Text: HSB00139 Text: HSB00141 Text: HSB00100 - HSB00199 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 279.13, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4. For purposes of this section, sections 1 4 279.14, 279.15 through 279.17, 279.19, and 279.27, unless the 1 5 context otherwise requires, "teacher" includes the following 1 6 individuals employed by a community college: 1 7 a. An instructor, but does not include an adjunct 1 8 instructor. 1 9 b. A librarian, including those denoted as being a 1 10 learning resource specialist or a media specialist. 1 11 c. A counselor. 1 12 Sec. 2. Section 279.19B, Code 2003, is amended by adding 1 13 the following new unnumbered paragraph: 1 14 NEW UNNUMBERED PARAGRAPH. The licensure and coaching 1 15 authorization requirements of this section shall not apply to 1 16 community colleges. An individual employed as a coach of a 1 17 community college interscholastic athletic activity that is 1 18 not issued a teaching contract under section 279.13 serves at 1 19 the pleasure of the board of directors of the community 1 20 college and is not subject to sections 279.13 through 279.19, 1 21 and 279.27. 1 22 Sec. 3. Section 279.23, unnumbered paragraph 3, Code 2003, 1 23 is amended to read as follows: 1 24 Except as otherwise specifically provided, an 1 25 administrator's contract shall be governed by the provisions 1 26 of this section and sections 279.23A, 279.24, and 279.25, and 1 27 not by section 279.13. 1 28 PARAGRAPH DIVIDED. For purposes of this section and 1 29 sections 279.23A, 279.24, and 279.25, the term "administrator" 1 30 includes school superintendents, assistant superintendents, 1 31 educational directors employed by school districts for grades 1 32 kindergarten through twelve, educational directors employed by 1 33 area education agencies under chapter 273, principals, 1 34 assistant principals, other certified school supervisors 1 35 employed by school districts for grades kindergarten through 2 1 twelve as defined under section 20.4, and other certified 2 2 school supervisors employed by area education agencies under 2 3 chapter 273. For purposes of this section and sections 2 4 279.23A, 279.24, and 279.25, with regard to community college 2 5 employees, "administrator" includes the administrator of an 2 6 instructional division or an area of instructional 2 7 responsibility, and the administrator of an instructional 2 8 unit, department, or section. 2 9 Sec. 4. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1047, sections 14 and 17, 2 10 are repealed. 2 11 Sec. 5. 2002 Iowa Acts, chapter 1047, section 20, is 2 12 amended to read as follows: 2 13 SEC. 20. EFFECTIVE DATE. Sections 1 through 4,and2 14 sections 6 through 13, sections 15 and 16, and section 18 of 2 15 this Act take effect July 1, 2003. 2 16 EXPLANATION 2 17 This bill provides that Code provisions regulating 2 18 elementary and secondary education teaching and administrator 2 19 contracts, teacher probationary periods, evaluation criteria 2 20 and procedures, and procedures for the discharge of teachers 2 21 and administrators, also cover community college instructors 2 22 other than adjunct instructors; librarians, including learning 2 23 resource specialists and media specialists; counselors; and 2 24 instructional administrators. 2 25 The 2002 Session of the General Assembly enacted H.F. 2394, 2 26 which eliminates effective July 1, 2003, licensure of 2 27 community college faculty from the responsibilities of the 2 28 board of educational examiners. While a provision in the Code 2 29 chapter governing community colleges provides the board of 2 30 directors of a community college with the same duties and 2 31 responsibilities provided to the board of directors of a 2 32 school district under Code chapter 279, including those 2 33 involving contracts with teachers and administrators, this 2 34 bill specifies that permanent, full-time instructional 2 35 personnel employed by a community college are subject to the 3 1 procedures and protections of Code chapter 279. 3 2 However, the bill exempts coaches employed by community 3 3 colleges from the licensure and coaching authorization 3 4 requirements of the Code. A coach employed by, but not issued 3 5 a teaching contract by, a community college serves at the 3 6 pleasure of the board of directors of the community college. 3 7 The bill strikes related provisions enacted by the 2002 3 8 Session of the General Assembly that would otherwise take 3 9 effect July 1, 2003. 3 10 LSB 2200HC 80 3 11 kh/pj/5
Text: HSB00139 Text: HSB00141 Text: HSB00100 - HSB00199 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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