House File 2088 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2088 BY JONES A BILL FOR An Act relating to teacher licensure renewal requirements and 1 professional development activities for practitioners. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5546YH (6) 88 kh/jh

H.F. 2088 Section 1. Section 272.2, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 1 2020, is amended to read as follows: 2 a. (1) License practitioners, which includes the authority 3 to establish criteria for the licenses; establish issuance 4 and renewal requirements; create application and renewal 5 forms; create licenses that authorize different instructional 6 functions or specialties; develop a code of professional rights 7 and responsibilities, practices, and ethics, which shall, among 8 other things, address the failure of a practitioner to fulfill 9 contractual obligations under section 279.13 ; and develop any 10 other classifications, distinctions, and procedures which may 11 be necessary to exercise licensing duties. In addressing the 12 failure of a practitioner to fulfill contractual obligations, 13 the board shall consider factors beyond the practitioner’s 14 control. 15 (2) Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall provide 16 that time spent engaged in professional development activities 17 at an amusement park cannot be used to meet license renewal 18 requirements unless the activities are held in a conference 19 facility or meeting room on the amusement park’s property. Any 20 time spent at the amusement park itself, including time spent 21 engaged in professional development activities, cannot be used 22 to meet license renewal requirements. 23 Sec. 2. Section 284.6, subsection 8, Code 2020, is amended 24 to read as follows: 25 8. a. For each year in which a school district receives 26 funds calculated and paid to school districts for professional 27 development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10 , or 28 section 257.37A, subsection 2 , the school district shall create 29 quality professional development opportunities. Not less than 30 thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the 31 minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation 32 time or designated professional development time to allow 33 practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver 34 educational programs and assess student learning, or to engage 35 -1- LSB 5546YH (6) 88 kh/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2088 in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1 . The 1 funds may be used to implement the professional development 2 provisions of the teacher career paths and leadership roles 3 specified in section 284.15 , including but not limited to 4 providing professional development to teachers, including 5 additional salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated 6 agreement; activities and pay to support a beginning teacher 7 mentoring and induction program that meets the requirements 8 of section 284.5 ; pay for substitute teachers, professional 9 development materials, speakers, and professional development 10 content; textbooks and curriculum materials used for classroom 11 purposes if such textbooks and curriculum materials include 12 professional development; administering assessments pursuant to 13 section 256.7, subsection 21 , paragraph “b” , subparagraphs (1) 14 and (2), if such assessments include professional development; 15 and costs associated with implementing the individual 16 professional development plans. The use of the funds shall 17 be balanced between school district, attendance center, 18 and individual professional development plans, making every 19 reasonable effort to provide equal access to all teachers. 20 b. Funds calculated and paid to school districts for 21 professional development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 22 10, or section 257.37A, subsection 2, shall not be used to 23 provide professional development activities at an amusement 24 park unless the activities are held in a conference facility 25 or meeting room on the amusement park’s property. Such funds 26 shall not be used for time spent at the amusement park itself, 27 including time spent engaged in professional development 28 activities. 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 provides that state moneys calculated and paid to 33 school districts for professional development activities cannot 34 be used for such activities at an amusement park itself and 35 -2- LSB 5546YH (6) 88 kh/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2088 directs that the board of educational examiners’ rules must 1 provide that time spent engaged in professional development 2 activities at an amusement park itself cannot be used to meet 3 license renewal requirements. However, if such activities are 4 held in a conference facility or meeting room on amusement park 5 property, state moneys can be used for the activities and the 6 activities can be used to meet licensure renewal requirements. 7 -3- LSB 5546YH (6) 88 kh/jh 3/ 3