House Journal: Page 1570: Wednesday, April 21, 1999

		Absent or not voting, 1:

Boal	
The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to 
have passed the House and the title was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Siegrist of Pottawattamie asked and received unanimous consent 
that Senate File 464 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
Appropriations Calendar
House File 766, a bill for an act relating to the national board 
certification awards, establishing a national board certification pilot 
project, and requiring studies by the department of education, was 
taken up for consideration.
Grundberg of Polk offered the following amendment H?1726 filed 
by her from the floor and moved its adoption:
H-1726
 1     Amend House File 766 as follows:
 2     1.  By striking everything after the enacting
 3   clause and inserting the following:
 4     "Section 1.  Section 256.44, Code 1999, is amended
 5   by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
 6   the following:
 7     256.44  NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION PILOT PROJECT.
 8     1.  A national board certification pilot project is
 9   established to be administered by the department of
10   education.  A teacher, as defined in section 272.1,
11   who registers for or achieves national board for
12   professional teaching standards certification, and who
13   is employed by a school district in Iowa and receiving
14   a salary as a classroom teacher, may be eligible for
15   the following:
16     a.  If a teacher registers for national board for
17   professional teaching standards certification prior to
18   June 30, 2002, a one-time initial reimbursement award
19   in the amount of up to one-half of the registration
20   fee paid by the teacher for registration for
21   certification by the national board for professional
22   teaching standards.  The teacher shall apply to the
23   department of education within one year of

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