan shall be implemented; placement of
3 24 mentors and beginning teachers; the minimum amount of contact
3 25 time between mentors and beginning teachers; the minimum
3 26 amount of release time for mentors and beginning teachers for
3 27 meetings for planning, demonstration, observation, feedback,
3 28 and workshops; the process for dissolving mentor and beginning
3 29 teacher partnerships; and the process for measuring the
3 30 results of the program.
3 31 3. The district facilitator shall submit the plan, and the
3 32 proposed costs of implementing the plan, to the board, which
3 33 shall consider the plan and, once approved, submit the plan
3 34 and a reasonable cost proposal to the department of education.
3 35 4. The district facilitator is encouraged to work with
4 1 area education agencies and postsecondary institutions in the
4 2 preparation and implementation of a plan.
4 3 5. The district facilitator shall place beginning teachers
4 4 participating in the program in a manner that provides the
4 5 greatest opportunity to work with the largest number of
4 6 mentors.
4 7 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 256E.4 BEGINNING TEACHER INDUCTION
4 8 STATE SUBSIDY – FUND.
4 9 1. A mentor in a beginning teacher induction program
4 10 approved under this chapter shall be eligible for an award of
4 11 five hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum, for
4 12 participation in the program, which shall be paid from moneys
4 13 received pursuant to this chapter by the school district
4 14 employing the mentor.
4 15 2. Moneys received by a school district pursuant to this
4 16 chapter shall be expended to provide mentors with awards in
4 17 accordance with subsection 1, to implement the plan, to
4 18 provide for a stipend for the district facilitator, and to pay
4 19 any applicable costs of the employer's share of contributions
4 20 to federal social security and the Iowa public employees'
4 21 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system
4 22 established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the
4 23 district.
4 24 3. Moneys received by a school district under this chapter
4 25 are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257 or are
4 26 considered encumbered. A school district shall maintain a
4 27 separate listing within its budget for payments received and
4 28 expenditures made pursuant to this section.
4 29 4. A beginning teacher induction fund is established in
4 30 the office of the treasurer of state to be administered by the
4 31 department. Moneys appropriated by the general assembly for
4 32 deposit in the fund shall be used to provide funding to school
4 33 districts pursuant to this section.
4 34 Sec. 6. NEW SECTION. 256E.5 REPORTS.
4 35 The board implementing an approved beginning teacher
5 1 induction program as provided in this chapter shall submit an
5 2 assessment of the program's results by July 1 of the fiscal
5 3 year succeeding the year in which the school district received
5 4 moneys under this chapter. The department shall annually
5 5 report the statewide results of the program to the
5 6 chairpersons and the ranking members of the senate and house
5 7 education committees by January 1.
5 8 Sec. 7. EMERGENCY RULES. The department of education may
5 9 adopt emergency rules under section 17A.4, subsection 2, and
5 10 section 17A.5, subsection 2, paragraph "b", to implement the
5 11 provisions of this Act and the rules shall be effective
5 12 immediately upon filing unless a later date is specified in
5 13 the rules. Any rules adopted in accordance with this section
5 14 shall also be published as a notice of intended action as
5 15 provided in section 17A.4.
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