Senate File 5

                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  REHBERG


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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing school districts to deduct and pay fees for
  2    membership in not=for=profit professional education
  3    associations.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1033XS 80
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PAG LIN

  1  1    Section 1.  Section 279.59, Code 2003, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    279.59  ACCESS BY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS.
  1  4    1.  The board of directors of a school district shall
  1  5 provide not=for=profit, professional education associations
  1  6 that offer membership to teachers or administrators equal
  1  7 access to teacher or administrator mailboxes for distribution
  1  8 of professional literature.
  1  9    2.  Notwithstanding section 20.9, a school district may,
  1 10 upon a teacher's or administrator's written request, deduct
  1 11 from the salary or wages of the teacher or administrator an
  1 12 amount specified by the teacher or administrator for payment
  1 13 of dues or membership fees for the teacher's or
  1 14 administrator's membership in a not=for=profit, professional
  1 15 education association.  The teacher or administrator may
  1 16 withdraw the request for the deduction at any time by giving
  1 17 the school district thirty days' written notice.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill authorizes school districts, upon the request of
  1 20 a teacher or administrator, to pay through payroll deduction
  1 21 the teacher's or administrator's dues or membership fees in
  1 22 any not=for=profit, professional education association.
  1 23    Code section 20.9, which includes dues checkoffs within the
  1 24 scope of negotiations for collective bargaining agreements, is
  1 25 made inapplicable to the payroll deduction provided for in the
  1 26 bill.
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