House Journal: Page 1909: Monday, May 7, 2001
Absent or not voting, 6:
Houser | Jochum | Murphy | Quirk |
Richardson | Warnstadt |
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The bill having received a constitutional majority was declared to
have passed the House and the title, as amended, was agreed to.
IMMEDIATE MESSAGE
Rants of Woodbury asked and received unanimous consent that
House File 413 be immediately messaged to the Senate.
Unfinished Business Calendar
House File 672, a bill for an act relating to the establishment of a
student achievement and teacher quality program, was taken up for
consideration.
Connors of Polk asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1901 filed by him on May 2, 2001.
Carroll of Poweshiek offered the following amendment H-1995
filed by him and moved its adoption:
H-1995
1 Amend House File 672 as follows:
2 1. By striking everything after the enacting
3 clause, and inserting the following:
4 "Section 1. INTENT. It is the intent of the
5 general assembly to create a student achievement and
6 teacher quality program that acknowledges that
7 outstanding teachers are a key component in student
8 success. The program's goals are to enhance student
9 achievement and to redesign compensation strategies
10 and teachers' professional development. Such
11 compensation strategies are designed to attract and
12 retain high performing teachers, to reward teachers
13 for improving their skills and knowledge in a manner
14 that translates into better student learning, and to
15 reward the staff of school attendance centers for
16 improvement in student achievement.
17 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 284.1 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
18 AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM.
19 A student achievement and teacher quality program
20 is established to promote high student achievement.
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