House File 2433 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY MASCHER, JOCHUM, WINCKLER,
LENSING, and WESSEL=KROESCHELL
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the recommendations of the institute for
2 tomorrow's workforce and making appropriations.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. INSTITUTE FOR TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE. There is
1 2 appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
1 3 department of management for allocation to the institute for
1 4 tomorrow's workforce created under chapter 7K, for the fiscal
1 5 year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007, the
1 6 following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
1 7 used for the purposes designated:
1 8 For the activities of the institute created pursuant to
1 9 section 7K.1, subject to the matching fund requirement of that
1 10 section, and as provided in this section:
1 11 .................................................. $ 1,050,000
1 12 The funds appropriated in this section shall be allocated
1 13 as follows:
1 14 1. The amount of $250,000 for support of the operations
1 15 and activities of the institute.
1 16 2. The amount of $300,000 to determine, in consultation
1 17 with education stakeholders and professional consultants, the
1 18 content area knowledge and skills and assessments necessary to
1 19 measure the content and skills to prepare Iowa learners for
1 20 the demands of the 21st century.
1 21 3. The amount of $500,000 to conduct an independent and
1 22 thorough study of the current financing for pre=kindergarten,
1 23 kindergarten through grade 12, and community colleges in order
1 24 to develop adequate financial support for a performance=based
1 25 education system. The study shall include a review of the
1 26 current taxing structures; address the adequacy, fairness, and
1 27 flexibility of current funding levels; and consider the
1 28 adoption of the national average for per=pupil funding.
1 29 4. The institute shall submit its findings and
1 30 recommendations, including proposed legislation, resulting
1 31 from the review and study conducted pursuant to subsections 2
1 32 and 3 in a report to the chairpersons and ranking members of
1 33 the joint appropriations subcommittee on education by January
1 34 15, 2007.
1 35 5. The institute shall coordinate and deploy a public
2 1 relations campaign, in cooperation with the department of
2 2 education, the state board of regents, the private sector,
2 3 and, as possible, with other state or national initiatives, to
2 4 heighten citizen awareness of the critical need for education
2 5 improvements in Iowa. The campaign may involve the advocacy
2 6 and resources of business, research, and education. The
2 7 campaign shall involve media, forums, focus groups, polling
2 8 and town meetings, and networks of organizations and
2 9 associations.
2 10 Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT == EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY
2 11 SYSTEM COMMISSION. There is appropriated from the general
2 12 fund of the state to the department of management for the
2 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2007,
2 14 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
2 15 be used for the purposes designated:
2 16 For the activities and operations of the educational
2 17 delivery system commission established pursuant to this
2 18 section:
2 19 .................................................. $ 1,250,000
2 20 1. An educational delivery system commission is
2 21 established to create a plan for a performance=based
2 22 proficiency system in which learners from prekindergarten
2 23 through postsecondary progress at their own rate regardless of
2 24 age and demonstrate proficiency through their skills and
2 25 knowledge. The plan shall address the changes required to
2 26 establish a performance=based, learner=centered educational
2 27 delivery system, including but not limited to the realignment
2 28 of school districts, area education agencies, state
2 29 postsecondary institutions, and the department of education;
2 30 and the specific quantitative and qualitative indicators and
2 31 recommendations on management, governance, faculty salaries,
2 32 services, boundaries, funding, optimum size and administrative
2 33 efficiencies.
2 34 2. The commission shall be composed of fourteen members
2 35 appointed as follows:
3 1 a. One member appointed by the governor.
3 2 b. The director of the department of education or the
3 3 director's designee.
3 4 c. The chairperson of the state board of regents or the
3 5 chairperson's designee.
3 6 d. One member appointed by the Iowa association of
3 7 community college trustees.
3 8 e. One member appointed by the Iowa association of
3 9 community college presidents.
3 10 f. One member appointed by the area education agencies.
3 11 g. One member appointed by the Iowa state education
3 12 association.
3 13 h. One legislative member appointed by the president of
3 14 the senate, after consultation with the majority leader of the
3 15 senate.
3 16 i. One legislative member appointed by the minority leader
3 17 of the senate.
3 18 j. One legislative member appointed by the speaker of the
3 19 house of representatives.
3 20 k. One legislative member appointed by the minority leader
3 21 of the house of representatives.
3 22 l. One member appointed by the Iowa association of school
3 23 boards.
3 24 m. One member appointed by the school administrators of
3 25 Iowa.
3 26 n. One member appointed by the Iowa association of
3 27 business and industry.
3 28 3. The commission shall submit its plan, including
3 29 proposed changes to the Code of Iowa and administrative rules
3 30 needed to implement the plan, to the general assembly by
3 31 January 15, 2007. The general assembly may approve or reject
3 32 the plan, but shall not amend or modify the plan. If the
3 33 general assembly and the governor approve the plan, the plan
3 34 shall take effect July 1, 2009.
3 35 Sec. 3. STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM.
4 1 There is appropriated from the general fund of the state to
4 2 the department of education for each fiscal year in the fiscal
4 3 period beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June 30, 2008, the
4 4 following amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be
4 5 used for the purposes designated:
4 6 For purposes of the student achievement and teacher quality
4 7 program established pursuant to chapter 284:
4 8 FY 2006=2007...................................... $177,250,000
4 9 FY 2007=2008...................................... $327,250,000
4 10 Sec. 4. Section 256.7, subsection 26, Code Supplement
4 11 2005, is amended to read as follows:
4 12 26. Develop Adopt rules requiring school districts and
4 13 accredited nonpublic schools to offer a core curriculum. The
4 14 state board shall develop a model core curriculum, taking into
4 15 consideration the recommendations of the American college
4 16 testing program, inc. The state board shall set a goal of
4 17 increasing the number of students graduating from secondary
4 18 school who have successfully completed a core curriculum, by
4 19 July 1, 2009, to eighty percent of all students graduating
4 20 from secondary schools in this state, except that the goal
4 21 shall be exclusive of students who have special or alternative
4 22 means for satisfying graduation requirements under
4 23 individualized educational plans developed for the students.
4 24 The state board shall offer materials and support to school
4 25 districts and accredited nonpublic schools designed to
4 26 increase the number of students taking the complete American
4 27 college testing program, inc., college entrance examination,
4 28 including the writing test, and shall establish a goal of
4 29 increasing the number of students statewide taking the
4 30 examination to fifty percent of the senior high school
4 31 students enrolled in school districts and accredited nonpublic
4 32 schools throughout the state. The state board shall also
4 33 establish a goal of maintaining the statewide average score on
4 34 the examination at not less than twenty=two. For purposes of
4 35 this section, "core curriculum" means the minimum number of
5 1 specific high school courses that a student needs to take in
5 2 preparation for advanced career and vocational purposes.
5 3 Sec. 5. Section 262.9, Code Supplement 2005, is amended by
5 4 adding the following new subsection:
5 5 NEW SUBSECTION. 31. Adopt rules establishing
5 6 performance=based proficiencies as the primary determiner of
5 7 entry and enrollment, and requiring the institutions of higher
5 8 education under its control to accept the performance=based
5 9 proficiencies as the primary determiner of entry and
5 10 enrollment requirements by July 1, 2010. The board shall also
5 11 establish high postsecondary graduation and student retention
5 12 rates for all of the institutions of higher education under
5 13 its control.
5 14 Sec. 6. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER SALARY STUDY. The
5 15 department of education shall conduct a study of teacher
5 16 salaries, including the minimum level necessary to recruit and
5 17 retain quality teachers and the salary levels necessary to
5 18 move this state to the national average in teacher's salary
5 19 paid. The department shall develop a plan to increase teacher
5 20 salaries which shall include a market factor that allows
5 21 school districts to attract teachers in geographic, socio=
5 22 economic, and subject=area shortage areas. The plan shall
5 23 recognize geographic wage differentials and recommend
5 24 incentives for traditionally hard=to=staff schools, subject=
5 25 area shortages, and for improving the racial and ethnic
5 26 diversity in school district teaching staffs. The department
5 27 shall submit its plan, including recommendations for proposed
5 28 legislation, in a report to the chairpersons and ranking
5 29 members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on education
5 30 by January 15, 2007.
5 31 Sec. 7. STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == PERFORMANCE=BASED
5 32 PROFICIENCIES ADMISSIONS == STRATEGY. The rules relating to
5 33 the use of performance=based proficiencies adopted by the
5 34 state board of regents pursuant to section 262.9, subsection
5 35 31, if enacted by this Act, shall meet or exceed the
6 1 provisions of administrative rule 681 IAC 1.1(1) in effect on
6 2 January 1, 2006. The state board of regents shall develop a
6 3 five=year strategy for replacing class rank and grade=point
6 4 averages as basic indicators of college readiness with the
6 5 performance=based proficiencies adopted pursuant to section
6 6 262.9, subsection 31, if enacted by this Act. The board shall
6 7 submit the strategy to the chairpersons and ranking members of
6 8 the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
6 9 education by January 15, 2007.
6 10 Sec. 8. POSTSECONDARY COMPETITIVE SALARIES STUDY. The
6 11 state board of regents, in cooperation with the department of
6 12 education, shall convene a working group to study
6 13 postsecondary faculty salaries paid in community colleges and
6 14 state universities throughout the state. The department of
6 15 education shall provide, at the request of the state board of
6 16 regents, information and assistance as necessary. The study
6 17 shall compare postsecondary faculty salaries paid at public
6 18 colleges and universities in Iowa with those paid by public
6 19 colleges and universities in neighboring states and throughout
6 20 the country. The study shall review the effects competitive
6 21 salaries and compensation packages have on the recruitment and
6 22 retention of faculty and students and shall consider what
6 23 levels of compensation are best for recruiting and retaining
6 24 faculty. The state board of regents shall submit its findings
6 25 and recommendations in a report to the chairpersons and
6 26 ranking members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on
6 27 education by January 15, 2007.
6 28 EXPLANATION
6 29 This bill relates to the recommendations of the institute
6 30 for tomorrow's workforce and makes appropriations from the
6 31 general fund of the state for FY 2006=2007 to the department
6 32 of management for purposes of the institute and for purposes
6 33 of an educational delivery system commission established under
6 34 the bill, and to the department of education for FY 2006=2007
6 35 and FY 2007=2008 for the student achievement and teacher
7 1 quality program.
7 2 INSTITUTE FOR TOMORROW'S WORKFORCE. The bill provides
7 3 $250,000 for support of the operations and activities of the
7 4 institute, $300,000 to determine the content area knowledge
7 5 and skills and assessments necessary to measure the content
7 6 and skills to prepare Iowa learners for the demands of the
7 7 21st Century, and $500,000 to conduct a study of the current
7 8 financing for pre=k=14 in order to develop adequate financial
7 9 support for a performance=based system. The bill requires
7 10 that the institute submit its findings and recommendations in
7 11 a report to the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
7 12 appropriations subcommittee on education by January 15, 2007.
7 13 Statute requires that moneys appropriated to the institute be
7 14 matched on a $1=for=$1 basis.
7 15 The institute is also directed to coordinate and deploy a
7 16 public relations campaign to heighten citizen awareness of the
7 17 critical need for education improvements in Iowa.
7 18 DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT == EDUCATIONAL DELIVERY SYSTEM
7 19 COMMISSION. The bill appropriates $1.25 million for the
7 20 activities and operations of an educational delivery system
7 21 commission established under the bill. The commission is
7 22 directed to develop a plan addressing the changes required to
7 23 establish a performance=based, learner=centered educational
7 24 delivery system, including but not limited to the realignment
7 25 of school districts, area education agencies, state
7 26 postsecondary institutions, and the department of education;
7 27 and the specific quantitative and qualitative indicators and
7 28 recommendations on management, governance, faculty salaries,
7 29 services, boundaries, funding, optimum size, and
7 30 administrative efficiencies. The commission must submit its
7 31 plan, including proposed changes to the Code of Iowa and
7 32 administrative rules needed to implement the plan, to the
7 33 general assembly by January 15, 2007. The general assembly
7 34 may approve or reject the plan, but cannot amend or modify the
7 35 plan. If the general assembly and the governor approve the
8 1 plan, it takes effect July 1, 2009.
8 2 STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM. The bill
8 3 appropriates approximately $177.25 million in FY 2006=2007,
8 4 and $327.25 million in FY 2007=2008 for the student
8 5 achievement and teacher quality program. Approximately $300
8 6 million over the two=year period will be allocated to school
8 7 districts and area education agencies for salaries and career
8 8 development.
8 9 STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. The bill requires the state
8 10 board of education to adopt rules requiring school districts
8 11 and accredited nonpublic schools to offer a core curriculum;
8 12 to offer materials and support to school districts and schools
8 13 designed to increase the number of students taking the
8 14 American college testing, inc., college entrance examination;
8 15 and to establish goals related to increasing the number of
8 16 students taking the examination and to maintaining a statewide
8 17 average score of 22 on the examination.
8 18 STATE BOARD OF REGENTS == PERFORMANCE=BASED PROFICIENCIES
8 19 == POSTSECONDARY COMPETITIVE SALARIES STUDY. The bill
8 20 requires the state board of regents to adopt rules
8 21 establishing performance=based proficiencies as the primary
8 22 determiner of entry and enrollment requirements and requiring
8 23 the state universities to accept by July 1, 2010, and to
8 24 establish high postsecondary graduation and student retention
8 25 rates for the state universities. The proficiencies adopted
8 26 by the state board must meet or exceed the admissions
8 27 provisions currently in administrative rule. The state board
8 28 must develop a five=year strategy for replacing class rank and
8 29 grade=point averages as basic indicators of college readiness
8 30 with the performance=based proficiencies. The board must
8 31 submit the strategy to the chairpersons and ranking members of
8 32 the senate and house of representatives standing committees on
8 33 education by January 15, 2007.
8 34 The state board, in cooperation with the department of
8 35 education, is directed to convene a working group to study
9 1 postsecondary faculty salaries paid in community colleges and
9 2 state universities throughout the state and compare those
9 3 salaries with postsecondary faculty salaries paid at public
9 4 colleges and universities in neighboring states and throughout
9 5 the country. The study must review the effects competitive
9 6 salaries and compensation packages have on the recruitment and
9 7 retention of faculty and students and consider what levels of
9 8 compensation are best for recruiting and retaining faculty.
9 9 The state board of regents shall submit its findings and
9 10 recommendations in a report to the chairpersons and ranking
9 11 members of the joint appropriations subcommittee on education
9 12 by January 15, 2007.
9 13 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TEACHER SALARY STUDY. The bill
9 14 requires the department of education to conduct a study of
9 15 teacher salaries, including the minimum level necessary to
9 16 recruit and retain quality teachers and the salary levels
9 17 necessary to move this state to the national average in
9 18 teacher's salary paid. The department must develop a plan to
9 19 increase teacher salaries that includes a market factor that
9 20 allows school districts to attract teachers in geographic,
9 21 socio=economic, and subject=area shortage areas. The
9 22 department must submit its plan in a report to the
9 23 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
9 24 subcommittee on education by January 15, 2007.
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