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  1  1    Section 1.  STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY
  1  2 PROGRAM.  There is appropriated from the general fund of the
  1  3 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
  1  4 beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, the
  1  5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
  1  6 used for the purposes designated:
  1  7    For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
  1  8 program established pursuant to chapter 284:  
  1  9 .................................................. $111,591,336
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 256.18, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
  1 11 2, Code 2003, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph.
  1 12    Sec. 3.  Section 256.21, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code 2003,
  1 13 is amended to read as follows:
  1 14    A sabbatical grant to a teacher shall be equal to the costs
  1 15 to the school district of the teacher's regular compensation
  1 16 as defined in section 294A.2 plus the cost to the district of
  1 17 the fringe benefits of the teacher.  The grant shall be paid
  1 18 to the school district, and the district shall continue to pay
  1 19 the teacher's regular compensation as well as the cost to the
  1 20 district of the substitute teacher.  Teachers and boards of
  1 21 school districts are encouraged to seek funding from other
  1 22 sources to pay the costs of sabbaticals for teachers.  Grant
  1 23 moneys are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257.
  1 24    Sec. 4.  Section 256.39, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
  1 25 amended by striking the subsection.
  1 26    Sec. 5.  Section 256A.4, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
  1 27 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
  1 28    The board of directors of each school district may develop
  1 29 and offer a program which provides outreach and incentives for
  1 30 the voluntary participation of expectant parents and parents
  1 31 of children in the period of life from birth through age five,
  1 32 who reside within district boundaries, in educational family
  1 33 support experiences designed to assist parents in learning
  1 34 about the physical, mental, and emotional development of their
  1 35 children.  A district providing a family support program,
  2  1 which seeks additional funding under sections 294A.13 through
  2  2 294A.16, shall meet the requirements of this section and the
  2  3 program shall be subject to approval by the department of
  2  4 education.  A board may contract with another school district
  2  5 or public or private nonprofit agency for provision of the
  2  6 approved program or program site.
  2  7    Sec. 6.  Section 258.17, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
  2  8 amended to read as follows:
  2  9    4.  Each workstart program shall include a written
  2 10 agreement by the school or school district with one or more
  2 11 businesses from the surrounding community to provide
  2 12 workplace-specific training and learning programs which are
  2 13 related to the skills needed to succeed in those occupational
  2 14 areas.  The proposed plan for implementation of the workstart
  2 15 program shall include a copy of the written agreement between
  2 16 the school or school district and the business or businesses
  2 17 and a business support component, which shall consist of
  2 18 financial or in-kind support, or both financial and in-kind
  2 19 support, from the businesses that have entered into the
  2 20 agreement with the school or school district.  The plan may
  2 21 provide for the utilization of phase III and other available
  2 22 school funds in the establishment of the program.  A workstart
  2 23 program is a comprehensive school transformation program under
  2 24 section 294A.14.
  2 25    Sec. 7.  Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
  2 26 amended to read as follows:
  2 27    7.  A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be
  2 28 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the
  2 29 pupil's district of residence.  A pupil's residence, for
  2 30 purposes of this section, means a residence under section
  2 31 282.1.  The board of directors of the district of residence
  2 32 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil
  2 33 for the previous school year, plus any moneys received for the
  2 34 pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting under
  2 35 section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year
  3  1 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year.
  3  2 The district of residence shall also transmit the phase III
  3  3 moneys allocated to the district for the previous year for the
  3  4 full-time equivalent attendance of the pupil, who is the
  3  5 subject of the request, to the receiving district specified in
  3  6 the request for transfer.  If the pupil participating in open
  3  7 enrollment is also an eligible pupil under chapter 261C, the
  3  8 receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount
  3  9 to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in
  3 10 section 261C.6.
  3 11    Sec. 8.  Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
  3 12 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
  3 13    NEW PARAGRAPH.  i.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  3 14 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of one
  3 15 hundred thousand dollars to the department of education for
  3 16 distribution to the tribal council of the Sac and Fox Indian
  3 17 settlement located on land held in trust by the secretary of
  3 18 the interior of the United States.  Moneys allocated under
  3 19 this paragraph shall be used for the purposes specified in
  3 20 section 256.30.
  3 21    NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  3 22 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of one
  3 23 hundred seventy thousand dollars to the state board of regents
  3 24 for distribution in the amount of sixty-eight thousand dollars
  3 25 to the Iowa braille and sight saving school and in the amount
  3 26 of one hundred two thousand dollars to the Iowa state school
  3 27 for the deaf.
  3 28    NEW PARAGRAPH.  k.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  3 29 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of ninety-
  3 30 four thousand six hundred dollars to be paid to the state
  3 31 board of regents for distribution to licensed classroom
  3 32 teachers at the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the
  3 33 Iowa school for the deaf for payments of minimum salary
  3 34 supplements based upon the average yearly enrollment at each
  3 35 school as determined by the state board of regents.
  4  1    NEW PARAGRAPH.  l.  For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
  4  2 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of one
  4  3 hundred fifteen thousand five hundred dollars to be paid to
  4  4 the department of human services for distribution to its
  4  5 licensed classroom teachers at institutions under the control
  4  6 of the department of human services for minimum salary
  4  7 supplements based upon the average student yearly enrollment
  4  8 at each institution as determined by the department of human
  4  9 services.
  4 10    Sec. 9.  Section 331.909, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
  4 11 amended to read as follows:
  4 12    2.  The activities of a multidisciplinary community
  4 13 services team shall not duplicate the activities of a
  4 14 multidisciplinary team for child abuse under section 235A.13,
  4 15 dependent adult abuse activities under section 235B.6, area
  4 16 education agency activities under section 294A.14, or child
  4 17 victim services provided under section 915.35.
  4 18    Sec. 10.  Chapter 294A, Code 2003, is repealed.  
  4 19                           EXPLANATION
  4 20    This bill repeals Code chapter 294A, which creates the
  4 21 educational excellence program and includes a standing
  4 22 appropriation for the program.  The bill also appropriates
  4 23 moneys to the department of education from the state general
  4 24 fund for purposes of the student achievement and teacher
  4 25 quality program, funding from that program some of the
  4 26 purposes and entities currently provided for by Code chapter
  4 27 294A.
  4 28    The educational excellence program consists of three
  4 29 phases:  Phase I establishes a minimum annual salary and a
  4 30 formula for distribution of state moneys to assist school
  4 31 districts in meeting the minimum salary requirement; phase II
  4 32 provides state aid for general salary increases; and phase III
  4 33 moneys are distributed to assist in the development of
  4 34 performance-based pay plans and supplemental pay plans
  4 35 requiring additional instructional work assignments.  Phase II
  5  1 and III moneys have also been used to fund salary increases
  5  2 for licensed classroom teachers at department of human
  5  3 services institutions, the Iowa braille and sight saving
  5  4 school, the Iowa school for the deaf, and the Sac and Fox
  5  5 Indian settlement; participation in the national assessment of
  5  6 education progress; the ambassador to education position; a K-
  5  7 12 management information system; professional development at
  5  8 the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the Iowa state
  5  9 school for the deaf; and the Iowa mathematics and science
  5 10 coalition.
  5 11    The bill also strikes from the Code any references to Code
  5 12 chapter 294A, including language that permits the use of phase
  5 13 III moneys for purposes of character education programs, the
  5 14 career pathways program, family support programs, and
  5 15 workstart programs.  The bill also strikes language requiring
  5 16 a pupil's district of residence to transmit phase III moneys
  5 17 it received for a pupil participating in open enrollment to
  5 18 the receiving district.
  5 19    The bill appropriates nearly $111.6 million for FY 2003-
  5 20 2004 for purposes of the student achievement and teacher
  5 21 quality program, which includes funding for the teacher career
  5 22 path and the beginning teacher mentoring and induction
  5 23 program, and, under the bill, includes salary increases for
  5 24 licensed classroom teachers at department of human services
  5 25 institutions, the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the
  5 26 Iowa school for the deaf, and the Sac and Fox Indian
  5 27 settlement; and professional development at the Iowa braille
  5 28 and sight saving school and the Iowa state school for the
  5 29 deaf.  
  5 30 LSB 1892YH 80
  5 31 kh/cf/24
     

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