House File 2401 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY WENDT, OLDSON, BERRY, REICHERT,
FREVERT, SHOULTZ, HUNTER,
COHOON, LYKAM, T. TAYLOR, DAVITT,
SMITH, KUHN, WISE, QUIRK, REASONER,
WESSEL=KROESCHELL, WINCKLER,
JOCHUM, LENSING, HEDDENS, SCHUELLER,
BELL, and GASKILL
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act appropriating and allocating funds for purposes of the
2 student achievement and teacher quality program, and providing
3 effective and retroactive applicability dates.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 DIVISION I
1 2 APPROPRIATIONS AND ALLOCATIONS FOR STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND
1 3 TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM
1 4 Section 1. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY
1 5 PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
1 6 state to the department of education for the fiscal year
1 7 beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
1 8 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 9 used for the purposes designated:
1 10 For purposes, as provided in law, of the student
1 11 achievement and teacher quality program established pursuant
1 12 to chapter 284:
1 13 .................................................. $130,000,000
1 14 Sec. 2. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a through
1 15 c, Code Supplement 2005, are amended to read as follows:
1 16 a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 2006, and
1 17 ending June 30, 2006 2007, to the department of education, the
1 18 amount of two million dollars for the issuance of national
1 19 board certification awards in accordance with section 256.44.
1 20 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 2006, and
1 21 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to four million two four
1 22 hundred thousand dollars for first=year and second=year
1 23 beginning teachers, to the department of education for
1 24 distribution to school districts for purposes of the beginning
1 25 teacher mentoring and induction programs. A school district
1 26 shall receive one thousand three hundred dollars per beginning
1 27 teacher participating in the program. If the funds
1 28 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors
1 29 and school districts as provided in this paragraph, the
1 30 department shall prorate the amount distributed to school
1 31 districts based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received
1 32 by a school district pursuant to this paragraph shall be
1 33 expended to provide each mentor with an award of five hundred
1 34 dollars per semester, at a minimum, for participation in the
1 35 school district's beginning teacher mentoring and induction
2 1 program; to implement the plan; and to pay any applicable
2 2 costs of the employer's share of contributions to federal
2 3 social security and the Iowa public employees' retirement
2 4 system or a pension and annuity retirement system established
2 5 under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the district.
2 6 c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 2006, and
2 7 ending June 30, 2006 2007, up to four six hundred eighty=five
2 8 thousand dollars to the department of education for purposes
2 9 of implementing the career development program requirements of
2 10 section 284.6, the review panel requirements of section 284.9,
2 11 and the evaluator training program in section 284.10. From
2 12 the moneys allocated to the department pursuant to this
2 13 paragraph, not less than ten thousand dollars shall be
2 14 distributed to the board of educational examiners for purposes
2 15 of convening an educator licensing review working group. From
2 16 the moneys allocated to the department pursuant to this
2 17 paragraph, not less than eighty=five thousand dollars shall be
2 18 used to administer the ambassador to education position in
2 19 accordance with section 256.45. A portion of the funds
2 20 allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
2 21 be used by the department for administrative purposes.
2 22 Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys allocated for purposes of
2 23 this paragraph prior to July 1, 2004 2006, which remain
2 24 unobligated or unexpended at the end of the fiscal year for
2 25 which the moneys were appropriated, shall remain available for
2 26 expenditure for the purposes for which they were allocated,
2 27 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004 2006, and ending
2 28 June 30, 2005 2007.
2 29 Sec. 3. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph d,
2 30 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2005, is amended to
2 31 read as follows:
2 32 For each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated for
2 33 purposes of this chapter, the moneys remaining after
2 34 distribution as provided in paragraphs "a" through "c" and "e"
2 35 "f" shall be allocated to school districts for salaries and
3 1 career development in accordance with the following formula:
3 2 Sec. 4. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
3 3 Supplement 2005, is amended to read as follows:
3 4 f. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 2006, and
3 5 ending June 30, 2006 2007, up to ten million dollars to the
3 6 department of education for use by school districts to add one
3 7 additional teacher contract day to the school calendar. The
3 8 department shall distribute funds allocated for the purpose of
3 9 this paragraph based on the average per diem contract salary
3 10 for each district as reported to the department for the school
3 11 year beginning July 1, 2004, multiplied by the total number of
3 12 full=time equivalent teachers in the base year. The
3 13 department shall adjust each district's average per diem
3 14 salary by the allowable growth rate established under section
3 15 257.8 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005 2006. The
3 16 contract salary amount shall be the amount paid for their
3 17 regular responsibilities but shall not include pay for
3 18 extracurricular activities. A school district shall submit a
3 19 report to the department in a manner determined by the
3 20 department describing its use of the funds received under this
3 21 paragraph. The department shall submit a report on school
3 22 district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to this
3 23 paragraph to the chairpersons and ranking members of the house
3 24 and senate standing committees on education, the joint
3 25 appropriations subcommittee on education, and the legislative
3 26 services agency not later than January 15, 2006 2007.
3 27 Sec. 5. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph g, Code
3 28 Supplement 2005, is amended by striking the paragraph.
3 29 DIVISION II
3 30 2005=2006 TECHNICAL CORRECTION
3 31 STATE PROGRAM ALLOCATION FORMULA
3 32 Sec. 6. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph d,
3 33 unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement 2005, is amended to
3 34 read as follows:
3 35 For each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated for
4 1 purposes of this chapter, the moneys remaining after
4 2 distribution as provided in paragraphs "a" through "c", "f",
4 3 and "e" "g" shall be allocated to school districts for
4 4 salaries and career development in accordance with the
4 5 following formula:
4 6 Sec. 7. EFFECTIVE AND RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY DATES.
4 7 Section 5 of this Act, being deemed of immediate importance,
4 8 takes effect upon enactment and applies retroactively to July
4 9 1, 2005.
4 10 EXPLANATION
4 11 This bill increases the appropriation from the general fund
4 12 to the department of education for purposes of the student
4 13 achievement and teacher quality program for FY 2006=2007 by
4 14 approximately $60.4 million over the nearly $69.6 million
4 15 appropriated for FY 2005=2006. The statutory allocations for
4 16 national board certification awards and the additional teacher
4 17 contract day remain at the same level; the amount for
4 18 mentoring and induction for beginning teachers is increased by
4 19 $200,000; and the amount allocated for the career development
4 20 program, the review panel, the evaluator training program, and
4 21 the ambassador to education is increased by $115,000. The
4 22 moneys remaining, under the current statutory language, are
4 23 allocated to school districts and area education agencies for
4 24 salaries and career development.
4 25 The bill makes a technical correction to the current Code
4 26 language relating to the allocation of moneys to school
4 27 districts for salaries and career development, and makes the
4 28 provision effective upon enactment and retroactively
4 29 applicable to July 1, 2005.
4 30 The bill eliminates an obsolete provision.
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