House Study Bill 529
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, 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:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.44, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
1 2 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 a. If a teacher registers for national board for
1 4 professional teaching standards certification by December 31,
1 5 2007, a A one=time initial reimbursement award in the amount
1 6 of up to one=half of the registration fee paid by the teacher
1 7 for registration for certification by the national board for
1 8 professional teaching standards. The teacher shall apply to
1 9 the department within one year of registration, submitting to
1 10 the department any documentation the department requires. A
1 11 teacher who receives an initial reimbursement award shall
1 12 receive a one=time final registration award in the amount of
1 13 the remaining national board registration fee paid by the
1 14 teacher if the teacher notifies the department of the
1 15 teacher's certification achievement and submits any
1 16 documentation requested by the department.
1 17 Sec. 2. Section 256.44, subsection 1, paragraph b,
1 18 subparagraph (2), unnumbered paragraph 1, Code Supplement
1 19 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 20 If the teacher registers for national board for
1 21 professional teaching standards certification between January
1 22 1, 1999, and December 31, 2007, and achieves certification
1 23 within the timelines and policies established by the national
1 24 board for professional teaching standards, an An annual award
1 25 in the amount of two thousand five hundred dollars upon
1 26 achieving certification by the national board of professional
1 27 teaching standards if the teacher achieves certification
1 28 within the timelines and policies established by the national
1 29 board for professional teaching standards.
1 30 Sec. 3. Section 256.44, subsection 6, Code Supplement
1 31 2007, is amended by striking the subsection.
1 32 Sec. 4. Section 282.10, subsection 4, Code 2007, is
1 33 amended to read as follows:
1 34 4. A whole grade sharing agreement shall be signed by the
1 35 boards of the districts involved in the agreement not later
2 1 than February 1 of the school year preceding the school year
2 2 for which the agreement is to take effect. The boards of the
2 3 districts shall negotiate as part of the agreement the
2 4 disposition teacher quality compensation funding provided
2 5 under chapter 284.
2 6 Sec. 5. Section 284.2, subsection 11, Code Supplement
2 7 2007, is amended to read as follows:
2 8 11. "Teacher" means an individual who holds a
2 9 practitioner's license issued under chapter 272, or a
2 10 statement of professional recognition issued under chapter 272
2 11 who is employed in a nonadministrative position by a school
2 12 district or area education agency pursuant to a contract
2 13 issued by a board of directors under section 279.13. A
2 14 teacher may be employed in both an administrative and a
2 15 nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall
2 16 be considered a part=time teacher for the portion of time that
2 17 the teacher is employed in a nonadministrative position.
2 18 "Teacher" includes a licensed individual employed on a less
2 19 than full=time basis by a school district through a contract
2 20 between the school district and an institution of higher
2 21 education with a practitioner preparation program in which the
2 22 licensed teacher is enrolled.
2 23 Sec. 6. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph a,
2 24 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
2 25 follows:
2 26 (2) Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
2 27 beginning teacher shall be twenty=six twenty=eight thousand
2 28 five hundred dollars.
2 29 Sec. 7. Section 284.7, subsection 1, paragraph b,
2 30 subparagraph (2), Code Supplement 2007, is amended to read as
2 31 follows:
2 32 (2) Beginning July 1, 2007 2008, the minimum salary for a
2 33 first=year career teacher shall be twenty=seven thirty
2 34 thousand five hundred dollars and the minimum salary for all
2 35 other career teachers shall be twenty=eight thousand five
3 1 hundred dollars.
3 2 Sec. 8. Section 284.7, subsection 5, paragraph b, Code
3 3 Supplement 2007, is amended to read as follows:
3 4 b. If, once the minimum salary requirements of this
3 5 section have been met by the school district or area education
3 6 agency, and the school district or area education agency
3 7 receiving funds pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
3 8 paragraph "h" or "i", for purposes of this section, and the
3 9 certified bargaining representative for the licensed employees
3 10 have not reached an agreement for distribution of the funds
3 11 remaining, in accordance with paragraph "a", the board of
3 12 directors shall divide the funds remaining among full=time
3 13 teachers employed by the district or area education agency
3 14 whose regular compensation is equal to or greater than the
3 15 minimum salary specified in this section. The payment amount
3 16 for teachers employed on less than a full=time basis shall be
3 17 prorated. For purposes of this paragraph, regular
3 18 compensation means base salary plus any salary provided under
3 19 chapter 294A.
3 20 Sec. 9. Section 284.8, subsection 1, Code Supplement 2007,
3 21 is amended to read as follows:
3 22 1. A school district shall review a teacher's performance
3 23 at least once every three years for purposes of assisting
3 24 teachers in making continuous improvement, documenting
3 25 continued competence in the Iowa teaching standards,
3 26 identifying teachers in need of improvement, or to determine
3 27 whether the teacher's practice meets school district
3 28 expectations for career advancement in accordance with section
3 29 284.7. The review shall include, at minimum, classroom
3 30 observation of the teacher, the teacher's progress, and
3 31 implementation of the teacher's individual professional
3 32 development plan, subject to the level of funding resources
3 33 provided to implement the plan; and shall include supporting
3 34 documentation from parents, students, and other evaluators,
3 35 teachers, parents, and students.
4 1 Sec. 10. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs a and b,
4 2 Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
4 3 a. For each the fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
4 4 July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30, 2009, to the department
4 5 of education, the amount of one two million eighty=seven two
4 6 thousand five hundred dollars for the issuance of national
4 7 board certification awards in accordance with section 256.44.
4 8 (1) Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", up
4 9 to two hundred fifty thousand dollars may be used to support
4 10 the implementation of a national board certification support
4 11 program and not less than eighty=five thousand dollars shall
4 12 be used to administer the ambassador to education position in
4 13 accordance with section 256.45.
4 14 (2) Of the amount allocated under this paragraph "a", for
4 15 the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30,
4 16 2008, not less than one million dollars shall be used to
4 17 supplement the allocation of funds for market factor teacher
4 18 incentives made pursuant to paragraph "f", subparagraph (1).
4 19 b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006 2008, and
4 20 succeeding fiscal years, an amount up to four million six
4 21 hundred fifty thousand dollars for first=year and second=year
4 22 beginning teachers, to the department of education for
4 23 distribution to school districts and area education agencies
4 24 for purposes of the beginning teacher mentoring and induction
4 25 programs. A school district or area education agency shall
4 26 receive one thousand three five hundred dollars per beginning
4 27 teacher participating in the program. If the funds
4 28 appropriated for the program are insufficient to pay mentors,
4 29 school districts, and area education agencies as provided in
4 30 this paragraph, the department shall prorate the amount
4 31 distributed to school districts and area education agencies
4 32 based upon the amount appropriated. Moneys received by a
4 33 school district or area education agency pursuant to this
4 34 paragraph shall be expended to provide each mentor with an
4 35 award of five six hundred dollars per semester, at a minimum,
5 1 for participation in the school district's or area education
5 2 agency's beginning teacher mentoring and induction program; to
5 3 implement the plan; and to pay any applicable costs of the
5 4 employer's share of contributions to federal social security
5 5 and the Iowa public employees' retirement system or a pension
5 6 and annuity retirement system established under chapter 294,
5 7 for such amounts paid by the district or area education
5 8 agency.
5 9 Sec. 11. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraphs d and e,
5 10 Code Supplement 2007, are amended to read as follows:
5 11 d. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008,
5 12 and ending June 30, 2008 2009, up to twenty thirty million
5 13 dollars to the department for use by school districts for
5 14 professional development as provided in section 284.6. Of the
5 15 amount allocated under this paragraph, up to ten million
5 16 dollars shall be provided to school districts for professional
5 17 development related to the infusion and implementation of the
5 18 model core curriculum prescribed in section 256.7, subsection
5 19 26. The department shall distribute funds allocated for the
5 20 purpose of this paragraph based on the average per diem
5 21 contract salary for each district as reported to the
5 22 department for the school year beginning July 1, 2006 2007,
5 23 multiplied by the total number of full=time equivalent
5 24 teachers in the base year. The department shall adjust each
5 25 district's average per diem salary by the allowable growth
5 26 rate established under section 257.8 for the fiscal year
5 27 beginning July 1, 2007 2008. The contract salary amount shall
5 28 be the amount paid for their regular responsibilities but
5 29 shall not include pay for extracurricular activities. These
5 30 funds shall not supplant existing funding for professional
5 31 development activities. Notwithstanding any provision to the
5 32 contrary, moneys received by a school district under this
5 33 paragraph shall not revert but shall remain available for the
5 34 same purpose in the succeeding fiscal year. A school district
5 35 shall submit a report to the department in a manner determined
6 1 by the department describing its use of the funds received
6 2 under this paragraph. The department shall submit a report on
6 3 school district use of the moneys distributed pursuant to this
6 4 paragraph to the general assembly and the legislative services
6 5 agency not later than January 15 of the fiscal year for which
6 6 moneys are allocated for purposes of this paragraph.
6 7 (2) From moneys available under subparagraph (1) for the
6 8 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007 2008, and ending June 30,
6 9 2008 2009, the department shall allocate to area education
6 10 agencies an amount per teacher employed by an area education
6 11 agency that is approximately equivalent to the average per
6 12 teacher amount allocated to the districts. The average per
6 13 teacher amount shall be calculated by dividing the total
6 14 number of teachers employed by school districts and the
6 15 teachers employed by area education agencies into the total
6 16 amount of moneys available under subparagraph (1).
6 17 e. For the each fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and
6 18 ending June 30, 2008 in which funds are appropriated for
6 19 purposes of this chapter, an amount up to one million eight
6 20 hundred forty=five thousand dollars to the department for the
6 21 establishment of teacher development academies in accordance
6 22 with section 284.6, subsection 10. A portion of the funds
6 23 allocated to the department for purposes of this paragraph may
6 24 be used for administrative purposes.
6 25 EXPLANATION
6 26 This bill makes changes to the student achievement and
6 27 teacher quality program.
6 28 The bill eliminates the award deadlines for national board
6 29 for professional teaching standards certification registration
6 30 and certification achievement, as well as an obsolete
6 31 provision, and increases the allocation for the program by
6 32 $915,000 for FY 2008=2009 and allows up to $250,000 of those
6 33 funds to be used for implementation of a national board
6 34 certification support program.
6 35 The bill requires that school districts entering into a
7 1 whole grade sharing agreement include the disposition of
7 2 student achievement and teacher quality program moneys
7 3 received in the agreement, changes the definition of teacher
7 4 for purposes of the program, raises the minimum beginning and
7 5 first=year career teacher salaries, defines regular
7 6 compensation, raises beginning teacher mentoring and induction
7 7 awards to mentors, allocates $10 million to school districts
7 8 for professional development related to implementation of the
7 9 model core curriculum, and extends program allocations for
7 10 professional development for school district and area
7 11 education agency teachers and for teacher development
7 12 academies through FY 2008=2009.
7 13 The bill changes the definition of teacher to eliminate
7 14 language related to individuals who are part=time teachers
7 15 under a contract between a school district and a practitioner
7 16 preparation program.
7 17 The bill increases the minimum beginning teacher's salary
7 18 to $28,000 from $26,500, and increases the minimum first=year
7 19 career teacher's salary to $30,000 from $27,500. The bill
7 20 also eliminates language setting the minimum salary for all
7 21 other career teachers at $28,500.
7 22 When the school district or area education agency and the
7 23 certified bargaining representative for the institution's
7 24 licensed employees have not reached an agreement for purposes
7 25 of distributing teacher salary funding, the bill defines
7 26 "regular compensation" as the base salary plus any salary
7 27 moneys provided under the educational excellence program.
7 28 Currently, a school district must review a teacher's
7 29 performance at least once every three years. The bill
7 30 replaces the language that limits the review to certain areas
7 31 subject to the level of funding provided, to instead make the
7 32 limitation subject to the level of resources provided. The
7 33 bill also eliminates a requirement that the review include
7 34 supporting documentation from other evaluators.
7 35 The bill eliminates obsolete language related to market
8 1 factor teacher incentives.
8 2 The bill increases the amount the state provides to school
8 3 districts and area education agencies for each beginning
8 4 teacher participating in a beginning teacher mentoring and
8 5 induction program to $1,500 per beginning teacher; an increase
8 6 of $200 over previous years. The bill requires that the
8 7 additional dollars be paid to mentors, increasing mentor
8 8 awards from $500 to $600 per semester.
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