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House Amendment 8237

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  1  1    Amend House File 2549 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 3, by striking lines 26 through 28 and
  1  3 inserting the following:  "the provision of
  1  4 organizational support and technical assistance to
  1  5 teachers, other than beginning teachers, for the
  1  6 remediation of identified teaching and classroom
  1  7 management concerns."
  1  8    #2.  By striking page 3, line 34, through page 4,
  1  9 line 10 and inserting the following:
  1 10    "Sec.    .  Section 284.3, subsection 2, Code 2001,
  1 11 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
  1 12 lieu thereof the following:
  1 13    2.  A school board shall provide for the following:
  1 14    a.  By July 1, 2002, for purposes of comprehensive
  1 15 evaluations for beginning teachers required to allow
  1 16 beginning teachers to progress to career teachers,
  1 17 standards and criteria that are the Iowa teaching
  1 18 standards specified in subsection 1 and the model
  1 19 criteria for the Iowa teaching standards developed by
  1 20 the department in accordance with section 256.9,
  1 21 subsection 50.  These standards and criteria shall be
  1 22 set forth in an instrument provided by the department.
  1 23 The comprehensive evaluation and instrument are not
  1 24 subject to negotiations or grievance procedures
  1 25 pursuant to chapter 20 or determinations made by the
  1 26 board of directors under section 279.14.  A local
  1 27 school board and its certified bargaining
  1 28 representative may negotiate, pursuant to chapter 20,
  1 29 evaluation and grievance procedures for beginning
  1 30 teachers that are not in conflict with this chapter.
  1 31    b.  By July 1, 2004, for purposes of performance
  1 32 reviews for teachers other than beginning teachers,
  1 33 evaluations that contain, at a minimum, the Iowa
  1 34 teaching standards specified in subsection 1, as well
  1 35 as the model criteria for the Iowa teaching standards
  1 36 developed by the department in accordance with section
  1 37 256.9, subsection 50.  A local school board and its
  1 38 certified bargaining representative may negotiate,
  1 39 pursuant to chapter 20, additional teaching standards
  1 40 and criteria.  A local school board and its certified
  1 41 bargaining representative may negotiate, pursuant to
  1 42 chapter 20, evaluation and grievance procedures for
  1 43 teachers other than beginning teachers that are not in
  1 44 conflict with this chapter."
  1 45    #3.  Page 6, line 25, by striking the words "an
  1 46 educational" and inserting the following:  "a
  1 47 standard".
  1 48    #4.  Page 7, line 31, by striking the word
  1 49 "supervisor" and inserting the following:  "supervisor
  1 50 evaluator".
  2  1    #5.  Page 8, line 6, by striking the word
  2  2 "supervisor" and inserting the following:
  2  3 "supervisor".
  2  4    #6.  Page 8, line 7, by inserting after the word
  2  5 "modified" the following:  "evaluator".
  2  6    #7.  Page 8, line 9, by striking the word
  2  7 "supervisor" and inserting the following:
  2  8 "evaluator".
  2  9    #8.  Page 8, by striking lines 27 through 29 and
  2 10 inserting the following:
  2 11    "1.  A participating school district shall review a
  2 12 teacher's".
  2 13    #9.  Page 9, line 2, by striking the word
  2 14 "supervisors" and inserting the following:
  2 15 "evaluators".
  2 16    #10.  Page 9, by striking lines 5 through 15 and
  2 17 inserting the following:
  2 18    "2.  If an evaluator determines, at any time, as a
  2 19 result of a teacher's performance that the teacher is
  2 20 not meeting district expectations under the Iowa
  2 21 teaching standards specified in section 284.3,
  2 22 subsection 1, paragraphs "a" through "g", the model
  2 23 criteria for the Iowa teaching standards developed by
  2 24 the department in accordance with section 256.9,
  2 25 subsection 50, or any other standards or criteria
  2 26 established in the collective bargaining agreement,
  2 27 the evaluator may recommend to the district that the
  2 28 teacher participate in an intensive assistance
  2 29 program.  The intensive assistance program and its
  2 30 implementation are not subject to negotiation or
  2 31 grievance procedures established pursuant to chapter
  2 32 20.  By July 1, 2004, all school districts must be
  2 33 prepared to offer an intensive assistance program."
  2 34    #11.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  2 35 
  2 36 
  2 37                               
  2 38 CARROLL of Poweshiek
  2 39 HF 2549.702 79
  2 40 kh/cls

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