House File 2228 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2228 BY DONAHUE , GAINES , STAED , HUNTER , BEARINGER , WESSEL-KROESCHELL , WILBURN , KURTH , EHLERT , BROWN-POWERS , WINCKLER , ABDUL-SAMAD , GASKILL , and KURTZ A BILL FOR An Act relating to a teaching recruitment in Iowa program 1 within the department of education. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5924YH (3) 88 kh/jh

H.F. 2228 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 256.26 Teaching recruitment in Iowa 1 program. 2 1. Subject to an appropriation of funds by the general 3 assembly for this purpose, there is established within 4 the department a teaching recruitment in Iowa program to 5 recruit and provide training and support to prepare high 6 school students to enter the field of education by providing 7 competitive grant awards to four school districts approved 8 by the department to implement over a two-year period pilot 9 programs that offer opportunities for students to explore 10 careers in the teaching profession. 11 2. The department shall establish a process and criteria 12 for the application and approval of four pilot programs. Grant 13 applications shall, at a minimum, be assessed by the department 14 based on the whether an application meets all of the following 15 conditions: 16 a. Focuses recruitment efforts on encouraging secondary 17 students to consider and explore careers in the field of 18 education by providing a teacher mentor for any subject area in 19 primary education. 20 b. A secondary school curriculum that provides future 21 educators with opportunities to observe classroom instruction 22 and preteaching internships at all primary grade levels, to 23 tutor primary students and assist the mentor teacher, and to 24 familiarize students with lesson planning, learning styles, 25 student learning data and information, academic disparities 26 among student subgroups, cultural competency, college success 27 and workforce skills, and education policy. 28 c. Provides through a guidance counselor academic and 29 community support services to help students overcome potential 30 barriers to becoming future educators, including but not 31 limited to supplemental tutoring, advice on college readiness 32 and college course selection, college applications, financial 33 aid processes, financial education opportunities, and 34 mentoring. 35 -1- LSB 5924YH (3) 88 kh/jh 1/ 4

H.F. 2228 d. Provides flexibility in student schedules so the student 1 can meet graduation requirements while meeting the educational 2 goals of the program. 3 e. Demonstrates ability to partner secondary and primary 4 schools and the ability to evaluate the effectiveness of the 5 program. 6 f. Any additional criteria as determined by the department. 7 However, grant criteria shall not include minimum course hour 8 requirements. 9 3. Grants shall be awarded to applicant school districts as 10 follows: 11 a. Two grant awards to school districts with enrollments of 12 less than three thousand students. 13 b. Two grant awards to school districts with enrollments 14 greater than three thousand students. One of the school 15 districts selected under this paragraph shall be located in a 16 city with a population greater than one hundred twenty thousand 17 but less than one hundred forty thousand according to the 2010 18 federal decennial census. 19 4. Grant moneys awarded to school districts shall be used 20 to administer the pilot program and a portion may be used 21 to provide stipends to mentor teachers in the program. The 22 department may use not more than five percent of the moneys 23 appropriated for purposes of the program to administer the 24 program. 25 5. a. School districts awarded grants under this program 26 shall evaluate the program based on guidance provided from 27 the department and shall submit a preliminary report on the 28 effectiveness of the program to the department by November 1 29 following the first year of implementation and a final report 30 on the effectiveness of the program by November 1 following the 31 second year of implementation. 32 b. Within two months of receiving the final report, the 33 department shall summarize the reports received from the school 34 districts and submit the summary and the department’s findings 35 -2- LSB 5924YH (3) 88 kh/jh 2/ 4

H.F. 2228 and recommendations regarding the effectiveness of the program 1 in recruiting young people into the teaching profession and 2 regarding continuation or modification of the program to the 3 general assembly. 4 6. The state board shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to 5 administer this section. 6 EXPLANATION 7 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 8 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 9 This bill establishes, subject to an appropriation from 10 the general assembly, a teaching recruitment in Iowa program 11 within the department of education for purposes of recruiting 12 and providing training and support to prepare secondary 13 school students to eventually enter the field of education by 14 providing competitive grant awards to four school districts 15 approved by the department to implement over a two-year period 16 pilot programs that offer opportunities for students to explore 17 careers in the teaching profession. 18 The bill provides conditions applicants must meet in order 19 to qualify for approval and directs the department to establish 20 a process and criteria for the application and approval of the 21 four pilot programs. Two grants shall be awarded to school 22 districts with enrollments of less than 3,000 students; and two 23 grants shall be awarded to school districts with enrollments 24 greater than 3,000 students, one of which shall be located in 25 a city with a population greater than 120,000 but less than 26 140,000 according to the 2010 federal decennial census. 27 Grant moneys shall be used by school districts to administer 28 the program and a portion may be used for mentor teacher 29 stipends. Of any moneys appropriated, the department may use 30 not more than 5 percent to administer the program. 31 A school district awarded a grant must evaluate the program 32 based on guidance provided from the department and shall submit 33 to the department a preliminary report and a final report 34 on the effectiveness of the program. Within two months of 35 -3- LSB 5924YH (3) 88 kh/jh 3/ 4

H.F. 2228 receiving the final report, the department must summarize 1 the reports received and submit its summary and findings and 2 recommendations to the general assembly. 3 The state board of education is directed to adopt rules to 4 administer the program. 5 -4- LSB 5924YH (3) 88 kh/jh 4/ 4