HF 262 (LSB 2048YH (3) 91)

HOUSE FILE 262

BY  STONE

A BILL FOR

An Act providing for a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment for school budget years beginning July 1, 2025, and including effective date provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  257.13A  Teacher minimum salary budget adjustment.
   1.  For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2025, and succeeding budget years, if a school district’s actual cost to comply with the applicable minimum teacher salary requirements under chapter 284 of the school district for the budget year, including costs associated with the employer’s share of contributions to the Iowa public employees’ retirement system and the employer’s share of the tax imposed by the federal Insurance Contributions Act, is greater than the amount of the school district’s total teacher salary supplement district cost under section 257.10, subsection 9, for the budget year, the district shall be eligible to receive a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment. The budget adjustment shall be limited to the additional amount necessary to comply with the teacher minimum salaries of the school district’s teacher leadership positions prior to the application of additional contracted pay for teacher leadership roles pursuant to a district teacher leadership and compensation framework under chapter 284, contracted full-time teachers, part-time teachers with minimum salaries prorated to contracted time, and qualified nurses, counselors, and librarians, plus the amount necessary to comply with the school district’s teacher salary schedule for such teachers under a teacher salary contract in order to prevent salary compaction resulting from negotiated terms in a teacher contract for the school budget year beginning July 1, 2023.
   2.  The board of directors of a school district that wishes to receive a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment shall adopt a resolution to receive the adjustment and notify the school budget review committee annually, but not earlier than November 1, as determined by the department of education. The school budget review committee shall establish a modified supplemental amount pursuant to subsection 1.
   3.  Pursuant to section 257.31, subsection 5, the supplemental amount generated by the budget adjustment pursuant to this section shall be considered miscellaneous income and shall not be included in district cost. The supplemental amount must be expended by the district in the year granted and is restricted to expenditures for minimum teacher salary purposes.
    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
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 for a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment for school budget years beginning July 1, 2025.
   If a school district’s actual cost to comply with the applicable minimum teacher salary requirements of the school district for the budget year, including all associated costs, is greater than the amount of the school district’s total teacher salary supplement district cost under Code section 257.10(9), for the budget year, the district shall be eligible to receive a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment. Under the bill, the budget adjustment shall be limited to the additional amount necessary to comply with the requirements for the school district’s teacher leadership positions.
   The board of directors of a school district that wishes to receive a budget adjustment pursuant to the bill shall adopt a resolution to receive the adjustment and notify the school budget review committee annually, but not earlier than November 1, as determined by the department of education.
   The bill specifies any additional revenues generated by the budget adjustment shall be considered miscellaneous income, and shall not be included in district cost.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment.