House
File
234
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
234
BY
SIEGRIST
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
minimum
salary
for
teachers.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
257.10,
subsection
12,
paragraph
d,
Code
1
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
d.
For
the
budget
year
beginning
July
1,
2014,
and
3
succeeding
budget
years,
the
use
of
the
funds
calculated
under
4
this
subsection
shall
comply
with
the
requirements
of
chapter
5
284
and
shall
be
distributed
to
teachers
pursuant
to
section
6
284.15
.
The
funds
shall
be
used
only
to
increase
the
payment
7
for
a
teacher
assigned
to
a
leadership
role
pursuant
to
a
8
framework
or
comparable
system
approved
pursuant
to
section
9
284.15
;
to
increase
the
percentages
of
teachers
assigned
to
10
leadership
roles;
to
increase
the
minimum
teacher
starting
11
salary
to
thirty-three
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
the
12
amount
provided
in
section
284.15,
subsection
2,
paragraph
13
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1)
;
to
cover
the
costs
for
the
time
mentor
14
and
lead
teachers
are
not
providing
instruction
to
students
15
in
a
classroom;
for
coverage
of
a
classroom
when
an
initial
16
or
career
teacher
is
observing
or
co-teaching
with
a
teacher
17
assigned
to
a
leadership
role;
for
professional
development
18
time
to
learn
best
practices
associated
with
the
career
19
pathways
leadership
process;
and
for
other
costs
associated
20
with
a
framework
or
comparable
system
approved
by
the
21
department
of
education
under
section
284.15
with
the
goals
of
22
improving
instruction
and
elevating
the
quality
of
teaching
and
23
student
learning.
If
all
requirements
for
the
school
district
24
for
the
use
of
funds
calculated
under
this
subsection
are
met
25
and
funds
received
under
this
subsection
remain
unexpended
and
26
unobligated
at
the
end
of
a
fiscal
year
beginning
on
or
after
27
July
1,
2020,
the
school
district
may
transfer
all
or
a
portion
28
of
such
unexpended
and
unobligated
funds
for
deposit
in
the
29
school
district’s
flexibility
account
established
under
section
30
298A.2,
subsection
2
.
31
Sec.
2.
Section
284.15,
subsection
2,
paragraph
a,
32
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
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(1)
The
salary
for
an
initial
teacher
who
has
successfully
34
completed
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program
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as
defined
in
section
272.1
or
holds
an
initial
or
intern
1
teacher
license
issued
under
chapter
272
shall
be
at
least
2
thirty-three
forty
thousand
five
hundred
dollars,
which
shall
3
also
constitute
the
minimum
salary
for
an
Iowa
teacher.
4
Sec.
3.
Section
284.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
5
unnumbered
paragraph
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
6
follows:
7
The
beginning
teacher
shall
be
paid
not
less
than
8
thirty-three
forty
thousand
five
hundred
dollars
and
shall
meet
9
the
following
requirements:
10
Sec.
4.
Section
284.17,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
11
to
read
as
follows:
12
1.
A
minimum
salary
of
thirty-three
forty
thousand
five
13
hundred
dollars
for
a
full-time
teacher.
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EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
minimum
salary
for
teachers.
18
Currently,
Code
chapter
284
(teacher
compensation)
provides
19
that
the
minimum
annual
salary
for
an
initial
teacher
who
has
20
successfully
completed
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
21
program
or
holds
an
initial
or
intern
teacher
license
issued
by
22
the
board
of
educational
examiners
shall
be
at
least
$33,500.
23
The
bill
increases
this
minimum
annual
salary
to
$40,000.
The
24
bill
makes
conforming
changes
to
Code
chapter
257
(financing
25
school
programs).
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