For the purposes of this chapter:
1. "Certified enrollment in a school district" for the school years beginning July 1, 1987, July 1, 1988, and July 1, 1989, means that district's basic enrollment for the budget year beginning July 1, 1987, as defined in section 442.4, Code 1989. For each school year thereafter, certified enrollment in a school district means that district's basic enrollment for the budget year as defined in section 442.4, Code 1989, or section 257.2.
2. "Enrollment served" for the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1987, July 1, 1988, and July 1, 1989, means that area education agency's enrollment served for the budget year beginning July 1, 1987. For each school year thereafter, enrollment served means that area education agency's enrollment served for the budget year. Enrollment served shall be determined under section 257.37.
3. "General training requirements" means requirements prescribed by a board of directors that provide for the acquisition of additional semester hours of graduate credit from an institution of higher education approved by the state board of education or the completion of staff development activities licensed by the board of educational examiners, except for programs developed by practitioner preparation institutions and area education agencies, for renewal of licenses issued under chapter 272.
4. "Specialized training requirements" means requirements prescribed by a board of directors to meet specific needs of the school district identified by the board of directors that provide for the acquisition of clearly defined skills through formal or informal education that are beyond the requirements necessary for initial licensing under chapter 272.
5. "Teacher" means an individual holding a practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, or a letter of authorization or statement of professional recognition issued by the board of educational examiners, who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school district or area education agency pursuant to a contract issued by a board of directors under section 279.13. A teacher may be employed in both an administrative and a nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall be considered a part-time teacher for the portion of time that the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position.
"Teacher" includes a licensed individual employed on less than a full-time basis by a school district through a contract between the school district and an institution of higher education with a practitioner preparation program in which the licensed teacher is enrolled in any practitioner preparation program.
6. "Teacher's regular compensation" means the annual salary specified in a teacher's contract pursuant to the salary schedule adopted by the board of directors or negotiated under chapter 20. It does not include pay earned by a teacher for performance of additional noninstructional duties and does not include the costs of the employer's share of fringe benefits.
87 Acts, ch 224, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1266, §6; 89 Acts, ch 135, §96; 89 Acts, ch 265, §38; 90 Acts, ch 1249, § 17, 18; 95 Acts, ch 4, §1
Referred to in § 256.21
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