House File 163
HOUSE FILE
BY WISE
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to teacher salary requirements and professional
2 development programs and making an appropriation.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 1892YH 80
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1 1 Section 1. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY
1 2 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 3 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
1 4 beginning July 1, 2003, and ending June 30, 2004, the
1 5 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 6 used for the purposes designated:
1 7 For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
1 8 program established pursuant to chapter 284:
1 9 .................................................. $111,591,336
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 256.18, subsection 2, unnumbered paragraph
1 11 2, Code 2003, is amended by striking the unnumbered paragraph.
1 12 Sec. 3. Section 256.21, unnumbered paragraph 4, Code 2003,
1 13 is amended to read as follows:
1 14 A sabbatical grant to a teacher shall be equal to the costs
1 15 to the school district of the teacher's regular compensation
1 16 as defined in section 294A.2 plus the cost to the district of
1 17 the fringe benefits of the teacher. The grant shall be paid
1 18 to the school district, and the district shall continue to pay
1 19 the teacher's regular compensation as well as the cost to the
1 20 district of the substitute teacher. Teachers and boards of
1 21 school districts are encouraged to seek funding from other
1 22 sources to pay the costs of sabbaticals for teachers. Grant
1 23 moneys are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257.
1 24 Sec. 4. Section 256.39, subsection 8, Code 2003, is
1 25 amended by striking the subsection.
1 26 Sec. 5. Section 256A.4, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1 27 1, Code 2003, is amended to read as follows:
1 28 The board of directors of each school district may develop
1 29 and offer a program which provides outreach and incentives for
1 30 the voluntary participation of expectant parents and parents
1 31 of children in the period of life from birth through age five,
1 32 who reside within district boundaries, in educational family
1 33 support experiences designed to assist parents in learning
1 34 about the physical, mental, and emotional development of their
1 35 children. A district providing a family support program,
2 1 which seeks additional funding under sections 294A.13 through
2 2 294A.16, shall meet the requirements of this section and the
2 3 program shall be subject to approval by the department of
2 4 education. A board may contract with another school district
2 5 or public or private nonprofit agency for provision of the
2 6 approved program or program site.
2 7 Sec. 6. Section 258.17, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
2 8 amended to read as follows:
2 9 4. Each workstart program shall include a written
2 10 agreement by the school or school district with one or more
2 11 businesses from the surrounding community to provide
2 12 workplace=specific training and learning programs which are
2 13 related to the skills needed to succeed in those occupational
2 14 areas. The proposed plan for implementation of the workstart
2 15 program shall include a copy of the written agreement between
2 16 the school or school district and the business or businesses
2 17 and a business support component, which shall consist of
2 18 financial or in=kind support, or both financial and in=kind
2 19 support, from the businesses that have entered into the
2 20 agreement with the school or school district. The plan may
2 21 provide for the utilization of phase III and other available
2 22 school funds in the establishment of the program. A workstart
2 23 program is a comprehensive school transformation program under
2 24 section 294A.14.
2 25 Sec. 7. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
2 26 amended to read as follows:
2 27 7. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be
2 28 counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the
2 29 pupil's district of residence. A pupil's residence, for
2 30 purposes of this section, means a residence under section
2 31 282.1. The board of directors of the district of residence
2 32 shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per pupil
2 33 for the previous school year, plus any moneys received for the
2 34 pupil as a result of the non=English speaking weighting under
2 35 section 280.4, subsection 3, for the previous school year
3 1 multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous year.
3 2 The district of residence shall also transmit the phase III
3 3 moneys allocated to the district for the previous year for the
3 4 full=time equivalent attendance of the pupil, who is the
3 5 subject of the request, to the receiving district specified in
3 6 the request for transfer. If the pupil participating in open
3 7 enrollment is also an eligible pupil under chapter 261C, the
3 8 receiving district shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount
3 9 to an eligible postsecondary institution as provided in
3 10 section 261C.6.
3 11 Sec. 8. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2003, is
3 12 amended by adding the following new paragraphs:
3 13 NEW PARAGRAPH. i. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 14 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of one
3 15 hundred thousand dollars to the department of education for
3 16 distribution to the tribal council of the Sac and Fox Indian
3 17 settlement located on land held in trust by the secretary of
3 18 the interior of the United States. Moneys allocated under
3 19 this paragraph shall be used for the purposes specified in
3 20 section 256.30.
3 21 NEW PARAGRAPH. j. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 22 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of one
3 23 hundred seventy thousand dollars to the state board of regents
3 24 for distribution in the amount of sixty=eight thousand dollars
3 25 to the Iowa braille and sight saving school and in the amount
3 26 of one hundred two thousand dollars to the Iowa state school
3 27 for the deaf.
3 28 NEW PARAGRAPH. k. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
3 29 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of ninety=
3 30 four thousand six hundred dollars to be paid to the state
3 31 board of regents for distribution to licensed classroom
3 32 teachers at the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the
3 33 Iowa school for the deaf for payments of minimum salary
3 34 supplements based upon the average yearly enrollment at each
3 35 school as determined by the state board of regents.
4 1 NEW PARAGRAPH. l. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
4 2 2003, and each succeeding fiscal year, the amount of one
4 3 hundred fifteen thousand five hundred dollars to be paid to
4 4 the department of human services for distribution to its
4 5 licensed classroom teachers at institutions under the control
4 6 of the department of human services for minimum salary
4 7 supplements based upon the average student yearly enrollment
4 8 at each institution as determined by the department of human
4 9 services.
4 10 Sec. 9. Section 331.909, subsection 2, Code 2003, is
4 11 amended to read as follows:
4 12 2. The activities of a multidisciplinary community
4 13 services team shall not duplicate the activities of a
4 14 multidisciplinary team for child abuse under section 235A.13,
4 15 dependent adult abuse activities under section 235B.6, area
4 16 education agency activities under section 294A.14, or child
4 17 victim services provided under section 915.35.
4 18 Sec. 10. Chapter 294A, Code 2003, is repealed.
4 19 EXPLANATION
4 20 This bill repeals Code chapter 294A, which creates the
4 21 educational excellence program and includes a standing
4 22 appropriation for the program. The bill also appropriates
4 23 moneys to the department of education from the state general
4 24 fund for purposes of the student achievement and teacher
4 25 quality program, funding from that program some of the
4 26 purposes and entities currently provided for by Code chapter
4 27 294A.
4 28 The educational excellence program consists of three
4 29 phases: Phase I establishes a minimum annual salary and a
4 30 formula for distribution of state moneys to assist school
4 31 districts in meeting the minimum salary requirement; phase II
4 32 provides state aid for general salary increases; and phase III
4 33 moneys are distributed to assist in the development of
4 34 performance=based pay plans and supplemental pay plans
4 35 requiring additional instructional work assignments. Phase II
5 1 and III moneys have also been used to fund salary increases
5 2 for licensed classroom teachers at department of human
5 3 services institutions, the Iowa braille and sight saving
5 4 school, the Iowa school for the deaf, and the Sac and Fox
5 5 Indian settlement; participation in the national assessment of
5 6 education progress; the ambassador to education position; a K=
5 7 12 management information system; professional development at
5 8 the Iowa braille and sight saving school and the Iowa state
5 9 school for the deaf; and the Iowa mathematics and science
5 10 coalition.
5 11 The bill also strikes from the Code any references to Code
5 12 chapter 294A, including language that permits the use of phase
5 13 III moneys for purposes of character education programs, the
5 14 career pathways program, family support programs, and
5 15 workstart programs. The bill also strikes language requiring
5 16 a pupil's district of residence to transmit phase III moneys
5 17 it received for a pupil participating in open enrollment to
5 18 the receiving district.
5 19 The bill appropriates nearly $111.6 million for FY 2003=
5 20 2004 for purposes of the student achievement and teacher
5 21 quality program, which includes funding for the teacher career
5 22 path and the beginning teacher mentoring and induction
5 23 program, and, under the bill, includes salary increases for
5 24 licensed classroom teachers at department of human services
5 25 institutions, the Iowa braille and sight saving school, the
5 26 Iowa school for the deaf, and the Sac and Fox Indian
5 27 settlement; and professional development at the Iowa braille
5 28 and sight saving school and the Iowa state school for the
5 29 deaf.
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