Senate Amendment 3059
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend the amendment, S=3053, to Senate File 277, as
1 2 follows:
1 3 #1. By striking page 1, line 2, through page 2,
1 4 line 40 and inserting the following:
1 5 <# . By striking page 1, line 1, through page
1 6 26, line 16 and inserting the following:
1 7 <Section 1. Section 284.13, subsection 1,
1 8 paragraphs d and h, Code 2007, are amended to read as
1 9 follows:
1 10 d. (1) For the each fiscal year of the fiscal
1 11 period beginning July 1, 2006 2007, and ending June
1 12 30, 2007 2012, up to ten million dollars to the
1 13 department of education for use by school districts to
1 14 add one additional teacher contract day to the school
1 15 calendar. The department shall distribute funds
1 16 allocated for the purpose of this paragraph based on
1 17 the average per diem contract salary for each district
1 18 as reported to the department for the school year
1 19 beginning July 1, 2005, multiplied by the total number
1 20 of full=time equivalent teachers in the base year.
1 21 The department shall adjust each district's average
1 22 per diem salary by the allowable growth rate
1 23 established under section 257.8 for the fiscal year
1 24 beginning July 1, 2006. The contract salary amount
1 25 shall be the amount paid for their regular
1 26 responsibilities but shall not include pay for
1 27 extracurricular activities. School districts shall
1 28 distribute funds to teachers based on individual
1 29 teacher per diem amounts. These funds for a raising
1 30 student achievement grant program that encourages
1 31 school districts to collaborate on innovative methods
1 32 and measures to improve student achievement and that
1 33 provides assistance to school districts to encourage
1 34 implementation of those methods and measures as
1 35 demonstration projects and innovative programs, such
1 36 as teacher academies and regional academies.
1 37 (2) The department shall determine an application
1 38 process grant criteria for the selection of grant
1 39 recipients. A school district or a consortium of
1 40 school districts may apply to the department on forms
1 41 approved by the department.
1 42 (3) Funds distributed to school districts pursuant
1 43 to this paragraph shall not supplant existing funding
1 44 for professional development activities.
1 45 Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, moneys
1 46 received by a school district under this paragraph
1 47 shall not revert but shall remain available for the
1 48 same purpose in the succeeding fiscal year.
1 49 (4) A school district which receives funds
1 50 pursuant to this paragraph shall submit a report to
2 1 the department in a manner determined by the
2 2 department describing its use of the funds received
2 3 under this paragraph.
2 4 (5) The department shall submit a report on school
2 5 district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to
2 6 this paragraph to the chairpersons and ranking members
2 7 of the house and senate standing committees on
2 8 education, the joint appropriations subcommittee on
2 9 education, and the legislative services agency not
2 10 later than January 15, 2007 general assembly by
2 11 January 15 annually.
2 12 (6) The legislative council is requested to
2 13 provide for a study of the innovative programs and
2 14 collaborative efforts implemented with funds received
2 15 by school districts pursuant to this paragraph. The
2 16 study shall review the effects of the funds allocated
2 17 pursuant to this paragraph on student achievement
2 18 levels, including but not limited to the amount by
2 19 which student achievement levels were changed, by
2 20 subject area, in the school districts and attendance
2 21 centers receiving grants under the program. The study
2 22 shall include a report describing the uses and
2 23 distribution of the funds allocated under this
2 24 paragraph to be submitted to the general assembly by
2 25 January 15, 2014.
2 26 h. For each fiscal year in which funds are
2 27 appropriated for purposes of this chapter, the moneys
2 28 remaining after distribution as provided in paragraphs
2 29 "a" through "g" shall be allocated to school districts
2 30 for salaries and career professional development in
2 31 accordance with the following formula:
2 32 (1) Fifty percent of the allocation shall be in
2 33 the proportion that the basic enrollment of a school
2 34 district bears to the sum of the basic enrollments of
2 35 all school districts in the state for the budget year.
2 36 (2) Fifty percent of the allocation shall be based
2 37 upon the proportion that the number of full=time
2 38 equivalent teachers employed by a school district
2 39 bears to the sum of the number of full=time equivalent
2 40 teachers who are employed by all school districts in
2 41 the state for the base year. Each school district
2 42 shall develop a plan for teacher salary enhancements
2 43 based on increased student achievement levels and for
2 44 professional development efforts designed to assist
2 45 teachers to increase student achievement levels which
2 46 shall be aligned with the school district's
2 47 professional development plan. The school district
2 48 shall determine which teachers shall receive salary
2 49 enhancements. Funds appropriated pursuant to this
2 50 paragraph shall be used by a school district to reward
3 1 teachers or teams of teachers with salary enhancements
3 2 for their ability to raise student achievement levels
3 3 and reduce achievement gaps between students, and to
3 4 provide for professional development designed to
3 5 assist teachers in efforts to increase student
3 6 achievement.>
3 7 # . By striking page 26, line 27, through page
3 8 27, line 16.>
3 9 #2. Title page, by striking lines 1 through 6 and
3 10 inserting the following: <An Act relating to the
3 11 student achievement and teacher quality program and
3 12 making appropriations.>
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3 15
3 16 PAUL McKINLEY
3 17 BRAD ZAUN
3 18 STEVE KETTERING
3 19 MARK ZIEMAN
3 20 DAVID L. HARTSUCH
3 21 DAVID JOHNSON
3 22 JERRY BEHN
3 23 NANCY J. BOETTGER
3 24 PAT WARD
3 25 LARRY NOBLE
3 26 JAMES F. HAHN
3 27 JOHN PUTNEY
3 28 JEFF ANGELO
3 29 RON WIECK
3 30 SF 277.202 82
3 31 kh/es/7068
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