House Study Bill 739
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON TYMESON)
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 salary
3 supplement for mathematics and science teachers and making an
4 appropriation.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 2 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as
1 3 follows:
1 4 (2) The participating district shall increase the
1 5 district's minimum salary for a first=year beginning teacher
1 6 by at least one two thousand five hundred dollars per year
1 7 above the minimum salary paid to a first=year beginning
1 8 teacher in the previous year unless the minimum salary for a
1 9 first=year beginning teacher exceeds twenty=eight twenty=nine
1 10 thousand dollars.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
1 12 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2005, is amended to read as
1 13 follows:
1 14 (2) The participating district shall provide a two three
1 15 thousand dollar difference between the average beginning
1 16 teacher salary and the minimum career teacher salary, unless
1 17 the school district has a minimum career teacher salary that
1 18 exceeds thirty thirty=one thousand dollars.
1 19 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION. 294A.24 MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE
1 20 TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT.
1 21 1. A school district shall be paid annually, from moneys
1 22 appropriated pursuant subsection 3, the amount of one thousand
1 23 dollars for each teacher who is employed on a full=time basis
1 24 under sections 279.13 through 279.19 in the school district;
1 25 who possesses an endorsement issued by the board of
1 26 educational examiners under chapter 272 authorizing the
1 27 teacher to provide instruction for grades nine through twelve
1 28 in mathematics, biological science, chemistry, earth science,
1 29 general science, physical science, or physics; and who is
1 30 assigned by the school district to teach two or more science
1 31 or mathematics courses in grade nine, ten, eleven, or twelve.
1 32 Notwithstanding chapters 20 and 279, the school district shall
1 33 compensate each teacher who meets the qualifications
1 34 established pursuant to this section not less than one
1 35 thousand dollars. By October 1 annually, the school district
2 1 shall notify the department of education of the number of
2 2 individuals who meet the qualifications established pursuant
2 3 to this subsection, and shall submit any documentation
2 4 requested by the department.
2 5 2. The allocation to each school district shall be made in
2 6 one payment on or about October 15 of the fiscal year for
2 7 which the appropriation is made, taking into consideration the
2 8 relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
2 9 Moneys received under this section shall not be commingled
2 10 with state aid payments made under section 257.16 to a school
2 11 district and shall be accounted for by the local school
2 12 district separately from state aid payments. Payments made to
2 13 school districts under this section are miscellaneous income
2 14 for purposes of chapter 257. A school district shall maintain
2 15 a separate listing within its budget for payments received and
2 16 expenditures made pursuant to this section. A school district
2 17 shall certify to the department of education that moneys
2 18 received under this section were used to supplement, not
2 19 supplant, the salary the school district would otherwise pay
2 20 the teacher.
2 21 3. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
2 22 state to the department of education, for each fiscal year,
2 23 the sum of three million dollars to pay mathematics and
2 24 science teacher salary supplements as provided in this
2 25 section.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill raises the minimum beginning and career teacher
2 28 salaries under the student achievement and teacher quality
2 29 program and provides a standing appropriation of $3 million
2 30 from the general fund of the state to the department of
2 31 education for purposes of providing a $1,000 mathematics and
2 32 science teacher salary supplement for teachers employed by
2 33 school districts who are assigned by the school district to
2 34 teach two or more mathematics and science courses in grade 9,
2 35 10, 11, or 12.
3 1 The bill requires a school district to increase its minimum
3 2 salary for a first=year beginning teacher by at least $2,500
3 3 per year above the minimum salary paid to a first=year
3 4 beginning teacher in the previous year unless the minimum
3 5 salary for a first=year beginning teacher exceeds $29,000.
3 6 This is $1,000 more than the current Code minimum and
3 7 exception.
3 8 The bill also requires a school district to provide a
3 9 $3,000 difference between the average beginning teacher salary
3 10 and the minimum career teacher salary, unless the school
3 11 district has a minimum career teacher salary that exceeds
3 12 $31,000. This is $1,000 more than the current Code minimum
3 13 and exception.
3 14 To be eligible for a mathematics and science teacher salary
3 15 supplement, a teacher must hold an endorsement issued by the
3 16 board of educational examiners authorizing the teacher to
3 17 provide instruction in grades 9=12 in mathematics, biological
3 18 science, chemistry, earth science, general science, physical
3 19 science, or physics. To receive moneys for mathematics and
3 20 science teachers, a school district must, by October 1
3 21 annually, notify the department of the number of individuals
3 22 who meet the qualifications established by the bill and submit
3 23 any documentation requested by the department.
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