House Study Bill 663 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the components of a comparable system of 1 career paths and compensation for school districts. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5256XD (5) 87 kh/rj

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 284.17, Code 2018, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 284.17 Comparable system criteria. 3 1. Any comparable system of career paths and compensation 4 for teachers approved pursuant to section 284.15 , including the 5 instructional coach model set forth in section 284.16 , shall 6 include, at a minimum, all of the following components: 7 1. a. A minimum salary of thirty-three thousand five 8 hundred dollars for a full-time teacher. 9 2. b. Increased support for new teachers and veteran 10 teachers where appropriate, such as additional coaching, 11 mentoring, and opportunities for observing exceptional 12 instructional practice. 13 3. c. Differentiated, multiple teacher leadership roles 14 beyond the initial teacher and career teacher levels, in which 15 a goal of at least twenty-five percent of the teacher workforce 16 serves additional contract days with compensation commensurate 17 with the responsibilities for the leadership role. A district 18 shall demonstrate that a good-faith effort has been made to 19 attain participation by twenty-five percent of the teacher 20 workforce and that no other practical alternative is available 21 to meet the goal. These leadership roles may include but shall 22 not be limited to all of the following: 23 a. (1) Instructional coaches who engage full-time or 24 part-time in instructional coaching. 25 b. (2) Peer coaches who provide additional guidance in one 26 or more aspects of the teaching profession to other teachers 27 during normal noninstructional time. Peer coaches may be used 28 only as one element of a more extensive teacher leadership 29 plan. 30 c. (3) Curriculum and professional development leaders who 31 engage full-time or part-time in the planning, development, and 32 implementation of curriculum and professional development. 33 d. (4) Model teachers who teach full-time and serve as 34 models of exemplary teaching practice. 35 -1- LSB 5256XD (5) 87 kh/rj 1/ 3

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ e. (5) Mentor teachers who teach full-time or part-time and 1 also support the professional development of initial and career 2 teachers. 3 f. (6) Lead teachers who teach full-time or part-time and 4 also plan and deliver professional development activities or 5 engage in other activities designed to improve instructional 6 strategies. 7 4. d. A rigorous selection process for placement into 8 and retention in teacher leadership roles. The process shall 9 include all of the following components: 10 a. (1) The use of measures of effectiveness and 11 professional growth to determine suitability for the role. 12 b. (2) A selection committee that includes teachers and 13 administrators who shall accept and review applications for 14 assignment or reassignment to a teacher leadership role and 15 shall make recommendations regarding the applications to the 16 superintendent of the school district. 17 c. (3) An annual review of the assignment to a teacher 18 leadership role by the school’s or school district’s 19 administration. The review shall include peer feedback on the 20 effectiveness of the teacher’s performance of duty specific to 21 the teacher’s leadership role. A teacher who completes the 22 time period of assignment to a leadership role may apply to the 23 school’s or the school district’s administration for assignment 24 in a new leadership role, if appropriate, or for reassignment. 25 d. (4) A requirement that a teacher assigned to a 26 leadership role must have at least three years of teaching 27 experience, and at least one year of experience in the school 28 district. 29 5. e. A professional development system facilitated by 30 teachers and other education experts and aligned with the Iowa 31 professional development model adopted by the state board. 32 f. An instructional rubric, framework, or learning 33 progression that defines effective instructional practice 34 across developmental stages and focuses on student learning and 35 -2- LSB 5256XD (5) 87 kh/rj 2/ 3

S.F. _____ H.F. _____ achievement. The department shall issue guidance that school 1 districts shall use in developing, adopting, or retaining, and 2 implementing a rubric, framework, or learning progression. 3 A school district approved to implement a comparable system 4 pursuant to section 284.15 shall annually submit to the 5 department, in the manner prescribed by the department, data on 6 the efficacy of the rubric, framework, or learning progression 7 implemented by the school district. 8 6. 2. A school district approved to implement a comparable 9 system pursuant to section 284.15 , and which meets the 10 requirements of this section , shall receive funds under section 11 257.10, subsection 12 . 12 Sec. 2. SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPROVED FOR A COMPARABLE SYSTEM 13 UNDER SECTION 284.15. A school district approved to implement 14 a comparable system pursuant to section 284.15 for a school 15 year beginning on or before July 1, 2018, shall implement a 16 rubric, framework, or learning progression by the school year 17 beginning July 1, 2019. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill adds to the components of the comparable system 22 of career paths and compensation that a school district may 23 implement if approved by the department of education. Under 24 the bill, a school district with an approved comparable system 25 of career paths and compensation must, by the school year 26 beginning July 1, 2019, implement an instructional rubric, 27 framework, or learning progression that defines effective 28 instructional practice across developmental stages and focuses 29 on student learning and achievement. 30 Also, the department is directed to issue related guidance 31 that school districts with approved systems must use. A school 32 district with an approved system must annually submit data to 33 the department on the efficacy of the rubric, framework, or 34 learning progression implemented by the school district. 35 -3- LSB 5256XD (5) 87 kh/rj 3/ 3