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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.18, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 2. The department of education shall establish a character 1 4 education pilot program to evaluate methods for incorporating 1 5 positive character qualities into all levels of the existing 1 6 educational program.Schools involved in the pilot program1 7may use phase III funds in the establishment of the program.1 8 Sec. 2. Section 256.39, subsection 8, Code 1999, is 1 9 amended by striking the subsection. 1 10 Sec. 3. Section 256A.4, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph 1 11 1, Code 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 12 The board of directors of each school district may develop 1 13 and offer a program which provides outreach and incentives for 1 14 the voluntary participation of expectant parents and parents 1 15 of children in the period of life from birth through age five, 1 16 who reside within district boundaries, in educational family 1 17 support experiences designed to assist parents in learning 1 18 about the physical, mental, and emotional development of their 1 19 children.A district providing a family support program,1 20which seeks additional funding under sections 294A.13 through1 21294A.16, shall meet the requirements of this section and the1 22program shall be subject to approval by the department of1 23education.A board may contract with another school district 1 24 or public or private nonprofit agency for provision of the 1 25 approved program or program site. 1 26 Sec. 4. Section 256C.3, subsection 8, unnumbered paragraph 1 27 2, Code Supplement 1999, is amended to read as follows: 1 28 A family resource center shall coordinate services provided 1 29 with existing federal, state, and local programs both to avoid 1 30 duplication and to provide continuity of services. A family 1 31 resource center shall, if possible, be located in a school 1 32 building or in an existing community facility. Regardless of 1 33 where the center is located, the school district shall be the 1 34 primary decision-making body in any partnership established to 1 35 create a family resource center.The establishment of a2 1family resource center is a comprehensive school2 2transformation program under chapter 294A.2 3 Sec. 5. Section 258.17, subsection 4, Code 1999, is 2 4 amended to read as follows: 2 5 4. Each workstart program shall include a written 2 6 agreement by the school or school district with one or more 2 7 businesses from the surrounding community to provide 2 8 workplace-specific training and learning programs which are 2 9 related to the skills needed to succeed in those occupational 2 10 areas. The proposed plan for implementation of the workstart 2 11 program shall include a copy of the written agreement between 2 12 the school or school district and the business or businesses 2 13 and a business support component, which shall consist of 2 14 financial or in-kind support, or both financial and in-kind 2 15 support, from the businesses that have entered into the 2 16 agreement with the school or school district.The plan may2 17provide for the utilization of phase III and other available2 18school funds in the establishment of the program. A workstart2 19program is a comprehensive school transformation program under2 20section 294A.14.2 21 Sec. 6. Section 294A.1, subsection 3, Code 1999, is 2 22 amended to read as follows: 2 23 3. Phase III – The enhancement of the quality and 2 24 effectiveness of teachers through theutilizationuse of 2 25performance paystaff development programs and measures. 2 26 Sec. 7. Section 294A.12, Code 1999, is amended by striking 2 27 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 2 28 294A.12 GOAL. 2 29 The goal of phase III is to enhance the quality, 2 30 effectiveness, and performance of Iowa's teachers by promoting 2 31 teacher excellence. This will be achieved by adding to the 2 32 school calendar two staff development days for the 2 33 accomplishment of instructional work assignments and staff 2 34 development. However, a school district may utilize the 2 35 additional time in incremental units at its discretion. 3 1 Sec. 8. Section 294A.13, Code 1999, is amended by striking 3 2 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 3 3 294A.13 PHASE III EXPENDITURES – INTENT. 3 4 1. It is the intent of the general assembly that school 3 5 districts utilize the additional time funded by phase III to 3 6 support additional work assignments and staff development 3 7 efforts that incorporate research-based strategies, 3 8 instruction, and programs in pedagogy, diagnosis, and 3 9 appropriate interventions, including but not limited to 3 10 mentoring programs for new teachers, development of teachers 3 11 as instructional leaders in their schools and school 3 12 districts, and using teachers to evaluate and suggest 3 13 modifications of other teachers' techniques. 3 14 2. Additional instructional work assignments may include, 3 15 but are not limited to, general curriculum planning and 3 16 development, vertical articulation of curriculum, horizontal 3 17 curriculum coordination, development of educational 3 18 measurement practices for the school district, participation 3 19 in assessment activities leading to certification by the 3 20 national board for professional teaching standards, attendance 3 21 at workshops and other programs for service as cooperating 3 22 teachers for student teachers, development of plans for 3 23 assisting beginning teachers during their first year of 3 24 teaching, attendance at summer staff development programs, 3 25 development of staff development programs for other teachers 3 26 to be presented during the school year, participation in 3 27 family support programs, development of programs which provide 3 28 instruction in conflict resolution and mediation techniques 3 29 for staff and students, instruction in presenting bullying 3 30 prevention programs and anger management programs for 3 31 students, and other plans locally determined that are of equal 3 32 importance or more appropriately meet the educational needs of 3 33 the school district. 3 34 Sec. 9. Section 294A.14, Code 1999, is amended by striking 3 35 the section and inserting in lieu thereof the following: 4 1 294A.14 PHASE III PAYMENTS. 4 2 1. For each fiscal year, the department shall allocate the 4 3 remainder of the moneys appropriated by the general assembly 4 4 to the educational excellence fund for phase III, subject to 4 5 section 294A.3. The department shall determine the sum of 4 6 state foundation aid a school district will receive for the 4 7 budget year under section 257.16, shall divide that figure by 4 8 one hundred eighty and shall pay an amount equivalent to that 4 9 quotient multiplied by two to the school district by September 4 10 15 from moneys in the fund for phase III. If, for any fiscal 4 11 year the amount available in the fund for phase III is 4 12 insufficient to pay in full the amounts due to all school 4 13 districts, then the amount of each payment shall be reduced by 4 14 the same percentage, so that the aggregate payments to all 4 15 school districts are equal to the amount available for payment 4 16 in accordance with this section. If, for any fiscal year the 4 17 amount appropriated is in excess of the amounts due to school 4 18 districts, then the amount of each payment shall be increased 4 19 by the same percentage, so that the aggregate payments to all 4 20 school districts are equal to the amount available for payment 4 21 in accordance with this section. 4 22 2. If a school district has discontinued grades under 4 23 section 282.7, subsection 1, or students attend school in 4 24 another school district, under an agreement with the board of 4 25 the other school district, the board of directors of the 4 26 district of residence either shall transmit the phase III 4 27 moneys allocated to the district for those students based upon 4 28 the full-time equivalent attendance of those students to the 4 29 board of the school district of attendance of the students or 4 30 shall transmit to the board of the school district of 4 31 attendance of the students a portion of the phase III moneys 4 32 allocated to the district of residence based upon an agreement 4 33 between the board of the resident district and the board of 4 34 the district of attendance. 4 35 3. Moneys received under phase III shall not be used to 5 1 employ additional employees of a school district, except when 5 2 a substitute teacher is needed while the regular teacher 5 3 attends a staff development program. However, all teachers 5 4 employed are eligible to receive additional salary. 5 5 4. Payments shall be separate from state aid payments made 5 6 pursuant to section 257.16. Phase III payments made under 5 7 this section to a school district may be combined and a 5 8 separate accounting of the amount paid for each program shall 5 9 be included. 5 10 5. Phase III moneys received by a school district, and any 5 11 interest accrued on the moneys, shall not be commingled with 5 12 state aid payments made under section 257.16 to a school 5 13 district and shall be accounted for by the school district 5 14 separately from state aid payment accounts. 5 15 6. Any payments made to school districts or area education 5 16 agencies under this chapter are miscellaneous income for 5 17 purposes of chapter 257. 5 18 7. Payments made to a teacher by a school district under 5 19 this chapter are wages for the purposes of chapter 91A except 5 20 for payments made under a modified payment plan mutually 5 21 agreed upon by the board of directors and the certified 5 22 bargaining representative for certificated employees or, for a 5 23 district that is not organized for collective bargaining 5 24 purposes, where a modified payment plan is adopted by the 5 25 board. 5 26 Sec. 10. Section 294A.16, Code 1999, is amended by 5 27 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 5 28 following: 5 29 294A.16 AREA EDUCATION AGENCY TEACHERS. 5 30 If a school district uses teachers under a contract between 5 31 the district and the area education agency in which the 5 32 district is located, the school district shall transmit to the 5 33 employing area education agency a portion of its phase III 5 34 moneys based upon the portion that the salaries of teachers 5 35 employed by the area education agency and assigned to the 6 1 school district for the school year bears to the total teacher 6 2 salaries paid in the district for that school year, including 6 3 the salaries of the teachers employed by the area education 6 4 agency. 6 5 Sec. 11. Section 294A.19, Code 1999, is amended by 6 6 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 6 7 following: 6 8 294A.19 REPORTS. 6 9 1. Each school district shall include, as a component of 6 10 the annual report submitted to the department of education in 6 11 accordance with section 256.7, subsection 21, its staff 6 12 development goals and a brief description of the district's 6 13 phase III efforts conducted during the most recent fiscal year 6 14 toward achievement of the district's goals. The goals shall 6 15 be developed by licensed professional staff of the district, 6 16 including both teachers and administrators. 6 17 Sec. 12. Section 294A.25, subsection 1, Code Supplement 6 18 1999, is amended to read as follows: 6 19 1. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1998, and for 6 20 each succeeding year, there is appropriated from the general 6 21 fund of the state to the department of education the amount of 6 22 eighty-two million eight hundred ninety-one thousand three 6 23 hundred thirty-six dollars to be used to improve teacher 6 24 salaries and promote teacher excellence. The moneys shall be 6 25 distributed as provided in this section. 6 26 Sec. 13. Section 294A.25, subsection 5, Code Supplement 6 27 1999, is amended by striking the subsection. 6 28 Sec. 14. Section 331.909, subsection 2, Code 1999, is 6 29 amended to read as follows: 6 30 2. The activities of a multidisciplinary community 6 31 services team shall not duplicate the activities of a 6 32 multidisciplinary team for child abuse under section 235A.13, 6 33 dependent adult abuse activities under section 235B.6,area6 34education agency activities under section 294A.14,or child 6 35 victim services provided under section 915.35. 7 1 Sec. 15. Sections 294A.15, 294A.17, 294A.18, 294A.20, 7 2 294A.22, and 294A.23, Code 1999, are repealed. 7 3 EXPLANATION 7 4 This bill substantially changes phase III of the 7 5 educational excellence program. Currently, each school 7 6 district and area education agency that meets phase III 7 7 requirements is eligible to receive phase III moneys for the 7 8 implementation of a performance-based pay plan or supplemental 7 9 pay plan, or a combination of the two. Under the bill, phase 7 10 III moneys are to be paid to school districts to fund the 7 11 equivalent of two additional staff development days. The bill 7 12 makes the following Code changes: 7 13 Code section 256.18(2); 256.39(8); 256A.4(1), unnumbered 7 14 paragraph 1; 256C.3(8), unnumbered paragraph 2; 258.17(4); 7 15 331.909(2): Strikes provisions that permit certain programs 7 16 to qualify for or otherwise use phase III funds, as well as a 7 17 provision that prevents any duplication of services by an area 7 18 education agency participating in phase III activities. 7 19 Code section 294A.1(3): Describes phase III as the phase 7 20 of the educational excellence program that addresses the 7 21 enhancement of the quality and effectiveness of teachers 7 22 through the use of staff development programs and measures. 7 23 Code section 294A.12: Describes the new goal for phase 7 24 III, which is to enhance the quality, effectiveness, and 7 25 performance of Iowa's teachers by promoting teacher excellence 7 26 by adding two staff development days to the school calendar 7 27 for the accomplishment of instructional work assignments and 7 28 staff development. 7 29 Code section 294A.13: Includes the intent of the general 7 30 assembly regarding school district use of the additional time 7 31 funded by phase III. Describes the additional instructional 7 32 work assignments and staff development efforts that a school 7 33 district may fund with phase III moneys. 7 34 Code section 294A.14: Describes the method the department 7 35 of education shall use to determine the amount of phase III 8 1 funding each school district shall receive. Includes 8 2 provisions for reducing or increasing the amount paid to a 8 3 school district dependent upon whether the amounts due to 8 4 school districts are more than the phase III moneys available 8 5 or the amount remaining in the educational excellence fund 8 6 exceeds the amounts due to school districts. Directs, if a 8 7 school district is participating in a sharing agreement, the 8 8 school district of residence to transmit phase III moneys to 8 9 the receiving school district. Provides that moneys received 8 10 under phase III must not be used to employ additional 8 11 employees, except when a substitute teacher is needed while 8 12 the regular teacher attends a staff development program. 8 13 Code section 294A.16: Requires a school district that uses 8 14 teachers under a contract between the district and the area 8 15 education agency to transmit to the employing area education 8 16 agency a portion of its phase III moneys. 8 17 Code section 294A.19: Requires each school district to 8 18 include in its comprehensive school improvement plan, which is 8 19 submitted to the department of education annually, its 8 20 practitioner-developed staff development goals and a brief 8 21 description of the district's phase III efforts. 8 22 Code section 294A.25(1): Provides that the moneys 8 23 appropriated for the educational excellence program are to be 8 24 used to improve teacher salaries and promote teacher 8 25 excellence. 8 26 The bill also strikes an outdated provision, Code section 8 27 294A.25, subsection 5, and repeals Code sections 294A.15, 8 28 294A.17, 294A.18, 294A.20, 294A.22, and 294A.23, which 8 29 describe phase III planning, determination of allocation, 8 30 payment, and use and implementation provisions that are 8 31 unnecessary or in conflict with the new distribution and use 8 32 for phase III moneys. 8 33 LSB 6265XC 78 8 34 kh/as/5
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