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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 50, Code Supplement 1 2 2001, is amended by striking the subsection. 1 3 Sec. 2. Section 272.2, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 1 4 Supplement 2001, is amended by striking the paragraph. 1 5 Sec. 3. Section 272.2, subsection 16, Code Supplement 1 6 2001, is amended by striking the subsection. 1 7 Sec. 4. Section 284.2, subsections 3, 6, and 8 though 10, 1 8 Code Supplement 2001, are amended by striking the subsections. 1 9 Sec. 5. Section 284.5, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2001, 1 10 is amended to read as follows: 1 11 1. A beginning teacher mentoring and induction program is 1 12 created to promote excellence in teaching, enhance student 1 13 achievement, build a supportive environment within school 1 14 districts, increase the retention of promising beginning 1 15 teachers, and promote the personal and professional well-being 1 16 of classroom teachers.Prior to the completion of the 2001-1 172002 school yearIf the general assembly appropriates moneys 1 18 for purposes of implementing a statewide beginning teacher 1 19 mentoring and induction program, a school district shall, at a 1 20 minimum, provide an approved beginning teacher mentoring and 1 21 induction program for all classroom teachers who are beginning 1 22 teachers. 1 23 Sec. 6. Section 284.5, subsection 3, Code Supplement 2001, 1 24 is amended by striking the subsection. 1 25 Sec. 7. Section 284.5, subsection 6, Code Supplement 2001, 1 26 is amended to read as follows: 1 27 6. Upon completion of the program, the beginning teacher 1 28 shall becomprehensivelyevaluated to determine if the teacher 1 29 meets school district expectationsto move to the career level1 30 for a classroom teacher. The school district shall recommend 1 31 a beginning teacher who has successfully completed the program 1 32 for an educational license. A school district may offer a 1 33 teacher a third year of participation in the program if, after 1 34 conductinga comprehensivean evaluation, the school district 1 35 determines that the teacher is likely to successfully complete 2 1 the mentoring and induction program by the end of the third 2 2 year of eligibility. A teacher granted a third year of 2 3 eligibility shall develop a teacher's mentoring and induction 2 4 program plan in accordance with this chapter and shall undergo 2 5a comprehensivean evaluation at the end of the third year. 2 6 The board of educational examiners shall grant a one-year 2 7 extension of the beginning teacher's provisional license upon 2 8 notification by the school district that the teacher will 2 9 participate in a third year of the school district's program. 2 10 Sec. 8. Section 284.6, Code Supplement 2001, is amended by 2 11 striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof the 2 12 following: 2 13 284.6 BEGINNING TEACHER MENTORING AND INDUCTION – AWARD 2 14 – STATE SUBSIDY. 2 15 1. A mentor in a beginning teacher mentoring and induction 2 16 program approved under this chapter shall be eligible for an 2 17 award of one thousand dollars per semester, at a minimum, for 2 18 participation in the program, which shall be paid from moneys 2 19 received pursuant to this chapter by the school district. 2 20 2. Moneys received by a school district pursuant to this 2 21 chapter shall be expended to provide mentors with awards in 2 22 accordance with subsection 1, to implement the plan, to 2 23 provide for a stipend for the district facilitator, and to pay 2 24 any applicable costs of the employer's share of contributions 2 25 to federal social security and the Iowa public employees' 2 26 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system 2 27 established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the 2 28 district. 2 29 3. Moneys received by a school district under this chapter 2 30 are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257 or are 2 31 considered encumbered. A school district shall maintain a 2 32 separate listing within its budget for payments received and 2 33 expenditures made pursuant to this section. 2 34 Sec. 9. Section 294A.14, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2 35 Supplement 2001, is amended to read as follows: 3 1 A plan shall be developed using the procedure specified 3 2 under section 294A.15. The plan shall provide for the 3 3 establishment of a performance-based pay plan, a supplemental 3 4 pay plan, a combination of the two pay plans, or comprehensive 3 5 school transformation programs, and shall include a budget for 3 6 the cost of implementing the plan. In addition to the costs 3 7 of providing additional salary for teachers and the amount 3 8 required to pay the employers' share of the federal social 3 9 security and Iowa public employees' retirement system, or a 3 10 pension and annuity retirement system established under 3 11 chapter 294, and payments on the additional salary, the budget 3 12 may include costs associated with providing specialized or 3 13 general training. Moneys received under phase III shall not 3 14 be used to employ additional employees of a school district, 3 15 except that phase III moneys may be used to employ substitute 3 16 teachers, part-time teachers, and other employees needed to 3 17 implement plans that provide innovative staffing patterns, or 3 18 require that a teacher employed on a full-time basis be absent 3 19 from the classroom for specified periods for fulfilling other 3 20 instructional dutiesor to participate on a peer review team3 21or in peer coaching efforts. However, all teachers employed 3 22 are eligible to receive additional salary under an approved 3 23 plan. 3 24 Sec. 10. Sections 272.28, 284.1, 284.3, 284.4, and 284.7 3 25 through 284.13, Code Supplement 2001, are repealed. 3 26 Sec. 11. 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 161, section 21, is 3 27 repealed. 3 28 Sec. 12. EFFECTIVE DATE. Section 11 of this Act, 3 29 repealing 2001 Iowa Acts, chapter 161, section 21, being 3 30 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 3 31 EXPLANATION 3 32 This bill repeals all of the provisions of the Code 3 33 relating to the student achievement and teacher quality 3 34 program except for the provisions relating to the beginning 3 35 teacher mentoring and induction program. The bill restores 4 1 language repealed from the 2001 Iowa Code that conditioned 4 2 participation in a beginning teacher mentoring program on the 4 3 appropriation of state moneys and language regarding allowable 4 4 uses of state assistance received by school districts for the 4 5 program. 4 6 The bill repeals a provision from the 2001 Iowa Acts that 4 7 would repeal Code section 272.33, effective July 1, 2002, 4 8 which requires individuals to possess an evaluator license or 4 9 endorsement if they are employed by a school district, area 4 10 education agency, or community college, and conduct 4 11 evaluations of the performance of individuals holding teaching 4 12 or administrator licenses, and which requires the board of 4 13 educational examiners to establish requirements for an 4 14 evaluator license or an evaluator endorsement. This provision 4 15 takes effect upon enactment. 4 16 LSB 5874XS 79 4 17 kh/hk/91
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