House File 46HOUSE FILE BY TYMESON Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act authorizing school districts to deduct and pay fees for 2 membership in not=for=profit professional education 3 associations. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1844HH 82 6 kh/gg/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 279.59, Code 2007, is amended to read 1 2 as follows: 1 3 279.59 ACCESS BYPROFESSIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONS. 1 4 1. The board of directors of a school district shall 1 5 provide not=for=profit, professional education associations 1 6 that offer membership to teachers or administrators equal 1 7 access to teacher or administrator mailboxes for distribution 1 8 of professional literature. 1 9 2. Notwithstanding section 20.9, a school district may, 1 10 upon a teacher's or administrator's written request, deduct 1 11 from the salary or wages of the teacher or administrator an 1 12 amount specified by the teacher or administrator for payment 1 13 of dues or membership fees for the teacher's or 1 14 administrator's membership in a not=for=profit, professional 1 15 education association. If a written request is granted, all 1 16 other written requests for salary or wage deductions for 1 17 payment of dues or membership fees for membership in the same 1 18 not=for=profit, professional education association shall also 1 19 be granted. The teacher or administrator may withdraw the 1 20 request for the deduction at any time by giving the school 1 21 district thirty days' written notice. 1 22 3. For purposes of this section, unless the context 1 23 otherwise requires, "professional education association" means 1 24 an association in which the majority of members are 1 25 practitioners licensed in accordance with chapter 272. 1 26 EXPLANATION 1 27 This bill authorizes school districts, upon the request of 1 28 a teacher or administrator, to pay through payroll deduction 1 29 the teacher's or administrator's dues or membership fees in 1 30 any not=for=profit, professional education association. If 1 31 such a request is granted, all other requests for deductions 1 32 for payment of dues or membership fees for membership in the 1 33 same association shall also be granted. 1 34 Code section 20.9, which includes dues checkoffs within the 1 35 scope of negotiations for collective bargaining agreements, is 2 1 made inapplicable to the payroll deduction provided for in the 2 2 bill. 2 3 LSB 1844HH 82 2 4 kh:rj/gg/14