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

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SHAWN HAMERLINCK