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45   for the program, and may use, alter, or revise the

46   model plan provided by the area education agency at
47   the board's discretion.
48     2.  A board that wishes to participate in the
49   beginning teacher induction program shall appoint a
50   district facilitator, whose duties shall include, but
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 1   are not limited to, overseeing the implementation of a
 2   plan for meeting the goals of the program as set forth
 3   in section 256E.2.  The plan shall, at a minimum,
 4   provide the process for the selection of and the
 5   number of mentors; the mentor training process; the
 6   timetable by which the plan shall be implemented;
 7   placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the
 8   minimum amount of contact time between mentors and
 9   beginning teachers; the minimum amount of release time
10   for mentors and beginning teachers for meetings for
11   planning, demonstration, observation, feedback, and
12   workshops; the process for dissolving mentor and
13   beginning teacher partnerships; and the process for
14   measuring the results of the program.
15     3.  The district facilitator shall submit the plan,
16   and the proposed costs of implementing the plan, to
17   the board, which shall consider the plan and, once
18   approved, submit the plan and a reasonable cost
19   proposal to the department of education.
20     4.  The district facilitator is encouraged to work
21   with area education agencies and postsecondary
22   institutions in the preparation and implementation of
23   a plan.
24     5.  The district facilitator shall place beginning
25   teachers participating in the program in a manner that
26   provides the greatest opportunity to work with the
27   largest number of mentors.
28     Sec. ___. NEW SECTION.  256E.4  BEGINNING TEACHER
29   INDUCTION STATE SUBSIDY - FUND.
30     1.  A mentor in a beginning teacher induction
31   program approved under this chapter shall be eligible
32   for an award of five hundred dollars per semester, at
33   a minimum, for participation in the program, which
34   shall be paid from moneys received pursuant to this
35   chapter by the school district.
36     2.  Moneys received by a school district pursuant
37   to this chapter shall be expended to provide mentors
38   with awards in accordance with subsection 1, to
39   implement the plan, to provide for a stipend for the
40   district facilitator, and to pay any applicable costs
41   of the employer's share of contributions to federal
42   social security and the Iowa public employees'
43   retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement

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