House File 301 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 301 BY J. TAYLOR , FRY , SCHULTE , and DE BOEF A BILL FOR An Act relating to school district teaching assignments and 1 responsibilities, student advancement by a teacher or school 2 district, and providing for the withholding of state aid to 3 school districts under certain conditions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1842YH (3) 84 kh/nh

H.F. 301 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 31. Adopt rules specifically defining the 3 amount of state aid to be withheld from a school district for 4 a violation of section 279.65. 5 Sec. 2. Section 256.9, subsection 52, Code 2011, is amended 6 to read as follows: 7 52. Establish and maintain a process and a procedure, in 8 cooperation with the board of educational examiners, to compare 9 a practitioner’s teaching assignment with the license and 10 endorsements held by the practitioner. The director may report 11 noncompliance issues identified by this process to the board of 12 educational examiners pursuant to section 272.15, subsection 13 3 , and may provide for the withholding of state aid to a school 14 district if the department determines that the school district 15 has inappropriately assigned a teacher in violation of section 16 279.65, subsection 4 . 17 Sec. 3. NEW SECTION . 279.65 Teacher of record —— contact 18 hours and endorsements —— student advancement. 19 1. The state board of education shall define the term 20 “teacher of record” by rule. The definition shall provide, 21 at a minimum, that the term identifies the teacher who has 22 responsibility for providing instruction to a given student for 23 a given subject during each semester. A student may have more 24 than one teacher of record if the school district utilizes team 25 teaching in a given subject or when another teacher provides 26 supplemental instruction. The state board of education shall 27 determine under the definition the share of instructional 28 responsibility to be apportioned to each teacher of a subject 29 or grade level. The definition shall establish guidelines 30 for determining whether a teacher of record is a classroom 31 instructor or provides supplemental education in a subject. 32 2. At least twice annually, a teacher of record and the 33 teacher’s supervisor shall verify and, where appropriate, 34 correct the roster of students for whom the teacher has been 35 -1- LSB 1842YH (3) 84 kh/nh 1/ 4

H.F. 301 assigned responsibility. The teacher of record shall have 1 at least fifty percent of the total contact hours with a 2 given student in a given subject, except when the coursework 3 is offered as an advanced placement class or as online 4 postsecondary-level coursework. 5 3. A student shall not advance to the next grade level or 6 the next level of coursework unless the student demonstrates 7 proficiency by successfully meeting the minimum course 8 requirements which shall be equally administered for all 9 students as demonstrated by the teacher of record’s published 10 standards for competency and proficiency for the grade level 11 or course or by the school district’s published standards for 12 competency and proficiency for the grade level or course. 13 4. A teacher of record, in accordance with section 272.7, 14 shall hold an endorsement for the type of service for which the 15 teacher is employed. 16 5. If the department of education determines that a school 17 district is not in compliance with this section, the department 18 shall instruct the director of the department of management 19 to withhold state aid to the school district in an amount 20 specified under section 256.7, subsection 31. The department 21 of education shall direct the department of management to 22 restore the amount withheld pursuant to this subsection if the 23 department of education determines that the school district is 24 in compliance with this section. 25 EXPLANATION 26 This bill directs the state board of education to define 27 “teacher of record” by rule, provides for the number of contact 28 hours a teacher of record must have with a given student for 29 a given subject, provides that a student shall not advance to 30 the next grade or course level unless the student meets the 31 teacher of record’s standards, and requires that a teacher of 32 record hold an endorsement in the subject for which the teacher 33 is responsible. The bill provides for the withholding and 34 restoration of state aid to a school district that violates the 35 -2- LSB 1842YH (3) 84 kh/nh 2/ 4

H.F. 301 provisions of the bill. 1 A student may have more than one teacher of record if the 2 school district utilizes team teaching in a given subject 3 or when another teacher provides supplemental instruction. 4 The state board shall determine the share of instructional 5 responsibility to be apportioned to each teacher of a subject 6 or grade level. The definition shall establish guidelines 7 for determining whether a teacher of record is a classroom 8 instructor or provides supplemental education in a subject. 9 At least twice annually, a teacher of record and the 10 teacher’s supervisor shall verify and, where appropriate, 11 correct the roster of students for whom the teacher has 12 been assigned responsibility. The teacher of record shall 13 have at least 50 percent of the total contact hours with a 14 given student in a given subject, except when the coursework 15 is offered as an advanced placement class or as online 16 postsecondary-level coursework. 17 A teacher of record shall hold an endorsement for the type of 18 service for which the teacher is employed. 19 A student shall not advance to the next grade level or 20 the next level of coursework unless the student demonstrates 21 proficiency by successfully meeting the minimum course 22 requirements which shall be equally administered for all 23 students as demonstrated by the teacher of record’s published 24 standards for competency and proficiency for the grade level 25 or course or by the school district’s published standards for 26 competency and proficiency for the grade level or course. 27 If the department of education determines that a school 28 district is not in compliance with the provisions of the bill, 29 the department shall instruct the director of the department 30 of management to withhold state aid to the school district in 31 an amount specified by the state board under rules the bill 32 requires the state board to adopt. The department of education 33 shall direct the department of management to restore the amount 34 withheld if the department of education determines that the 35 -3- LSB 1842YH (3) 84 kh/nh 3/ 4

H.F. 301 school district is in compliance. The bill makes a conforming 1 change. 2 -4- LSB 1842YH (3) 84 kh/nh 4/ 4