House File 363 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  FORD


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate, Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act making an appropriation to the department of education for
  2    high=risk teacher compensation grants to school districts.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2378HH 82
  5 kh/gg/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION == HIGH=RISK TEACHER
  1  2 COMPENSATION GRANTS.  There is appropriated from the general
  1  3 fund of the state to the department of education for the
  1  4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
  1  5 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
  1  6 be used for the purpose designated:
  1  7    For high=risk teacher compensation grants to school
  1  8 districts:
  1  9 .................................................. $  1,000,000
  1 10    The department shall determine grant criteria for the
  1 11 awarding of high=risk teacher compensation grants to school
  1 12 districts on a competitive basis to pay grant awards to
  1 13 improve the salaries of teachers who are employed by school
  1 14 districts in attendance centers in high crime areas that have
  1 15 a high incidence of police calls to the attendance center and
  1 16 which have high numbers of student suspensions.  Individual
  1 17 teacher grant awards shall not be more than $5,000.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill appropriates $1 million from the general fund of
  1 20 the state for FY 2007=2008 to the department of education for
  1 21 high=risk teacher compensation grants to school districts.
  1 22 The department is charged with determining the grant criteria.
  1 23 Grants shall be awarded on a competitive basis to improve the
  1 24 salaries of teachers who are employed by school districts in
  1 25 high crime areas that have a high incidence of police calls to
  1 26 the attendance center and high numbers of student suspensions.
  1 27 Individual grant awards are limited to $5,000.
  1 28 LSB 2378HH 82
  1 29 kh:nh/gg/14