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PAG LIN 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. 5 16 SF 232 5 17 kh/cc/26
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