House Journal: Page 1738: Thursday, May 1, 2003
9 Sec. . Section 284.3, subsection 2, paragraphs
10 a and b, Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
11 a. By July 1, 2002, for For purposes of
12 comprehensive evaluations for beginning teachers
13 required to allow beginning teachers to progress to
14 career teachers, standards and criteria that are the
15 Iowa teaching standards specified in subsection 1 and
16 the model criteria for the Iowa teaching standards
17 developed by the department in accordance with section
18 256.9, subsection 50. These standards and criteria
19 shall be set forth in an instrument provided by the
20 department. The comprehensive evaluation and
21 instrument are not subject to negotiations or
22 grievance procedures pursuant to chapter 20 or
23 determinations made by the board of directors under
24 section 279.14. A local school board and its
25 certified bargaining representative may negotiate,
26 pursuant to chapter 20, evaluation and grievance
27 procedures for beginning teachers that are not in
28 conflict with this chapter. If, in accordance with
29 section 279.19, a beginning teacher appeals the
30 determination of a school board to an adjudicator
31 under section 279.17, the adjudicator selected shall
32 have successfully completed training related to the
33 Iowa teacher standards, the model criteria adopted by
34 the state board of education in accordance with
35 subsection 3, as enacted by this Act, and any
36 additional training required under rules adopted by
37 the public employment relations board in cooperation
38 with the state board of education.
39 b. By July 1, 2004 2005, for purposes of
40 performance reviews for teachers other than beginning
41 teachers, evaluations that contain, at a minimum, the
42 Iowa teaching standards specified in subsection 1, as
43 well as the model criteria for the Iowa teaching
44 standards developed by the department in accordance
45 with section 256.9, subsection 50. A local school
46 board and its certified bargaining representative may
47 negotiate, pursuant to chapter 20, additional teaching
48 standards and criteria. A local school board and its
49 certified bargaining representative may negotiate,
50 pursuant to chapter 20, evaluation and grievance
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1 procedures for teachers other than beginning teachers
2 that are not in conflict with this chapter.
3 Sec. . Section 284.3, subsection 3, Code 2003,
4 is amended to read as follows:
5 3. The state board shall adopt by rule pursuant to
6 chapter 17A the model criteria developed by the
7 department in accordance with section 256.9,
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