House File 2760 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2690)
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 739)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to teacher salaries by increasing beginning and
2 career teacher minimum salary levels and creating a teacher
3 shortage salary supplement and making appropriations.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT
1 2 AND TEACHER QUALITY SUPPLEMENTAL. There is appropriated from
1 3 the general fund of the state to the department of education
1 4 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, and ending June
1 5 30, 2007, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
1 6 necessary, to be used for the purposes designated:
1 7 To supplement the student achievement and teacher quality
1 8 appropriation made in 2006 Iowa Acts, House File 2527, if
1 9 enacted:
1 10 .................................................. $ 6,400,000
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 12 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2005, is amended by striking
1 13 the subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 14 (2) Beginning July 1, 2006, the minimum salary for a
1 15 beginning teacher shall be twenty=five thousand five hundred
1 16 dollars.
1 17 Sec. 3. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
1 18 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2005, is amended by striking
1 19 the subparagraph and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
1 20 (2) Beginning July 1, 2006, the minimum salary for a
1 21 first=year career teacher shall be twenty=six thousand five
1 22 hundred dollars and the minimum salary for all other career
1 23 teachers shall be twenty=seven thousand five hundred dollars.
1 24 Sec. 4. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code Supplement
1 25 2005, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 26 NEW PARAGRAPH. bb. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
1 27 2006, and succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to three
1 28 million two hundred thousand dollars to the department of
1 29 education for distribution to school districts for purposes of
1 30 the teacher shortage salary supplement set forth in section
1 31 284.14. A school district shall receive one thousand dollars
1 32 per teacher who meets the qualifications established pursuant
1 33 to section 284.14, and an amount sufficient to pay any
1 34 applicable costs of the employer's share of contributions to
1 35 federal social security and the Iowa public employees'
2 1 retirement system or a pension and annuity retirement system
2 2 established under chapter 294, for such amounts paid by the
2 3 district. If the funds appropriated for the program are
2 4 insufficient to pay school districts as provided in this
2 5 paragraph, the department shall prorate the amount distributed
2 6 to school districts based upon the amount appropriated.
2 7 Sec. 5. NEW SECTION. 284.14 FINDINGS == TEACHER SHORTAGE
2 8 SALARY SUPPLEMENT.
2 9 1. The general assembly finds that Iowa school districts
2 10 need to be more competitive in recruiting talented
2 11 professionals into teacher shortage areas. To ensure that
2 12 school districts in all areas of the state have the ability to
2 13 attract teachers in low=supply categories and disciplines, it
2 14 is the intent of the general assembly to encourage school
2 15 districts to establish teacher compensation opportunities that
2 16 recognize the need for wage differentials and provide
2 17 incentives for traditionally hard=to=staff schools and
2 18 subject=area shortages. This section provides for state
2 19 assistance to allow school districts to add a market factor to
2 20 teacher salaries paid by the school districts.
2 21 2. A school district shall be paid annually, from moneys
2 22 appropriated pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
2 23 paragraph "bb", the amount of one thousand dollars for each
2 24 teacher who is employed on a full=time basis under sections
2 25 279.13 through 279.19 in the school district; who possesses an
2 26 endorsement issued by the board of educational examiners under
2 27 chapter 272 authorizing the teacher to provide instruction for
2 28 grades nine through twelve in mathematics, biological science,
2 29 chemistry, earth science, general science, physical science,
2 30 or physics; and who is assigned by the school district to
2 31 teach two or more science or mathematics classes in grade
2 32 nine, ten, eleven, or twelve. Notwithstanding chapters 20 and
2 33 279, the school district shall compensate each teacher who
2 34 meets the qualifications established pursuant to this section
2 35 not less than one thousand dollars. By October 1 annually,
3 1 the school district shall notify the department of education
3 2 of the number of individuals who meet the qualifications
3 3 established pursuant to this subsection, and shall submit any
3 4 documentation requested by the department.
3 5 3. The allocation to each school district shall be made in
3 6 one payment on or about October 15 of the fiscal year for
3 7 which the appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
3 8 relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
3 9 Moneys received under this section shall not be commingled
3 10 with state aid payments made under section 257.16 to a school
3 11 district and shall be accounted for by the local school
3 12 district separately from state aid payments. Payments made to
3 13 school districts under this section are miscellaneous income
3 14 for purposes of chapter 257. A school district shall maintain
3 15 a separate listing within its budget for payments received and
3 16 expenditures made pursuant to this section. A school district
3 17 shall certify to the department of education that moneys
3 18 received under this section were used to supplement, not
3 19 supplant, the salary the school district would otherwise pay
3 20 the teacher.
3 21 EXPLANATION
3 22 This bill raises the minimum beginning and career teacher
3 23 salaries under the student achievement and teacher quality
3 24 program and provides an allocation of $3.2 million from the
3 25 moneys appropriated to the department of education for the
3 26 program for purposes of providing a $1,000 teacher shortage
3 27 salary supplement for teachers employed by school districts
3 28 who are assigned by the school district to teach two or more
3 29 mathematics and science classes in grade 9, 10, 11, or 12.
3 30 The bill provides a supplemental appropriation of $6.2 million
3 31 for the 2006=2007 fiscal year from the state general fund to
3 32 the department for the student achievement and teacher quality
3 33 program.
3 34 The bill sets the minimum salary for a beginning teacher at
3 35 $25,500 per year. The bill also sets the minimum first=year
4 1 career teacher salary at $26,500, and the minimum salary for
4 2 all other career teachers at $27,500.
4 3 The bill includes legislative intent language encouraging
4 4 school districts to establish teacher compensation
4 5 opportunities that recognize the need for wage differentials
4 6 and to provide incentives for traditionally hard=to=staff
4 7 schools and subject shortage areas.
4 8 To be eligible for a mathematics and science teacher salary
4 9 supplement, a teacher must hold an endorsement issued by the
4 10 board of educational examiners authorizing the teacher to
4 11 provide instruction in grades 9=12 in mathematics, biological
4 12 science, chemistry, earth science, general science, physical
4 13 science, or physics. To receive moneys for mathematics and
4 14 science teachers, a school district must, by October 1
4 15 annually, notify the department of the number of individuals
4 16 who meet the qualifications established by the bill and submit
4 17 any documentation requested by the department.
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