Senate Amendment 3506
PAG LIN
1 1 Amend Senate File 588, as amended, passed, and
1 2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
1 3 #1. Page 15, by inserting after line 35 the
1 4 following:
1 5 <The state board of regents shall conduct a
1 6 detailed study examining campus security protocols,
1 7 processes, procedures, technologies, and prevention
1 8 counseling techniques in use at each of the
1 9 institutions of higher learning the board governs.
1 10 The study shall also explore process, protocol, and
1 11 technology improvements, as well as any other
1 12 improvements which may lead to significant
1 13 improvements in campus safety and security. The study
1 14 shall include a review of arming campus security
1 15 officers. The board shall complete the study by
1 16 October 1, 2007, and shall submit its findings and
1 17 recommendations in a report to the governor and the
1 18 general assembly by October 15, 2007.>
1 19 #2. By striking page 19, line 31, through page 20,
1 20 line 1, and inserting the following: <adults with
1 21 disabilities and special needs. The funds shall be
1 22 used for a nationally recognized program that began in
1 23 1986 and has been replicated in at least thirty
1 24 other>.
1 25 #3. Page 21, by inserting after line 35 the
1 26 following:
1 27 <Sec. . STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == GEORGE
1 28 WASHINGTON CARVER ENDOWED CHAIR. There is
1 29 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 30 state board of regents for the fiscal period beginning
1 31 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2009, the following
1 32 amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 33 used for the purpose designated:
1 34 For purposes of recruiting and retaining
1 35 high=quality faculty and to support their academic
1 36 pursuits and endeavors through the establishment of
1 37 the George Washington Carver endowed chair at the Iowa
1 38 state university of science and technology:
1 39 FY 2007=2008 ..................................... $ 250,000
1 40 FY 2008=2009 ..................................... $ 250,000
1 41 Moneys appropriated for purposes of the George
1 42 Washington Carver endowed chair as provided by this
1 43 section shall be allocated only to the extent that the
1 44 state moneys are matched from other sources by the
1 45 Iowa state university of science and technology on a
1 46 basis of a two dollar university contribution for
1 47 every one dollar appropriated under this section.>
1 48 #4. Page 22, by inserting after line 14 the
1 49 following:
1 50 #5. Page 22, by inserting after line 14 the
2 1 following:
2 2 <Sec. . PARTICIPATION IN AN INSTRUCTIONAL
2 3 SUPPORT PROGRAM BY SCHOOL DISTRICTS == SUSPENSION OF
2 4 REQUIREMENTS. Notwithstanding any contrary provision
2 5 in chapter 257, including sections 257.18 through
2 6 257.21, a school district that has participated in a
2 7 board=approved instructional support program during
2 8 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending
2 9 June 30, 2007, may continue to participate in the
2 10 board=approved instructional support program for the
2 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
2 12 30, 2008, to the extent established by the board's
2 13 resolution, as if it had complied with those sections,
2 14 if all of the following apply:
2 15 1. The board of directors of the school district
2 16 has adopted or adopts a resolution not later than May
2 17 15, 2007, to participate in the board=approved
2 18 instructional support program as otherwise provided in
2 19 section 257.18. If the board of directors has adopted
2 20 a budget which did not account for the board=approved
2 21 instructional support program, the board of directors
2 22 may adjust its budget to account for the
2 23 board=approved instructional support program as
2 24 approved by the department of management.
2 25 2. The secretary of the board of directors does
2 26 not receive a petition as authorized in section
2 27 257.18, subsection 2, within twenty=eight days
2 28 following the adoption of the resolution by the board
2 29 of directors of the school district to participate in
2 30 the board=approved instructional support program as
2 31 provided in subsection 1, which asks that an election
2 32 be called to approve or disapprove the action of the
2 33 board of directors in adopting the resolution.>
2 34 <Sec. . The Iowa learning technology commission
2 35 shall submit a report by January 1, 2008, to the
2 36 general assembly which shall include a description and
2 37 the results of the pilot programs which received
2 38 funding pursuant to section 280A.4 and, based on the
2 39 findings resulting from implementation of the
2 40 programs, the commission's recommendations for funding
2 41 and implementing statewide learning technology
2 42 initiatives.>
2 43 #6. Page 25, by inserting after line 14 the
2 44 following:
2 45 <Sec. . Section 256.9, Code 2007, is amended by
2 46 adding the following new subsection:
2 47 NEW SUBSECTION. 55. Establish and maintain a
2 48 process and a procedure, in cooperation with the board
2 49 of educational examiners, to compare a practitioner's
2 50 teaching assignment with the license and endorsements
3 1 held by the practitioner. The director may report
3 2 noncompliance issues identified by this process to the
3 3 board of educational examiners pursuant to section
3 4 272.15, subsection 3.>
3 5 #7. By striking page 26, line 34, through page 27,
3 6 line 15, and inserting the following:
3 7 <a. A school district that provides a virtual
3 8 class to a pupil in another school district and the
3 9 school district receiving that virtual class for a
3 10 pupil shall each receive a supplemental weighting of
3 11 one=twentieth of the percentage of the pupil's school
3 12 day during which the pupil attends the virtual class.
3 13 b. Fifty percent of the funding the school
3 14 district providing the virtual class receives as a
3 15 result of this subsection shall be reserved as
3 16 additional pay for the virtual classroom instructor.
3 17 If an instructor's contract provides additional pay
3 18 for teaching a virtual class, the instructor shall
3 19 receive the greater amount of either the amount
3 20 provided for in this paragraph or the amount provided
3 21 for in the instructor's contract.
3 22 c. A school district receiving a virtual class for
3 23 a pupil from a community college, which class meets
3 24 the sharing agreement requirements in section 257.11,
3 25 subsection 3, shall receive a supplemental funding
3 26 weighting of one=twentieth of the percentage of the
3 27 pupil's school day during which the pupil attends the
3 28 virtual class.
3 29 d. For the purposes of this subsection, "virtual
3 30 class" means either of the following:
3 31 (1) A class provided by a school district to a
3 32 pupil in another school district via the Iowa
3 33 communications network's video services.
3 34 (2) A class provided by a community college to a
3 35 pupil in a school district via the Iowa communications
3 36 network's video services.>
3 37 #8. Page 39, by inserting after line 4 the
3 38 following:
3 39 <Sec. . Section 272.15, Code 2007, is amended
3 40 to read as follows:
3 41 272.15 SCHOOL REPORTING REQUIREMENT REQUIREMENTS
3 42 == COMPLAINTS.
3 43 1. The board of directors of a school district or
3 44 area education agency, the superintendent of a school
3 45 district or the chief administrator of an area
3 46 education agency, and the authorities in charge of a
3 47 nonpublic school shall report to the board the
3 48 nonrenewal or termination, for reasons of alleged or
3 49 actual misconduct, of a person's contract executed
3 50 under sections 279.12, 279.13, 279.15 through 279.21,
4 1 279.23, and 279.24, and the resignation of a person
4 2 who holds a license, certificate, or authorization
4 3 issued by the board as a result of or following an
4 4 incident or allegation of misconduct that, if proven,
4 5 would constitute a violation of the rules adopted by
4 6 the board to implement section 272.2, subsection 14,
4 7 paragraph "b", subparagraph (1), when the board or
4 8 reporting official has a good faith belief that the
4 9 incident occurred or the allegation is true.
4 10 Information reported to the board in accordance with
4 11 this section is privileged and confidential, and
4 12 except as provided in section 272.13, is not subject
4 13 to discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal
4 14 compulsion for its release to a person other than the
4 15 respondent and the board and its employees and agents
4 16 involved in licensee discipline, and is not admissible
4 17 in evidence in a judicial or administrative proceeding
4 18 other than the proceeding involving licensee
4 19 discipline. The board shall review the information
4 20 reported to determine whether a complaint should be
4 21 initiated. In making that determination, the board
4 22 shall consider the factors enumerated in section
4 23 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph "a". For purposes of
4 24 this section, unless the context otherwise requires,
4 25 "misconduct" means an action disqualifying an
4 26 applicant for a license or causing the license of a
4 27 person to be revoked or suspended in accordance with
4 28 the rules adopted by the board to implement section
4 29 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph "b", subparagraph (1).
4 30 2. If, in the course of performing official
4 31 duties, an employee of the department becomes aware of
4 32 any alleged misconduct by an individual licensed under
4 33 this chapter, the employee shall report the alleged
4 34 misconduct to the board of educational examiners under
4 35 rules adopted pursuant to subsection 1.
4 36 3. If the executive director of the board verifies
4 37 through a review of official records that a teacher
4 38 who holds a practitioner's license under this chapter
4 39 is assigned instructional duties for which the teacher
4 40 does not hold the appropriate license or endorsement,
4 41 either by grade level or subject area, by a school
4 42 district or accredited nonpublic school, the executive
4 43 director may initiate a complaint against the teacher
4 44 and the administrator responsible for the
4 45 inappropriate assignment of instructional duties.>
4 46 #9. Page 39, by inserting after line 18 the
4 47 following:
4 48 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 279.43 REPORTING
4 49 INAPPROPRIATE TEACHING ASSIGNMENTS.
4 50 An employee licensed by the board of educational
5 1 examiners and holding a contract as described in
5 2 section 279.13 shall disclose any occurrence of a
5 3 teaching assignment for which that employee is not
5 4 properly licensed to the school official responsible
5 5 for determining teaching assignments. Failure of the
5 6 employee to disclose this occurrence or failure of the
5 7 school official responsible for determining teaching
5 8 assignments to make appropriate adjustments to the
5 9 employee's teaching assignment once the employee
5 10 discloses the occurrence shall constitute an incident
5 11 of misconduct as provided in section 272.2, subsection
5 12 14, and is actionable by the board. If the school
5 13 official fails to make appropriate adjustments to the
5 14 teaching assignment once disclosure by the employee is
5 15 made, the employee shall report this occurrence to the
5 16 department or to the board for further action.>
5 17 #10. Page 41, by inserting after line 30 the
5 18 following:
5 19 <Sec. . NEW SECTION. 279.66 DISCIPLINE AND
5 20 PERSONAL CONDUCT STANDARDS.
5 21 The board of directors of a school district shall
5 22 review and modify existing policies related to student
5 23 discipline and student conduct that are designed to
5 24 promote responsible behavior on school property and at
5 25 school functions in order that the policy shall govern
5 26 the conduct of students, teachers and other school
5 27 personnel, and visitors; provide opportunities for
5 28 students to exercise self=discipline and practice
5 29 cooperative classroom behavior; and encourage students
5 30 and practitioners to model fairness, equity, and
5 31 respect. The policy shall specify the
5 32 responsibilities of students, parents and guardians,
5 33 and practitioners in creating an atmosphere where all
5 34 individuals feel a sense of respect, safety, and
5 35 belonging, and shall set forth the consequences for
5 36 unacceptable behavior. The policy shall be published
5 37 in the student handbook.>
5 38 #11. Page 45, line 13, by inserting after the word
5 39 <EFFECTIVE> the following: <AND APPLICABILITY>.
5 40 #12. Page 45, by inserting after line 16 the
5 41 following:
5 42 < . The section of this Act enacting section
5 43 257.11, subsection 6, takes effect July 1, 2007, and
5 44 is applicable to school budget years beginning on or
5 45 after July 1, 2008.>
5 46 #13. Page 45, by inserting after line 16 the
5 47 following:
5 48 < . The section of this Act relating to a
5 49 suspension of the requirements for participation in an
5 50 instructional support program by school districts,
6 1 being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect
6 2 upon enactment.>
6 3 #14. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
6 4 word <regents,> the following: <providing for related
6 5 matters concerning the Iowa learning technology
6 6 commission,>.
6 7 #15. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
6 8 word <regents,> the following: <providing for a
6 9 related matter concerning participation in an
6 10 instructional support program by school districts,>.
6 11 #16. By renumbering, relettering, or redesignating
6 12 and correcting internal references as necessary.
6 13 SF 588.H
6 14 kh/jg/25
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