House Journal: Page 1741: Thursday, May 1, 2003
4 additional pay increase other than a cost-of-living
5 increase.
6 Sec. . Section 284.7, subsection 6, paragraph
7 a, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
8 a. For the school year beginning July 1, 2002, and
9 ending June 30, 2003, if If the licensed employees of
10 a school district or area education agency receiving
11 funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
12 paragraph "g" or "h", for purposes of this section,
13 are organized under chapter 20 for collective
14 bargaining purposes, the board of directors and the
15 certified bargaining representative for the licensed
16 employees shall mutually agree upon a formula for
17 distributing the funds among the teachers employed by
18 the school district or area education agency.
19 However, the school district must comply with the
20 salary minimums provided for in this section. The
21 parties shall follow the negotiation and bargaining
22 procedures specified in chapter 20 except that if the
23 parties reach an impasse, neither impasse procedures
24 agreed to by the parties nor sections 20.20 through
25 20.22 shall apply and the funds shall be paid as
26 provided in paragraph "b". Negotiations under this
27 section are subject to the scope of negotiations
28 specified in section 20.9. If a board of directors
29 and the certified bargaining representative for
30 licensed employees have not reached mutual agreement
31 by July 15, 2002, for the distribution of funds
32 received pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
33 paragraph "g" or "h", by July 15 of the fiscal year
34 for which the funds are distributed, paragraph "b" of
35 this subsection shall apply.
36 Sec. . Section 284.8, subsection 2, Code 2003,
37 is amended to read as follows:
38 2. If a supervisor or an evaluator determines, at
39 any time, as a result of a teacher's performance that
40 the teacher is not meeting district expectations under
41 the Iowa teaching standards specified in section
42 284.3, subsection 1, paragraphs "a" through "g", the
43 model criteria for the Iowa teaching standards
44 developed by the department in accordance with section
45 256.9, subsection 50, or and any other standards or
46 criteria established in the collective bargaining
47 agreement, the evaluator shall, at the direction of
48 the teacher's supervisor, recommend to the district
49 that the teacher participate in an intensive
50 assistance program. The intensive assistance program
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1 and its implementation are not subject to negotiation
2 or grievance procedures established pursuant to
3 chapter 20. By July 1, 2004 2005, all school

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