House
Study
Bill
16
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
eligibility
to
receive
funding
under
the
1
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
284.5,
subsection
2,
Code
2015,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
2.
a.
Each
Except
as
provided
in
paragraph
“b”
,
each
school
3
district
and
area
education
agency
shall
provide
a
beginning
4
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program
for
all
teachers
who
5
are
beginning
teachers,
and
notwithstanding
section
284.4,
6
subsection
1
,
a
school
district
and
an
area
education
agency
7
shall
be
eligible
to
receive
moneys
under
section
284.13,
8
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“b”
,
for
purposes
of
implementing
a
9
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program
in
accordance
10
with
this
section
.
11
b.
If
a
school
district
receives
teacher
leadership
12
supplemental
aid
payments
pursuant
to
section
257.10,
13
subsection
12,
or
section
284.13,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“e”
,
14
for
purposes
of
implementing
a
framework
or
comparable
system
15
approved
pursuant
to
section
284.15,
subsection
6,
the
school
16
district
is
ineligible
to
receive
funds
under
section
284.13,
17
subsection
1,
paragraph
“b”
,
for
purposes
of
implementing
a
18
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program
plan.
19
Sec.
2.
Section
284.13,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
Code
20
2015,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
21
b.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2014
2015
,
and
22
ending
June
30,
2015
2016
,
an
amount
up
to
four
one
million
23
twenty-one
six
hundred
seventy-three
thousand
eight
one
hundred
24
seventy-five
dollars
for
first-year
and
second-year
beginning
25
teachers,
to
the
department
of
education
for
distribution
to
26
school
districts
and
area
education
agencies
for
purposes
of
27
the
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
programs
as
28
provided
in
section
284.5
.
A
school
district
or
area
education
29
agency
shall
receive
one
thousand
three
hundred
dollars
per
30
beginning
teacher
participating
in
the
program.
If
the
funds
31
appropriated
for
the
program
are
insufficient
to
pay
mentors,
32
school
districts,
and
area
education
agencies
as
provided
33
in
this
paragraph,
the
department
shall
prorate
the
amount
34
distributed
to
school
districts
and
area
education
agencies
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based
upon
the
amount
appropriated.
Moneys
received
by
a
1
school
district
or
area
education
agency
pursuant
to
this
2
paragraph
shall
be
expended
to
provide
each
mentor
with
an
3
award
of
five
hundred
dollars
per
semester,
at
a
minimum,
4
for
participation
in
the
school
district’s
or
area
education
5
agency’s
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program;
6
to
implement
the
plan;
and
to
pay
any
applicable
costs
of
the
7
employer’s
share
of
contributions
to
federal
social
security
8
and
the
Iowa
public
employees’
retirement
system
or
a
pension
9
and
annuity
retirement
system
established
under
chapter
294
,
10
for
such
amounts
paid
by
the
district
or
area
education
agency.
11
EXPLANATION
12
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
13
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
14
This
bill
provides
that
a
school
district
is
ineligible
15
to
receive
moneys
allocated
under
the
student
achievement
16
and
teacher
quality
program
for
purposes
of
implementing
a
17
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program
plan
if
that
18
school
district
receives
teacher
leadership
supplemental
aid
19
payments
for
implementing
the
career
paths,
leadership
roles,
20
and
compensation
framework
or
a
comparable
system
approved
21
by
the
department
of
education.
The
bill
also
updates
the
22
Iowa
Code
provision
that
provides
for
the
allocation
of
moneys
23
for
purposes
of
the
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
24
program
for
the
2015-2016
fiscal
year.
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