House File 2487 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 529)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to student achievement and teacher quality
2 program definitions and requirements and extending or changing
3 program allocations.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 5334HV 82
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 282.10, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. A whole grade sharing agreement shall be signed by the
1 4 boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later
1 5 than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year
1 6 for which the agreement is to take effect. The boards of the
1 7 districts shall negotiate as part of the new or existing
1 8 agreement the disposition of teacher quality funding provided
1 9 under chapter 284.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 284.2, subsection 11, Code Supplement
1 11 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 12 11. "Teacher" means an individual who holds a
1 13 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, or a
1 14 statement of professional recognition issued under chapter 272
1 15 who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school
1 16 district or area education agency pursuant to a contract
1 17 issued by a board of directors under section 279.13. A
1 18 teacher may be employed in both an administrative and a
1 19 nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall
1 20 be considered a part=time teacher for the portion of time that
1 21 the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position.
1 22 "Teacher" includes a licensed individual employed on a less
1 23 than full=time basis by a school district through a contract
1 24 between the school district and an institution of higher
1 25 education with a practitioner preparation program in which the
1 26 licensed teacher is enrolled.
1 27 Sec. 3. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
1 28 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
1 29 follows:
1 30 (2) Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
1 31 beginning teacher shall be twenty=six twenty=eight thousand
1 32 five hundred dollars.
1 33 Sec. 4. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
1 34 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
1 35 follows:
2 1 (2) Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
2 2 first=year career teacher shall be twenty=seven thirty
2 3 thousand five hundred dollars and the minimum salary for all
2 4 other career teachers shall be twenty=eight thousand five
2 5 hundred dollars.
2 6 Sec. 5. Section 284.7, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
2 7 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 8 b. If, once the minimum salary requirements of this
2 9 section have been met by the school district or area education
2 10 agency, and the school district or area education agency
2 11 receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
2 12 paragraph "h" or "i", for purposes of this section, and the
2 13 certified bargaining representative for the licensed employees
2 14 have not reached an agreement for distribution of the funds
2 15 remaining, in accordance with paragraph "a", the board of
2 16 directors shall divide the funds remaining among full=time
2 17 teachers employed by the district or area education agency
2 18 whose regular compensation is equal to or greater than the
2 19 minimum salary specified in this section. The payment amount
2 20 for teachers employed on less than a full=time basis shall be
2 21 prorated. For purposes of this paragraph, regular
2 22 compensation means base salary plus any salary provided under
2 23 chapter 294A.
2 24 Sec. 6. Section 284.7, subsection 5, Code Supplement 2007,
2 25 is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
2 26 NEW PARAGRAPH. e. A school district or area education
2 27 agency receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection
2 28 1, paragraph "h" or "i", shall determine the amount to be paid
2 29 to teachers in accordance with this subsection and the amount
2 30 determined to be paid to an individual teacher shall be
2 31 divided evenly and paid in each pay period of the fiscal year.
2 32 Sec. 7. Section 284.8, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2007,
2 33 is amended to read as follows:
2 34 1. A school district shall review a teacher's performance
2 35 at least once every three years for purposes of assisting
3 1 teachers in making continuous improvement, documenting
3 2 continued competence in the Iowa teaching standards,
3 3 identifying teachers in need of improvement, or to determine
3 4 whether the teacher's practice meets school district
3 5 expectations for career advancement in accordance with section
3 6 284.7. The review shall include, at minimum, classroom
3 7 observation of the teacher, the teacher's progress, and
3 8 implementation of the teacher's individual professional
3 9 development plan, subject to the level of funding resources
3 10 provided to implement the plan; and shall include supporting
3 11 documentation from parents, students, and other evaluators,
3 12 teachers, parents, and students.
3 13 Sec. 8. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b,
3 14 Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
3 15 a. For each the fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
3 16 July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, to the department
3 17 of education, the amount of one million eighty=seven seven
3 18 hundred seven thousand five hundred dollars for the issuance
3 19 of national board certification awards in accordance with
3 20 section 256.44.
3 21 (1) Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", not
3 22 less than eighty=five thousand dollars shall be used to
3 23 administer the ambassador to education position in accordance
3 24 with section 256.45.
3 25 (2) Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", for
3 26 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
3 27 2008, not less than one million dollars shall be used to
3 28 supplement the allocation of funds for market factor teacher
3 29 incentives made pursuant to paragraph "f", subparagraph (1).
3 30 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 2008, and
3 31 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to four million six
3 32 hundred fifty thousand dollars for first=year and second=year
3 33 beginning teachers, to the department of education for
3 34 distribution to school districts and area education agencies
3 35 for purposes of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction
4 1 programs. A school district or area education agency shall
4 2 receive one thousand three five hundred dollars per beginning
4 3 teacher participating in the program. If the funds
4 4 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors,
4 5 school districts, and area education agencies as provided in
4 6 this paragraph, the department shall prorate the amount
4 7 distributed to school districts and area education agencies
4 8 based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received by a
4 9 school district or area education agency pursuant to this
4 10 paragraph shall be expended to provide each mentor with an
4 11 award of five six hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum,
4 12 for participation in the school district's or area education
4 13 agency's beginning teacher mentoring and induction program; to
4 14 implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the
4 15 employer's share of contributions to federal social security
4 16 and the Iowa public employees' retirement system or a pension
4 17 and annuity retirement system established under chapter 294,
4 18 for such amounts paid by the district or area education
4 19 agency.
4 20 Sec. 9. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e,
4 21 Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
4 22 d. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008,
4 23 and ending June 30, 2008 2009, up to twenty thirty million
4 24 dollars to the department for use by school districts for
4 25 professional development as provided in section 284.6. Of the
4 26 amount allocated under this paragraph, up to ten million
4 27 dollars shall be provided to school districts for professional
4 28 development related to the infusion and implementation of the
4 29 model core curriculum prescribed in section 256.7, subsection
4 30 26. The department shall distribute funds allocated for the
4 31 purpose of this paragraph based on the average per diem
4 32 contract salary for each district as reported to the
4 33 department for the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007,
4 34 multiplied by the total number of full=time equivalent
4 35 teachers in the base year. The department shall adjust each
5 1 district's average per diem salary by the allowable growth
5 2 rate established under section 257.8 for the fiscal year
5 3 beginning July 1, 2007 2008. The contract salary amount shall
5 4 be the amount paid for their regular responsibilities but
5 5 shall not include pay for extracurricular activities. These
5 6 funds shall not supplant existing funding for professional
5 7 development activities. Notwithstanding any provision to the
5 8 contrary, moneys received by a school district under this
5 9 paragraph shall not revert but shall remain available for the
5 10 same purpose in the succeeding fiscal year. A school district
5 11 shall submit a report to the department in a manner determined
5 12 by the department describing its use of the funds received
5 13 under this paragraph. The department shall submit a report on
5 14 school district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to this
5 15 paragraph to the general assembly and the legislative services
5 16 agency not later than January 15 of the fiscal year for which
5 17 moneys are allocated for purposes of this paragraph.
5 18 (2) From moneys available under subparagraph (1) for the
5 19 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30,
5 20 2008 2009, the department shall allocate to area education
5 21 agencies an amount per teacher employed by an area education
5 22 agency that is approximately equivalent to the average per
5 23 teacher amount allocated to the districts. The average per
5 24 teacher amount shall be calculated by dividing the total
5 25 number of teachers employed by school districts and the
5 26 teachers employed by area education agencies into the total
5 27 amount of moneys available under subparagraph (1).
5 28 e. For the each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
5 29 ending June 30, 2008 in which funds are appropriated for
5 30 purposes of this chapter, an amount up to one million eight
5 31 hundred forty=five thousand dollars to the department for the
5 32 establishment of teacher development academies in accordance
5 33 with section 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds
5 34 allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
5 35 be used for administrative purposes.
6 1 EXPLANATION
6 2 This bill makes changes to the student achievement and
6 3 teacher quality program.
6 4 The bill increases the allocation for national board
6 5 certification awards by $620,000 for FY 2008=2009.
6 6 The bill requires that school districts entering into a
6 7 whole grade sharing agreement include the disposition of
6 8 student achievement and teacher quality funding received in
6 9 the agreement, changes the definition of teacher for purposes
6 10 of the program, raises the minimum beginning and first=year
6 11 career teacher salaries, defines regular compensation, raises
6 12 beginning teacher mentoring and induction awards to mentors,
6 13 allocates $10 million to school districts for professional
6 14 development related to implementation of the model core
6 15 curriculum, and extends program allocations for professional
6 16 development for school district and area education agency
6 17 teachers and for teacher development academies through FY
6 18 2008=2009.
6 19 The bill changes the definition of teacher to eliminate
6 20 language related to individuals who are part=time teachers
6 21 under a contract between a school district and a practitioner
6 22 preparation program.
6 23 The bill increases the minimum beginning teacher's salary
6 24 to $28,000 from $26,500, and increases the minimum first=year
6 25 career teacher's salary to $30,000 from $27,500. The bill
6 26 also eliminates language setting the minimum salary for all
6 27 other career teachers at $28,500.
6 28 When the school district or area education agency and the
6 29 certified bargaining representative for the institution's
6 30 licensed employees have not reached an agreement for purposes
6 31 of distributing teacher salary funding, the bill defines
6 32 "regular compensation" as the base salary plus any salary
6 33 moneys provided under the educational excellence program. The
6 34 bill also provides that the salary moneys will be divided
6 35 evenly and paid in each pay period of the fiscal year.
7 1 Currently, a school district must review a teacher's
7 2 performance at least once every three years. The bill
7 3 replaces the language that limits the review to certain areas
7 4 subject to the level of funding provided, to instead make the
7 5 limitation subject to the level of resources provided. The
7 6 bill also eliminates a requirement that the review include
7 7 supporting documentation from other evaluators.
7 8 The bill eliminates obsolete language related to market
7 9 factor teacher incentives.
7 10 The bill increases the amount the state provides to school
7 11 districts and area education agencies for each beginning
7 12 teacher participating in a beginning teacher mentoring and
7 13 induction program to $1,500 per beginning teacher; an increase
7 14 of $200 over previous years. The bill requires that the
7 15 additional dollars be paid to mentors, increasing mentor
7 16 awards from $500 to $600 per semester.
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