House Amendment 8290
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 2329, as passed by the Senate, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. Page 1, by inserting before line 1 the
1 4 following:
1 5 <Sec. . Section 256D.2, Code 2007, is amended
1 6 to read as follows:
1 7 256D.2 PROGRAM EXPENDITURES.
1 8 1. A school district shall expend funds received
1 9 pursuant to section 256D.4 at the kindergarten through
1 10 grade three levels to reduce class sizes to the state
1 11 goal of seventeen students for every one teacher and
1 12 to achieve a higher level of student success in the
1 13 basic skills, especially reading. In order to support
1 14 these efforts, school districts may expend funds
1 15 received pursuant to section 256D.4 at the
1 16 kindergarten through grade three level on programs,
1 17 instructional support, and materials that include, but
1 18 are not limited to, the following: additional
1 19 licensed instructional staff; additional support for
1 20 students, such as before and after school programs,
1 21 tutoring, and intensive summer programs; the
1 22 acquisition and administration of diagnostic reading
1 23 assessments; the implementation of research=based
1 24 instructional intervention programs for students
1 25 needing additional support; the implementation of
1 26 all=day, everyday kindergarten programs; and the
1 27 provision of classroom teachers with intensive
1 28 training programs to improve reading instruction and
1 29 professional development in best practices, including
1 30 but not limited to training programs related to
1 31 instruction to increase students' phonemic awareness,
1 32 reading abilities, and comprehension skills.
1 33 2. This section is repealed June 30, 2009.
1 34 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256D.2A PROGRAM FUNDING.
1 35 Beginning July 1, 2009, and each succeeding year, a
1 36 school district shall expend funds received pursuant
1 37 to section 257.10, subsection 11, at the kindergarten
1 38 through grade three levels to reduce class sizes to
1 39 the state goal of seventeen students for every one
1 40 teacher and to achieve a higher level of student
1 41 success in the basic skills, especially reading. In
1 42 order to support these efforts, school districts may
1 43 expend funds received pursuant to section 257.10,
1 44 subsection 11, at the kindergarten through grade three
1 45 level on programs, instructional support, and
1 46 materials that include but are not limited to the
1 47 following: additional licensed instructional staff;
1 48 additional support for students, such as before and
1 49 after school programs, tutoring, and intensive summer
1 50 programs; the acquisition and administration of
2 1 diagnostic reading assessments; the implementation of
2 2 research=based instructional intervention programs for
2 3 students needing additional support; the
2 4 implementation of all=day, everyday kindergarten
2 5 programs; and the provision of classroom teachers with
2 6 intensive training programs to improve reading
2 7 instruction and professional development in best
2 8 practices including but not limited to training
2 9 programs related to instruction to increase students'
2 10 phonemic awareness, reading abilities, and
2 11 comprehension skills.
2 12 Sec. . Section 256D.4, subsection 3, Code 2007,
2 13 is amended to read as follows:
2 14 3. For each year in which an appropriation is made
2 15 to the Iowa early intervention block grant program,
2 16 the department of education shall notify the
2 17 department of administrative services of the amount of
2 18 the allocation to be paid to each school district as
2 19 provided in subsections 1 and 2. The allocation to
2 20 each school district shall be made in one payment on
2 21 or about October 15 of the fiscal year for which the
2 22 appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
2 23 relative budget and cash position of the state
2 24 resources. Moneys received under this section shall
2 25 not be commingled with state aid payments made under
2 26 section 257.16 to a school district and shall be
2 27 accounted for by the local school district separately
2 28 from state aid payments. Payments made to school
2 29 districts under this section are miscellaneous income
2 30 for purposes of chapter 257. A school district shall
2 31 maintain a separate listing within its budget for
2 32 payments received and expenditures made pursuant to
2 33 this section. A school district shall certify to the
2 34 department of education that moneys received under
2 35 this section were used to supplement, not supplant,
2 36 moneys otherwise received and used by the school
2 37 district.
2 38 Sec. . Section 256D.4, subsection 4, Code 2007,
2 39 is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in
2 40 lieu thereof the following:
2 41 This section is repealed June 30, 2009.
2 42 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 256D.4A PROGRAM
2 43 REQUIREMENTS.
2 44 A school district shall maintain a separate listing
2 45 within its budget for payments received and
2 46 expenditures made pursuant to this section. A school
2 47 district shall certify to the department of education
2 48 that moneys received under this section were used to
2 49 supplement, not supplant, moneys otherwise received
2 50 and used by the school district.
3 1 Sec. . Section 256D.5, subsection 4, Code
3 2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
3 3 4. For each fiscal year of the fiscal period
3 4 beginning July 1, 2004, and ending June 30, 2012 2009,
3 5 the sum of twenty=nine million two hundred fifty
3 6 thousand dollars.>
3 7 #2. Page 6, line 23, by striking the words <one
3 8 hundred one> and inserting the following: <one
3 9 hundred>.
3 10 #3. Page 7, line 22, by striking the words <one
3 11 hundred one> and inserting the following: <one
3 12 hundred>.
3 13 #4. Page 8, line 21, by striking the words <one
3 14 hundred one> and inserting the following: <one
3 15 hundred>.
3 16 #5. Page 10, line 11, by striking the words <one
3 17 hundred one> and inserting the following: <one
3 18 hundred>.
3 19 #6. Page 11, line 16, by striking the word <one>.
3 20 #7. Page 12, by inserting after line 10 the
3 21 following:
3 22 <Sec. . Section 294A.9, Code 2007, is amended
3 23 to read as follows:
3 24 294A.9 PHASE II PROGRAM.
3 25 1. Phase II is established to improve the salaries
3 26 of teachers.
3 27 2. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July
3 28 1, 1992, the per pupil amount upon which the phase II
3 29 moneys are based is equal to the per pupil allocation
3 30 plus supplemental allocations for the immediately
3 31 preceding fiscal year.
3 32 3. The department of education shall certify the
3 33 amounts of the allocations for each school district
3 34 and area education agency to the department of
3 35 administrative services and the department of
3 36 administrative services shall make the payments to
3 37 school districts and area education agencies.
3 38 4. If a school district has discontinued grades
3 39 under section 282.7, subsection 1, or students attend
3 40 school in another school district, under an agreement
3 41 with the board of the other school district, the board
3 42 of directors of the district of residence either shall
3 43 transmit the phase II moneys allocated to the district
3 44 for those students based upon the full=time equivalent
3 45 attendance of those students to the board of the
3 46 school district of attendance of the students or shall
3 47 transmit to the board of the school district of
3 48 attendance of the students a portion of the phase II
3 49 moneys allocated to the district of residence based
3 50 upon an agreement between the board of the resident
4 1 district and the board of the district of attendance.
4 2 5. If a school district uses teachers under a
4 3 contract between the district and the area education
4 4 agency in which the district is located, the school
4 5 district shall transmit to the employing area
4 6 education agency a portion of its phase II allocation
4 7 based upon the portion that the salaries of teachers
4 8 employed by the area education agency and assigned to
4 9 the school district for a school year bears to the
4 10 total teacher salaries paid in the district for that
4 11 school year, including the salaries of the teachers
4 12 employed by the area education agency.
4 13 6. If the school district or area education agency
4 14 is organized under chapter 20 for collective
4 15 bargaining purposes, the board of directors and
4 16 certified bargaining representative for the licensed
4 17 employees shall mutually agree upon a formula for
4 18 distributing the phase II allocation among the
4 19 teachers.
4 20 7. For the school year beginning July 1, 1987,
4 21 only, the parties shall follow the procedures
4 22 specified in chapter 20 except that if the parties
4 23 reach an impasse, neither impasse procedures agreed to
4 24 by the parties nor sections 20.20 through 20.22 shall
4 25 apply and the phase II allocation shall be divided as
4 26 provided in section 294A.10. Negotiations under this
4 27 section are subject to the scope of negotiations
4 28 specified in section 20.9. If a board of directors
4 29 and certified bargaining representative for licensed
4 30 employees have not reached mutual agreement by July
4 31 15, 1987, for the distribution of the phase II
4 32 payment, section 294A.10 will apply.
4 33 8. If the school district or area education agency
4 34 is not organized for collective bargaining purposes,
4 35 the board of directors shall determine the method of
4 36 distribution.
4 37 9. Subsections 2, 3, 4, and 7 are repealed June
4 38 30, 2009.
4 39 Sec. . Section 294A.10, Code 2007, is amended
4 40 by adding the following new subsection:
4 41 NEW SUBSECTION. 5. This section is repealed June
4 42 30, 2009.
4 43 Sec. . Section 294A.22, Code 2007, is amended
4 44 to read as follows:
4 45 294A.22 PAYMENTS.
4 46 1. Payments for each phase of the educational
4 47 excellence program shall be made by the department of
4 48 administrative services on a monthly basis commencing
4 49 on October 15 and ending on June 15 of each fiscal
4 50 year, taking into consideration the relative budget
5 1 and cash position of the state resources. The
5 2 payments shall be separate from state aid payments
5 3 made pursuant to sections 257.16 and 257.35. The
5 4 payments made under this section to a school district
5 5 or area education agency may be combined and a
5 6 separate accounting of the amount paid for each
5 7 program shall be included.
5 8 2. Any payments made to school districts or area
5 9 education agencies under this chapter are
5 10 miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257.
5 11 3. Payments made to a teacher by a school district
5 12 or area education agency under this chapter are wages
5 13 for the purposes of chapter 91A.
5 14 4. If funds appropriated are insufficient to pay
5 15 phase II allocations in full, the department of
5 16 administrative services shall prorate payments to
5 17 school districts and area education agencies.
5 18 This subsection is repealed June 30, 2009.
5 19 Sec. . Section 294A.25, subsection 1, Code
5 20 2007, is amended to read as follows:
5 21 1. For the fiscal year period beginning July 1,
5 22 2003, and for each succeeding year ending June 30,
5 23 2009, there is appropriated each fiscal year from the
5 24 general fund of the state to the department of
5 25 education the amount of fifty=six million eight
5 26 hundred ninety=one thousand three hundred thirty=six
5 27 dollars to be used to improve teacher salaries. The
5 28 moneys shall be distributed as provided in this
5 29 section.
5 30 Sec. . Section 294A.25, Code 2007, is amended
5 31 by adding the following new subsection:
5 32 NEW SUBSECTION. 1A. For the fiscal year beginning
5 33 July 1, 2009, and for each succeeding year, there is
5 34 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
5 35 department of education an amount not to exceed
5 36 fifteen million six hundred thirty=three thousand two
5 37 hundred forty=five dollars. The moneys shall be
5 38 distributed as provided in this section.
5 39 Sec. . Section 294A.25, subsection 6, Code
5 40 2007, is amended to read as follows:
5 41 6. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
5 42 for the fiscal year period beginning July 1, 2003, and
5 43 succeeding fiscal years ending June 30, 2009, the
5 44 remainder of moneys appropriated in subsection 1 to
5 45 the department of education shall be deposited each
5 46 fiscal year in the educational excellence fund to be
5 47 allocated in an amount to meet the requirements of
5 48 this chapter for phase I and phase II.
5 49 Sec. . Section 294A.25, Code 2007, is amended
5 50 by adding the following new subsection:
6 1 NEW SUBSECTION. 6A. Except as otherwise provided
6 2 in this section, for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
6 3 2009, and succeeding fiscal years, the remainder of
6 4 moneys appropriated in subsection 1 to the department
6 5 of education shall be deposited in the educational
6 6 excellence fund to be allocated in an amount to meet
6 7 the requirements of this chapter for phase I.>
6 8 #8. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
6 9 word <basis> the following: <, and providing
6 10 appropriations>.
6 11 #9. By renumbering as necessary.
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6 15 COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
6 16 WENDT of Woodbury, CHAIRPERSON
6 17 SF 2329.202 82
6 18 ak/sc/10669
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