Senate
File
2038
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2038
BY
ZAUN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
authorizing
school
districts
to
deduct
and
pay
fees
1
for
membership
in
not-for-profit
professional
education
2
associations.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.59,
Code
2016,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.59
Access
by
Professional
education
associations.
3
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section,
“professional
education
4
association”
means
a
not-for-profit
association
in
which
the
5
majority
of
members
are
practitioners
licensed
under
chapter
6
272.
7
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
provide
8
not-for-profit,
professional
education
associations
that
9
offer
membership
to
teachers
or
administrators
equal
access
10
to
teacher
or
administrator
mailboxes
for
distribution
of
11
professional
literature.
12
3.
Except
as
otherwise
provided
under
in
section
20.9,
the
13
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
deduct
from
the
14
salary
of
a
teacher
or
administrator
an
amount
specified
by
15
the
teacher
or
administrator
for
payment
of
dues
or
membership
16
fees
for
the
teacher’s
or
administrator’s
membership
in
a
17
professional
education
association
if
the
request
for
the
18
deduction
is
made
in
writing
during
the
enrollment
period
19
for
the
professional
education
association
and
if
the
pay
20
period
during
which
the
deduction
is
made,
and
the
frequency
21
and
amount
of
the
deduction,
are
compatible
with
the
school
22
district’s
payroll
system.
The
deduction
shall
continue
in
23
effect
for
not
more
than
one
year
unless
a
new
written
request
24
is
filed
according
to
the
requirements
of
this
section.
The
25
teacher
or
administrator
may
terminate
the
deduction
at
any
26
time
by
giving
the
school
district
thirty
days’
written
notice.
27
Moneys
deducted
under
this
section
shall
be
paid
over
promptly
28
to
the
appropriate
professional
education
association.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
authorizes
school
districts,
upon
the
request
of
33
a
teacher
or
administrator,
to
pay
through
payroll
deduction
34
the
teacher’s
or
administrator’s
dues
or
membership
fees
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in
any
not-for-profit,
professional
education
association.
1
The
request
must
be
made
in
writing
during
the
enrollment
2
period
for
the
professional
education
association
and
must
be
3
compatible
with
the
school
district’s
payroll
system.
The
4
deduction
shall
continue
in
effect
for
not
more
than
one
5
year
unless
a
new
written
request
is
filed.
The
teacher
or
6
administrator
may
terminate
the
deduction
at
any
time
by
giving
7
the
school
district
30
days’
written
notice.
8
The
bill
defines
a
professional
education
association
as
a
9
not-for-profit
association
in
which
the
majority
of
members
are
10
practitioners
licensed
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners.
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