Senate Amendment 3053


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend Senate File 277 as follows:
     1  2 #1.  Page 2, line 1, by inserting after the word
     1  3 <students.> the following:  <Each school district
     1  4 shall work toward the goal of having one school nurse
     1  5 for every seven hundred fifty students enrolled in the
     1  6 school district.>
     1  7 #2.  Page 2, by striking lines 5 through 26 and
     1  8 inserting the following:
     1  9    <Sec.    .  Section 256.11A, Code 2007, is amended
     1 10 by striking the section and inserting in lieu thereof
     1 11 the following:
     1 12    256.11A  TEACHER LIBRARIAN == GUIDANCE COUNSELOR ==
     1 13 SCHOOL NURSE == WAIVERS.
     1 14    1.  The board of directors of a school district may
     1 15 file a written request with the department of
     1 16 education that the department waive the following
     1 17 requirements adopted by the state board as follows:
     1 18    a.  By August 1, 2007, for the school year
     1 19 beginning July 1, 2007, apply for a one=year extension
     1 20 of a waiver granted for the previous school year
     1 21 beginning July 1, 2006, that the school district have
     1 22 a qualified teacher librarian.
     1 23    b.  By August 1, 2007, for the school year
     1 24 beginning July 1, 2007, that the school district have
     1 25 a qualified guidance counselor.  The board of
     1 26 directors of the school district may, not later than
     1 27 August 1, 2008, for the school year beginning July 1,
     1 28 2008, apply for a one=year extension of the waiver.
     1 29    c.  By August 1, 2007, for the school year
     1 30 beginning July 1, 2007, that the school district have
     1 31 a school nurse.  The board of directors of the school
     1 32 district may, not later than August 1, 2008, for the
     1 33 school year beginning July 1, 2008, apply for a
     1 34 one=year extension of the waiver.
     1 35    2.  A request for a waiver filed by the board of
     1 36 directors of a school district pursuant to subsection
     1 37 1 shall describe actions being taken by the district
     1 38 to meet the requirement for which the district has
     1 39 requested a waiver.  A school district cannot request
     1 40 a waiver of a requirement under subsection 1 if it met
     1 41 the requirements of section 256.11, subsection 9, 9A,
     1 42 or 9B, as applicable, in the previous school year.>
     1 43 #3.  Page 2, line 30, by striking the word <or>.
     1 44 #4.  Page 2, line 32, by inserting after the word
     1 45 and figure <9A> the following:  <, or one or more
     1 46 school nurses pursuant to section 256.11, subsection
     1 47 9B>.
     1 48 #5.  Page 3, by striking lines 34 and 35 and
     1 49 inserting the following:  <practitioner's license
     1 50 issued under chapter 272, or a>.
     2  1 #6.  Page 4, line 1, by striking the words <for
     2  2 school nurses>.
     2  3 #7.  Page 4, line 2, by inserting after the figure
     2  4 <272> the following:  <, excluding school nurses>.
     2  5 #8.  Page 12, line 4, by inserting after the figure
     2  6 <2008> the following:  <, and each succeeding school
     2  7 year>.
     2  8 #9.  Page 13, line 9, by striking the word <or> and
     2  9 inserting the following:  <or and>.
     2 10 #10.  Page 14, by striking line 5 and inserting the
     2 11 following:  <salaries due to geographic differences,
     2 12 educational>.
     2 13 #11.  Page 15, by inserting after line 21 the
     2 14 following:
     2 15    <Sec.    .  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph
     2 16 a, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
     2 17    a.  For each fiscal year of the fiscal period
     2 18 beginning July 1, 2006 2007, and ending June 30, 2009,
     2 19 to the department of education, the amount of two one
     2 20 million two four hundred fifty eighty=seven thousand
     2 21 five hundred dollars for the issuance of national
     2 22 board certification awards in accordance with section
     2 23 256.44.  Of the amount allocated under this paragraph,
     2 24 up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars may be used
     2 25 to support the implementation of a national board
     2 26 certification support program, and not less than
     2 27 eighty=five thousand dollars shall be used to
     2 28 administer the ambassador to education position in
     2 29 accordance with section 256.45.>
     2 30 #12.  Page 15, line 25, by striking the figure
     2 31 <2006> and inserting the following:  <2006 2007>.
     2 32 #13.  Page 17, by inserting after line 26 the
     2 33 following:
     2 34    <Sec.    .  Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph
     2 35 g, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2007, is amended to
     2 36 read as follows:
     2 37    For purposes of the pay=for=performance program
     2 38 established pursuant to section 284.14, the following
     2 39 amounts are allocated to the department of management
     2 40 education for the following fiscal years:>
     2 41 #14.  By renumbering as necessary.
     2 42
     2 43
     2 44                               
     2 45 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
     2 46 ROBERT E. DVORSKY, CHAIRPERSON
     2 47 SF 277.503 82
     2 48 kh/je/6257

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