House Journal: Page 1742: Thursday, May 1, 2003
4 districts must be prepared to offer an intensive
5 assistance program.
6 Sec. . Section 284.9, subsection 3, Code 2003,
7 is amended to read as follows:
8 3. To assure fairness and consistency in the
9 evaluation process, the review panels may perform
10 random audits of the comprehensive evaluations and
11 performance reviews conducted by evaluators throughout
12 the state, and may randomly review performance-based
13 evaluation models how the evaluators are evaluating
14 teachers based upon the Iowa teaching standards
15 developed by school districts in accordance with
16 section 284.3, subsection 2. The review of the
17 evaluation models shall ensure that the model is at
18 least equivalent to the state models developed
19 pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 50.
20 Sec. . Section 284.10, subsections 4 and 5,
21 Code 2003, are amended to read as follows:
22 4. By July 1, 2003, a A higher education
23 institution approved by the state board to provide an
24 administrator preparation program shall incorporate
25 the evaluator training program into the program
26 offered by the institution.
27 5. Beginning July 1, 2003, the The board of
28 educational examiners shall require certification as a
29 condition of issuing or renewing an administrator's
30 license.
31 Sec. . Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph
32 a, Code 2003, is amended by striking the paragraph."
33 3. Page 42, line 11, by striking the word and
34 figure "and 266.26" and inserting the following:
35 "266.26, and 284.11".
36 4. Page 45, by inserting after line 9, the
37 following:
38 "Sec. . MINIMUM TEACHER SALARY REQUIREMENTS -
39 FY 2003-2004.
40 1. Notwithstanding section 284.7, subsection 1,
41 paragraph "a", subparagraph (2), the minimum teacher
42 salary paid by a school district or area education
43 agency for purposes of teacher compensation in
44 accordance with chapter 284, for the fiscal year
45 beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004,
46 shall be the minimum salary amount the school district
47 or area education agency paid to a first-year
48 beginning teacher or, the minimum salary amount the
49 school district or area education agency would have
50 paid a first-year beginning teacher if the school
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1 district or area education agency had participated in
2 the program in the 2001-2002 school year, in
3 accordance with section 284.7, subsection 1, Code

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