Senate File 37 - Introduced





                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McKINLEY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act authorizing school districts to pay certain teachers a
  2    mathematics or science teacher salary supplement.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1657XS 83
  5 kh/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  279.68  MATHEMATICS OR SCIENCE
  1  2 TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT.
  1  3    The board of directors of a school district may pay a
  1  4 mathematics or science teacher salary supplement in the amount
  1  5 of not more than five thousand dollars annually to a teacher
  1  6 licensed under chapter 272 who meets all of the following
  1  7 qualifications:
  1  8    1.  Is employed on a full=time basis under sections 279.13
  1  9 through 279.19 by the school district.
  1 10    2.  Possesses an endorsement issued by the board of
  1 11 educational examiners under chapter 272 authorizing the
  1 12 teacher to provide instruction at the secondary school level
  1 13 in mathematics, biological science, chemistry, earth science,
  1 14 general science, physical science, or physics.
  1 15    3.  Is assigned by the school district to teach two or more
  1 16 mathematics or science courses each semester.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill permits a school district to pay a salary
  1 19 supplement of not more than $5,000 annually to a teacher who
  1 20 is employed by the school district; holds an endorsement
  1 21 issued by the board of educational examiners to teach
  1 22 mathematics, biological science, chemistry, earth science,
  1 23 general science, physical science, or physics at the secondary
  1 24 school level; and is assigned by the school district to teach
  1 25 two or more mathematics or science courses each semester.
  1 26 LSB 1657XS 83
  1 27 kh/nh/5