Senate File 383 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY McKINLEY
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act establishing a pay=for=performance task force and
2 demonstration program and an Iowa teacher excellence fund, and
3 providing an effective date.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 284.14B PAY=FOR=PERFORMANCE TASK
1 2 FORCE AND DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.
1 3 1. TASK FORCE.
1 4 a. A pay=for=performance task force is established in the
1 5 executive branch to design and implement a pay=for=performance
1 6 demonstration program and to conduct a study relating to
1 7 teacher and staff compensation containing a
1 8 pay=for=performance component. The study shall measure the
1 9 cost and effectiveness in raising student achievement of a
1 10 compensation system that provides financial incentives based
1 11 on student performance.
1 12 b. Membership of the task force shall consist of the
1 13 following:
1 14 (1) One classroom teacher selected jointly by the Iowa
1 15 state educational association and the professional educators
1 16 of Iowa.
1 17 (2) One principal selected by the school administrators of
1 18 Iowa.
1 19 (3) One private sector representative selected by the Iowa
1 20 business council. The Iowa business council shall make every
1 21 reasonable effort to select as representative a person who
1 22 possesses all of the following qualifications:
1 23 (a) Holds a degree in education and has teaching
1 24 experience.
1 25 (b) Is employed in a business that employs at least two
1 26 hundred persons and utilizes an employee performance pay
1 27 program.
1 28 (c) Served as a school board member.
1 29 (4) One industrial engineer selected by the American
1 30 society of engineers. This person shall possess technical
1 31 knowledge and experience in the design and implementation of
1 32 individual and group pay=for=performance incentive programs.
1 33 (5) One private sector small business employer selected by
1 34 the governor. This person shall employ at least fifty people
1 35 in a targeted business industry as defined in section 15E.223,
2 1 subsection 4, and have general and line management experience
2 2 and responsibilities.
2 3 (6) One economist with a doctoral degree and experience
2 4 and knowledge in student achievement using test scores to
2 5 measure student progress, who shall be selected by the voting
2 6 members of the task force after the task force is convened.
2 7 (7) One representative from the department who shall serve
2 8 as a nonvoting member.
2 9 (8) Two members of the senate appointed by the majority
2 10 leader of the senate and two members of the house of
2 11 representatives appointed by the speaker of the house who
2 12 shall serve as nonvoting members.
2 13 c. The task force shall select its own chairperson and
2 14 establish its own rules of procedure. A majority of the
2 15 voting members of the task force shall constitute a quorum.
2 16 d. Nonlegislative members shall serve four=year terms.
2 17 The legislative members shall serve for terms as provided in
2 18 section 69.16B. A vacancy on the task force shall be filled
2 19 by the appropriate appointing authority. Members shall
2 20 receive a per diem as specified in section 7E.6 for each day
2 21 spent in performance of duties as members.
2 22 e. The pay=for=performance task force is not subject to
2 23 the provisions of section 69.16 or 69.16A.
2 24 2. DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM. Beginning July 1, 2009, the
2 25 task force shall gather sufficient information to identify a
2 26 pay=for=performance program based upon student achievement
2 27 gains and global content standards where student achievement
2 28 gains cannot be easily measured. The task force shall review
2 29 pay=for=performance programs in both the public and private
2 30 sectors. Based on this information, the task force shall
2 31 design a program utilizing both individual and group incentive
2 32 components. At least one=half of any available funding
2 33 identified by the task force shall be designated for
2 34 individual incentives.
2 35 a. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2010,
3 1 the task force shall initiate demonstration projects in
3 2 selected kindergarten through grade twelve schools to test the
3 3 effectiveness of the pay=for=performance program. The purpose
3 4 of the demonstration projects is to identify the strengths and
3 5 weaknesses of the pay=for=performance program designs,
3 6 evaluate cost effectiveness, analyze student achievement
3 7 gains, review assessments, allow thorough review of data, and
3 8 make necessary adjustments before the pay=for=performance
3 9 program may be implemented statewide.
3 10 b. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2010,
3 11 the task force shall select ten school districts as
3 12 demonstration projects. To the extent practicable,
3 13 participants shall represent geographically distinct rural,
3 14 urban, and suburban areas of the state. Participants shall
3 15 provide reports or other information as required by the task
3 16 force.
3 17 c. Commencing with the school year beginning July 1, 2011,
3 18 the task force shall select twenty additional school districts
3 19 as demonstration projects.
3 20 3. INTERIM AND FINAL STUDY REPORTS. Based on the
3 21 information generated by the demonstration projects, the task
3 22 force shall prepare and submit interim reports to the
3 23 department and the general assembly by January 15 annually
3 24 during implementation of the demonstration projects. The task
3 25 force shall prepare and submit to the department and the
3 26 general assembly a final study report analyzing the
3 27 effectiveness of pay=for=performance in raising student
3 28 achievement levels no later than six months after the
3 29 completion of the demonstration projects.
3 30 4. STATEWIDE IMPLEMENTATION == REMEDIATION.
3 31 Notwithstanding the provisions of chapters 20 and 279 to the
3 32 contrary, the general assembly shall consider implementing the
3 33 pay=for=performance program statewide for the 2012=2013 school
3 34 year.
3 35 a. The task force, in consultation with the department,
4 1 shall develop a system that will provide for valid, reliable
4 2 tracking and measurement of enhanced student achievement under
4 3 the pay=for=performance program. Where possible, student
4 4 performance shall be based solely on student achievement,
4 5 objectively measured by academic gains made by individual
4 6 students using valid, reliable, and nonsubjective assessment
4 7 tools such as the dynamic indicators of basic early literacy
4 8 skills, the Iowa test of basic skills, or the Iowa test of
4 9 educational development.
4 10 b. (1) The task force shall develop a pay=for=performance
4 11 pay plan for teacher compensation which may be implemented
4 12 statewide. The plan shall establish salary adjustments which
4 13 vary directly with the enhancement of student achievement.
4 14 The plan shall include teacher performance standards which
4 15 identify the following five levels of teacher performance and
4 16 include standards to measure each level:
4 17 (a) Superior performance.
4 18 (b) Exceeds expectations.
4 19 (c) Satisfactory.
4 20 (d) Emerging.
4 21 (e) In need of remediation.
4 22 (2) Individual salary adjustments under an individual
4 23 incentive component of a pay=for=performance program shall not
4 24 be provided to teachers whose students do not demonstrate at
4 25 least a satisfactory level of performance.
4 26 c. The department, in conjunction with the task force,
4 27 shall create a teacher remediation program to provide
4 28 counseling and assistance for teachers whose students do not
4 29 demonstrate adequate increases in achievement.
4 30 5. IOWA TEACHER EXCELLENCE FUND.
4 31 a. An Iowa teacher excellence fund is created within the
4 32 office of the treasurer of state, to be administered by the
4 33 task force. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys in the fund
4 34 that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close of the
4 35 fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain in the fund.
5 1 b. The task force may, according to criteria developed by
5 2 the task force, provide grants from the Iowa teacher
5 3 excellence fund for implementation of the pay=for=performance
5 4 program.
5 5 6. STAFFING. The legislative services agency shall, upon
5 6 request, provide technical and administrative support to the
5 7 task force. The legislative services agency may annually use
5 8 up to fifty thousand dollars of the moneys appropriated for
5 9 the pay=for=performance program to provide assistance to the
5 10 task force and to monitor the program. The task force may
5 11 annually use up to two hundred thousand dollars of the moneys
5 12 appropriated for the pay=for=performance program for
5 13 consultation services in coordination with the legislative
5 14 services agency.
5 15 7. FUTURE REPEAL. This section is repealed effective June
5 16 30, 2013.
5 17 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of
5 18 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
5 19 EXPLANATION
5 20 This bill establishes a pay=for=performance task force to
5 21 design and implement a pay=for=performance demonstration
5 22 program and to conduct a study relating to teacher and staff
5 23 compensation that contains a pay=for=performance component.
5 24 Based on the demonstration program findings, the task force is
5 25 directed to develop a system for valid, reliable tracking and
5 26 measurement of enhanced student achievement and a
5 27 pay=for=performance pay plan for teacher compensation.
5 28 The study must measure the cost and effectiveness in
5 29 raising student achievement of a compensation system that
5 30 provides financial incentives based on student performance.
5 31 The bill provides for the qualifications of the task force
5 32 membership and lists the appointing authorities. The bill
5 33 exempts the task force membership from Code provisions
5 34 requiring bipartisan composition and gender balance.
5 35 Beginning July 1, 2009, the task force must gather
6 1 sufficient information to identify a pay=for=performance
6 2 program and review pay=for=performance programs in both the
6 3 public and private sectors. Based on this information, the
6 4 task force must design a program utilizing both individual and
6 5 group incentive components. At least one=half of any
6 6 available funding for the program must be designated for
6 7 individual incentives.
6 8 Commencing with the 2010=2011 school year, the task force
6 9 must initiate demonstration projects in 10 school districts to
6 10 identify the strengths and weaknesses of the
6 11 pay=for=performance program designs, evaluate cost
6 12 effectiveness, analyze student achievement gains, test
6 13 assessments, allow thorough review of data, and make necessary
6 14 adjustments before the pay=for=performance program may be
6 15 implemented statewide. For the 2011=2012 school year, the
6 16 task force must select 20 additional school districts as
6 17 demonstration projects.
6 18 The bill requires the task force to submit interim and
6 19 final reports to the department and the general assembly. The
6 20 bill requires the general assembly to consider implementing
6 21 the program statewide for the 2012=2013 school year.
6 22 The pay=for=performance pay plan for teacher compensation
6 23 developed by the task force must establish salary adjustments
6 24 which vary directly with the enhancement of student
6 25 achievement, and include teacher performance standards, as
6 26 well as standards to measure each level of teacher
6 27 performance.
6 28 The department is directed to create a teacher remediation
6 29 program to provide counseling and assistance for teachers
6 30 whose students do not demonstrate adequate increases in
6 31 achievement.
6 32 The bill creates an Iowa teacher excellence fund, within
6 33 the office of the treasurer of state, to be administered by
6 34 the task force to provide grants for the program.
6 35 The task force is part of the executive branch of
7 1 government, but the legislative services agency is charged
7 2 with providing technical and administrative support to the
7 3 task force upon request. The agency is authorized to use up
7 4 to $50,000 of the moneys annually appropriated for the program
7 5 to provide assistance to the task force and monitor the
7 6 program. The task force is authorized to use up to $200,000
7 7 of the moneys annually appropriated for the program for
7 8 consultation services in coordination with the agency.
7 9 The task force and the demonstration program are repealed
7 10 effective June 30, 2013.
7 11 The bill takes effect upon enactment.
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