House Amendment 1486


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 277, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, line 18, by striking the word <career>
     1  4 and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     1  5 #2.  Page 3, by inserting after line 2 the
     1  6 following:
     1  7    <Sec.    .  Section 256.44, subsection 1, paragraph
     1  8 b, subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
     1  9 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 10    If the teacher registers for national board for
     1 11 professional teaching standards certification between
     1 12 January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2006 2008, and
     1 13 achieves certification within three years from the
     1 14 date of initial score notification, an annual award in
     1 15 the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars upon
     1 16 achieving certification by the national board of
     1 17 professional teaching standards.>
     1 18 #3.  Page 3, by inserting after line 9 the
     1 19 following:
     1 20    <Sec.    .  Section 272.2, subsection 10, Code
     1 21 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     1 22    10.  Issue statements of professional recognition
     1 23 to school service personnel who have attained a
     1 24 minimum of a baccalaureate degree and who are licensed
     1 25 by another professional licensing board.>
     1 26 #4.  Page 3, line 22, by striking the word <career>
     1 27 and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     1 28 #5.  Page 4, line 13, by striking the words <,
     1 29 excluding school nurses,>.
     1 30 #6.  Page 4, by striking lines 17 and 18 and
     1 31 inserting the following:  <directors under section
     1 32 279.13.  A teacher may be>.
     1 33 #7.  Page 5, by inserting before line 25 the
     1 34 following:  <However, if a school district can
     1 35 demonstrate that an existing professional development,
     1 36 curriculum, or student improvement committee has
     1 37 significant stakeholder involvement and a leadership
     1 38 role in the school district, the appointing
     1 39 authorities may mutually agree to assign to the
     1 40 existing committee the responsibilities set forth in
     1 41 this paragraph "c", to appoint members of the existing
     1 42 committee to the teacher quality committee, or to
     1 43 authorize the existing committee to serve in an
     1 44 advisory capacity to the teacher quality committee.>
     1 45 #8.  Page 6, by striking lines 4 and 5 and
     1 46 inserting the following:
     1 47    <(3)  Determine, following the adoption of the Iowa
     1 48 professional development model by the state board of
     1 49 education, the use and distribution of the
     1 50 professional>.
     2  1 #9.  Page 9, line 11, by inserting after the word
     2  2 <The> the following:  <goal for the use of the funds
     2  3 is to provide one additional contract day or the
     2  4 equivalent thereof for professional development and>.
     2  5 #10.  Page 9, line 14, by striking the word
     2  6 <agreement,> and inserting the following:
     2  7 <agreement;>.
     2  8 #11.  Page 9, by striking line 16 and inserting the
     2  9 following:  <speakers, and professional development
     2 10 content; and costs>.
     2 11 #12.  Page 13, by striking lines 22 through 25 and
     2 12 inserting the following:
     2 13    <NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  A teacher who is not meeting
     2 14 the applicable standards and criteria based on a
     2 15 determination made pursuant to subsection 3 shall
     2 16 participate in an intensive assistance program.>
     2 17 #13.  Page 16, line 21, by inserting after the word
     2 18 <purposes> the following:  <and for not more than four
     2 19 full=time equivalent positions>.
     2 20 #14.  Page 18, line 16, by striking the word
     2 21 <program> and inserting the following:  <program and
     2 22 career ladder pilots>.
     2 23 #15.  Page 18, line 17, by striking the word and
     2 24 figure <section 284.14> and inserting the following:
     2 25 <section 284.14 sections 284.14 and 284.14A>.
     2 26 #16.  Page 18, by striking line 29 and inserting
     2 27 the following:  <be used by the department for
     2 28 oversight>.
     2 29 #17.  Page 18, line 30, by striking the word
     2 30 <projects> and inserting the following:  <pilots>.
     2 31 #18.  Page 18, line 31, by striking the word and
     2 32 figure <section 284.14> and inserting the following:
     2 33 <sections 284.14 and 284.14A>.
     2 34 #19.  Page 18, by striking lines 34 and 35 and
     2 35 inserting the following:
     2 36    <(3)  For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008,
     2 37 and ending June 30, 2009, the sum>.
     2 38 #20.  Page 19, line 2, by striking the word <each>
     2 39 and inserting the following:  <the>.
     2 40 #21.  Page 19, lines 5 and 6, by striking the words
     2 41 <distributed to the department of education> and
     2 42 inserting the following:  <used by the department>.
     2 43 #22.  Page 19, by striking line 7 and inserting the
     2 44 following:  <administration of the implementation
     2 45 pilots as>.
     2 46 #23.  Page 19, line 8, by striking the word and
     2 47 figure <section 284.14> and inserting the following:
     2 48 <sections 284.14 and 284.14A>.
     2 49 #24.  By striking page 20, line 4, through page 21,
     2 50 line 35.
     3  1 #25.  Page 22, by striking lines 7 through 11 and
     3  2 inserting the following:  <career ladders and
     3  3 performance pay models.>
     3  4 #26.  Page 22, line 34, by striking the words
     3  5 <planning projects> and inserting the following:
     3  6 <projects planning pilots>.
     3  7 #27.  Page 23, line 2, by striking the words
     3  8 <planning projects> and inserting the following:
     3  9 <projects planning pilots>.
     3 10 #28.  Page 23, by striking lines 4 through 6 and
     3 11 inserting the following:  <pay=for=performance program
     3 12 design,>.
     3 13 #29.  Page 23, by striking lines 18 through 29 and
     3 14 inserting the following:
     3 15    <b.  The Commencing with the school year beginning
     3 16 July 1, 2007, the commission shall select ten two
     3 17 school districts as demonstration projects planning
     3 18 pilots.  To the extent practicable, participants shall
     3 19 represent geographically distinct rural, urban, and
     3 20 suburban areas of the state.  Participants shall
     3 21 provide reports or other information as required by
     3 22 the commission.
     3 23    c.  Commencing with the school year beginning July
     3 24 1, 2008, the commission shall select twenty additional
     3 25 administer two implementation pilots in the school
     3 26 districts as demonstration projects selected for
     3 27 planning pilots under paragraph "b".>
     3 28 #30.  Page 23, lines 31 and 32, by striking the
     3 29 words <planning or implementation projects> and
     3 30 inserting the following:  <projects planning and
     3 31 implementation pilots>.
     3 32 #31.  Page 24, by striking line 3 and inserting the
     3 33 following:  <demonstration projects planning and
     3 34 implementation pilots.  The>.
     3 35 #32.  Page 24, by inserting after line 9 the
     3 36 following:
     3 37    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  284.14A  CAREER LADDER
     3 38 PILOTS.
     3 39    1.  INTENT.  The intent of this section is to
     3 40 create a process by which select Iowa school districts
     3 41 research, develop, and implement pilots designed to
     3 42 identify promising practices related to enhanced
     3 43 teacher compensation career ladder models.
     3 44    2.  PILOT ESTABLISHED.  A career ladder pilot is
     3 45 established to be designed, implemented, and
     3 46 administered by the department.  The department shall
     3 47 gather sufficient information to identify a career
     3 48 ladder pilot.
     3 49    a.  For the school year beginning July 1, 2007, and
     3 50 ending June 30, 2008, the department shall select up
     4  1 to eight school districts as planning pilots.
     4  2 Participants shall provide reports or other
     4  3 information as required by the department.
     4  4    b.  For the school year beginning July 1, 2008, and
     4  5 ending June 30, 2009, the department shall administer
     4  6 up to eight implementation pilots in the school
     4  7 districts selected for planning pilots under paragraph
     4  8 "a".
     4  9    3.  REPORTS AND FINAL STUDY.  Based on the
     4 10 information generated by the planning and
     4 11 implementation pilots, the department shall submit an
     4 12 interim report to the general assembly by January 14
     4 13 annually, and shall submit a final report summarizing
     4 14 the effectiveness of the pilots in raising student
     4 15 achievement levels to the general assembly no later
     4 16 than six months after the completion of the planning
     4 17 and implementation pilots.  Upon completion of the
     4 18 career ladder planning and implementation pilots,
     4 19 subject to the sufficiency of funds, the state board
     4 20 of education shall adopt rules requiring
     4 21 implementation of the successful components of the
     4 22 pilots by school districts statewide.>
     4 23 #33.  Page 26, line 30, by striking the word
     4 24 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 25 #34.  Page 27, line 9, by striking the word
     4 26 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 27 #35.  Page 27, line 15, by striking the word
     4 28 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 29 #36.  Page 27, line 16, by striking the word
     4 30 <CAREER> and inserting the following:  <PROFESSIONAL>.
     4 31 #37.  Page 27, line 30, by striking the word
     4 32 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 33 #38.  Page 27, line 33, by striking the word
     4 34 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 35 #39.  Page 28, line 4, by striking the word
     4 36 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 37 #40.  Page 28, line 6, by striking the word
     4 38 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 39 #41.  Page 29, line 3, by striking the word
     4 40 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 41 #42.  Page 29, line 5, by striking the word
     4 42 <career> and inserting the following:  <professional>.
     4 43 #43.  By renumbering as necessary.
     4 44
     4 45
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     4 47 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION,
     4 48 WENDT of Woodbury, CHAIRPERSON
     4 49 SF 277.209 82
     4 50 kh/es/8415

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