House File 396 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 396 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 13) A BILL FOR An Act establishing an Iowa principal leadership institute 1 advisory council. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1292HV (2) 86 kh/sc
H.F. 396 Section 1. IOWA PRINCIPAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE ADVISORY 1 COUNCIL. 2 1. An Iowa principal leadership institute advisory council 3 is established to advise and make policy recommendations to 4 the director of the department of education regarding the 5 development of and financing for an Iowa principal leadership 6 institute. The goals of the proposed institute shall be to 7 develop a cadre of principals to provide leadership in the 8 highest-needs Iowa schools, as identified by the department 9 as being persistently low achieving, having a high rate of 10 poverty, or having a high percentage of students identified 11 as limited English proficient as defined pursuant to section 12 280.4, and to provide executive-level leadership training and 13 to develop strategies and models for principals to enhance 14 instructional leadership across school attendance centers and 15 raise student achievement. 16 2. The members of the advisory council shall be appointed 17 by the director and shall include but not be limited to 18 at least one member who is appointed from a list of names 19 submitted by a statewide organization representing school 20 administrators licensed under chapter 272, at least one member 21 who is appointed from a list of names submitted by the largest 22 certified employee organization representing teachers licensed 23 under chapter 272, representatives of Iowa institutions of 24 higher education, representatives of the board of educational 25 examiners, education scholars or researchers, organizations 26 representing Iowa employers, and Iowa parents of school-age 27 children. 28 3. The advisory council shall submit its findings and 29 recommendations in a report to the director of the department 30 of education prior to October 15, 2015. The director of 31 the department of education shall submit to the governor and 32 the general assembly by November 16, 2015, a report that 33 includes the advisory council’s report and the department’s 34 recommendations for the establishment and long-term funding of 35 -1- LSB 1292HV (2) 86 kh/sc 1/ 2
H.F. 396 an Iowa principal leadership institute. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill establishes an Iowa principal leadership institute 5 advisory council to advise and make policy recommendations 6 to the director of the department of education regarding the 7 development of and financing for an Iowa principal leadership 8 institute. The proposed institute’s goals shall be to 9 develop a cadre of principals to provide leadership in the 10 highest-needs Iowa schools and to provide executive-level 11 leadership training to develop strategies and models for 12 principals to enhance instructional leadership across school 13 attendance centers and raise student achievement. 14 The members of the advisory council are appointed by 15 the director and shall include but not be limited to at 16 least one member who is appointed from a list of names 17 submitted by a statewide organization representing Iowa school 18 administrators, at least one member who is appointed from a 19 list of names submitted by the largest certified employee 20 organization representing Iowa teachers, representatives of 21 Iowa institutions of higher education and of the board of 22 educational examiners, education scholars or researchers, 23 organizations representing Iowa employers, and Iowa parents. 24 The advisory council must submit its findings and 25 recommendations in a report to the director of the department 26 of education prior to October 15, 2015. The director must 27 submit to the governor and the general assembly by November 28 16, 2015, a report that includes the advisory council’s report 29 and the department’s recommendations for the establishment and 30 long-term funding of an Iowa principal leadership institute. 31 -2- LSB 1292HV (2) 86 kh/sc 2/ 2