Bill Text: IA HF215 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to and providing for education reform involving student, teacher, and administrator programs and activities under the purview of the department of education, the state board of education, the college student aid commission, school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools; providing for independent private instruction for students; providing for private instruction for students; concerning driver education by a teaching parent; making appropriations and providing for the establishment and retention of certain fees; and including effective date provisions. (Formerly HSB 4) Various effective dates, see bill.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2013-12-31 - END OF 2013 ACTIONS [HF215 Detail]

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House File 215 - Reprinted
HOUSE FILE 215
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HSB 4)
(As Amended and Passed by the House February 19, 2013 )
A BILL FOR
An Act relating to and providing for education reform involving
student, teacher, and administrator programs and activities
under the purview of the department of education, the state
board of education, the college student aid commission,
school districts, and accredited nonpublic schools;
providing for independent private instruction for students;
providing for private instruction for students; concerning
driver education by a teaching parent; making appropriations
and providing for the establishment and retention of
certain fees; and including transition and effective date
provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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DIVISION I
STATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION PROGRAM
Section 1. Section 257.2, subsection 9, Code 2013, is
amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . d. Property tax replacement payments
received under section 257.16B.
Sec. 2. Section 257.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2013,
is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (9) The amount of the school district
property tax replacement payment received by the school
district under section 257.16B.
Sec. 3. Section 257.4, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 2013,
is amended to read as follows:
b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2008, and
succeeding budget years, the department of management shall
annually determine an adjusted additional property tax levy and
a statewide maximum adjusted additional property tax levy rate,
not to exceed the statewide average additional property tax
levy rate, calculated by dividing the total adjusted additional
property tax levy dollars statewide by the statewide total
net taxable valuation. For purposes of this paragraph, the
adjusted additional property tax levy shall be that portion of
the additional property tax levy corresponding to the state
cost per pupil multiplied by a school district’s weighted
enrollment, and then multiplied by one hundred percent less
the regular program foundation base per pupil percentage
pursuant to section 257.1 , and then reduced by the amount of
property tax replacement received under section 257.16B . The
district shall receive adjusted additional property tax levy
aid in an amount equal to the difference between the adjusted
additional property tax levy rate and the statewide maximum
adjusted additional property tax levy rate, as applied per
thousand dollars of assessed valuation on all taxable property
in the district. The statewide maximum adjusted additional
property tax levy rate shall be annually determined by the
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department taking into account amounts allocated pursuant to
section 257.15, subsection 4 . The statewide maximum adjusted
additional property tax levy rate shall be annually determined
by the department taking into account amounts allocated
pursuant to section 257.15, subsection 4 , and the balance of
the property tax equity and relief fund created in section
257.16A at the end of the calendar year.
Sec. 4. Section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, Code 2013, are
amended to read as follows:
1. State percent of growth. The state percent of growth
for the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, is two percent.
The state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July
1, 2012, is two percent. The state percent of growth for
the budget year beginning July 1, 2013, is two percent. The
state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1,
2014, is two percent. The state percent of growth for each
subsequent budget year shall be established by statute which
shall be enacted within thirty days of the submission in the
year preceding the base year of the governor’s budget under
section 8.21 . The establishment of the state percent of growth
for a budget year shall be the only subject matter of the bill
which enacts the state percent of growth for a budget year.
2. Categorical state percent of growth. The categorical
state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1,
2010, is two percent. The categorical state percent of growth
for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, is two percent.
The categorical state percent of growth for the budget year
beginning July 1, 2013, is two percent. The categorical state
percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014,
is two percent. The categorical state percent of growth for
each budget year shall be established by statute which shall
be enacted within thirty days of the submission in the year
preceding the base year of the governor’s budget under section
8.21 . The establishment of the categorical state percent of
growth for a budget year shall be the only subject matter of
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the bill which enacts the categorical state percent of growth
for a budget year. The categorical state percent of growth
may include state percents of growth for the teacher salary
supplement, the professional development supplement, and the
early intervention supplement.
Sec. 5. Section 257.15, subsection 4, paragraph b, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
b. After lowering all school district adjusted additional
property tax levy rates to the statewide maximum adjusted
additional property tax levy rate under paragraph “a” , the
department of management shall use any remaining funds at the
end of the calendar year to further lower additional property
taxes by increasing for the budget year beginning the following
July 1, the state foundation base percentage. Moneys used
pursuant to this paragraph shall supplant an equal amount of
the appropriation made from the general fund of the state
pursuant to section 257.16 that represents the increase in
state foundation aid.
Sec. 6. NEW SECTION . 257.16B School district property tax
replacement payments.
1. For each fiscal year beginning on or after July 1, 2013,
there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the
department of education an amount necessary to make all school
district property tax replacement payments under this section,
as calculated in subsection 2, paragraph “c” .
2. For each budget year beginning on or after July 1, 2013,
the department of management shall calculate for each school
district all of the following:
a. The state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2012, multiplied by one hundred percent less the
regular program foundation base per pupil percentage pursuant
to section 257.1.
b. The state cost per pupil for the budget year multiplied
by one hundred percent less the regular program foundation base
per pupil percentage pursuant to section 257.1.
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c. The amount of each school district’s property tax
replacement payment. Each school district’s property tax
replacement payment equals the school district’s weighted
enrollment for the budget year multiplied by the remainder of
the amount calculated for the school district under paragraph
“b” minus the amount calculated for the school district under
paragraph “a” .
3. School district property tax replacement payments under
this section shall be paid by the department of education at
the same time and in the same manner as foundation aid is paid
and may be included in the monthly payment of state aid under
section 257.16, subsection 2.
Sec. 7. CODE SECTION 257.8 —— IMPLEMENTATION. The
requirements of section 257.8, subsections 1 and 2, regarding
the enactment of bills establishing the regular program state
percent of growth and the categorical state percent of growth
within thirty days of the submission in the year preceding the
base year of the governor’s budget and regarding the subject
matter limitation of such bills do not apply to this division
of this Act.
Sec. 8. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
DIVISION II
SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDING TERMINOLOGY
Sec. 9. Section 256C.4, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
f. The receipt of funding by a school district for the
purposes of this chapter , the need for additional funding
for the purposes of this chapter , or the enrollment count of
eligible students under this chapter shall not be considered
to be unusual circumstances, create an unusual need for
additional funds, or qualify under any other circumstances that
may be used by the school budget review committee to grant
supplemental aid to or establish modified allowable growth
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supplemental state aid for a school district under section
257.31 .
Sec. 10. Section 257.2, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 11. Section 257.2, subsection 12, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
12. “State percent of growth” means the percent of growth
which is established by statute pursuant to section 257.8 , and
which is used in determining the allowable growth supplemental
state aid .
Sec. 12. Section 257.2, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 12A. “Supplemental state aid” means the
amount by which state cost per pupil and district cost per
pupil will increase from one budget year to the next.
Sec. 13. Section 257.6, subsection 1, paragraph a,
subparagraph (5), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(5) Resident pupils receiving competent private instruction
from a licensed practitioner provided through a public
school district pursuant to chapter 299A shall be counted
as three-tenths of one pupil. Revenues received by a
school district attributed to a school district’s weighted
enrollment pursuant to this subparagraph shall be expended
for the purpose for which the weighting was assigned under
this subparagraph. If the school district determines that
the expenditures associated with providing competent private
instruction pursuant to chapter 299A are in excess of the
revenue attributed to the school district’s weighted enrollment
for such instruction in accordance with this subparagraph,
the school district may submit a request to the school budget
review committee for modified allowable growth supplemental
state aid in accordance with section 257.31, subsection 5 ,
paragraph “n” . A home school assistance program shall not
provide moneys received pursuant to this subparagraph, nor
resources paid for with moneys received pursuant to this
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subparagraph, to parents or students utilizing the program.
Moneys received by a school district pursuant to this
subparagraph shall be used as provided in section 299A.12 .
Sec. 14. Section 257.8, subsections 3, 6, and 7, Code 2013,
are amended to read as follows:
3. Allowable growth Supplemental state aid calculation. The
department of management shall calculate the regular program
allowable growth supplemental state aid for a budget year by
multiplying the state percent of growth for the budget year
by the regular program state cost per pupil for the base year
and shall calculate the special education support services
allowable growth supplemental state aid for the budget year by
multiplying the state percent of growth for the budget year by
the special education support services state cost per pupil for
the base year.
6. Combined allowable growth supplemental state aid . The
combined allowable growth supplemental state aid per pupil
for each school district is the sum of the regular program
allowable growth supplemental state aid per pupil and
the special education support services allowable growth
supplemental state aid per pupil for the budget year, which may
be modified as follows:
a. By the school budget review committee under section
257.31 .
b. By the department of management under section 257.36 .
7. Alternate allowable growth supplemental state aid ——
definitions. For budget years beginning July 1, 2000, and
subsequent budget years, references to the terms “allowable
growth” “supplemental state aid” , “regular program state cost
per pupil” , and “regular program district cost per pupil” shall
mean those terms as calculated for those school districts that
calculated regular program allowable growth supplemental state
aid for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1999, with the
additional thirty-eight dollars specified in section 257.8,
subsection 4, Code 2013 .
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Sec. 15. Section 257.8, subsections 4 and 5, Code 2013, are
amended by striking the subsections.
Sec. 16. Section 257.9, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
b. The total calculated under this subsection shall
be divided by the total of the budget enrollments of all
school districts for the budget year beginning July 1, 1990,
calculated under section 257.6, subsection 4 , if section
257.6, subsection 4 , had been in effect for that budget
year. The regular program state cost per pupil for the
budget year beginning July 1, 1991, is the amount calculated
by the department of management under this subsection plus
an allowable growth a supplemental state aid amount , as
defined in this division of this Act, that is equal to the
state percent of growth for the budget year multiplied by the
amount calculated by the department of management under this
subsection .
Sec. 17. Section 257.9, subsections 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and
10, Code 2013, are amended to read as follows:
2. Regular program state cost per pupil for 1992-1993 and
succeeding years. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992,
and succeeding budget years, the regular program state cost
per pupil for a budget year is the regular program state cost
per pupil for the base year plus the regular program allowable
growth supplemental state aid for the budget year.
4. Special education support services state cost per pupil
for 1992-1993 and succeeding years. For the budget year
beginning July 1, 1992, and succeeding budget years, the
special education support services state cost per pupil for the
budget year is the special education support services state
cost per pupil for the base year plus the special education
support services allowable growth supplemental state aid for
the budget year.
6. Teacher salary supplement state cost per pupil. For the
budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for the teacher salary
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supplement state cost per pupil, 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 statewide total budget
enrollment for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009. The
teacher salary supplement state cost per pupil for the budget
year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, shall
be the amount calculated by the department of management under
this subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth a
supplemental state aid amount that is equal to the teacher
salary supplement categorical state percent of growth, pursuant
to section 257.8, subsection 2 , for the budget year, multiplied
by the amount calculated by the department of management under
this subsection for the base year.
7. Professional development supplement state cost per
pupil. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for the
professional development supplement state cost per pupil, the
department of management shall add together the professional
development allocation made to each district for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
subsection 1, paragraph “d” , Code 2009 , and divide that sum
by the statewide total budget enrollment for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2009. The professional development
supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, shall be the
amount calculated by the department of management under
this subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth a
supplemental state aid amount that is equal to the professional
development supplement categorical state percent of growth,
pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2 , for the budget year,
multiplied by the amount calculated by the department of
management under this subsection for the base year.
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8. Early intervention supplement state cost per pupil. For
the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for the early
intervention supplement state cost per pupil, the department of
management shall add together the early intervention allocation
made to each district for the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2008, pursuant to section 256D.4, Code 2009, and divide
that sum by the statewide total budget enrollment for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009. The early intervention
supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, shall be the
amount calculated by the department of management under
this subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth
a supplemental state aid amount that is equal to the early
intervention supplement categorical state percent of growth,
pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2 , for the budget year,
multiplied by the amount calculated by the department of
management under this subsection for the base year.
9. Area education agency teacher salary supplement state cost
per pupil. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, for
the area education agency teacher salary supplement state cost
per pupil, the department of management shall add together the
teacher compensation allocation made to each area education
agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to
section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “i” , Code 2009 , and
the phase II allocation made to each area education agency for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section
294A.9 , Code 2009, and divide that sum by the statewide special
education support services weighted enrollment for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2009. The area education agency teacher
salary supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year
beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, shall be
the amount calculated by the department of management under
this subsection for the base year plus an allowable growth a
supplemental state aid amount that is equal to the teacher
salary supplement categorical state percent of growth, pursuant
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to section 257.8, subsection 2 , for the budget year, multiplied
by the amount calculated by the department of management under
this subsection for the base year.
10. Area education agency professional development supplement
state cost per pupil. For the budget year beginning July 1,
2009, for the area education agency professional development
supplement state cost per pupil, the department of management
shall add together the professional development allocation made
to each area education agency for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
paragraph “d” , Code 2009 , and divide that sum by the statewide
special education support services weighted enrollment for the
fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009. The area education agency
professional development supplement state cost per pupil for
the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and succeeding budget
years, shall be the amount calculated by the department of
management under this subsection for the base year plus an
allowable growth a supplemental state aid amount that is equal
to the professional development supplement categorical state
percent of growth, pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2 , for
the budget year, multiplied by the amount calculated by the
department of management under this subsection for the base
year.
Sec. 18. Section 257.10, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Regular program district cost per pupil for
1991-1992. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, in order
to determine the regular program district cost per pupil for a
district, the department of management shall divide the product
of the regular program district cost per pupil of the district
for the base year, as regular program district cost per pupil
would have been calculated under section 442.9 , Code 1989,
multiplied by its budget enrollment for the base year as budget
enrollment would have been calculated under section 442.4 ,
Code 1989, plus the amount added to district cost pursuant
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to section 442.21 , Code 1989, for each school district, by
the budget enrollment of the school district for the budget
year beginning July 1, 1990, calculated under section 257.6,
subsection 4 , as if section 257.6, subsection 4 , had been in
effect for that budget year. The regular program district cost
per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, is the
amount calculated by the department of management under this
subsection plus the allowable growth supplemental state aid
amount , as defined in this division of this Act, calculated
for regular program state cost per pupil, except that if the
regular program district cost per pupil for the budget year
calculated under this subsection in any school district exceeds
one hundred ten percent of the regular program state cost per
pupil for the budget year, the department of management shall
reduce the regular program district cost per pupil of that
district for the budget year to an amount equal to one hundred
ten percent of the regular program state cost per pupil for the
budget year, and if the regular program district cost per pupil
for the budget year calculated under this subsection in any
school district is less than the regular program state cost per
pupil for the budget year, the department of management shall
increase the regular program district cost per pupil of that
district to an amount equal to the regular program state cost
per pupil for the budget year.
Sec. 19. Section 257.10, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and
succeeding budget years, the regular program district cost per
pupil for each school district for a budget year is the regular
program district cost per pupil for the base year plus the
regular program allowable growth supplemental state aid for the
budget year except as otherwise provided in this subsection .
Sec. 20. Section 257.10, subsection 4, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1992, and
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succeeding budget years, the special education support services
district cost per pupil for the budget year is the special
education support services district cost per pupil for the base
year plus the special education support services allowable
growth supplemental state aid for the budget year.
Sec. 21. Section 257.10, subsection 5, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
5. Combined district cost per pupil. The combined district
cost per pupil for a school district is the sum of the regular
program district cost per pupil and the special education
support services district cost per pupil. Combined district
cost per pupil does not include modified allowable growth
supplemental state aid added for school districts that have
a negative balance of funds raised for special education
instruction programs, modified allowable growth supplemental
state aid granted by the school budget review committee for a
single school year, or modified allowable growth supplemental
state aid added for programs for dropout prevention.
Sec. 22. Section 257.10, subsection 9, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. 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,
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 state allowable growth
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supplemental state aid amount for the budget year.
Sec. 23. Section 257.10, subsection 10, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
department of management shall divide the professional
development allocation made to each district for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 284.13,
subsection 1, paragraph “d” , Code 2009 , by the district’s
budget enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009,
to determine the professional development supplement cost
per pupil. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010,
and succeeding budget years, the professional development
supplement district cost per pupil for each school district
for a budget year is the professional development supplement
district cost per pupil for the base year plus the professional
development supplement state allowable growth supplemental
state aid amount for the budget year.
Sec. 24. Section 257.10, subsection 11, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
department of management shall divide the early intervention
allocation made to each district for the fiscal year beginning
July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 256D.4 , Code 2009, by the
district’s budget enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2009, to determine the early intervention supplement cost
per pupil. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
succeeding budget years, the early intervention supplement
district cost per pupil for each school district for a budget
year is the early intervention supplement district cost per
pupil for the base year plus the early development supplement
state allowable growth supplemental state aid amount for the
budget year.
Sec. 25. Section 257.13, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2013, are
amended to read as follows:
2. The board of directors of a school district that wishes
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to receive an on-time funding 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 allowable
growth supplemental state aid in an amount determined pursuant
to subsection 1 .
3. If the board of directors of a school district
determines that a need exists for additional funds exceeding
the authorized budget adjustment for on-time funding pursuant
to this section , a request for modified allowable growth
supplemental state aid based upon increased enrollment may be
submitted to the school budget review committee as provided in
section 257.31 .
Sec. 26. Section 257.31, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
If a district has unusual circumstances, creating an unusual
need for additional funds, including but not limited to the
circumstances enumerated in paragraphs “a” through “n” , the
committee may grant supplemental aid to the district from any
funds appropriated to the department of education for the use
of the school budget review committee for the purposes of
this subsection . The school budget review committee shall
review a school district’s unexpended fund balance prior to
any decision regarding unusual finance circumstances. Such
aid shall be miscellaneous income and shall not be included in
district cost. In addition to or as an alternative to granting
supplemental aid the committee may establish a modified
allowable growth supplemental state aid for the district by
increasing its allowable growth supplemental state aid . The
school budget review committee shall review a school district’s
unspent balance prior to any decision to increase modified
allowable growth supplemental state aid under this subsection .
Sec. 27. Section 257.31, subsection 6, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
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a. The committee shall establish a modified allowable
growth supplemental state aid for a district by increasing
its allowable growth supplemental state aid when the district
submits evidence that it requires additional funding for
removal, management, or abatement of environmental hazards due
to a state or federal requirement. Environmental hazards shall
include but are not limited to the presence of asbestos, radon,
or the presence of any other hazardous material dangerous to
health and safety.
Sec. 28. Section 257.31, subsection 7, paragraph b, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
b. Other expenditures, including but not limited to
expenditures for salaries or recurring costs, are not
authorized under this subsection . Expenditures authorized
under this subsection shall not be included in allowable growth
supplemental state aid or district cost, and the portion of the
unexpended fund balance which is authorized to be spent shall
be regarded as if it were miscellaneous income. Any part of
the amount not actually spent for the authorized purpose shall
revert to its former status as part of the unexpended fund
balance.
Sec. 29. Section 257.31, subsection 14, paragraph b,
subparagraph (3), Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
(3) A school district is only eligible to receive
supplemental aid payments during the budget year if the school
district certifies to the school budget review committee that
for the year following the budget year it will notify the
school budget review committee to instruct the director of the
department of management to increase the district’s allowable
growth supplemental state aid and will fund the allowable
growth supplemental state aid increase either by using moneys
from its unexpended fund balance to reduce the district’s
property tax levy or by using cash reserve moneys to equal the
amount of the deficit that would have been property taxes and
any part of the state aid portion of the deficit not received
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as supplemental aid under this subsection . The director of the
department of management shall make the necessary adjustments
to the school district’s budget to provide the modified
allowable growth supplemental state aid and shall make the
supplemental aid payments.
Sec. 30. Section 257.32, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. An area education agency budget review procedure is
established for the school budget review committee created
in section 257.30 . The school budget review committee, in
addition to its duties under section 257.31 , shall meet and
hold hearings each year to review unusual circumstances of area
education agencies, either upon the committee’s motion or upon
the request of an area education agency. The committee may
grant supplemental aid to the area education agency from funds
appropriated to the department of education for area education
agency budget review purposes, or an amount may be added to
the area education agency special education support services
allowable growth supplemental state aid for districts in an
area or an additional amount may be added to district cost for
media services or educational services for all districts in an
area for the budget year either on a temporary or permanent
basis, or both.
Sec. 31. Section 257.37, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2013, are
amended to read as follows:
1. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and
succeeding budget years, the total amount funded in each area
for media services shall be computed as provided in this
subsection . For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, the
total amount funded in each area for media services in the
base year shall be divided by the enrollment served in the
base year to provide an area media services cost per pupil in
the base year, and the department of management shall compute
the state media services cost per pupil in the base year which
is equal to the average of the area media services costs per
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pupil in the base year. For the budget year beginning July 1,
1991, and succeeding budget years, the department of management
shall compute the allowable growth supplemental state aid for
media services in the budget year by multiplying the state
media services cost per pupil in the base year times the state
percent of growth for the budget year, and the total amount
funded in each area for media services cost in the budget year
equals the area media services cost per pupil in the base year
plus the allowable growth supplemental state aid for media
services in the budget year times the enrollment served in the
budget year. Funds shall be paid to area education agencies
as provided in section 257.35 .
3. For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and
succeeding budget years, the total amount funded in each area
for educational services shall be computed as provided in this
subsection . For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, the
total amount funded in each area for educational services
in the base year shall be divided by the enrollment served
in the area in the base year to provide an area educational
services cost per pupil in the base year, and the department of
management shall compute the state educational services cost
per pupil in the base year, which is equal to the average of
the area educational services costs per pupil in the base year.
For the budget year beginning July 1, 1991, and succeeding
budget years, the department of management shall compute
the allowable growth supplemental state aid for educational
services by multiplying the state educational services cost
per pupil in the base year times the state percent of growth
for the budget year, and the total amount funded in each area
for educational services for the budget year equals the area
educational services cost per pupil for the base year plus
the allowable growth supplemental state aid for educational
services in the budget year times the enrollment served in the
area in the budget year. Funds shall be paid to area education
agencies as provided in section 257.35 .
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Sec. 32. Section 257.37A, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
department of management shall add together the teacher
compensation allocation made to each area education agency for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section
284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “i” , Code 2009 , and the phase II
allocation made to each area education agency for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2008, pursuant to section 294A.9, Code
2009 , and divide that sum by the special education support
services weighted enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July
1, 2009, to determine the area education agency teacher salary
supplement cost per pupil. For the budget year beginning July
1, 2010, and succeeding budget years, the area education agency
teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for each area
education agency for a budget year is the area education agency
teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil for the base
year plus the area education agency teacher salary supplement
state allowable growth supplemental state aid amount for the
budget year.
Sec. 33. Section 257.37A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2009, the
department of management shall divide the area education
agency professional development supplement made to each
area education agency for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
2008, pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph
“d” , Code 2009 , by the special education support services
weighted enrollment in the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2009,
to determine the professional development supplement cost
per pupil. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2010, and
succeeding budget years, the area education agency professional
development supplement district cost per pupil for each area
education agency for a budget year is the area education agency
professional development supplement district cost per pupil
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for the base year plus the area education agency professional
development supplement state allowable growth supplemental
state aid amount for the budget year.
Sec. 34. Section 257.38, subsection 1, unnumbered paragraph
1, Code 2013, is amended to read as follows:
Boards of school districts, individually or jointly with
boards of other school districts, requesting to use modified
allowable growth supplemental state aid for programs for
returning dropouts and dropout prevention, shall submit
comprehensive program plans for the programs and budget
costs, including annual requests for modified allowable
growth supplemental state aid for funding the programs, to the
department of education as a component of the comprehensive
school improvement plan submitted to the department pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 21 . The program plans shall include:
Sec. 35. Section 257.38, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
2. Program plans shall identify the parts of the plan that
will be implemented first upon approval of the request. If
a district is requesting to use modified allowable growth
supplemental state aid to finance the program, the school
district shall not identify more than five percent of its
budget enrollment for the budget year as returning dropouts and
potential dropouts.
Sec. 36. Section 257.40, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
257.40 Approval of programs for returning dropouts and
dropout prevention —— annual report.
1. The board of directors of a school district requesting
to use modified allowable growth supplemental state aid
for programs for returning dropouts and dropout prevention
shall submit requests for modified at-risk allowable growth
supplemental state aid , including budget costs, to the
department not later than December 15 of the year preceding
the budget year during which the program will be offered.
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The department shall review the request and shall prior to
January 15 either grant approval for the request or return the
request for approval with comments of the department included.
An unapproved request for a program may be resubmitted with
modifications to the department not later than February 1.
Not later than February 15, the department shall notify the
department of management and the school budget review committee
of the names of the school districts for which programs using
modified allowable growth supplemental state aid for funding
have been approved and the approved budget of each program
listed separately for each school district having an approved
request.
2. Beginning January 15, 2007, the department shall submit
an annual report to the chairpersons and ranking members
of the senate and house education committees that includes
the ways school districts in the previous school year used
modified allowable growth supplemental state aid approved under
subsection 1 ; identifies, by grade level, age, and district
size, the students in the dropout and dropout prevention
programs for which the department approves a request; describes
school district progress toward increasing student achievement
and attendance for the students in the programs; and describes
how the school districts are using the revenues from the
modified allowable growth supplemental state aid to improve
student achievement among minority subgroups.
Sec. 37. Section 257.41, subsections 1 and 3, Code 2013, are
amended to read as follows:
1. Budget. The budget of an approved program for returning
dropouts and dropout prevention for a school district, after
subtracting funds received from other sources for that purpose,
shall be funded annually on a basis of one-fourth or more
from the district cost of the school district and up to
three-fourths by an increase in allowable growth supplemental
state aid as defined in section 257.8 . Annually, the
department of management shall establish a modified allowable
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growth supplemental state aid for each such school district
equal to the difference between the approved budget for the
program for returning dropouts and dropout prevention for that
district and the sum of the amount funded from the district
cost of the school district plus funds received from other
sources.
3. Limitation. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013,
and each succeeding fiscal year, the ratio of the amount of
modified allowable growth supplemental state aid established by
the department of management compared to the school district’s
total regular program district cost shall not exceed two and
one-half percent. However, if the school district’s highest
such ratio so determined for any fiscal year beginning on or
after July 1, 2009, but before July 1, 2013, exceeded two and
one-half percent, the ratio may exceed two and one-half percent
but shall not exceed the highest such ratio established during
that period.
Sec. 38. Section 257.46, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
2. The remaining portion of the budget shall be funded
by the thirty-eight dollar increase in allowable growth
supplemental state aid, as defined in this division of this
Act, for the school budget year beginning July 1, 1999,
multiplied by a district’s budget enrollment. The thirty-eight
dollar increase for the school budget year beginning July 1,
1999, shall increase in subsequent years by each year’s state
percent of growth. School districts shall annually report
the amount expended for a gifted and talented program to the
department of education. The proportion of a school district’s
budget which corresponds to the thirty-eight dollar increase
in allowable growth supplemental state aid, as defined in this
division of this Act, for the school budget year beginning July
1, 1999, added to the amount in subsection 1 , shall be utilized
exclusively for a school district’s gifted and talented
program.
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Sec. 39. Section 273.23, subsection 8, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
8. For the school year beginning on the effective date
of an area education agency reorganization as provided in
this subchapter , the special education support services
cost per pupil shall be based upon the combined base year
budgets for special education support services of the area
education agencies that reorganized to form the newly formed
area education agency, divided by the total of the weighted
enrollment for special education support services in the
reorganized area education agency for the base year plus the
allowable growth supplemental state aid amount per pupil for
special education support services for the budget year as
calculated in section 257.8 .
Sec. 40. Section 280.4, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
3. In order to provide funds for the excess costs of
instruction of limited English proficient students above
the costs of instruction of pupils in a regular curriculum,
students identified as limited English proficient shall be
assigned an additional weighting of twenty-two hundredths, and
that weighting shall be included in the weighted enrollment of
the school district of residence for a period not exceeding
four years. However, the school budget review committee
may grant supplemental aid or modified allowable growth
supplemental state aid to a school district to continue funding
a program for students after the expiration of the four-year
period.
Sec. 41. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.
DIVISION III
IOWA LEARNING ONLINE INITIATIVE —— FEES AND APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 42. Section 256.42, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
NEW SUBSECTION . 8. The department shall establish fees
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payable by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools
participating in the initiative. Fees collected pursuant
to this subsection are appropriated to the department to be
used only for the purpose of administering this section and
shall be established so as not to exceed the budgeted cost of
administering this section to the extent not covered by the
moneys appropriated in subsection 9. Providing professional
development necessary to prepare teachers to participate in the
initiative shall be considered a cost of administering this
section. Notwithstanding section 8.33, fees collected by the
department that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year shall not revert but shall remain available
for expenditure for the purpose of expanding coursework offered
under the initiative in subsequent fiscal years.
NEW SUBSECTION . 9. There is appropriated from the general
fund of the state to the department, for the following fiscal
years, the following amounts, to be used for administering
this section and for not more than three full-time equivalent
positions:
a. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending
June 30, 2014, the sum of one million five hundred thousand
dollars.
b. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
June 30, 2015, the sum of one million five hundred thousand
dollars.
c. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending
June 30, 2016, the sum of one million five hundred thousand
dollars.
DIVISION IV
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT OF TEACHERS
Sec. 43. NEW SECTION . 256.95 Teach Iowa marketing and
public outreach initiative.
Subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds by the
general assembly, the department shall develop and implement a
teach Iowa marketing and public outreach initiative by January
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1, 2014. The initiative shall have the following goals:
1. To motivate high-performing high school and college
students to enter teacher preparation programs and to enter the
teaching profession in Iowa upon successful completion of such
programs.
2. To motivate teacher candidates, especially those in
science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields, to
enter teacher preparation programs and to enter the teaching
profession in Iowa upon successful completion of such programs.
3. To recruit high-caliber teacher candidates to pursue
teaching careers in Iowa.
4. To encourage teacher candidates to pursue teaching
careers in rural Iowa.
5. To inform the public of the value of the teaching
profession and of the importance of Iowa’s education system to
the future of Iowa.
Sec. 44. NEW SECTION . 256.96 Online state job posting
system.
1. The department shall provide for the operation of an
online state job posting system. The system shall be designed
and implemented for the online posting of job openings offered
by school districts, charter schools, area education agencies,
the department, and accredited nonpublic schools. The system
shall be accessible via the department’s internet site. The
system shall include a mechanism for the electronic submission
of job openings for posting on the system as provided in
subsection 2. The department may contract for, or partner
with another entity for, the use of an existing internet
site to operate the online state job posting system if the
existing internet site is more effective and economical than
the department’s internet site.
2. A school district, charter school, or area education
agency shall submit all of its job openings to the department
for posting on the system. The department shall post all of
its job openings on the system. An accredited nonpublic school
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may submit job openings to the department for posting on the
system.
3. This section shall not be construed to do any of the
following:
a. Prohibit any employer from advertising job openings and
recruiting employees independently of the system.
b. Prohibit any employer from using another method of
advertising job openings or another applicant tracking system
in addition to the system.
c. Provide the department with any regulatory authority in
the hiring process or hiring decisions of any employer other
than the department.
Sec. 45. NEW SECTION . 256.98 Teach Iowa student teaching
pilot project.
1. Subject to an appropriation of sufficient funds by
the general assembly, the department shall establish a teach
Iowa student teaching pilot project in collaboration with
two institutions of higher education which offer teacher
preparation programs approved by the state board of education
pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 3. The two institutions
of higher education shall include one institution of higher
education under the control of the state board of regents and
one accredited private institution as defined in section 261.9.
2. The teach Iowa student teaching pilot project shall
provide students in teacher preparation programs with a
one-year student teaching experience. A student teaching
experience provided under the pilot project must include all
of the following requirements:
a. A participating institution of higher education
shall work with one or more school districts individually
or collaboratively to place groups of students in a
student teaching experience for an entire academic year. A
participating institution of higher education shall take into
consideration geographic diversity in the selection of school
districts for participation in the pilot project.
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b. A participating institution of higher education shall
supervise the student teachers in the classroom and shall
provide the students with weekly on-site instruction in
pedagogy in the participating school districts.
3. The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A
to administer this section.
Sec. 46. Section 261.2, subsection 8, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
8. Submit by January 15 annually a report to the general
assembly which provides, by program, the number of individuals
who received loan forgiveness in the previous fiscal year, the
amount paid to individuals under sections 261.23 , and 261.73 ,
and 261.112 , and the institutions from which individuals
graduated, and that includes any proposed statutory changes and
the commission’s findings and recommendations.
Sec. 47. NEW SECTION . 261.110 Teach Iowa scholar program.
1. A teach Iowa scholar program is established to provide
teach Iowa scholar grants to selected high-caliber teachers.
The commission shall administer the program in collaboration
with the department of education.
2. An Iowa resident or nonresident applicant shall be
eligible for a teach Iowa scholar grant if the applicant
meets all of the criteria specified under, or established in
accordance with, subsection 3.
3. Criteria for eligibility shall be established by the
commission and shall include but are not limited to the
following:
a. The applicant was in the top twenty-five percent
academically of students exiting a teacher preparation program
approved by the state board of education pursuant to section
256.7, subsection 3, or a similar teacher preparation program
in another state, or had earned other comparable academic
credentials.
b. The applicant is preparing to teach in fields including
but not limited to science, technology, engineering, or
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mathematics; or is preparing to teach in a hard-to-staff
subject as identified by the department. The department shall
annually identify and designate hard-to-staff subjects for the
purpose of this paragraph.
4. A selected applicant who meets all of the eligibility
requirements of this section shall be eligible for a teach Iowa
scholar grant for each year of full-time employment completed
in this state as a teacher for a school district, charter
school, area education agency, or accredited nonpublic school.
A teach Iowa scholar grant shall not exceed four thousand
dollars per year per recipient. Grants awarded under this
section shall not exceed a total of twenty thousand dollars per
recipient over a five-year period.
5. The commission, in collaboration with the department
of education, shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to
administer this section. The rules shall include but shall not
be limited to a process for use by the commission to determine
which eligible applicants will receive teach Iowa scholar
grants.
6. A teach Iowa scholar fund is established in the state
treasury. The fund shall be administered by the commission and
shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly
and any other moneys received by the commission for deposit
in the fund. The moneys in the fund are appropriated to the
commission for the teach Iowa scholar program. Notwithstanding
section 8.33, moneys in the fund at the close of the fiscal
year shall not revert to the general fund of the state but
shall remain available for expenditure for the teach Iowa
scholar program for subsequent fiscal years. Notwithstanding
section 12C.7, subsection 2, interest or earnings on moneys in
the fund shall be credited to the fund.
Sec. 48. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— TEACH IOWA FY
2013-2014. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following
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amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. TEACH IOWA MARKETING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE
For purposes of developing and implementing the teach Iowa
marketing and public outreach initiative pursuant to section
256.95, if enacted, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3.00
Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated shall
not revert but shall be transferred to the college student
aid commission for deposit in the teach Iowa scholar fund
established pursuant to section 261.110, if enacted.
2. TEACH IOWA STUDENT TEACHING PILOT PROJECT
For purposes of developing and implementing the teach Iowa
student teaching pilot project pursuant to section 256.98,
if enacted, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.00
Sec. 49. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— TEACH IOWA FY
2014-2015. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
1. TEACH IOWA MARKETING AND PUBLIC OUTREACH INITIATIVE
For purposes of developing and implementing the teach Iowa
marketing and public outreach initiative pursuant to section
256.95, if enacted, and for not more than the following
full-time equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 1,000,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 3.00
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Notwithstanding section 8.33, moneys appropriated in this
subsection that remain unencumbered or unobligated at the close
of the fiscal year for which they were appropriated shall
not revert but shall be transferred to the college student
aid commission for deposit in the teach Iowa scholar fund
established pursuant to section 261.110, if enacted.
2. TEACH IOWA STUDENT TEACHING PILOT PROJECT
For purposes of developing and implementing the teach Iowa
student teaching pilot project pursuant to section 256.98,
if enacted, and for not more than the following full-time
equivalent positions:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FTEs 2.00
Sec. 50. REPEAL. Section 261.112, Code 2013, is repealed.
Sec. 51. TRANSITION FUNDING PROVISIONS. On July 1, 2014,
any unobligated and unencumbered moneys in the teacher shortage
loan forgiveness repayment fund shall revert to the general
fund of the state. Any remaining obligations of the teacher
shortage loan forgiveness program continuing on or after July
1, 2014, shall be met with moneys in the teach Iowa scholar
fund established by section 261.110.
Sec. 52. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following provisions of this
division of this Act take effect July 1, 2014:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending section
261.2.
2. The section of this division of this Act repealing
section 261.112.
DIVISION V
ASSESSMENTS —— IOWA CERTIFICATE OF DISTINCTION PROGRAM
Sec. 53. Section 256.7, subsection 21, paragraph b, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
b. A set of core academic indicators in mathematics and
reading in grades four, eight, and eleven, a set of core
academic indicators in science in grades eight and eleven, and
another set of core indicators that includes but is not limited
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to graduation rate, postsecondary education, and successful
employment in Iowa.
(1) Annually, the department shall report state data
for each indicator in the condition of education report.
Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection shall specify that
the approved district-wide assessment of student progress
administered for purposes of this paragraph the indicators
shall be the assessment utilized by school districts statewide
in the school year beginning July 1, 2011 , or a successor
assessment administered by the same assessment provider .
(2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the school
year beginning July 1, 2014, and each succeeding school
year, the rules shall provide that all students enrolled
in school districts in grades three through eleven shall,
within forty-five days of the end of the school year, be
administered an assessment that at a minimum assesses the
indicators identified in this paragraph “b” ; is aligned with
the Iowa common core standards in both content and rigor;
is developed by a consortium in which the state of Iowa is
a participant; accurately describes student achievement and
growth for purposes of the school, the school district, and
state accountability systems; and provides valid, reliable,
and fair measures of student progress toward college or career
readiness.
(3) The director shall establish a task force to review
and assist with the final development and implementation of
the assessment specified in subparagraph (2). The task force
members shall include but not be limited to teachers, school
administrators, business leaders, representatives of state
agencies, and members of the general public. This subparagraph
is repealed July 1, 2015.
(4) The state board may submit to the general assembly
recommendations the state board deems appropriate for
modifications of assessments of student progress administered
for purposes of this paragraph “b” .
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Sec. 54. NEW SECTION . 256.27 Iowa certificate of
distinction program and council.
1. An Iowa certificate of distinction program is
established within the department. The program shall be
designed by the director, in collaboration with local education
agencies and accredited higher education institutions, to
accomplish the following objectives if implemented by a school
district or accredited nonpublic school:
a. To define college- and career-ready performance
expectations that are aligned to national and international
college- and career-ready standards.
b. To compel stronger alignment of curriculum, instruction,
and assessment with the knowledge, skills, and abilities most
predictive of student success in secondary and postsecondary
education programs, and in careers.
c. To identify students who upon graduation from high school
demonstrate specific competencies aligned with college and
career readiness.
d. To validate that students have met specific expectations
and demonstrated essential competencies or skills identified
by the department as important across a range of education and
career opportunities.
e. To recognize students by awarding a certificate of
distinction associated with specific subjects or areas of
accomplishment.
f. (1) To encourage institutions of higher education
governed by the state board of regents and accredited private
institutions as defined in section 261.9 to consider the
certificate of distinction in assessing whether an applicant
meets the institution’s requirements for admission.
(2) To encourage community colleges to exempt students
awarded a certificate of distinction by meeting college-
or career-readiness standards from additional placement or
readiness testing.
(3) To integrate the Iowa certificate of distinction in
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career-readiness and college-readiness program with the I have
a plan Iowa program administered by the college student aid
commission, the Iowa core implementation plan, competency-based
education, the skilled Iowa program administered by the
department of workforce development, the economic development
authority’s targeted industries program, the Iowa science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics advisory council, and
other statewide workforce initiatives as appropriate.
g. To encourage business and industry to realize the
benefits of the certificate of distinction program.
2. The certificate of distinction program council is
created within the department to regularly advise and make
recommendations to the director and the state board on the
operation of the certificate of distinction program. The
governor shall appoint the council’s members.
a. The council shall submit its findings and recommendations
periodically and at least annually in a report to the governor,
the director, and the state board. The council shall do the
following:
(1) Recommend specific academic or skill areas for which
a certificate of distinction may be awarded, including but
not limited to certificates related to college-readiness,
specialized academic pathways, and specialized career and
technical pathways including fields related to science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics.
(2) Recommend standards for certificates of distinction
that reflect the high quality of work a student must complete
throughout a significant portion of the student’s secondary
education, and not merely during a single year.
(3) Recommend specific requirements and criteria for
awarding a certificate of distinction in each subject or area
of accomplishment. The requirements shall include but not be
limited to the demonstration of competencies in both content
and universal constructs through the following:
(a) A core course of study.
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(b) A specialized course of study related to each area for
which a certificate of distinction may be awarded.
(c) Multiple assessments and demonstrations of competency
in a variety of formats including but not limited to at least
one standardized measure of college readiness and the national
career readiness certificate.
(d) A capstone project portfolio demonstrating academic and
nonacademic skills and abilities associated with postsecondary
academic success. The recommendation shall include the content
areas in which a capstone project may be completed and an
optional capstone project focusing on entrepreneurship or
entrepreneurial education.
(4) Recommend, as necessary, adjustments to types or
categories of certificates of distinction available for award
based on criteria to be determined by the state board.
(5) Recommend a tiered implementation schedule that
begins July 1, 2014, has a goal of making some certificates of
distinction available for award to the 2015 graduating class,
and results in full implementation of the program by July 1,
2017.
(6) Recommend a strategy to meet the objective established
in subsection 1, paragraph “f” .
(7) Recommend a strategy to encourage participating Iowa
businesses and industries to establish hiring preferences to
an applicant who was awarded a certificate of distinction,
including but not limited to a certificate that requires
attainment of a national career readiness certificate and other
readiness criteria.
b. The council shall be comprised of at least twenty
voting members representing the elementary and secondary
education community, the postsecondary education community,
small business employers, medium-size business employers, large
business employers, local government, state government, and
economic development entities. Members shall be appointed
to reflect a balance between educators and noneducators. In
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selecting individuals for appointment to the council, the
governor shall seek nominations from the following entities:
(1) The Iowa business council.
(2) The Iowa association of business and industry.
(3) The Iowa chamber alliance.
(4) The professional developers of Iowa.
(5) The department of workforce development.
(6) The economic development authority.
(7) An association representing individuals providing Iowa
career and technical education.
(8) An association comprised of Iowa school counselors.
(9) A statewide organization representing Iowa
municipalities.
(10) The Iowa council of governments.
(11) The state board of regents, which shall submit
nominations for at least three prospective members.
(12) An association representing accredited private
institutions as defined in section 261.9.
(13) A statewide association representing Iowa’s community
college presidents.
(14) A statewide association representing Iowa school
administrators licensed under chapter 272.
(15) A statewide association representing the boards of
directors of Iowa school districts.
(16) A statewide association representing Iowa’s accredited
nonpublic schools.
(17) A statewide organization made up of the Iowa school
districts with the largest enrollments.
(18) A statewide organization representing teachers
licensed under chapter 272.
c. Four members of the general assembly shall serve as ex
officio, nonvoting members of the council, with one member to
be appointed by each of the following: the majority leader of
the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of
the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the
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house of representatives. A legislative member serves for a
term as provided in section 69.16B and is eligible for per diem
and expenses as provided in section 2.10.
3. The state board shall adopt, and may amend, standards,
requirements, and criteria for awarding a certificate of
distinction, which shall be made available to school districts
and participating accredited nonpublic schools not later than
July 1, 2014.
4. By June 1, 2014, the state board shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 17A for the administration of this section,
including but not limited to rules establishing the minimum
components of the certificate of distinction program that
are part of the educational standards under section 256.11,
subsection 5. The rules shall require participating school
districts to note achievement of a certificate of distinction
on a qualifying student’s high school transcript.
5. The authorities in charge of an accredited nonpublic
school may elect to participate in the certificate of
distinction program, and may offer students enrolled in the
school the opportunity to participate in the program.
Sec. 55. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— CERTIFICATE OF
DISTINCTION PROGRAM. There is appropriated from the
general fund of the state to the department of education
for the following fiscal years the following amounts, or so
much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the purposes
designated:
For purposes of developing and implementing the certificate
of distinction program pursuant to section 256.27, if enacted:
FY 2013-2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 200,000
DIVISION VI
TEACHER AND ADMINISTRATOR DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM
Sec. 56. Section 256.7, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 33. Adopt rules establishing a statewide
system of evaluation and performance review requirements for
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teachers and a statewide system of evaluation requirements for
administrators. The systems shall align with Iowa teaching
standards or the Iowa standards for school administrators, as
appropriate, and shall use clear and concise evaluation and
performance review criteria and descriptors; provide for a
fair and balanced use of student outcome measures, comprised
of objective, reliable measurers of student growth, classroom
observations and student surveys; include a tiered evaluation
or performance review system that differentiates at least four
tiers of teacher performance; and be applicable to all teachers
and school administrators, as appropriate, in a charter school,
school district, or area education agency.
Sec. 57. Section 256.9, subsections 46 and 51, Code 2013,
are amended to read as follows:
46. Develop core knowledge and skill criteria, based upon
significantly shaped by the Iowa teaching standards and the
interstate teacher assessment and support consortium’s model
core teaching standards , for the evaluation, the advancement,
and for teacher career development purposes pursuant to chapter
284 . The criteria shall further define the characteristics of
quality teaching as established by the Iowa teaching standards
and the interstate teacher assessment and support consortium’s
model core teaching standards . The director, in consultation
with the board of educational examiners, shall also develop a
transition plan for implementation of the career development
standards developed pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 25 ,
with regard to licensure renewal requirements. The plan shall
include a requirement that practitioners be allowed credit for
career development completed prior to implementation of the
career development standards developed pursuant to section
256.7, subsection 25 .
51. Develop , and periodically review and revise as
necessary, Iowa standards for school administrators, including
knowledge and skill criteria, and develop, based on the
Iowa standards for administrators, mentoring and induction,
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evaluation processes, and professional development plans
pursuant to chapter 284A . The criteria shall further define
the characteristics of quality administrators as established by
the Iowa standards for school administrators.
Sec. 58. Section 256.9, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 63. Do all of the following by July 1,
2015, in order to develop and implement an Iowa educator
development system:
a. (1) Develop by July 1, 2015, additional Iowa teaching
standards designed specifically for purposes of chapters 279
and 284. The additional standards shall align with nationally
accepted teaching standards. Based upon the standards
developed pursuant to this paragraph, the director shall
develop core knowledge and skill criteria for the evaluation
and advancement of teachers, and for teacher career development
purposes pursuant to chapter 284. The criteria shall further
define the characteristics of quality teaching as significantly
shaped by the Iowa teaching standards and the interstate
teacher assessment and support consortium’s model core teaching
standards.
(2) The Iowa teaching standards developed pursuant to
subparagraph (1) shall be based on significant input from the
council on educator development established and convened by the
director. By October 15, 2015, the director shall submit to
the state board and to the general assembly recommendations
for changes in policy or statute. If implementation of the
Iowa teaching standards developed pursuant to subparagraph (1)
require a change in policy or statute, the change shall not be
made without statutory approval.
b. Develop and implement Iowa standards for school
administrators designed specifically for purposes of chapters
272 and 284A. The standards shall be based on significant
input from Iowa administrators and align with nationally
accepted school administrator standards.
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c. Review and, where necessary, revise the standards and
requirements for the evaluator training program established
pursuant to section 284.10.
d. Develop and implement a coaching and support system for
teachers aligned with the Iowa teacher career paths, leadership
roles, and compensation framework established pursuant to
section 284.15, if enacted.
e. Develop and implement a coaching and support system
for administrators aligned with the beginning administrator
mentoring and induction program created pursuant to section
284A.5.
Sec. 59. Section 272.9A, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Beginning July 1, 2007, requirements Requirements for
administrator licensure beyond an initial license shall include
completion of a beginning administrator mentoring and induction
program and demonstration of competence on the administrator
Iowa standards for school administrators adopted pursuant to
section 284A.3 256.7, subsection 27 .
Sec. 60. Section 279.14, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The board shall establish written evaluation criteria
and shall establish and annually implement evaluation
procedures. The evaluation criteria and procedures shall be
consistent with the statewide system of performance review
requirements established by the state board pursuant to section
256.7, subsection 33, and the provisions of chapter 284. If
an exclusive bargaining representative has been certified, the
board shall negotiate in good faith with respect to evaluation
procedures pursuant to chapter 20 .
Sec. 61. Section 279.23A, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
279.23A Evaluation criteria and procedures.
The board shall establish written evaluation criteria and
shall establish and annually implement evaluation procedures.
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The evaluation criteria and procedures shall be consistent
with the statewide system of evaluation requirements for
administrators established by the state board pursuant to
section 256.7, subsection 33, and with the provisions of
chapter 284A. The board shall also establish written job
descriptions for all supervisory positions.
Sec. 62. Section 284.3, subsections 2 and 3, Code 2013, are
amended to read as follows:
2. A school board shall provide for the following:
a. For purposes of comprehensive evaluations for beginning
teachers required to allow beginning teachers to progress to
career teachers, standards and criteria that are the Iowa
teaching standards specified in subsection 1 and the criteria
for the Iowa teaching standards developed by the department in
accordance with section 256.9, subsection 46 director . These
standards and criteria shall be set forth in an instrument
provided by the department. The comprehensive evaluation
and instrument are not subject to negotiations or grievance
procedures pursuant to chapter 20 or determinations made by the
board of directors under section 279.14 . A local school board
and its certified bargaining representative may negotiate,
pursuant to chapter 20 , evaluation and grievance procedures for
beginning teachers that are not in conflict with this chapter .
If, in accordance with section 279.19 , a beginning teacher
appeals the determination of a school board to an adjudicator
under section 279.17 , the adjudicator selected shall have
successfully completed training related to the Iowa teacher
standards, the criteria adopted by the state board of education
in accordance with subsection 3 , and any additional training
required under rules adopted by the public employment relations
board in cooperation with the state board of education.
b. For purposes of performance reviews for teachers other
than beginning teachers, evaluations that contain, at a
minimum, the Iowa teaching standards specified in subsection 1
and the interstate teacher assessment and support consortium’s
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model core teaching standards , as well as the criteria for the
Iowa additional teaching standards developed by the department
in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 46 director,
and a balanced use of student outcome measurers, comprised
of objective, reliable measures of student growth, classroom
observation, and student surveys . A local school board and its
certified bargaining representative may negotiate, pursuant
to chapter 20 , additional teaching standards and criteria. A
local school board and its certified bargaining representative
shall negotiate, pursuant to chapter 20 , evaluation and
grievance procedures for teachers other than beginning teachers
that are not in conflict with this chapter .
3. The state board shall adopt by rule pursuant to chapter
17A the criteria developed by the department in accordance with
section 256.9, subsection 46 director .
Sec. 63. Section 284.8, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
2. If a supervisor or an evaluator determines, at any
time, as a result of a teacher’s performance that the teacher
is not meeting district expectations under the Iowa teaching
standards specified in section 284.3, subsection 1, paragraphs
“a” through “h” , the criteria for the Iowa teaching standards
developed by the department in accordance with section 256.9,
subsection 46 director , and any other standards or criteria
established in the collective bargaining agreement, the
evaluator shall, at the direction of the teacher’s supervisor,
recommend to the district that the teacher participate in an
intensive assistance program. The intensive assistance program
and its implementation are subject to negotiation and grievance
procedures established pursuant to chapter 20 . All school
districts shall be prepared to offer an intensive assistance
program.
Sec. 64. Section 284A.2, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
3. “Comprehensive evaluation” means a summative evaluation
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of a beginning administrator conducted by an evaluator
in accordance with section 284A.3 284A.4 for purposes of
determining a beginning administrator’s level of competency
for recommendation for licensure based on the Iowa standards
for school administrators adopted pursuant to section 256.7,
subsection 27 .
Sec. 65. Section 284A.3, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
284A.3 Iowa standards for school administrators administrator
evaluations.
By July 1, 2008, each school board shall provide for
evaluations for administrators under individual professional
development plans developed in accordance with section 279.23A ,
and the Iowa standards for school administrators and related
criteria adopted by the state board in accordance with section
256.7, subsection 27 . A local school board may establish
additional administrator standards and related criteria. This
section is repealed July 1, 2015.
Sec. 66. COUNCIL ON EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT ESTABLISHED.
1. The director of the department of education shall
establish and convene a council on educator development
to review the current teacher and administrator evaluation
requirements and the teacher performance review requirements,
and to make recommendations to the director regarding
improvement to the evaluation and performance review
requirements for teachers and to the evaluation requirements
for administrators.
2. The council shall make recommendations to the director
concerning development of the following:
a. A holistic vision of teacher and administrator
development and dissemination of this vision to schools, school
districts, and area education agencies.
b. Methods designed to foster a culture of continuous
learning and improvement within schools, school districts,
and area education agencies with differentiated supports for
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educators.
c. Iowa teaching standards and the administrator standards
for school administrators.
d. Performance review for teachers and evaluation criteria
for teachers and administrators.
e. A method for incorporating a fair and balanced use of
student outcome measures comprised of objective, reliable
measures of student growth, classroom observation, and student
surveys, into teacher evaluations.
f. A means to differentiate teacher performance into four
tiers.
3. The council shall be comprised of at least seventeen
voting members appointed by the director as follows:
a. Eight members representing education stakeholders; four
of whom shall be practitioners knowledgeable about the Iowa
core curriculum, and four of whom shall be knowledgeable about
current education research and practice in educator quality.
b. One member representing the department of education, who
shall serve as chairperson of the council.
c. One member representing the area education agencies.
d. One member representing a certified employee
organization representing teachers licensed under chapter 272.
e. One member representing a statewide organization
representing school administrators licensed under chapter 272.
f. One member representing rural school districts selected
by a statewide organization representing the boards of
directors of school districts.
g. One member representing an organization made up of Iowa
school districts with the largest student enrollments.
h. One member representing Iowa’s approved teacher
preparation programs.
i. One member representing Iowa’s approved administrator
preparation programs.
j. One member representing parents of Iowa elementary or
secondary students.
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k. Other education stakeholders as determined by the
director.
4. Four members of the general assembly shall serve as ex
officio, nonvoting members of the council, with one member to
be appointed by each of the following: the majority leader of
the senate, the minority leader of the senate, the speaker of
the house of representatives, and the minority leader of the
house of representatives.
5. The council shall submit its findings and
recommendations to the state board of education, the governor,
and the general assembly by January 1, 2015.
6. The director shall consider the findings and
recommendations of the council to revise evaluator training in
accordance with section 256.9, subsection 63; and to develop
a statewide system of performance review requirements for
teachers and a statewide system of evaluation requirements for
administrators which the director shall submit to the state
board of education for approval.
Sec. 67. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— EDUCATOR DEVELOPMENT
SYSTEM. There is appropriated from the general fund of the
state to the department of education for the fiscal period
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2015, the following
amounts, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For purposes of developing and implementing an Iowa educator
development system pursuant to section 256.9, subsection 63,
if enacted, and establishing a council on educator development
pursuant to this Act:
FY 2013-2014 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 500,000
FY 2014-2015 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 3,500,000
Of the moneys appropriated each fiscal year for purposes of
this section, up to $300,000 may be used by the department for
administrative purposes and for not more than three full-time
equivalent positions.
DIVISION VII
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IOWA TEACHER CAREER AND COMPENSATION MATTERS
Sec. 68. Section 257.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
b. For the budget year commencing July 1, 1999, and for each
succeeding budget year the regular program foundation base per
pupil is eighty-seven and five-tenths percent of the regular
program state cost per pupil. For the budget year commencing
July 1, 1991, and for each succeeding budget year the special
education support services foundation base is seventy-nine
percent of the special education support services state cost
per pupil. The combined foundation base is the sum of the
regular program foundation base, the special education support
services foundation base, the total teacher salary supplement
district cost, the total professional development supplement
district cost, the total early intervention supplement district
cost, the total teacher leadership supplement district cost,
the total area education agency teacher salary supplement
district cost, and the total area education agency professional
development supplement district cost.
Sec. 69. Section 257.1, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Computations rounded. In making computations and
payments under this chapter , except in the case of computations
relating to funding of special education support services,
media services, and educational services provided through the
area education agencies, and the teacher salary supplement, the
professional development supplement, and the early intervention
supplement, and the teacher leadership supplement, the
department of management shall round amounts to the nearest
whole dollar.
Sec. 70. Section 257.4, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
NEW SUBPARAGRAPH . (8) The total teacher leadership
supplement district cost.
Sec. 71. Section 257.8, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended
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to read as follows:
2. Categorical state percent of growth. The categorical
state percent of growth for the budget year beginning July 1,
2010, is two percent. The categorical state percent of growth
for the budget year beginning July 1, 2012, is two percent.
The categorical state percent of growth for each budget year
shall be established by statute which shall be enacted within
thirty days of the submission in the year preceding the
base year of the governor’s budget under section 8.21 . The
establishment of the categorical state percent of growth for a
budget year shall be the only subject matter of the bill which
enacts the categorical state percent of growth for a budget
year. The categorical state percent of growth may include
state percents of growth for the teacher salary supplement, the
professional development supplement, and the early intervention
supplement , and the teacher leadership supplement .
Sec. 72. Section 257.9, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 11. Teacher leadership supplement state cost
per pupil. The teacher leadership supplement state cost per
pupil amount for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, shall
be calculated by the department of management by dividing the
allocation amount for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014,
in section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “0e” , subparagraph
(5), by one-third of the statewide total budget enrollment for
the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014. The teacher leadership
supplement state cost per pupil for the budget year beginning
July 1, 2015, and succeeding budget years, shall be the teacher
leadership supplement state cost per pupil for the base year
plus a supplemental state aid amount that is equal to the
teacher leadership supplement categorical state percent of
growth, pursuant to section 257.8, subsection 2, for the budget
year, multiplied by the teacher leadership supplement state
cost per pupil for the base year.
Sec. 73. Section 257.10, subsection 8, paragraph a, Code
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2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. Combined district cost is the sum of the regular program
district cost per pupil multiplied by the weighted enrollment,
the special education support services district cost, the total
teacher salary supplement district cost, the total professional
development supplement district cost, and the total early
intervention supplement district cost, and the total teacher
leadership supplement district cost, plus the sum of the
additional district cost allocated to the district to fund
media services and educational services provided through the
area education agency, the area education agency total teacher
salary supplement district cost and the area education agency
total professional development supplement district cost.
Sec. 74. Section 257.10, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 12. Teacher leadership supplement cost per
pupil and district cost.
a. The teacher leadership supplement district cost per
pupil amount for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014, shall
be calculated by the department of management by dividing the
allocation amount for the budget year beginning July 1, 2014,
in section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph “0e” , subparagraph
(5), by one-third of the statewide total budget enrollment
for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014. For the budget
year beginning July 1, 2015, and succeeding budget years, the
teacher leadership supplement district cost per pupil for each
school district for a budget year is the teacher leadership
supplement program district cost per pupil for the base year
plus the teacher leadership supplement supplemental state aid
amount for the budget year.
b. For the budget year beginning July 1, 2015, and
succeeding budget years, if the department of management
determines that the unadjusted teacher leadership supplement
district cost of a school district for a budget year is less
than one hundred percent of the unadjusted teacher leadership
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supplement district cost for the base year for the school
district, the school district shall receive a budget adjustment
for that budget year equal to the difference.
c. (1) The unadjusted teacher leadership supplement
district cost is the teacher leadership supplement district
cost per pupil for each school district for a budget year
multiplied by the budget enrollment for that school district.
(2) The total teacher leadership supplement district cost
is the sum of the unadjusted teacher leadership supplement
district cost plus the budget adjustment for that budget year.
d. 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 stipend
payment for a model, mentor, or lead teacher; to increase the
percentages of model, mentor, or lead teachers; to increase the
minimum teacher starting salary to thirty-two thousand dollars;
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 mentor, model, or lead teacher;
for professional development time to learn best practices
associated with the career pathways leadership process; and for
other costs associated with an alternative teacher leadership
proposal submitted by a district and approved by the department
of education with the goals of improving instruction and
elevating the quality of teaching and student learning.
Sec. 75. Section 257.16, subsection 4, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
4. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, if
the governor orders budget reductions in accordance with
section 8.31 , the teacher salary supplement district cost,
the professional development supplement district cost, and
the early intervention supplement district cost , and the
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teacher leadership supplement district cost as calculated
under section 257.10, subsections 9, 10, and 11 , and 12, and
the area education agency teacher salary supplement district
cost and the area education agency professional development
supplement district cost as calculated under section 257.37A,
subsections 1 and 2 , shall be paid in full as calculated and
the reductions in the appropriations provided in accordance
with this section shall be reduced from the remaining moneys
appropriated pursuant to this section and shall be distributed
on a per pupil basis calculated with the weighted enrollment
determined in accordance with section 257.6, subsection 5 .
Sec. 76. Section 282.18, subsection 7, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
7. A pupil participating in open enrollment shall be
counted, for state school foundation aid purposes, in the
pupil’s district of residence. A pupil’s residence, for
purposes of this section , means a residence under section
282.1 . The board of directors of the district of residence
shall pay to the receiving district the state cost per
pupil for the previous school year , the teacher leadership
supplement district cost per pupil for the previous fiscal
year as provided in section 257.10, and the teacher leadership
supplement state cost per pupil for the previous fiscal year
as provided in section 257.9 , plus any moneys received for
the pupil as a result of the non-English speaking weighting
under section 280.4, subsection 3 , for the previous school
year multiplied by the state cost per pupil for the previous
year. If the pupil participating in open enrollment is also
an eligible pupil under section 261E.6 , the receiving district
shall pay the tuition reimbursement amount to an eligible
postsecondary institution as provided in section 261E.7 .
Sec. 77. Section 284.2, subsections 1, 7, and 8, Code 2013,
are amended to read as follows:
1. “Beginning teacher” means an individual serving under an
initial or intern license, issued by the board of educational
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examiners under chapter 272 , who is assuming a position as a
teacher. “Beginning teacher” includes an individual who is
an initial teacher. For purposes of the beginning teacher
mentoring and induction program created pursuant to section
284.5 , “beginning teacher” also includes preschool teachers
who are licensed by the board of educational examiners under
chapter 272 and are employed by a school district or area
education agency. “Beginning teacher” does not include a
teacher whose employment with a school district or area
education agency is probationary unless the teacher is serving
under an initial or teacher intern license issued by the board
of educational examiners under chapter 272 .
7. “Mentor” means an individual employed by a school
district or area education agency as a teacher or a retired
teacher who holds a valid license issued under chapter
272 . The individual must have a record of four two years
of successful teaching practice, must be employed on a
nonprobationary basis, and must demonstrate professional
commitment to both the improvement of teaching and learning and
the development of beginning teachers.
8. “Performance review” means a summative evaluation of
a teacher other than a beginning teacher and that is used
to determine whether the teacher’s practice meets school
district expectations and the Iowa teaching standards , and to
determine whether the teacher’s practice meets school district
expectations for career advancement in accordance with section
284.7 284.8 .
Sec. 78. Section 284.3, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For purposes of comprehensive evaluations for , standards
and criteria which measure a beginning teachers required to
allow beginning teachers to progress to career teachers,
standards and criteria that are teacher’s performance against
the Iowa teaching standards specified in subsection 1 , and
the criteria for the Iowa teaching standards developed by the
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department in accordance with section 256.9, subsection 46 to
determine whether the teacher’s practice meets the requirements
specified for a career teacher . These standards and criteria
shall be set forth in an instrument provided by the department.
The comprehensive evaluation and instrument are not subject to
negotiations or grievance procedures pursuant to chapter 20 or
determinations made by the board of directors under section
279.14 . A local school board and its certified bargaining
representative may negotiate, pursuant to chapter 20 ,
evaluation and grievance procedures for beginning teachers that
are not in conflict with this chapter . If, in accordance with
section 279.19 , a beginning teacher appeals the determination
of a school board to an adjudicator under section 279.17 , the
adjudicator selected shall have successfully completed training
related to the Iowa teacher standards, the criteria adopted by
the state board of education in accordance with subsection 3 ,
and any additional training required under rules adopted by the
public employment relations board in cooperation with the state
board of education .
Sec. 79. Section 284.3A, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. For the school budget year beginning July 1, 2010,
and each succeeding school year, school districts and area
education agencies shall combine payments made to teachers
under sections 257.10 and 257.37A with regular wages to
create a combined salary. The teacher contract issued under
section 279.13 must include the combined salary. If a school
district or area education agency uses a salary schedule, a
combined salary schedule shall be used for regular wages and
for distribution of payments under sections 257.10 and 257.37A ,
incorporating the salary minimums required in section 284.7
or 284.15 . The combined salary schedule must use only the
combined salary and cannot differentiate regular salaries and
distribution of payments under sections 257.10 and 257.37A .
Sec. 80. Section 284.5, subsection 2, Code 2013, is amended
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by striking the subsection.
Sec. 81. Section 284.5, subsection 4, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
4. Each school district and area education agency shall
develop an initial beginning teacher mentoring and induction
a plan for the program . A school district shall include its
plan in the school district’s comprehensive school improvement
plan submitted pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 21 . The
beginning teacher mentoring and induction plan shall, at a
minimum, provide for a two-year sequence of induction program
content and activities to support the Iowa teaching standards
and beginning teacher professional and personal needs; mentor
training that includes, at a minimum, skills of classroom
demonstration and coaching, and district expectations for
beginning teacher competence on Iowa teaching standards;
placement of mentors and beginning teachers; the process for
dissolving mentor and beginning teacher partnerships; district
organizational support for release time for mentors and
beginning teachers to plan, provide demonstration of classroom
practices, observe teaching, and provide feedback; structure
for mentor selection and assignment of mentors to beginning
teachers; a district facilitator; and program evaluation.
Sec. 82. Section 284.6, subsections 6 and 8, Code 2013, are
amended to read as follows:
6. School districts, a consortium of school districts,
area education agencies, higher education institutions,
and other public or private entities including professional
associations may be approved by the state board to provide
teacher professional development. The professional development
program or offering shall, at minimum, meet the requirements
of subsection 1 . The state board shall adopt rules for the
approval of professional development providers and standards
for the district development plan.
8. For each year in which a school district receives funds
calculated and paid to school districts for professional
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development pursuant to section 257.10, subsection 10 , or
section 257.37A, subsection 2 , the school district shall create
quality professional development opportunities. Not less than
thirty-six hours in the school calendar, held outside of the
minimum school day, shall be set aside during nonpreparation
time or designated professional development time to allow
practitioners to collaborate with each other to deliver
educational programs and assess student learning , or to engage
in peer review pursuant to section 284.8, subsection 1 . The
goal for the use of the funds is to provide one additional
contract day or the equivalent thereof for professional
development, and Priority for use of the funds is shall be
to implement the professional development provisions of the
teacher career paths and leadership roles specified in section
284.7 or 284.15, including but not limited to providing
professional development to teachers, including additional
salaries for time beyond the normal negotiated agreement; pay
for substitute teachers, professional development materials,
speakers, and professional development content; and costs
associated with implementing the individual professional
development plans. The use of the funds shall be balanced
between school district, attendance center, and individual
professional development plans, making every reasonable effort
to provide equal access to all teachers.
Sec. 83. Section 284.7, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 6. This section is repealed July 1, 2016.
Sec. 84. Section 284.8, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. A school district shall provide for an annual review of
each teacher’s performance for purposes of assisting teachers
in making continuous improvement, documenting continued
competence in the Iowa teaching standards, or identifying
teachers in need of improvement , or to determine whether the
teacher’s practice meets school district expectations for
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career advancement in accordance with section 284.7 . The
review shall include, at minimum, classroom observation
of the teacher, a balanced use of student outcome measures
comprised of objective, reliable measures of student growth,
student surveys, the teacher’s progress, and implementation
of the teacher’s individual professional development plan ,
subject to the level of resources provided to implement
the plan ; and shall include supporting documentation from
parents, students, and other teachers. The first year of
review shall be a performance review and the second year and
third years of review shall be conducted by a peer group of
teachers focused on the professional development plan developed
pursuant to section 284.6 . The peer group shall review
all of the peer group members. Peer group reviews shall be
formative and shall be conducted on an informal, collaborative
basis that is focused on assisting each peer group member in
achieving the goals of the teacher’s individual professional
development plan. Peer group reviews shall not be the basis
for recommending that a teacher participate in an intensive
assistance program, and shall not be used to determine the
compensation, promotion, layoff, or termination of a teacher,
or any other determination affecting a teacher’s employment
status. However, as a result of a peer group review, a teacher
may elect to participate in an intensive assistance program.
Members of the peer group shall be reviewed every third year
by at least one evaluator certified in accordance with section
284.10 .
Sec. 85. Section 284.8, subsection 3, Code 2013, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 86. Section 284.9, subsection 4, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
4. A teacher who does not receive a recommendation from a
review panel may appeal that denial to an administrative law
judge located in the department of inspections and appeals.
The state shall not be liable for a teacher’s attorney fees,
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costs, or damages that may result from an appeal of a review
panel’s decision. The state board shall adopt rules to
administer this section .
Sec. 87. Section 284.9, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 5. This section is repealed July 1, 2016.
Sec. 88. NEW SECTION . 284.11 State supplemental assistance
for high-need schools.
1. Findings and intent. The general assembly finds that
students whose first language is not English, who have special
needs, or who come from low-income backgrounds face potential
obstacles to learning. Schools across Iowa, both urban and
rural, have increasing numbers of students who face these
challenges. Therefore, it is the intent of the general
assembly to provide supplemental assistance to the highest-need
schools in Iowa to address these challenges. This section
provides for state assistance to allow school districts to
develop extended learning time programs, hire instructional
support staff, provide additional professional development, or
supplement the salary of teachers in the identified schools.
2. Department’s responsibilities. The department shall do
the following:
a. Collect relevant data and establish a list of high-need
schools eligible for state supplemental assistance. The
department shall establish a process and criteria to determine
which schools are placed on the list and the department shall
revise the list annually. Criteria for the determination of
which high-need schools shall be placed on the list shall be
based upon factors that include but are not limited to the
socioeconomic status of the students enrolled in the school,
the percentage of the school’s student body who are limited
English proficient students, student academic growth, certified
instructional staff attrition, and geographic balance. The
department may approve or disapprove requests for revision
of the list, which a school district submits pursuant to
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subsection 3.
b. Develop a standardized process for distributing moneys
appropriated for supplemental assistance for teachers in
high-need schools under section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph
“00e” , to school districts. In determining the process
for distribution of such moneys, the department shall take
into consideration the amount of moneys appropriated for
supplemental assistance in high-need schools for the given
year and the minimal amount of moneys needed to increase the
academic achievement of students. A school district receiving
moneys pursuant to this section shall certify annually to the
department how the moneys distributed to the school district
pursuant to this section were used by the school district.
c. Review the use and effectiveness of the funds distributed
to school districts for supplemental assistance in high-need
schools under this section, and consider the findings and
recommendations of the commission on educator leadership
and compensation submitted pursuant to section 284.15,
subsection 11, relating to the use and effectiveness of the
funds distributed to school districts under this section. The
department shall submit its findings and recommendations in a
report to the general assembly by January 15 annually.
3. School district request for approval. A school district
may request on an annual basis approval from the department
for additions to the list of high-need schools the department
maintains pursuant to subsection 2 based upon the unique local
conditions and needs of the school district. The criteria used
to determine the placement of high-need schools on the list in
accordance with subsection 2, does not restrict the department
from adding a high-need school to the list as requested by a
school district on the basis of unique local conditions and
needs pursuant to this subsection.
4. Moneys received and miscellaneous income. The
distribution of moneys allocated pursuant to section 284.13,
subsection 1, paragraph “00e” , to a school district shall be
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made in one payment on or about October 15 of the fiscal year
for which the appropriation is made, taking into consideration
the relative budget and cash position of the state resources.
Such moneys shall not be commingled with state aid payments
made under section 257.16 to a school district and shall be
accounted for by the local school district separately from
state aid payments. Payments made to school districts under
this section are miscellaneous income for purposes of chapter
257. A school district shall maintain a separate listing
within its budget for payments received and expenditures made
pursuant to this section.
5. Moneys received to supplement salaries. Moneys received
by a school district pursuant to section 284.13, subsection 1,
paragraph “00e” , shall be used to supplement and not supplant
the salary being received by a teacher in a high-need school,
and shall not be considered under chapter 20 by an arbitrator
or other third party in determining a comparison of the wages
of teachers in that high-need school with the wages of teachers
in other buildings or in another school district.
Sec. 89. Section 284.13, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
by adding the following new paragraphs:
NEW PARAGRAPH . 0e. (1) For the following years, to the
department of education, for purposes of teacher leadership
supplemental aid payments to school districts for implementing
the career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework
or comparable system approved in accordance with section
284.15, the following amounts:
(a) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013, and ending
June 30, 2014, five million dollars.
(b) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014, and ending
June 30, 2015, fifty million dollars.
(c) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2015, and ending
June 30, 2016, fifty million dollars.
(d) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2016, and ending
June 30, 2017, fifty million dollars.
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(e) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017, and for
each succeeding fiscal year, one million five hundred thousand
dollars.
(2) (a) For the initial school year for which a school
district receives department approval for and implements a
system in accordance with section 284.15, subsection 8, teacher
leadership supplement foundation aid payable to that school
district shall be paid from the allocation made in subparagraph
(1) for that school year. For that school year, the teacher
leadership supplement foundation aid payable to the school
district is the product of the teacher leadership district
cost per pupil for the school year multiplied by the school
district’s budget enrollment.
(b) For budget years subsequent to the initial school year
for which a school district implemented a system and received
funding pursuant to subparagraph division (a), the teacher
leadership supplement foundation aid payable to that school
district shall be paid from the appropriation made in section
257.16.
(3) Of the moneys allocated to the department for the
purposes of this paragraph “0e” , not more than one million
dollars shall be used by the department for the development of
a delivery system implementing the career paths and leadership
roles specified in section 284.15 including but not limited
to planning grants to districts and area education agencies,
technical assistance for the department, technical assistance
for districts and area education agencies, training and staff
development, and the contracting of external expertise and
services. A portion of the moneys allocated annually to the
department for purposes of this subparagraph (3) may be used
by the department for administrative purposes and for not more
than five full-time equivalent positions.
(4) Of the moneys allocated to the department for the
purposes of this paragraph “0e” , not more than five hundred
thousand dollars annually shall be used by the department to
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provide technical assistance to school districts and area
education agencies in the design and implementation of the
teacher career paths, leadership roles, and compensation
framework established pursuant to section 284.15, and
for not more than two full-time equivalent positions. In
allocating and expending moneys appropriated pursuant to this
subparagraph, the department shall give priority to school
districts with certified enrollments of fewer than six hundred
students.
(5) Of the moneys allocated to the department for purposes
of this paragraph “0e” , for each fiscal year of the fiscal
period beginning July 1, 2014, and ending June 30, 2017, the
amount remaining after the allocations in subparagraphs (3)
and (4) shall be payable to the school districts that have
an approved career path, leadership roles, and compensation
framework or approved comparable system as provided in section
284.15.
(6) For each fiscal year of the fiscal period beginning
July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2017, moneys received by a
school district pursuant to this paragraph “0e” shall not be
considered under chapter 20 by an arbitrator or other third
party in determining a comparison of the wages of teachers in
that school district with the wages of teachers in another
school district.
(7) The receipt of funding by a school district for the
purposes of this paragraph “0e” , and the need for additional
funding for the purposes of this paragraph “0e” , or the
enrollment count of eligible students under this chapter,
shall not be considered to be unusual circumstances, create an
unusual need for additional funds, or qualify under any other
circumstances that may be used by the school budget review
committee to grant supplemental aid to or establish modified
supplemental state aid for a school district under section
257.31.
NEW PARAGRAPH . 00e. For the fiscal year beginning July 1,
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2014, and for each subsequent fiscal year, to the department
of education, ten million dollars for purposes of implementing
the supplemental assistance for high-need schools provisions
of section 284.11. Annually, of the moneys allocated to
the department for purposes of this paragraph, up to one
hundred thousand dollars may be used by the department for
administrative purposes and for not more than one full-time
equivalent position.
Sec. 90. Section 284.13, subsection 1, paragraph e, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
e. Notwithstanding section 8.33 , any moneys remaining
unencumbered or unobligated from the moneys allocated for
purposes of paragraph paragraphs “a” , “b” , or “c” through “00e”
shall not revert but shall remain available in the succeeding
fiscal year for expenditure for the purposes designated.
The provisions of section 8.39 shall not apply to the funds
appropriated pursuant to this subsection .
Sec. 91. Section 284.13, Code 2013, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 3. The state board may adopt rules which
assure the allocation of resources under this section in a
manner that optimizes the fulfillment of the purposes specified
in sections 284.11 and 284.15.
Sec. 92. NEW SECTION . 284.15 Iowa teacher career paths,
leadership roles, and compensation framework.
1. To promote continuous improvement in Iowa’s quality
teaching workforce and to give Iowa teachers the opportunity
for career recognition that reflects the various roles teachers
play as educational leaders, a framework for Iowa teacher
career paths, leadership roles, and compensation is established
for teachers employed by school districts. A teacher employed
by an area education agency may be included in a framework
established by a school district if the area education agency
and the school district enter into a contract for such purpose.
The framework is designed to accomplish the following goals:
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a. To attract able and promising new teachers by offering
competitive starting salaries and offering short-term
and long-term professional development and leadership
opportunities.
b. To retain effective teachers by providing enhanced career
opportunities.
c. To promote collaboration by developing and supporting
opportunities for teachers in schools and school districts
statewide to learn from each other.
d. To reward professional growth and effective teaching
by providing pathways for career opportunities that come with
increased leadership responsibilities and involve increased
compensation.
e. To improve student achievement by strengthening
instruction.
2. The Iowa teacher career paths, leadership roles, and
compensation requirements under the framework shall be as
follows:
a. Initial teacher.
(1) The salary for an initial teacher who has successfully
completed an approved practitioner preparation program as
defined in section 272.1 or holds an initial or intern teacher
license issued under chapter 272, and who participates in the
initial teacher mentoring and induction program as provided in
this chapter, shall be at least thirty-two thousand dollars,
which shall also constitute the minimum salary for an Iowa
teacher.
(2) An initial teacher shall complete a teacher residency
during the first year of employment that has all of the
following characteristics:
(a) Intensive supervision or mentoring by a mentor teacher
or lead teacher.
(b) Sufficient collaboration time for the initial teacher
in the residency year to be able to observe and learn from
model teachers, mentor teachers, and lead teachers employed by
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school districts located in this state.
(c) A teaching contract issued under section 279.13 that
establishes an employment period which is five days longer
than that required for career teachers employed by the school
district of employment. The five additional contract days
shall be used to strengthen instructional leadership in
accordance with this subsection.
(d) Frequent observation, evaluation, and professional
development opportunities.
b. Career teacher. A career teacher is a teacher who holds
a statement of professional recognition issued under chapter
272 or who meets all of the following requirements:
(1) Has successfully completed the initial teacher
mentoring and induction program and has successfully completed
a comprehensive evaluation.
(2) Has demonstrated the competencies of a career teacher as
determined under the school district’s comprehensive evaluation
of the initial teacher.
(3) Holds a valid license issued under chapter 272.
(4) Participates in teacher professional development as set
forth in this chapter and demonstrates continuous improvement
in teaching.
c. Model teacher. A model teacher is a teacher who meets
the requirements of paragraph “b” , has met the requirements
established by the school district that employs the teacher,
is evaluated by the school district as demonstrating the
competencies of a model teacher, has participated in a rigorous
review process, and has been recommended for a one-year
assignment as a model teacher by a site-based review council
appointed pursuant to subsection 4. A school district shall
designate at least ten percent of its teachers as model
teachers, though the district may enter into an agreement with
one or more other districts or an area education agency to meet
this requirement through a collaborative arrangement. The
terms of the teaching contracts issued under section 279.13 to
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model teachers shall exceed by five days the terms of teaching
contracts issued under section 279.13 to career teachers, and
the five additional contract days shall be used to strengthen
instructional leadership in accordance with this subsection. A
model teacher shall receive annually a salary supplement of at
least two thousand dollars.
d. Mentor teacher. A mentor teacher is a teacher who
is evaluated by the school district as demonstrating the
competencies and superior teaching skills of a mentor teacher,
and has been recommended for a one-year assignment as a mentor
teacher by a site-based review council appointed pursuant
to subsection 4. In addition, a mentor teacher shall hold
a valid license issued under chapter 272, participate in
teacher professional development as outlined in this chapter,
demonstrate continuous improvement in teaching, and possess
the skills and qualifications to assume leadership roles. A
mentor teacher shall have a teaching load of not more than
seventy-five percent student instruction to allow the teacher
to mentor other teachers. A school district shall designate
at least ten percent of its teachers as mentor teachers,
though the district may enter into an agreement with one or
more other districts or an area education agency to meet this
requirement through a collaborative arrangement. The terms
of the teaching contracts issued under section 279.13 to
mentor teachers shall exceed by ten days the terms of teaching
contracts issued under section 279.13 to career teachers, and
the ten additional contract days shall be used to strengthen
instructional leadership in accordance with this subsection. A
mentor teacher shall receive annually a salary supplement of
at least five thousand dollars.
e. Lead teacher. A lead teacher is a teacher who holds a
valid license issued under chapter 272 and has been recommended
for a one-year assignment as a lead teacher by a site-based
review council appointed pursuant to subsection 4. The
recommendation from the council must assert that the teacher
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possesses superior teaching skills and the ability to lead
adult learners. A lead teacher shall assume leadership
roles that may include but are not limited to the planning
and delivery of professional development activities designed
to improve instructional strategies; the facilitation of
an instructional leadership team within the lead teacher’s
building, school district, or other school districts;
the mentoring of other teachers; and participation in the
evaluation of student teachers. A lead teacher shall have
a teaching load of not more than fifty percent student
instruction to allow the lead teacher to spend time on
co-teaching; co-planning; peer reviews; observing career
teachers, model teachers, and mentor teachers; and other
duties mutually agreed upon by the superintendent and the lead
teacher. A school district shall designate at least five
percent of its teachers as lead teachers, though the district
may enter into an agreement with one or more other districts
or an area education agency to meet this requirement through a
collaborative arrangement. The terms of the teaching contracts
issued under section 279.13 to lead teachers shall exceed by
fifteen days the terms of teaching contracts issued under
section 279.13 to career teachers, and the fifteen additional
contract days shall be used to strengthen instructional
leadership in accordance with this subsection. A lead teacher
shall receive annually a salary supplement of at least ten
thousand dollars.
3. The salary supplement received by model, mentor, and lead
teachers shall fully cover the salary costs of the additional
contract days required of teachers in those leadership roles.
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
determinations of salary supplements paid pursuant to this
section are not subject to appeal.
4. The school board shall appoint a site-based review
council for the district’s attendance centers. Attendance
centers may share a site-based review council if the
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appointments meet the requirements specified in paragraph “a” .
a. Each council shall be comprised of equal numbers of
teachers, administrators, and parents or guardians of students
enrolled in the attendance center.
b. The council shall accept and review applications
submitted to the school’s or the school district’s
administration for assignment or reassignment as a model,
mentor, or lead teacher, and shall make recommendations
regarding the applications to the superintendent of the school
district. In developing recommendations, the council shall
utilize measures of teacher effectiveness and professional
growth, consider the needs of the school district, and review
the performance and professional development of the applicants.
Any teacher recommended for assignment or reassignment as a
model, mentor, or lead teacher shall have demonstrated to
the council’s satisfaction competency on the Iowa teaching
standards as set forth in section 284.3.
c. An assignment as a model teacher, mentor teacher, or
lead teacher pursuant to this section shall be subject to
review by the school’s or the school district’s administration
at least annually. The review shall include peer feedback
on the effectiveness of the teacher’s performance of duty
specific to the teacher’s career path. A teacher who completes
the time period of assignment as a model, mentor, or lead
teacher may apply to the school’s or the school district’s
administration for assignment in a new role if appropriate or
for reassignment.
5. A teacher employed in a school district shall not receive
less compensation in that district than the teacher received
in the school year preceding participation, as set forth in
section 284.4, due to implementation of this Act. A teacher
who achieves national board for professional teaching standards
certification and meets the requirements of section 256.44
shall continue to receive the award as specified in section
256.44 in addition to the compensation set forth in this
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section.
6. a. A school district may apply to the department for
approval to implement the career paths, leadership roles,
and compensation framework specified in subsection 2, or a
comparable system of career paths and compensation for teachers
that contains differentiated multiple leadership roles.
b. By March 1 of the school year preceding implementation,
a school district that has been approved to implement the
framework or a comparable system pursuant to this subsection
may opt out of implementation of the framework or comparable
system by notifying the department of its intent to withdraw
from implementation. The department shall notify the
department of management that the school district is no longer
approved to implement the framework or comparable system and
is not eligible to receive teacher leadership supplement
foundation aid under chapter 257 or this chapter.
7. The department shall establish criteria and a process
for application and approval of the framework established
under subsection 1, and for comparable systems, which a school
district may implement pursuant to subsection 6 in order to
receive teacher leadership supplement foundation aid calculated
under section 257.10, subsection 12.
8. A school district that meets the requirements of section
284.7 is exempt from the provisions of subsections 1 through 5
until the school district receives approval to implement the
framework or comparable system in accordance with subsection 7.
9. A school district is encouraged to utilize appropriately
licensed teachers emeritus in the implementation of this
section.
10. The framework or comparable system approved and
implemented by a school district in accordance with this
section shall be applicable to teachers in every attendance
center operated by the school district.
11. Subject to an appropriation by the general assembly for
purposes of this subsection, a school district may apply to the
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department for a planning grant to design an implementation
strategy for the framework established pursuant to subsection
1 or a comparable system of career paths and compensation for
teachers that contains differentiated multiple leadership
roles. The planning grant shall be used to facilitate a
local decision-making process that includes representation
of administrators, teachers, and parents and guardians of
students. The department shall establish and make available an
application for the awarding of planning grants for purposes
of this subsection.
12. The department shall establish, and provide staffing
and administrative support for a commission on educator
leadership and compensation. The commission shall monitor
with fidelity the implementation of the framework established
by school districts pursuant to subsection 1. The commission
shall also evaluate and make recommendations to the department
on applications for approval of a comparable system submitted
to the department pursuant to subsection 6, and on the
expenditure of moneys appropriated for purposes of this
section. In addition, the commission shall review the use and
effectiveness of the funds distributed to school districts for
supplemental assistance to teachers in high-need schools under
section 284.11.
a. The commission shall be comprised of teachers, parents
and guardians of children enrolled in Iowa’s school districts,
school administrators, school board members, postsecondary
faculty, designees representing education-related professional
organizations, and business and community leaders.
b. Members shall be appointed by the governor, subject to
confirmation by the senate, to staggered three-year terms which
begin and end as provided in section 69.19. Appointments shall
comply with sections 69.16, 69.16A, and 69.16C. Vacancies
on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as the
original appointment. A person appointed to fill a vacancy
shall serve only for the unexpired portion of the term.
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Members are entitled to reimbursement of actual expenses
incurred in performance of their official duties.
c. By December 15 annually, the commission shall submit its
findings and any recommendations, including but not limited to
any recommendations for changes to the framework established
in subsection 1 and for changes to section 284.11 relating to
state supplemental assistance to high-need schools, in a report
to the director, the state board, the governor, and the general
assembly.
13. a. Teacher leadership supplement foundation aid
calculated under section 257.10, subsection 12, shall be paid
as part of the state aid payments made to school districts in
accordance with section 257.16.
b. Notwithstanding section 284.3A, teacher leadership
supplement foundation aid shall not be combined with regular
wages to create a combined salary.
c. The teacher leadership supplement district cost as
calculated under section 257.10, subsection 12, is not subject
to a uniform reduction in accordance with section 8.31.
14. The provisions of this chapter shall be subject to
legislative review at least every three years. The review
shall be based upon a status report from the commission
on educator leadership and compensation, which shall be
prepared with the assistance of the departments of education,
management, and revenue. The status report shall review and
report on the department’s assignment and utilization of
full-time equivalent positions, and shall include information
on teacher retention, teacher compensation, academic quality
of beginning teachers, teacher evaluation results, student
achievement trend and comparative data, and recommendations
for changes to the teacher leadership supplement foundation
aid and the framework or comparable systems approved pursuant
to this section. The first status report shall be submitted
to the general assembly by January 15, 2017, with subsequent
status reports prepared and submitted to the general assembly
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by January 15 at least every third year thereafter.
Sec. 93. ATTENDANCE CENTER PERFORMANCE RANKINGS ——
PERFORMANCE INDEX.
1. The department of education shall develop criteria and
a process for school districts to use to establish specific
performance goals and to evaluate the performance of each
attendance center operated by the district in order to arrive
at an overall school performance grade and report card for
each attendance center. This information must be posted on
the department of education’s internet site with information
for each attendance center listed separately. The criteria
shall include but not be limited to student academic growth,
parent involvement, student attendance, employee turnover, and
community activities and involvement.
2. The department shall develop an achievement score
that calculates aggregate growth as well as aggregate
proficiency of students which when combined with other
academic indicators results in an overall school performance
grade for each attendance center in the school district.
The performance grade may also be used as one measure to
rank and classify schools into six different performance
categories: exceptional, A+; high performing, A; commendable,
B; acceptable, C; needs improvement, D; and priority, D-.
The categories may be used to define support and specialized
assistance to schools classified as needs improvement or
priority as well as to recognize schools designated exceptional
or high performing. Additionally, a closing gap score shall
be calculated as another measure to determine subgroup
performance and to rank and classify attendance centers. Other
academic indicators shall be defined as criterion referenced
variables that will be utilized in the calculation of the
performance grade. Other academic indicators shall include
but not be limited to graduation rates, attendance rates, and
college-readiness rates. Additional indicators of academic
success and progress may include post-graduation data,
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suspension and expulsion rates, levels of student engagement,
parent satisfaction, parent engagement, and staff working
conditions.
3. The department shall submit its findings and
recommendations in a report to the state board of education,
the governor, and the general assembly by November 15, 2013.
Sec. 94. CODE EDITOR DIRECTIVE. The Code editor shall
delete references in the Code, and Code language directly
related to the references, to sections and subsections of the
Code repealed by this division of this Act effective July 1,
2016.
Sec. 95. EFFECTIVE DATE. The following provision or
provisions of this division of this Act take effect July 1,
2014:
1. The section of this division of this Act amending section
282.18.
DIVISION VIII
COMPETENCY-BASED INSTRUCTION TASK FORCE
Sec. 96. 2012 Iowa Acts, chapter 1119, section 2, subsection
2, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
NEW PARAGRAPH . f. Develop a draft strategic plan
and proposed timeline for statewide implementation of
competency-based learning for consideration by the general
assembly.
Sec. 97. EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT. This division of this
Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
enactment.
DIVISION IX
EXTENDED LEARNING TIME PILOT PROJECT MODEL —— APPROPRIATION
Sec. 98. EXTENDED LEARNING TIME PILOT PROJECT MODEL.
1. The department of education shall develop a proposed
model for an extended learning time pilot project. In
developing the model, the department shall consider the
recommendations submitted in the final report of the
instructional time task force, as well as existing, successful
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extended time learning opportunities offered within and
outside of the state. Three program proposals representing
school districts of varied sizes, geographical locations,
and socio-economic status shall be included in the model.
Component measures, criteria, and associated benchmarks for
selecting participants and gauging success for the model shall
include but not be limited to the following considerations:
impact on student achievement; overall cost; governance
structure; transportation issues; recommended age of students;
potential use of teacher preparation candidates; 21st
century learning center guidelines as applicable; potential
collaboration with area education agencies and other public
and private partners for cost effectiveness, efficiency,
and community involvement; recommended staffing levels;
licensure for staff; involvement of nonprofit organizations;
collaboration with the staff in the existing school district;
whether all of some students in a district should participate;
and use of best practices and latest research in the field.
The department shall also recommend potential funding sources
for the full implementation of the proposed model for extended
learning time pilot projects and of future sustained extended
time learning efforts.
2. The department shall submit the proposed model and
the department’s findings and recommendations in a report to
the state board of education, the governor, and the general
assembly by December 16, 2013.
Sec. 99. EXTENDED LEARNING TIME PILOT PROJECT MODEL ——
APPROPRIATION. There is appropriated from the general fund of
the state to the department of education for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2013, and ending June 30, 2014, the following
amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to be used for the
purposes designated:
For purposes of developing an extended learning time pilot
project model in accordance with this division of this Act, if
enacted:
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 40,000
DIVISION X
TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE AID
Sec. 100. Section 257.31, subsection 17, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. If a district’s average transportation costs per pupil
exceed the state average transportation costs per pupil
determined under paragraph “c” by one hundred fifty seventy
percent, the committee may grant transportation assistance aid
to the district. Such aid shall be miscellaneous income and
shall not be included in district cost.
Sec. 101. APPLICABILITY. This division of this Act applies
to school budget years beginning on or after July 1, 2014.
DIVISION XI
PRIVATE INSTRUCTION EXEMPTION
Sec. 102. Section 299.4, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child who
is of compulsory attendance age, who places the child under
competent private instruction under either section 299A.2 or
299A.3 , not in an accredited school or a home school assistance
program operated by a school district or accredited nonpublic
school, shall furnish a report in duplicate on forms provided
by the public school district, to the district by the earliest
starting date specified in section 279.10, subsection 1 . The
secretary shall retain and file one copy and forward the other
copy to the district’s area education agency. The report shall
state the name and age of the child, the period of time during
which the child has been or will be under competent private
instruction for the year, an outline of the course of study,
texts used, and the name and address of the instructor. The
parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child, who is placing
the child under competent private instruction for the first
time, shall also provide the district with evidence that the
child has had the immunizations required under section 139A.8 ,
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and, if the child is elementary school age, a blood lead test
in accordance with section 135.105D . The term “outline of course
of study” shall include subjects covered, lesson plans, and time
spent on the areas of study.
Sec. 103. Section 299A.1, unnumbered paragraph 2, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
For purposes of this chapter , “competent private instruction”
means private instruction provided on a daily basis for at
least one hundred forty-eight days during a school year, to be
met by attendance for at least thirty-seven days each school
quarter, by or under the supervision of a licensed practitioner
in the manner provided under section 299A.2 , or other person
under section 299A.3 , which results in the student making
adequate progress.
Sec. 104. Section 299A.3, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
A parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of
compulsory attendance age providing competent private
instruction to the child shall may meet all of the following
requirements:
DIVISION XII
INDEPENDENT ACCREDITATION OF NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS
Sec. 105. Section 256.11, Code 2013, is amended by adding
the following new subsection:
NEW SUBSECTION . 16. a. Notwithstanding subsections 1
through 12, a nonpublic school may be accredited by an approved
independent accrediting agency instead of by the state board as
provided in this subsection. The state board shall maintain a
list of approved independent accrediting agencies comprised of
at least six regional or national nonprofit, nongovernmental
agencies recognized as reliable authorities concerning the
quality of education offered by a school and shall publish the
list of independent accrediting agencies on the department’s
internet site. The list shall include accrediting agencies
that, as of January 1, 2013, accredited a nonpublic school in
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this state that was concurrently accredited under this section;
and any agency that has a formalized partnership agreement with
another agency on the list and has member schools in this state
as of January 1, 2013.
b. A nonpublic school that participates in the accreditation
process offered by an independent accrediting agency on
the approved list published pursuant to paragraph “a” shall
be deemed to meet the education standards of this section.
However, such a school shall comply with statutory health and
safety requirements for school facilities.
c. If the state board takes preliminary action to remove
an agency from the approved list published on the department’s
internet site pursuant to paragraph “a” , the department
shall, at least one year prior to removing the agency from
the approved list, notify the nonpublic schools participating
in the accreditation process offered by the agency of the
state board’s intent to remove the accrediting agency from
its approved list of independent accrediting agencies. The
notice shall also be posted on the department’s internet site
and shall contain the proposed date of removal. The nonpublic
school shall attain accreditation under this subsection or
subsections 1 through 12 not later than one year following the
date on which the state board removes the agency from its list
of independent accrediting agencies.
DIVISION XIII
SCHOOL DISTRICT EXERCISE OF POWERS
Sec. 106. NEW SECTION . 274.3 Exercise of powers ——
construction.
1. The board of directors of a school district shall
operate, control, and supervise all public schools located
within its district boundaries and may exercise any broad
and implied power related to the operation, control, and
supervision of those public schools except as expressly
prohibited or prescribed by the Constitution of the State of
Iowa or by statute.
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2. Notwithstanding subsection 1, the board of directors of
a school district shall not have power to levy any tax unless
expressly authorized by the general assembly.
3. This section shall not apply to a research and
development school as defined in section 256G.2 or to a
laboratory school as defined in section 265.1. The board of
directors of a school district in which such a research and
development school or laboratory school is located shall not
exercise over such a school any powers granted to the board by
subsection 1.
4. This chapter, chapter 257 and chapters 275 through 301,
and other statutes relating to the boards of directors of
school districts and to school districts shall be liberally
construed to effectuate the purposes of subsection 1.
DIVISION XIV
INDEPENDENT PRIVATE INSTRUCTION
Sec. 107. Section 261E.8, subsection 2, Code 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
2. Students from accredited nonpublic schools and students
receiving competent private instruction or independent private
instruction under chapter 299A may access the program through
the school district in which the accredited nonpublic school or
private institution is located.
Sec. 108. Section 299.1, subsection 1, Code 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
1. Except as provided in section 299.2 , the parent,
guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of
compulsory attendance age , shall cause the child to attend some
public school , or an accredited nonpublic school, or place
the child under competent private instruction or independent
private instruction in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 299A , during a school year, as defined under section
279.10 .
Sec. 109. Section 299.1B, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
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299.1B Failure to attend —— driver’s license.
A person who is of compulsory attendance age who does
not meet the requirements for an exception under section
299.2, who does not attend a public school , or an accredited
nonpublic school, who is not receiving competent private
instruction or independent private instruction in accordance
with the provisions of chapter 299A , and who does not attend
an alternative school , or adult education classes , shall not
receive an intermediate or full driver’s license until age
eighteen.
Sec. 110. Section 299.6A, subsection 1, Code 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
1. In lieu of a criminal proceeding under section 299.6 ,
a county attorney may bring a civil action against a parent,
guardian, or legal or actual custodian of a child who is of
compulsory attendance age, has not completed educational
requirements, and is truant, if the parent, guardian, or legal
or actual custodian has failed to cause the child to attend a
public school , or an accredited nonpublic school, or placed
the child under competent private instruction or independent
private instruction in the manner provided in this chapter . If
the court finds that the parent, guardian, or legal or actual
custodian has failed to cause the child to attend as required
in this section , the court shall assess a civil penalty of not
less than one hundred but not more than one thousand dollars
for each violation established.
Sec. 111. Section 299.8, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
299.8 “Truant” defined.
Any child of compulsory attendance age who fails to attend
school as provided in this chapter , or as required by the
school board’s or school governing body’s attendance policy,
or who fails to attend competent private instruction or
independent private instruction under chapter 299A , without
reasonable excuse for the absence, shall be deemed to be a
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truant. A finding that a child is truant, however, shall not
by itself mean that the child is a child in need of assistance
within the meaning of chapter 232 and shall not be the sole
basis for a child in need of assistance petition.
Sec. 112. Section 299.11, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
The truancy officer may take into custody without warrant
any apparently truant child and place the child in the
charge of the school principal, or the principal’s designee,
designated by the board of directors of the school district
in which the child resides, or in the charge of any nonpublic
school or any authority providing competent private instruction
or independent private instruction as defined in section
299A.1, designated by the parent, guardian, or legal or
actual custodian; but if it is other than a public school,
the instruction and maintenance of the child shall be without
expense to the school district. If a child is taken into
custody under this section , the truancy officer shall make
every reasonable attempt to immediately notify the parent,
guardian, or legal or actual custodian of the child’s location.
Sec. 113. Section 299.12, subsection 2, Code 2013, is
amended to read as follows:
2. This section is not applicable to a child who is
receiving competent private instruction or independent private
instruction in accordance with the requirements of chapter
299A . If a child is not in compliance with the attendance
requirements established under section 299.1 , and has not
completed educational requirements through the sixth grade,
and the school has used every means available to assure the
child does attend, the school truancy officer shall contact
the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or actual custodian to
participate in an attendance cooperation meeting. The parties
to the attendance cooperation meeting may include the child
and shall include the child’s parent, guardian, or legal or
actual custodian and the school truancy officer. The school
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truancy officer contacting the participants in the attendance
cooperation meeting may invite other school officials, a
designee of the juvenile court, the county attorney or the
county attorney’s designee, or other persons deemed appropriate
to participate in the attendance cooperation meeting.
Sec. 114. Section 299A.1, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
299A.1 Private Competent private instruction and independent
private instruction .
1. The parent, guardian, or legal custodian of a child of
compulsory attendance age who places the child under private
instruction shall provide, unless otherwise exempted, competent
private instruction or independent private instruction in
accordance with this chapter . A parent, guardian, or legal
custodian of a child of compulsory attendance age who places
the child under private instruction which is not competent
private instruction or independent private instruction ,
or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of this
chapter , is subject to the provisions of sections 299.1 through
299.4 and the penalties provided in section 299.6 .
2. For purposes of this chapter , “competent and chapter 299:
a. “Competent private instruction” means private instruction
provided on a daily basis for at least one hundred forty-eight
days during a school year, to be met by attendance for at
least thirty-seven days each school quarter, by or under the
supervision of a licensed practitioner in the manner provided
under section 299A.2 , or other person under section 299A.3 ,
which results in the student making adequate progress.
For purposes of this chapter and chapter 299 , “private
instruction”
b. “Independent private instruction” means instruction that
meets the following criteria:
(1) Is not accredited.
(2) Enrolls not more than four unrelated students.
(3) Does not charge tuition, fees, or other remuneration for
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instruction.
(4) Provides private or religious-based instruction as its
primary purpose.
(5) Provides enrolled students with instruction in
mathematics, reading and language arts, science, and social
studies.
(6) Provides, upon written request from the superintendent
of the school district in which the independent private
instruction is provided, or from the director of the department
of education, a report identifying the primary instructor,
location, name of the authority responsible for the independent
private instruction, and the names of the students enrolled.
(7) Is not a nonpublic school and does not provide competent
private instruction as defined in this subsection.
(8) Is exempt from all state statutes and administrative
rules applicable to a school, a school board, or a school
district, except as otherwise provided in chapter 299 and this
chapter.
c. “Private instruction” means instruction using a plan and
a course of study in a setting other than a public or organized
accredited nonpublic school.
Sec. 115. Section 299A.11, Code 2013, is amended to read as
follows:
299A.11 Student records confidential.
Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the
contrary, personal information in records regarding a child
receiving competent private instruction or independent private
instruction pursuant to this chapter , which are maintained,
created, collected, or assembled by or for a state agency,
shall be kept confidential in the same manner as personal
information in student records maintained, created, collected,
or assembled by or for a school corporation or educational
institution in accordance with section 22.7, subsection 1 .
Sec. 116. Section 321.178, subsection 1, paragraph c, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
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c. Every public school district in Iowa shall offer
or make available to all students residing in the school
district , or Iowa students attending a nonpublic school or
receiving competent private instruction or independent private
instruction as defined in section 299A.1, in the district , an
approved course in driver education. The receiving district
shall be the school district responsible for making driver
education available to a student participating in open
enrollment under section 282.18 . The courses may be offered
at sites other than at the public school, including nonpublic
school facilities within the public school districts. An
approved course offered during the summer months, on Saturdays,
after regular school hours during the regular terms or partly
in one term or summer vacation period and partly in the
succeeding term or summer vacation period, as the case may
be, shall satisfy the requirements of this section to the
same extent as an approved course offered during the regular
school hours of the school term. A student who successfully
completes and obtains certification in an approved course in
driver education or an approved course in motorcycle education
may, upon proof of such fact, be excused from any field test
which the student would otherwise be required to take in
demonstrating the student’s ability to operate a motor vehicle.
A student shall not be excused from any field test if a parent,
guardian, or instructor requests that a test be administered.
A final field test prior to a student’s completion of an
approved course shall be administered by a person qualified
as a classroom driver education instructor and certified to
provide street and highway driving instruction. A person
qualified as a classroom driver education instructor but not
certified to provide street and highway driving instruction
may administer the final field test if accompanied by another
person qualified to provide street and highway driving
instruction.
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DRIVER EDUCATION BY TEACHING PARENT
Sec. 117. NEW SECTION . 321.178A Driver education ——
teaching parent.
1. Teaching parent. As an alternative to the driver
education requirements under section 321.178, a teaching parent
may instruct a student in a driver education course that meets
the requirements of this section and provide evidence that the
requirements under this section have been met.
2. Definitions. For purposes of this section:
a. “Approved course” means driver education curriculum
approved by the department pursuant to rules adopted under
chapter 17A. An approved course shall, at a minimum, meet
the requirements of subsection 3 and be appropriate for
teaching-parent-directed driver education and related street or
highway instruction. Driver education materials that meet or
exceed standards established by the department for an approved
course in driver education for a public or private school shall
be approved unless otherwise determined by the department. The
list of approved courses shall be posted on the department’s
internet site.
b. “Student” means a person between the ages of fourteen
and twenty-one years who is within the custody and control of
the teaching parent and who satisfies preliminary licensing
requirements of the department.
c. “Teaching parent” means a parent, guardian, or legal
custodian of a student who is currently providing competent
private instruction to the student pursuant to section
299A.2 or 299A.3 and who provided such instruction to the
student during the previous year; who has a valid driver’s
license, other than a motorized bicycle license or a temporary
restricted license, that permits unaccompanied driving; and
who has maintained a clear driving record for the previous two
years. For purposes of this paragraph, “clear driving record”
means the individual has not been identified as a candidate
for suspension or revocation of a driver’s license under the
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habitual violator or habitual offender provisions of the
department’s regulations; is not subject to a driver’s license
suspension, revocation, denial, cancellation, disqualification,
or bar; and has no record of a conviction for a moving traffic
violation determined to be the cause of a motor vehicle
accident.
3. Course of instruction.
a. An approved course administered by a teaching parent
shall consist of but not be limited to the following:
(1) Thirty clock hours of classroom instruction.
(2) Forty hours of street or highway driving including
four hours of driving after sunset and before sunrise while
accompanied by the teaching parent.
(3) Four hours of classroom instruction concerning
substance abuse.
(4) A minimum of twenty minutes of instruction concerning
railroad crossing safety.
(5) Instruction relating to becoming an organ donor under
the revised uniform anatomical gift Act as provided in chapter
142C.
(6) Instruction providing an awareness about sharing the
road with bicycles and motorcycles.
b. The content of the course of instruction required under
this subsection shall be equivalent to that required under
section 321.178. However, reference and study materials,
physical classroom requirements, and extra vehicle safety
equipment required for instruction under section 321.178 shall
not be required for the course of instruction provided under
this section.
4. Course completion and certification. Upon application
by a student for an intermediate license, the teaching parent
shall provide evidence showing the student’s completion
of an approved course and substantial compliance with the
requirements of subsection 3 by affidavit signed by the
teaching parent on a form to be provided by the department.
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The evidence shall include all of the following:
a. Documentation that the instructor is a teaching parent as
defined in subsection 2.
b. Documentation that the student is receiving competent
private instruction under section 299A.2 or the name of
the school district within which the student is receiving
instruction under section 299A.3.
c. The name of the approved course completed by the student.
d. An affidavit attesting to satisfactory completion of
course work and street or highway driving instruction.
e. Copies of written tests completed by the student.
f. A statement of the number of classroom hours of
instruction.
g. A log of completed street or highway driving instruction
including the dates when the lessons were conducted, the
student’s and the teaching parent’s name and initials noted
next to each entry, notes on driving activities including a
list of driving deficiencies and improvements, and the duration
of the driving time for each session.
5. Intermediate license. Any student who successfully
completes an approved course as provided in this section,
passes a driving test to be administered by the department,
and is otherwise qualified under section 321.180B, subsection
2, shall be eligible for an intermediate license pursuant
to section 321.180B. Twenty of the forty hours of street
or highway driving instruction required under subsection 3,
paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2), may be used to satisfy the
requirement of section 321.180B, subsection 2.
6. Full license. A student must comply with section
321.180B, subsection 4, to be eligible for a full driver’s
license pursuant to section 321.180B.
Sec. 118. Section 321.180B, subsection 2, paragraph a, Code
2013, is amended to read as follows:
a. The department may shall issue an intermediate driver’s
license to a person sixteen or seventeen years of age who
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possesses an instruction permit issued under subsection 1 or
a comparable instruction permit issued by another state for a
minimum of six months immediately preceding application, and
who presents an affidavit signed by a parent, guardian, or
custodian on a form to be provided by the department that the
permittee has accumulated a total of twenty hours of street
or highway driving of which two hours were conducted after
sunset and before sunrise and the street or highway driving was
with the permittee’s parent, guardian, custodian, instructor,
a person certified by the department, or a person at least
twenty-five years of age who had written permission from a
parent, guardian, or custodian to accompany the permittee, and
whose driving privileges have not been suspended, revoked,
or barred under this chapter or chapter 321J during, and who
has been accident and violation free continuously for, the
six-month period immediately preceding the application for an
intermediate license. An applicant for an intermediate license
must meet the requirements of section 321.186 , including
satisfactory completion of driver education as required in
section 321.178 or 321.178A , and payment of the required
license fee before an intermediate license will be issued. A
person issued an intermediate license must limit the number of
passengers in the motor vehicle when the intermediate licensee
is operating the motor vehicle to the number of passenger
safety belts.
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