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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 20.21, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 1 2 2001, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 However, the board shall not appoint a fact-finder 1 4 representative of the public if the public employees 1 5 represented by a certified employee organization are teachers 1 6 licensed under chapter 272 and the public employer is a school 1 7 district, community college,or area education agency, or are 1 8 instructors and the public employer is a community college. 1 9 The board shall adopt rules regarding the time period after 1 10 mediation when binding arbitration procedures must begin for 1 11 teachers or instructors exempt from this section. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 232.69, subsection 1, paragraph b, 1 13 subparagraph (4), Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read as 1 14 follows: 1 15 (4) A licensed school employee, certified para-educator, 1 16orholder of a coaching authorization issued under section 1 17 272.31, or an instructor employed by a community college. 1 18 Sec. 3. Section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph b, 1 19 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2001, is amended to 1 20 read as follows: 1 21 If the school budget review committee certifies to the 1 22 department of management that the class would not otherwise be 1 23 implemented without the assignment of additional weighting, 1 24 pupils attending a community college-offered class or 1 25 attending a class taught by a community college-employed 1 26teacherinstructor are assigned a weighting of forty-eight 1 27 hundredths of the percentage of the pupil's school day during 1 28 which the pupil attends class in the community college or 1 29 attends a class taught by a community college-employedteacher1 30 instructor. The following requirements shall be met for the 1 31 purposes of assigning an additional weighting for classes 1 32 offered through a sharing agreement between a school district 1 33 and community college. The class must be: 1 34 Sec. 4. Section 257.11, subsection 3, paragraph b, 1 35 subparagraph (5), Code Supplement 2001, is amended to read as 2 1 follows: 2 2 (5) Taught by ateacher meetingcommunitycollege2 3licensing requirementscollege-employed instructor. 2 4 Sec. 5. Section 260C.36, Code 2001, is amended to read as 2 5 follows: 2 6 260C.36 QUALITY FACULTYDEVELOPMENTAND STAFF PLAN. 2 7 1. On October 1, 2002, the administration of the college 2 8 shall appoint a committee of instructors, equally 2 9 representative of the arts and sciences faculty and the 2 10 vocational technical faculty, which has no more than a simple 2 11 majority of members of the same gender. The committee shall 2 12 develop a plan for hiring and developing quality staff that 2 13 includes all of the following: 2 14 a. An implementation schedule for the plan. 2 15 b. Orientation procedures for new faculty and staff. 2 16 c. Continuing professional development for faculty and 2 17 staff. 2 18 d. Procedures for accurate recordkeeping and documentation 2 19 for plan monitoring. 2 20 e. Consortium arrangements when appropriate, cost- 2 21 effective and mutually beneficial. 2 22 f. Specific activities that ensure faculty attain and 2 23 demonstrate instructional competencies and knowledge in their 2 24 subject or technical areas. 2 25 g. Procedures for collection and maintenance of records 2 26 demonstrating that each faculty member has attained or 2 27 documented progress toward attaining minimal competencies. 2 28 2. The committee shall submit the plan to the board of 2 29 directors, which shall consider the plan and, once approved, 2 30 submit the plan to the department of education and implement 2 31 the plan not later than July 1, 2003. 2 32 3. Between July 1, 2003, and June 30, 2006, the department 2 33 of education shall conduct annual on-site visits at each 2 34 community college to ensure each community college's 2 35 compliance and progress in implementing its plan. By July 1, 3 1 2006, the department shall submit a report summarizing the 3 2 department's findings to each community college and to the 3 3 state accreditation team appointed pursuant to section 3 4 260C.47. 3 5 4. The administration of the college shall encourage the 3 6 continued development of faculty potential by doing all of the 3 7 following: 3 8(1)a. Regularly stimulating department chairpersons or 3 9 heads to meet their responsibilitiesin this regard; (2)3 10lighteningfor the continued development of faculty potential. 3 11 b. Reducing theteachinginstructional loads of first-year 3 12 instructors whose course preparation and in-service training 3 13 demandit; (3) stimulatinga reduction. 3 14 c. Stimulating curricular evaluation; and (4) encouraging. 3 15 d. Encouraging the development of an atmosphere in which 3 16 the faculty brings a wide range of ideas and experiences to 3 17 the students, each other, and the community. 3 18 Sec. 6. Section 260C.47, subsection 1, unnumbered 3 19 paragraph 1, Code 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 20 The state board of education shall establish an 3 21 accreditation process for community college programs by July 3 22 1, 1997. The process shall be jointly developed and agreed 3 23 upon by the department of education and the community 3 24 colleges. The state accreditation process shall be integrated 3 25 with the accreditation process of the north central 3 26 association of colleges and schools, including the evaluation 3 27 cycle, the self-study process, and the criteria for 3 28 evaluation, which shall incorporate the standards for 3 29 community colleges developed under section 260C.48; and shall 3 30 identify and make provision for the needs of the state that 3 31 are not met by the association's accreditation process. For 3 32 the academic year commencing July 1, 1998, and in succeeding 3 33 school years, the department of education shall use a two- 3 34 component process for the continued accreditation of community 3 35 college programs. Beginning July 1, 2006, the state 4 1 accreditation process shall incorporate the standards 4 2 developed pursuant to section 260C.48, subsection 4. 4 3 Sec. 7. Section 260C.47, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 4 4 2001, is amended to read as follows: 4 5 b. The second component consists of the use of an 4 6 accreditation team appointed by the director of the department 4 7 of education, to conduct an evaluation, including an on-site 4 8 visit of each community college, with a comprehensive 4 9 evaluation to occur during the same year as the evaluation by 4 10 the north central association of colleges and schools, and an 4 11 interim evaluation midway between comprehensive evaluations. 4 12 The number and composition of the accreditation team shall be 4 13 determined by the director, but the team shall include members 4 14 of the department of education staff and community college 4 15 staff members from community colleges other than the community 4 16 college that conducts the programs being evaluated for 4 17 accreditation. Beginning July 1, 2006, the accreditation team 4 18 shall monitor the quality faculty and staff plan implemented 4 19 by each community college pursuant to section 260C.36. 4 20 Sec. 8. Section 260C.48, subsection 1, Code 2001, is 4 21 amended to read as follows: 4 22 1. The state board shall develop standards and rules for 4 23 the accreditation of community college programs.Standards4 24 Except as provided in subsection 4, standards developed shall 4 25 be general in nature so as to apply to more than one specific 4 26 program of instruction. 4 27 Sec. 9. Section 260C.48, Code 2001, is amended by adding 4 28 the following new subsection: 4 29 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. Commencing July 1, 2006, standards 4 30 developed relating to quality assurance of faculty and ongoing 4 31 professional development shall be site-specific with regard to 4 32 the quality faculty and staff plan implemented by each 4 33 community college pursuant to 260C.36. 4 34 Sec. 10. Section 272.1, subsection 11, Code 2001, is 4 35 amended to read as follows: 5 1 11. "School" means a school under section 280.2,a5 2community college,an area education agency, and a school 5 3 operated by a state agency for special purposes. 5 4 Sec. 11. Section 272.3, subsection 5, Code 2001, is 5 5 amended by striking the subsection. 5 6 Sec. 12. Section 272.33, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 5 7 2001, is amended to read as follows: 5 8 In addition to licenses required under rules adopted 5 9 pursuant to this chapter, an individual employed as an 5 10 administrator, supervisor, school service person, or teacher 5 11 by a school district,or area education agency,or community5 12college,who conducts evaluations of the performance of 5 13 individuals holding licenses under this chapter, shall possess 5 14 an evaluator license or an evaluator endorsement appearing on 5 15 a teaching or administrative license.Individuals employed in5 16community colleges who do not directly supervise licensed5 17teaching faculty are exempt from this section.5 18 Sec. 13. Section 279.13, Code Supplement 2001, is amended 5 19 by adding the following new subsection: 5 20 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. For purposes of this section, sections 5 21 279.14, 279.15 through 279.17, and 279.27, unless the context 5 22 otherwise requires, "teacher" includes an instructor employed 5 23 by a community college. 5 24 Sec. 14. Section 279.18, Code 2001, is amended by adding 5 25 the following new unnumbered paragraph: 5 26 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. For purposes of this section, 5 27 unless the context otherwise requires, "rejecting party" shall 5 28 include, but not be limited to, an instructor employed by a 5 29 community college. 5 30 Sec. 15. EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 1 through 4 and 5 31 sections 6 through 14 of this Act take effect July 1, 2003. 5 32 EXPLANATION 5 33 This bill eliminates licensure of community college faculty 5 34 from the responsibilities of the board of educational 5 35 examiners. The bill requires each community college 6 1 administration to appoint a committee to develop a quality 6 2 faculty and staff plan, which must be submitted to and 6 3 approved by the board of directors of the community college, 6 4 and submitted to the department of education and implemented 6 5 by July 1, 2003. 6 6 The plan must include an implementation schedule for the 6 7 plan, orientation procedures, continuing professional 6 8 development, recordkeeping procedures and documentation, 6 9 consortium arrangements, and activities that ensure 6 10 instructional competencies and subject knowledge. 6 11 The bill also requires the department to conduct on-site 6 12 visits at community colleges between July 1, 2003, and June 6 13 30, 2006, to ensure that each community college is making 6 14 progress in implementing its plan. By July 1, 2006, the 6 15 department must submit a report summarizing its findings to 6 16 each community college and to the state team responsible for 6 17 the accreditation of community colleges; and the state 6 18 accreditation teams must monitor the plans and incorporate in 6 19 the accreditation standards for community college standards 6 20 developed with regard to the plan. 6 21 The bill also makes Code changes related to the elimination 6 22 of community college practitioner licensure requirements. For 6 23 example, under the bill, community college instructors remain 6 24 mandatory child abuse reporters and supplementary weighting 6 25 for district-to-community college sharing continues, though 6 26 the Code language is amended to substitute the term "community 6 27 college-employed instructors" for "community college-employed 6 28 teachers". 6 29 Only the provision requiring community college 6 30 administrators to appoint a committee to develop a plan takes 6 31 effect July 1, 2002. The remaining provisions take effect 6 32 July 1, 2003. 6 33 LSB 5454HC 79 6 34 kh/cls/14
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