Text: HF02302 Text: HF02304 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code 1 2 Supplement 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 c. Provide,beginning in the second year of participation,1 4 subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds by the general 1 5 assembly, the equivalent of two or more additional contract 1 6 days, outside of instruction time, than were provided in the 1 7 school year preceding the first year of participation, to 1 8 provide additional time for teacher career development that 1 9 aligns with student learning and teacher development needs, 1 10 including the integration of technology into curriculum 1 11 development, in order to achieve attendance center and 1 12 district-wide student achievement goals outlined in the 1 13 district comprehensive school improvement plan. School 1 14 districts are encouraged to develop strategies for 1 15 restructuring the school calendar to provide for the most 1 16 effective professional development. A school district that 1 17 provides the equivalent of ten or more contract days for 1 18 career development is exempt from this paragraph. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 284.6, subsection 4, Code Supplement 2001, 1 20 is amended to read as follows: 1 21 4. In cooperation with the teacher's supervisor, the 1 22 teacher employed by a participating school district shall 1 23 develop an individual teacher career development plan. The 1 24 individual plan shall be based, at minimum, on the needs of 1 25 the teacher, the Iowa teaching standards, and the student 1 26 achievement goals of the attendance center and the school 1 27 district as outlined in the comprehensive school improvement 1 28 plan. The individual plan shall be reviewed annually by the 1 29 teacher and the teacher's supervisorat the teacher's annual1 30review, and shall be modified as necessary to reflect the 1 31 goals and needs of the individualteacher'steacher and the 1 32 schooldistrict's needsdistrict and the individual's progress 1 33 in the plan. 1 34 Sec. 3. Section 284.8, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2001, 1 35 is amended by striking the subsection. 2 1 Sec. 4. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2 2 Supplement 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph. 2 3 Sec. 5. Section 284.11, Code Supplement 2001, is repealed. 2 4 Sec. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 1 of this Act, amending 2 5 section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph "c", being deemed of 2 6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 2 7 EXPLANATION 2 8 This bill amends the Code chapter establishing the student 2 9 achievement and teacher quality program to make the 2 10 requirement that participating school districts increase the 2 11 number of professional development days in their school 2 12 calendar subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds by 2 13 the general assembly, striking language requiring an annual 2 14 review of teachers, but adding a requirement that a teacher's 2 15 individual professional development plan be reviewed annually, 2 16 and repealing language creating a statewide team-based 2 17 variable pay pilot program. The bill also strikes outdated 2 18 language funding the pilot program for the 2001-2002 fiscal 2 19 year. 2 20 The provision conditioning the increase of professional 2 21 development contract days on an appropriation of funds by the 2 22 general assembly takes effect upon enactment. 2 23 LSB 6309HH 79 2 24 kh/pj/5
Text: HF02302 Text: HF02304 Text: HF02300 - HF02399 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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