Senate
File
2284
S-5180
Amend
Senate
File
2284
as
follows:
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1.
Page
6,
after
line
7
by
inserting:
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Sec.
___.
Section
279.19,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
3
read
as
follows:
4
279.19
Probationary
period.
5
1.
The
For
a
teacher
first
employed
by
a
school
6
district
on
or
after
July
1,
2012,
the
first
three
five
7
consecutive
years
of
employment
of
a
the
teacher
in
the
8
same
that
school
district
are
a
probationary
period.
9
However,
if
the
teacher
has
successfully
completed
a
10
probationary
period
of
employment
for
another
school
11
district
located
in
Iowa,
the
probationary
period
in
12
the
current
district
of
employment
shall
not
exceed
one
13
year.
A
board
of
directors
may
waive
the
probationary
14
period
for
any
teacher
who
previously
has
served
a
15
probationary
period
in
another
school
district
and
16
the
board
may
extend
the
probationary
period
for
an
17
additional
year
with
the
consent
of
the
teacher.
18
2.
In
the
case
of
the
termination
of
a
probationary
19
teacher’s
contract,
the
provisions
of
sections
279.15
20
and
279.16
shall
apply.
However,
if
the
probationary
21
teacher
is
a
beginning
teacher
who
fails
to
demonstrate
22
competence
in
the
Iowa
teaching
standards
in
accordance
23
with
chapter
284
,
the
provisions
of
sections
279.17
and
24
279.18
shall
also
apply.
25
3.
The
board’s
decision
shall
be
final
and
binding
26
unless
the
termination
was
based
upon
an
alleged
27
violation
of
a
constitutionally
guaranteed
right
of
28
the
teacher
or
an
alleged
violation
of
public
employee
29
rights
of
the
teacher
under
section
20.10
.
30
4.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
to
the
contrary,
31
the
grievance
procedures
of
section
20.18
relating
to
32
job
performance
or
job
retention
shall
not
apply
to
a
33
teacher
during
the
first
two
years
of
the
teacher’s
34
probationary
period.
However,
except
as
provided
in
35
section
284.8,
this
paragraph
subsection
shall
not
36
apply
to
a
teacher
who
has
successfully
completed
a
37
probationary
period
in
a
school
district
in
Iowa.
38
Sec.
___.
Section
279.24,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
39
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
40
4.
Administrators
employed
in
a
school
district
for
41
less
than
two
five
consecutive
years
are
probationary
42
administrators.
However,
a
school
board
may
waive
43
the
probationary
period
for
any
administrator
who
has
44
previously
served
a
probationary
period
in
another
45
school
district
and
the
school
board
may
extend
the
46
probationary
period
for
an
additional
year
with
the
47
consent
of
the
administrator.
If
a
school
board
48
determines
that
it
should
terminate
a
probationary
49
administrator’s
contract,
the
school
board
shall
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notify
the
administrator
not
later
than
May
15
that
1
the
contract
will
not
be
renewed
beyond
the
current
2
year.
The
notice
shall
be
in
writing
by
letter,
3
personally
delivered,
or
mailed
by
certified
mail.
The
4
notification
shall
be
complete
when
received
by
the
5
administrator.
Within
ten
five
days
after
receiving
6
the
notice,
the
administrator
may
request
a
private
7
conference
with
the
school
board
to
discuss
the
8
reasons
for
termination.
The
school
board’s
decision
9
to
terminate
a
probationary
administrator’s
contract
10
shall
be
final
unless
the
termination
was
based
upon
11
an
alleged
violation
of
a
constitutionally
guaranteed
12
right
of
the
administrator.
>
13
2.
By
renumbering
as
necessary.
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