Bill Text: IA HSB13 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A study bill for establishing an Iowa principal leadership institute advisory council.
Spectrum: Unknown
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Voted - Education. [HSB13 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-HSB13-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
13
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Introduced
SENATE/HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
DEPARTMENT
OF
EDUCATION
BILL)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
an
Iowa
principal
leadership
institute
1
advisory
council.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
IOWA
PRINCIPAL
LEADERSHIP
INSTITUTE
ADVISORY
1
COUNCIL.
2
1.
An
Iowa
principal
leadership
institute
advisory
council
3
is
established
to
advise
and
make
policy
recommendations
to
4
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
regarding
the
5
development
of
and
financing
for
an
Iowa
principal
leadership
6
institute.
The
goals
of
the
proposed
institute
shall
be
to
7
develop
a
cadre
of
principals
to
provide
leadership
in
the
8
highest-needs
Iowa
schools,
as
identified
by
the
department
9
as
being
persistently
low
achieving,
having
a
high
rate
of
10
poverty,
or
having
a
high
percentage
of
students
identified
11
as
limited
English
proficient
as
defined
pursuant
to
section
12
280.4,
and
to
provide
executive-level
leadership
training
and
13
to
develop
strategies
and
models
for
principals
to
enhance
14
instructional
leadership
across
school
attendance
centers
and
15
raise
student
achievement.
16
2.
The
members
of
the
advisory
council
shall
be
appointed
17
by
the
director
and
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
18
practicing
administrators
and
teachers,
representatives
of
Iowa
19
institutions
of
higher
education,
representatives
of
the
board
20
of
educational
examiners,
education
scholars
or
researchers,
21
organizations
representing
Iowa
employers,
and
Iowa
parents
of
22
school-age
children.
23
3.
The
advisory
council
shall
submit
its
findings
and
24
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
director
of
the
department
25
of
education
prior
to
October
15,
2015.
The
director
of
26
the
department
of
education
shall
submit
to
the
governor
and
27
the
general
assembly
by
November
16,
2015,
a
report
that
28
includes
the
advisory
council’s
report
and
the
department’s
29
recommendations
for
the
establishment
and
long-term
funding
of
30
an
Iowa
principal
leadership
institute.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
establishes
an
Iowa
principal
leadership
institute
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advisory
council
to
advise
and
make
policy
recommendations
1
to
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
regarding
the
2
development
of
and
financing
for
an
Iowa
principal
leadership
3
institute.
The
proposed
institute’s
goals
shall
be
to
4
develop
a
cadre
of
principals
to
provide
leadership
in
the
5
highest-needs
Iowa
schools
and
to
provide
executive-level
6
leadership
training
to
develop
strategies
and
models
for
7
principals
to
enhance
instructional
leadership
across
school
8
attendance
centers
and
raise
student
achievement.
9
The
members
of
the
advisory
council
are
appointed
10
by
the
director
and
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
11
practicing
administrators
and
teachers,
representatives
of
12
Iowa
institutions
of
higher
education
and
of
the
board
of
13
educational
examiners,
education
scholars
or
researchers,
14
organizations
representing
Iowa
employers,
and
Iowa
parents.
15
The
advisory
council
must
submit
its
findings
and
16
recommendations
in
a
report
to
the
director
of
the
department
17
of
education
prior
to
October
15,
2015.
The
director
must
18
submit
to
the
governor
and
the
general
assembly
by
November
19
16,
2015,
a
report
that
includes
the
advisory
council’s
report
20
and
the
department’s
recommendations
for
the
establishment
and
21
long-term
funding
of
an
Iowa
principal
leadership
institute.
22
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