HF 611 (LSB 2601YH (2) 89)

HOUSE FILE 611

BY  GOBBLE

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to teacher compensation for temporary additional teaching assignments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 279.13, Code 2021, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  6.  If a school district temporarily increases a teacher’s classroom teaching assignments by requiring the teacher to use planning time or an open period of time to cover another classroom due to a sudden, unexpected need or when a substitute teacher is unavailable, the school district shall pay the teacher, in addition to the teacher’s regular wages or combined salary in accordance with section 284.3A, an amount equal to the time of temporary additional classroom coverage multiplied by the equivalent to the highest average hourly rate of compensation the school district pays to a licensed substitute teacher.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that when a school district temporarily increases a teacher’s teaching assignments by requiring the teacher to cover another classroom due to a sudden, unexpected need or when a substitute teacher is unavailable, the school district shall pay the teacher, in addition to the teacher’s regular wages or combined salary, an amount equal to the time of temporary additional classroom coverage multiplied by the equivalent to the highest average hourly rate of compensation the school district pays to a licensed substitute teacher.