Senate File 314 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY SCHOENJAHN
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act providing for all existing funds for teacher compensation
2 to be directed into one salary system.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 257.10, subsection 9, paragraph d, Code
1 2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 d. The For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the use
1 4 of the funds calculated under this subsection shall comply
1 5 with the requirements of chapters 284 and 294A and shall be
1 6 distributed to teachers pursuant to section 284.7 284.3A. For
1 7 the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget
1 8 years, the use of the funds calculated under this subsection
1 9 shall comply with the requirements of chapter 284 and shall be
1 10 distributed to teachers pursuant to section 284.3A.
1 11 Sec. 2. Section 257.37A, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code
1 12 2009, is amended to read as follows:
1 13 d. The For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the use
1 14 of the funds calculated under this subsection shall comply
1 15 with requirements of chapters 284 and 294A and shall be
1 16 distributed to teachers pursuant to section 284.7 284.3A. For
1 17 the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget
1 18 years, the use of the funds calculated under this subsection
1 19 shall comply with the requirements of chapter 284 and shall be
1 20 distributed to teachers pursuant to section 284.3A.
1 21 Sec. 3. Section 284.7, subsection 5, Code 2009, is amended
1 22 by striking the subsection.
1 23 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 284.3A TEACHER COMPENSATION ==
1 24 SINGLE SALARY SYSTEM.
1 25 1. a. For the school year beginning July 1, 2008, and
1 26 each succeeding school year, if the licensed employees of a
1 27 school district or area education agency receiving funds
1 28 pursuant to sections 257.10 and 257.37A are organized under
1 29 chapter 20 for collective bargaining purposes, the school
1 30 board and the certified bargaining representative for the
1 31 licensed employees shall negotiate the distribution of the
1 32 funds among the teachers employed by the school district or
1 33 area education agency according to chapter 20.
1 34 b. If the licensed employees of a school district or area
1 35 education agency are not organized for collective bargaining
2 1 purposes, the board of directors shall determine the method of
2 2 distribution of such funds.
2 3 2. a. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2010,
2 4 and each succeeding school year, school districts and area
2 5 education agencies shall combine payments made to teachers
2 6 under chapter 294A and sections 257.10 and 257.37A with
2 7 regular wages and create one salary system. If a school
2 8 district or area education agency uses a salary schedule, one
2 9 salary schedule shall be used for regular wages and for
2 10 distribution of payments under chapter 294A and sections
2 11 257.10 and 257.37A, incorporating the salary minimums required
2 12 in section 284.7.
2 13 b. If the licensed employees of a school district or area
2 14 education agency are organized under chapter 20 for collective
2 15 bargaining purposes, the creation of the new salary system
2 16 shall be subject to the scope of negotiations specified in
2 17 section 20.9.
2 18 c. If the licensed employees of a school district or area
2 19 education agency are not organized for collective bargaining
2 20 purposes, the board of directors shall create the new salary
2 21 system.
2 22 3. A school district or area education agency shall not be
2 23 required to maintain a separate account within its budget
2 24 based on source of funds for payments received and
2 25 expenditures made pursuant to this section. The school
2 26 district or area education agency shall annually certify to
2 27 the department of education that funding received pursuant to
2 28 sections 257.10 and 257.37A was expended on salaries for
2 29 qualified teachers.
2 30 4. Payments made to a teacher by a school district or area
2 31 education agency under sections 257.10 and 257.37A are wages
2 32 for the purposes of chapter 91A. The payments shall be
2 33 considered phase II of chapter 294A for purposes of a contract
2 34 negotiated under chapter 20.
2 35 EXPLANATION
3 1 This bill directs the sources of teacher compensation to be
3 2 distributed under new Code section 284.3A. Beginning with the
3 3 school budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the funds intended
3 4 to compensate teachers in Code sections 257.10 and 257.37A,
3 5 the teacher salary supplement, shall be distributed as
3 6 directed in new Code section 284.3A.
3 7 New Code section 284.3A provides school boards and
3 8 certified bargaining representatives for organized employees
3 9 of a school district and area education agency to negotiate as
3 10 part of collective bargaining the funds available under this
3 11 Code section. School boards are authorized to create and
3 12 distribute the salary system funds for nonorganized workers.
3 13 Beginning with the school budget year beginning July 1,
3 14 2010, all payments authorized under the Code to compensate
3 15 teachers shall be combined with wages to create one salary
3 16 system. Each year each school district and area education
3 17 agency shall certify to the department of education that the
3 18 funding received for teacher compensation was spent on
3 19 salaries for qualified teachers. If employees of a school
3 20 district or area education agency are organized under Code
3 21 chapter 20, all payments under the new salary system are
3 22 determined according to Code chapter 20 and available for
3 23 negotiation.
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