House File 234 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 234 BY CHAMBERS A BILL FOR An Act relating to teacher salary supplement requirements for 1 professional development and providing for repayment of 2 teacher salary supplement funds under certain conditions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1431YH (5) 84 kh/nh

H.F. 234 Section 1. Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code 1 2011, is amended to read as follows: 2 e. Adopt a teacher evaluation plan that, at minimum, 3 requires a performance review of teachers in the district at 4 least once every three years based upon the Iowa teaching 5 standards and individual professional development plans, 6 requires that each individual professional development plan 7 include at least ten full days of professional development, 8 and requires administrators to complete evaluator training in 9 accordance with section 284.10 . A school district or area 10 education agency that receives funds calculated and paid for 11 professional development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 12 9, and section 257.37A, subsection 2, shall repay the state of 13 Iowa as follows under the following conditions: 14 (1) If the school district or area education agency does not 15 make available quality professional development opportunities 16 for at least ten additional contract days or the equivalent 17 thereof for professional development, the school district 18 or area education agency shall repay to the state of Iowa, 19 by July 1 of the school year following the school year in 20 which the funds were received, an amount equivalent to the 21 difference between the number of contract days for professional 22 development required pursuant to this lettered paragraph and 23 the number of contract days offered by the school district or 24 area education agency during the school year. 25 (2) If the school district or area education agency does 26 not require that each individual professional development plan 27 include at least ten full days of professional development in 28 accordance with this lettered paragraph, the school district or 29 area education agency shall repay to the state of Iowa, by July 30 1 of the school year following the school year in which the 31 funds were received, the full amount of the funds calculated 32 and paid to the school district or area education agency for 33 professional development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 34 9, and section 257.37A, subsection 2, for the prior school 35 -1- LSB 1431YH (5) 84 kh/nh 1/ 3

H.F. 234 year. 1 Sec. 2. STATE MANDATE FUNDING SPECIFIED. In accordance 2 with section 25B.2, subsection 3, the state cost of requiring 3 compliance with any state mandate included in this Act shall 4 be paid by a school district from state school foundation aid 5 received by the school district under section 257.16. This 6 specification of the payment of the state cost shall be deemed 7 to meet all of the state funding-related requirements of 8 section 25B.2, subsection 3, and no additional state funding 9 shall be necessary for the full implementation of this Act 10 by and enforcement of this Act against all affected school 11 districts. 12 EXPLANATION 13 This bill requires school districts and area education 14 agencies that receive state funds calculated and paid for 15 professional development to require that individual teacher 16 professional development plans include at least 10 full days of 17 professional development. 18 If the school district or area education agency does not 19 provide quality professional development opportunities for at 20 least 10 contract days, the school district or area education 21 agency must repay the state, by July 1 of the school year 22 following the school year in which the funds were received, 23 an amount equivalent to the difference between the number of 24 contract days for professional development required and the 25 number of contract days offered during the school year. If 26 the school district or area education agency does not require 27 that individual teacher professional development plans include 28 at least 10 full days of professional development, the school 29 district or area education agency must repay the state, by July 30 1 of the school year following the school year in which the 31 funds were received, the full amount of the funds calculated 32 and paid to the school district or area education agency for 33 professional development. 34 This bill may include a state mandate as defined in Code 35 -2- LSB 1431YH (5) 84 kh/nh 2/ 3

H.F. 234 section 25B.3. The bill requires that the state cost of 1 any state mandate included in the bill be paid by a school 2 district from state school foundation aid received by the 3 school district under Code section 257.16. The specification 4 is deemed to constitute state compliance with any state mandate 5 funding-related requirements of Code section 25B.2. The 6 inclusion of this specification is intended to reinstate the 7 requirement of political subdivisions to comply with any state 8 mandates included in the bill. 9 -3- LSB 1431YH (5) 84 kh/nh 3/ 3