House Amendment 1443


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 62, as passed by the Senate, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 10, by inserting after line 7 the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  Section 279.59, Code 2007, is amended
     1  6 to read as follows:
     1  7    279.59  ACCESS BY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
     1  8 ASSOCIATIONS.
     1  9    1.  The board of directors of a school district
     1 10 shall provide not=for=profit, professional education
     1 11 associations that offer membership to teachers or
     1 12 administrators equal access to teacher or
     1 13 administrator mailboxes for distribution of
     1 14 professional literature.
     1 15    2.  Notwithstanding section 20.9, a school district
     1 16 may, upon a teacher's or administrator's written
     1 17 request, deduct from the salary or wages of the
     1 18 teacher or administrator an amount specified by the
     1 19 teacher or administrator for payment of dues or
     1 20 membership fees for the teacher's or administrator's
     1 21 membership in a not=for=profit, professional education
     1 22 association.  If a written request is granted, all
     1 23 other written requests for salary or wage deductions
     1 24 for payment of dues or membership fees for membership
     1 25 in the same not=for=profit, professional education
     1 26 association shall also be granted.  The teacher or
     1 27 administrator may withdraw the request for the
     1 28 deduction at any time by giving the school district
     1 29 thirty days' written notice.
     1 30    3.  For purposes of this section, unless the
     1 31 context otherwise requires, "professional education
     1 32 association" means an association in which the
     1 33 majority of members are practitioners licensed in
     1 34 accordance with chapter 272.>
     1 35 #2.  By renumbering as necessary.
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     1 39 TYMESON of Madison
     1 40 SF 62.704 82
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