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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 284.2, subsections 1, 2, 3, and 12, 1 2 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows: 1 3 1. "Beginning teacher" means an individual serving under 1 4 an initialprovisionallicense, issued by the board of 1 5 educational examiners under chapter 272, who is assuming a 1 6 position as a classroom teacher.For purposes of the1 7beginning teacher mentoring and induction program created1 8pursuant to section 284.5, "beginning"Beginning teacher" also 1 9 includes preschool teachers, school nurses, school social 1 10 workers, counselors, and media specialists who are licensed by 1 11 the board of educational examiners under chapter 272 or hold a 1 12 letter of authorization or statement of professional 1 13 recognition issued by the board of educational examiners, and 1 14 who areemployed byserving a probationary period of 1 15 employment with a school district or area education agency. 1 16 2. "Classroom teacher" means an individual who holds a 1 17 valid practitioner's license and who is employed under a 1 18 contract issued by a board of directors under section 279.13 1 19 to provide classroom instruction to students, or as a 1 20 preschool teacher. "Classroom teacher" also includes school 1 21 nurses, school social workers, counselors, and media 1 22 specialists who are licensed by the board of educational 1 23 examiners under chapter 272 or hold a letter of authorization 1 24 or statement of professional recognition issued by the board 1 25 of educational examiners, and who are employed by a school 1 26 district or area education agency. 1 27 3. "Comprehensive evaluation" means a summative evaluation 1 28 of a beginning teacher conducted by an evaluator for purposes 1 29 of determining a beginning teacher's level of competency 1 30 relative to the Iowa teaching standards andfor recommendation1 31for licensure based upon modelsthe knowledge and skill 1 32 criteria developed pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 50, 1 33 and to determine whether the teacher's practice meets the 1 34 school district expectations for a career teacher. 1 35 12. "Teacher" means an individual holding a practitioner's 2 1 license issued under chapter 272, who is employed in a 2 2 nonadministrative position as a teacher, librarian, media 2 3 specialist, preschool teacher, school nurse, school social 2 4 worker, or counselor by a school district or area education 2 5 agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors 2 6 under section 279.13. A teacher may be employed in both an 2 7 administrative and a nonadministrative position by a board of 2 8 directors and shall be considered a part-time teacher for the 2 9 portion of time that the teacher is employed in a 2 10 nonadministrative position. "Teacher" includes a licensed 2 11 individual employed on a less than full-time basis by a school 2 12 district through a contract between the school district and an 2 13 institution of higher education with a practitioner 2 14 preparation program in which the licensed teacher is enrolled. 2 15 Sec. 2. Section 284.5, subsection 8, Code 2003, is amended 2 16 to read as follows: 2 17 8. If the general assembly appropriates moneys for 2 18 purposes of this section, a school district or area education 2 19 agency is eligible to receive state assistance for up to two 2 20 years under this section for each teacher the school district 2 21 or area education agency employs who was formerly employed in 2 22 an accredited nonpublic school or in another state as a first- 2 23 year teacher. The school district or area education agency 2 24 employing the teacher shall determine the conditions and 2 25 requirements of a teacher participating in a program in 2 26 accordance with this subsection.The school district or area2 27education agency that employs the teacher shall recommend the2 28teacher for an educational license if the teacher, through a2 29comprehensive evaluation, is determined to demonstrate2 30competence in the Iowa teaching standards.2 31 Sec. 3. Section 284.13, Code 2003, is amended by adding 2 32 the following new subsection: 2 33 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. For each fiscal year in which moneys 2 34 are appropriated by the general assembly for purposes of this 2 35 chapter, each school district and area education agency shall, 3 1 by July 1 annually, report to the department of education the 3 2 number of preschool teachers, librarians, media specialists, 3 3 school nurses, school social workers, and counselors who were 3 4 employed by the school district or area education agency on 3 5 the third Friday of September of the previous fiscal year. 3 6 Sec. 4. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 3 7 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 3 8 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 3 9 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 3 10 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 3 11 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 3 12 to meet all the state funding-related requirements of section 3 13 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding shall be 3 14 necessary for the full implementation of this Act by and 3 15 enforcement of this Act against all affected school districts. 3 16 EXPLANATION 3 17 This bill includes school nurses, school social workers, 3 18 counselors, and media specialists in the student achievement 3 19 and teacher quality program and eliminates provisions that 3 20 base licensure beyond initial licensure as a beginning teacher 3 21 on the recommendations of a school district or area education 3 22 agency. 3 23 The program currently includes preschool teachers in the 3 24 beginning teacher mentoring and induction program, and defines 3 25 "teacher" to include librarians, media specialists, preschool 3 26 teachers, and counselors. The bill adds librarians, media 3 27 specialists, school nurses, school social workers, and 3 28 counselors to the beginning teacher mentoring and induction 3 29 program. The bill also adds school nurses and school social 3 30 workers to the definition of "teacher". 3 31 The effect of these changes is that school districts and 3 32 AEAs are required to include librarians, media specialists, 3 33 preschool teachers, and counselors in beginning teacher 3 34 mentoring and induction programs and to permit school 3 35 districts and AEAs to receive state assistance under the 4 1 program for including librarians, media specialists, preschool 4 2 teachers, and counselors in the two-year sequence of mentoring 4 3 and induction activities. By adding school nurses and school 4 4 social workers to the definition of "teacher", those 4 5 individuals will participate in the standards, performance 4 6 reviews, career development planning, and career path 4 7 compensation provided for under the program. 4 8 By July 1 annually, each school district and AEA must 4 9 report to the department the number of preschool and other 4 10 employees employed by the district or AEA on the third Friday 4 11 of September of the previous school year. 4 12 The bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 4 13 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of any 4 14 state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 4 15 district from state school foundation aid received by the 4 16 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 4 17 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state 4 18 mandate funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. 4 19 The inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate 4 20 the requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any 4 21 state mandates included in the bill. 4 22 LSB 2877YH 80 4 23 kh/cl/14
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