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10 this section, and shall submit any documentation
11 requested by the department.
12 4. By July 1, 2002, a higher education institution
13 approved by the state board to provide an
14 administrator preparation program shall incorporate
15 the evaluator training program into the program
16 offered by the institution.
17 5. Beginning July 1, 2002, the board of
18 educational examiners shall require certification as a
19 condition of issuing or renewing an administrator's
20 license.
21 6. By July 1, 2004, the director shall develop and
22 implement an evaluator training certification renewal
23 program for administrators and other practitioners who
24 need to renew a certificate issued pursuant to this
25 section.
26 Sec. 12. NEW SECTION. 284.11 PILOT PROGRAM FOR
27 TEAM-BASED VARIABLE PAY FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT.
28 1. It is the intent of the general assembly to
29 develop and implement by July 1, 2003, a statewide
30 team-based variable pay program and approval process
31 to reward individual attendance centers for
32 improvement in student achievement. The department
33 shall develop and administer a pilot team-based
34 variable pay program. A pilot program is established
35 to give Iowa school districts with one or more
36 participating attendance centers the opportunity to
37 explore and demonstrate successful methods to
38 implement team-based variable pay. Each school
39 district approved by the department to participate in
40 the pilot program shall administer a valid and
41 reliable standardized assessment at the beginning and
42 end of the school year to demonstrate growth in
43 student achievement.
44 2. All licensed practitioners at a participating
45 attendance center that has demonstrated improvement in
46 student achievement as provided in this section shall
47 share in cash awards provided in accordance with this
48 section. The school district is encouraged to extend
49 cash awards to other staff employed at the attendance
50 center.
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1 3. The team-based pay plan shall be approved by
2 the local board.
3 4. A district electing to initiate a team-based
4 variable pay plan according to this section during the
5 school year beginning July 1, 2001, shall notify the
6 department of its election in writing no later than
7 August 1, 2001. The department shall certify the
8 school district plan by October 1, 2001.
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