House File 2269 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2269 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 560) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the administrator quality program and 1 to a coaching and support system for school district 2 administrators. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5267HV (2) 85 kh/rj

H.F. 2269 Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 63, paragraph b, Code 1 2014, is amended to read as follows: 2 b. Develop and implement in collaboration with education 3 stakeholders, subject to an appropriation of funds by 4 the general assembly, a coaching and support system for 5 administrators . The coaching and support system shall 6 be aligned with the beginning administrator mentoring and 7 induction program created pursuant to section 284A.5 and shall 8 also be designed to support administrators in school districts 9 approved to implement the framework and comparable systems set 10 forth pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 284.17 . For the 11 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and each subsequent fiscal 12 year, the coaching and support system for administrators shall 13 be available to any school district whether or not the district 14 has been approved to implement the framework and comparable 15 systems set forth pursuant to sections 284.15, 284.16, and 16 284.17. 17 Sec. 2. Section 284A.2, subsection 1, Code 2014, is amended 18 to read as follows: 19 1. “Administrator” means an individual holding a 20 professional administrator license issued under chapter 272 21 who is employed in a school district administrative position 22 by a school district or area education agency pursuant to 23 a contract issued by a board of directors under section 24 279.23 and is engaged in instructional leadership. An 25 administrator may be employed in both an administrative and a 26 nonadministrative position by a board of directors and shall 27 be considered a part-time administrator for the portion of 28 time that the individual is employed in an administrative 29 position. “Administrator” does not include assistant principals 30 or assistant superintendents. 31 EXPLANATION 32 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 33 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 34 This bill relates to the administrator quality program 35 -1- LSB 5267HV (2) 85 kh/rj 1/ 2

H.F. 2269 by providing that the term “administrator”, for purposes of 1 the program, may include assistant principals and assistant 2 superintendents. The bill expands and modifies a requirement 3 that the director of the department of education establish 4 a coaching and support system for administrators in school 5 districts that is aligned with the Iowa standards for 6 administrators. The bill makes the requirement contingent on 7 an appropriation by the general assembly, and adds that the 8 system must also be designed in collaboration with education 9 stakeholders to support administrators in school districts that 10 are implementing approved career path, leadership roles, and 11 compensation frameworks or comparable systems for teachers. 12 The bill requires that the system by made available to any 13 school district beginning July 1, 2017. 14 -2- LSB 5267HV (2) 85 kh/rj 2/ 2