House File 46 



                                       HOUSE 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 BY PROFESSIONAL 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