Bill Text: IA HF2611 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school funding, including the teacher salary supplement cost per pupil and teacher and education support professional compensation, and making appropriations.(Formerly HSB 714; See HF 2630.)

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced) 2024-03-07 - Withdrawn. H.J. 554. [HF2611 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2611-Introduced.html

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House File 2611 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 2611
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 714)
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to school funding, including the teacher salary
supplement cost per pupil and teacher and education support
professional compensation, and making appropriations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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Section 1. Section 257.10, subsection 9, paragraphs a and d,
Code 2024, are amended to read as follows:
a. (1) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
department of management shall add together the teacher
compensation allocation made to each district for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
subsection 1 , paragraph “h” , Code 2009, and the phase II
allocation made to each district for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 294A.9, Code 2009 , and divide
that sum by the district’s budget enrollment in the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2009, to determine the teacher salary
supplement district cost per pupil. For the budget year
beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years beginning
before July 1, 2024 , the teacher salary supplement district
cost per pupil for each school district for a budget year
is the teacher salary supplement program district cost per
pupil for the base year plus the teacher salary supplement
supplemental state aid amount for the budget year.
(2) (a) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the
department of management shall calculate for each school
district a teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil
amount based on the sum of the following:
(i) An amount necessary to allow the school district to
provide a minimum teacher starting salary of forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars in accordance with the
requirements of chapter 284, 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.
(ii) An amount necessary to allow the school district
to provide an hourly wage of fifteen dollars per hour for
education support personnel, 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.
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However, if the amount calculated under this subparagraph
subdivision for all school districts exceeds fourteen million
dollars, the department of management shall proportionally
reduce the amount calculated for school districts, based on the
original calculation, so that the total amount calculated for
all school districts is fourteen million dollars.
(b) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2025, the
department of management shall calculate for each school
district a teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil
amount based on the sum of the following:
(i) An amount necessary to allow the school district to
provide a minimum teacher starting salary of fifty thousand
dollars in accordance with the requirements of chapter 284,
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.
(ii) To allow each school district to provide an hourly wage
of fifteen dollars per hour to education support personnel, the
amount calculated for the base year under subparagraph division
(a), subparagraph subdivision (ii), after the reduction if
applicable, plus the product of that same amount multiplied
by the categorical percent of growth under section 257.8,
subsection 2, for the budget year.
(3) For the budget year beginning July 1, 2026, and
succeeding budget years, the teacher salary supplement district
cost per pupil for each school district for a budget year
is the teacher salary supplement program district cost per
pupil for the base year plus the teacher salary supplement
supplemental state aid amount for the budget year.
d. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
succeeding budget years, the use of the funds calculated under
this subsection or available for use as provided in subsection
10 , paragraph “d” , subsection 12 , paragraph “d” , or section
257.46, subsection 3 , shall be distributed to teachers pursuant
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to section 284.3A and shall comply in compliance with the
requirements of chapter 284 related to such distribution under
section 284.3A and may be distributed to education support
personnel as described in paragraph “a” .
Sec. 2. Section 257.10, subsection 9, Code 2024, is amended
by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . e. For purposes of this subsection,
“education support personnel” means regular and part-time
employees of a school district who are not salaried.
Sec. 3. Section 257.10, subsection 12, paragraph d, Code
2024, is amended to read as follows:
d. Except as otherwise allowed under this paragraph, for
the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, and succeeding budget
years, the use of the funds calculated under this subsection
shall comply with the requirements of chapter 284 and shall
be distributed to teachers pursuant to section 284.15 . The
funds shall be used only to increase the payment for a teacher
assigned to a leadership role pursuant to a framework or
comparable system approved pursuant to section 284.15 ; to
increase the percentages of teachers assigned to leadership
roles; to increase the minimum teacher starting salary to
thirty-three thousand five hundred dollars the amount described
in section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph “a” , subparagraph
(1) ; to cover the costs for the time mentor and lead teachers
are not providing instruction to students in a classroom;
for coverage of a classroom when an initial or career
teacher is observing or co-teaching with a teacher assigned
to a leadership role; for professional development time to
learn best practices associated with the career pathways
leadership process; and for other costs associated with a
framework or comparable system approved by the department of
education under section 284.15 with the goals of improving
instruction and elevating the quality of teaching and student
learning. If all requirements for the school district for
the use of funds calculated under this subsection are met
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and funds received under this subsection remain unexpended
and unobligated at the end of a fiscal year beginning on or
after July 1, 2020, the school district may transfer all or a
portion of such unexpended and unobligated funds for deposit
in the school district’s flexibility account established
under section 298A.2, subsection 2 . At the end of a fiscal
year beginning on or after July 1, 2022, school districts may
use all or a portion of funds under this subsection for the
purposes authorized under subsection 9 , paragraph “d” , and,
notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, school
districts shall not be required to participate in or comply
with section 284.15 in order to continue to receive funding
under this subsection .
Sec. 4. Section 284.15, subsection 2, paragraph a,
subparagraph (1), Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
(1) (a) The For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, the
salary for an initial teacher who has successfully completed an
approved practitioner preparation program as defined in section
256.145 or holds an initial or intern teacher license issued
under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, shall be at least
thirty-three forty-seven thousand five hundred dollars, which
shall also constitute the minimum salary for an Iowa teacher.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and each
subsequent fiscal year, the salary for an initial teacher who
has successfully completed an approved practitioner preparation
program as defined in section 256.145 or holds an initial or
intern teacher license issued under chapter 256, subchapter
VII, part 3, shall be at least fifty thousand dollars, which
shall also constitute the minimum salary for an Iowa teacher.
Sec. 5. Section 284.16, subsection 1, paragraph a,
unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as
follows:
The For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, the beginning
teacher shall be paid not less than thirty-three forty-seven
thousand five hundred dollars and . For the fiscal year
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beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal year, the
beginning teacher shall be paid not less than fifty thousand
dollars. Each beginning teacher shall meet the following
requirements:
Sec. 6. Section 284.17, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended
to read as follows:
1. a. A For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, the
minimum salary of thirty-three forty-seven thousand five
hundred dollars for a full-time teacher.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and each
subsequent fiscal year, the minimum salary of fifty thousand
dollars for a full-time teacher.
Sec. 7. SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING SUPPLEMENT —— FISCAL YEAR
2024-2025.
1. There is appropriated from the general fund of the state
to the department of education for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025, twenty-two million
dollars to make all payments to school districts required under
subsection 2.
2. a. Moneys appropriated to the department of education
under subsection 1 shall be used to provide a funding
supplement to each school district during the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.
b. Each school district’s funding supplement amount shall
be equal to twenty-two million dollars multiplied by the
quotient of the school district’s budget enrollment for the
budget year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024,
divided by the statewide total budget enrollment for the budget
year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024.
c. Moneys received by a school district under this section
shall be miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter 257 and
shall not be included in district cost.
d. The school district funding supplement received by a
school district under this section shall be used at the school
district’s discretion to supplement teacher salaries and the
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salaries and wages of education support personnel in a manner
that promotes quality teaching and rewards experience.
3. Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in
this section that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the
close of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain
available for expenditure for the purposes designated until the
close of the succeeding fiscal year.
4. The payment of funding supplement amounts under this
section shall be paid by the department of education at
the same time and in the same manner as the teacher salary
supplement is paid under section 257.10, subsection 9, for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2024, and ending June 30, 2025.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
This bill relates to school funding, including the teacher
salary supplement cost per pupil and teacher and education
support professional compensation.
Currently, Code chapter 284 (teacher compensation) provides
that the minimum annual salary for an initial teacher who has
successfully completed an approved practitioner preparation
program or holds an initial or intern teacher license issued
by the board of educational examiners (BOEE) shall be at least
$33,500. For the 2024-2025 school year, the bill increases the
minimum teacher starting salary to $47,500. For school years
beginning on or after July 1, 2026, the bill increases the
minimum teacher starting salary to $50,000.
The bill defines “education support personnel” as regular
and part-time employees of a school district who are not
salaried.
For the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the department of
management must calculate a teacher salary supplement district
cost per pupil in an amount equal to the sum of the amount
necessary to allow the school district to provide the minimum
starting teacher salary and the amount necessary, not to exceed
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$14 million in the aggregate among all school districts, to
allow each school district to provide a minimum education
support personnel (ESP) wage of $15 per hour 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. The bill requires similar calculations in the budget year
beginning July 1, 2025, to account for the increase in the
minimum annual teacher salary. The bill also provides that the
amount calculated related to ESP shall grow by the categorical
state percent of growth. For budget years beginning on or
after July 1, 2026, the teacher salary supplement district cost
per pupil for each school district for a budget year is the
teacher salary supplement program district cost per pupil for
the base year plus the teacher salary supplement supplemental
state aid amount for the budget year, which is the calculation
used for the budget year 2023-2024.
The bill appropriates $22 million to the department of
education (DE) for FY 2024-2025 to provide a funding supplement
to each school district to be used at the school district’s
discretion to supplement teacher salaries and the salaries and
wages of ESP in a manner that promotes quality teaching and
rewards experience. Each school district’s funding supplement
amount will be an amount equal to $22 million multiplied by
the quotient of the school district’s budget enrollment for
the budget year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30,
2024, divided by the statewide total budget enrollment for the
budget year beginning July 1, 2023, and ending June 30, 2024.
The moneys appropriated to the DE that remain unencumbered or
unobligated at the close of the fiscal year do not revert but
remain available for expenditure for the purposes designated
until the close of the succeeding fiscal year. The payment of
funding supplement amounts must be paid by the DE at the same
time and in the same manner as the teacher salary supplement
district cost is paid for FY 2024-2025.
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The bill makes conforming changes.
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