Bill Text: IA SF2087 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act establishing the creating outstanding instructional leaders pilot program for school districts, making an appropriation, and including a repeal date. (See SF 2268.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Subcommittee, Bowman, Schoenjahn, and Smith. S.J. 166. [SF2087 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-SF2087-Introduced.html
Senate
File
2087
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2087
BY
BOWMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
establishing
the
creating
outstanding
instructional
1
leaders
pilot
program
for
school
districts,
making
an
2
appropriation,
and
including
a
repeal
date.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.34
Creating
outstanding
1
instructional
leaders
pilot
program.
2
1.
For
each
fiscal
year
of
the
fiscal
period
beginning
July
3
1,
2012,
and
ending
June
30,
2015,
there
is
appropriated
from
4
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
the
sum
of
two
5
million
five
hundred
thousand
dollars
to
establish
the
creating
6
outstanding
instructional
leaders
pilot
program
to
promote
7
excellence
in
the
teaching
profession.
The
department
shall
8
distribute
the
funds
in
the
following
manner
each
fiscal
year:
9
a.
The
thirty
school
districts
in
the
state
with
the
highest
10
student
population
shall
receive
sufficient
funds
to
provide
11
for
three
peer
coaching
stipends
in
accordance
with
this
12
section.
13
b.
The
seventy
school
districts
in
the
state
with
the
14
thirty-first
through
one
hundredth
highest
student
population
15
shall
receive
sufficient
funds
to
provide
for
two
peer
coaching
16
stipends
in
accordance
with
this
section.
17
c.
The
remaining
funds
shall
be
allocated
to
the
area
18
education
agencies
in
proportion
to
the
number
of
students
19
in
the
school
districts
in
the
area
education
agencies
which
20
did
not
receive
funds
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
or
“b”
.
The
21
funds
shall
be
used
to
provide
for
peer
coaching
stipends
in
22
accordance
with
this
section
for
such
school
districts.
The
23
area
education
agencies
shall
establish
an
application
process
24
for
such
districts
seeking
funds
for
peer
coaching
stipends.
25
2.
A
school
district
receiving
funds
shall
use
such
funds
26
to
establish
yearly
peer
coaching
stipends
for
teachers
in
the
27
amount
of
eight
thousand
dollars.
A
school
district
shall
use
28
the
funds
in
the
school
year
in
which
they
are
received
and
29
shall
only
use
the
funds
for
the
purposes
provided
in
this
30
section.
Stipends
shall
be
awarded
by
the
board
of
directors
31
in
charge
of
a
school
district
and
shall
only
be
awarded
to
32
teachers
who
volunteer
for
the
program.
33
3.
A
teacher
receiving
a
peer
coaching
stipend
shall,
in
34
lieu
of
the
teacher’s
daily
preparation
activities
during
the
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school
day,
engage
in
peer
coaching
in
accordance
with
this
1
section.
The
board
of
directors
in
charge
of
a
school
district
2
shall
assign
peer
coaches
to
teachers
in
need
of
additional
3
guidance
in
one
or
more
aspects
of
the
teaching
profession.
4
Assignments
shall
be
based
on
either
a
request
from
a
principal
5
or
from
an
individual
teacher
upon
approval
of
a
principal.
6
A
peer
coach
shall
still
be
responsible
for
completing
daily
7
preparation
activities
outside
of
the
school
day.
8
4.
Peer
coaching
shall
include
detailed
preliminary
9
discussions
as
to
areas
in
which
the
teacher
being
coached
10
desires
to
improve;
formulation
of
an
action
plan
to
bring
11
about
such
improvement;
in-class
supervision
by
the
peer
coach;
12
postclass
discussion
of
strengths,
weaknesses,
and
strategies
13
for
improvement;
dialogue
between
the
peer
coach
and
students
14
and
school
officials
regarding
the
teacher
being
coached;
and
15
documentation
of
progress
of
the
peer
coaching.
16
5.
The
department
shall
establish
by
rule
evaluation
17
criteria
for
determining
the
success
of
the
creating
18
outstanding
instructional
leaders
pilot
program
and
of
19
individual
peer
coaches.
Peer
coaches
whom
the
department
does
20
not
find
effective
shall
not
be
awarded
a
peer
coaching
stipend
21
in
succeeding
years.
22
6.
The
department
shall
submit
to
the
general
assembly
23
by
January
1,
annually,
a
report
on
the
creating
outstanding
24
instructional
leaders
pilot
program.
The
report
shall
include
25
the
number
of
peer
coaching
stipends
awarded
and
to
which
26
school
districts,
identifiable
outcomes
of
the
program,
and
27
other
pertinent
information.
28
7.
This
section
is
repealed
June
30,
2015.
29
Sec.
2.
IMPLEMENTATION
OF
ACT.
The
appropriation
made
30
in
this
Act
is
intended
to
cover
the
costs
of
any
state
31
mandate
included
in
this
Act
and
this
specification
of
state
32
funding
shall
be
deemed
to
meet
all
the
state
funding-related
33
requirements
of
section
25B.2,
subsection
3,
and
no
additional
34
state
funding
shall
be
necessary
for
the
full
implementation
of
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this
Act
by,
and
enforcement
of
this
Act
against,
all
affected
1
political
subdivisions.
2
EXPLANATION
3
This
bill
establishes
the
creating
outstanding
instructional
4
leaders
(COIL)
pilot
program
to
promote
excellence
in
the
5
teaching
profession.
The
bill
appropriates
annually
for
the
6
2012-2013,
2013-2014,
and
2014-2015
fiscal
years,
$2,500,000
7
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
8
education
to
establish
the
program.
The
bill
requires
a
school
9
district
receiving
funds
under
the
bill
to
use
the
funds
to
10
establish
yearly
peer
coaching
stipends
for
teachers
in
the
11
amount
of
$8,000.
The
bill
provides
that
a
school
district
12
receiving
funds
under
the
bill
must
use
the
funds
in
the
school
13
year
in
which
they
are
received
and
must
only
use
the
funds
for
14
the
purposes
provided
in
the
bill.
Stipends
are
to
be
awarded
15
by
the
board
of
directors
in
charge
of
a
school
district
and
16
can
only
be
awarded
to
teachers
who
volunteer
for
the
program.
17
The
bill
requires
the
department
of
education
to
distribute
18
the
funds
appropriated
in
the
bill
in
a
certain
manner.
The
19
bill
provides
that
the
30
school
districts
in
the
state
with
20
the
highest
student
population
shall
receive
sufficient
funds
21
to
provide
for
three
peer
coaching
stipends
in
accordance
with
22
the
bill.
The
bill
provides
that
the
70
school
districts
23
in
the
state
with
the
31st
through
100th
highest
student
24
population
shall
receive
sufficient
funds
to
provide
for
two
25
peer
coaching
stipends
in
accordance
with
the
bill.
The
26
bill
provides
that
the
remaining
funds
shall
be
allocated
to
27
the
area
education
agencies
in
proportion
to
the
number
of
28
students
in
school
districts
which
did
not
otherwise
receive
29
funds
pursuant
to
the
bill.
The
funds
shall
be
used
to
provide
30
for
peer
coaching
stipends
in
accordance
with
the
bill
for
31
such
school
districts.
The
bill
requires
the
area
education
32
agencies
to
establish
an
application
process
for
such
districts
33
seeking
funds
for
peer
coaching
stipends.
34
The
bill
provides
that
a
teacher
receiving
a
peer
coaching
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stipend
shall,
in
lieu
of
the
teacher’s
daily
preparation
1
activities
during
the
school
day,
engage
in
peer
coaching.
2
The
board
of
directors
in
charge
of
a
school
district
assigns
3
peer
coaches
to
teachers
in
need
of
additional
guidance
in
4
one
or
more
aspects
of
the
teaching
profession.
Assignments
5
are
to
be
based
on
either
a
request
from
a
principal
or
from
6
an
individual
teacher
upon
approval
of
a
principal.
A
peer
7
coach
is
still
responsible
for
completing
daily
preparation
8
activities
outside
of
the
school
day.
9
The
bill
defines
certain
mandatory
peer
coaching
activities,
10
including
detailed
preliminary
discussions
as
to
areas
in
which
11
the
teacher
being
coached
desires
to
improve;
formulation
12
of
an
action
plan
to
bring
about
such
improvement;
in-class
13
supervision
by
the
peer
coach;
postclass
discussion
of
14
strengths,
weaknesses,
and
strategies
for
improvement;
dialogue
15
between
the
peer
coach
and
students
and
school
officials
16
regarding
the
teacher
being
coached;
and
documentation
of
17
progress
of
the
peer
coaching.
18
The
bill
directs
the
department
of
education
to
establish
19
by
rule
evaluation
criteria
for
determining
the
success
of
20
the
COIL
pilot
program
and
of
individual
peer
coaches.
The
21
bill
provides
that
peer
coaches
whom
the
department
does
not
22
find
effective
shall
not
be
awarded
a
peer
coaching
stipend
in
23
succeeding
years.
24
The
bill
also
directs
the
department
to
submit
to
the
25
general
assembly
by
January
1,
annually,
a
report
on
the
COIL
26
pilot
program,
which
shall
include
the
number
of
peer
coaching
27
stipends
awarded
and
to
which
school
districts,
identifiable
28
outcomes
of
the
program,
and
other
pertinent
information.
29
The
COIL
pilot
program
is
repealed
June
30,
2015.
30
The
bill
may
include
a
state
mandate
as
defined
in
Code
31
section
25B.3.
The
bill
provides
that
the
appropriation
made
32
in
the
bill
is
intended
to
cover
the
costs
of
any
state
mandate
33
included
in
the
bill.
The
inclusion
of
this
specification
34
of
state
funding
is
intended
to
reinstate
the
requirement
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