Iowa 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SF 2377 — A bill for an act relating to education, including eligibility for grants under the teach Iowa scholar program, licenses issued by the board of educational examiners, and the use of revenues from the district management levy, and including applicability provisions. (Formerly SF 2202, SSB 3067.)

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    Passed Senate
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    Enacted

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Senate File 2377 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2377 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2202) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3067) A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including eligibility for grants under the teach Iowa scholar program, licenses issued by the board of educational examiners, and the use of revenues from the district management levy, and including applicability provisions.
Senate File 2377 - Reprinted SENATE FILE 2377 BY COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS (SUCCESSOR TO SF 2202) (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3067) (As Amended and Passed by the Senate March 29, 2022) A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including eligibility for grants under the teach Iowa scholar program, licenses issued by the board of educational examiners, and the use of revenues from the district management levy, and including applicability provisions.
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(1) A participant in the program must have graduated from an accredited or state-approved college or university.
(1) A participant in the program must have graduated from an accredited or state-approved college or university and must meet the requirements for an endorsement area approved by the board of educational examiners for a teacher intern license.
Section 261.110, subsection 3, paragraphs a and b, Code 2022, are amended to read as follows:
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The applicant was in the top twenty-five thirty 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.
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The applicant is preparing to teach in fields including but not limited to science, technology, engineering, or SF 2377 (2) 89 -1- jda/jh/mb 1/6 S.F.
2377 mathematics;
English as a second language or special education instruction;
or is preparing to teach in a hard-to-staff subject as identified by the department.
The department shall take into account the varying regional needs in the state for teachers in these subject areas when applying the criterion of this paragraph.
The department shall annually identify and designate hard-to-staff subjects for the purpose of this paragraph.
The eligibility of an applicant who receives a teach Iowa scholar grant and who is preparing to teach in a hard-to-staff subject as identified by the department shall not be affected in subsequent years if the department does not continue to identify that subject as a hard-to-staff subject become a teacher who provides classroom instruction.
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However, if the amount requested by LSB 5492SZ (1) 89 -1- jda/jh 1/7 S.F.
However, if the amount requested by applicants pursuant to subparagraph (2) is less than the amount reserved for applicants under subparagraph (2), the commission may award the difference to applicants under this subparagraph.
2377 applicants pursuant to subparagraph (2) is less than the amount reserved for applicants under subparagraph (2), the commission may award the difference to applicants under this subparagraph.
However, if the amount requested by applicants pursuant to subparagraph (1) is less than the amount reserved for applicants under subparagraph (1), the commission may award the difference to applicants under this subparagraph.
However, if the amount requested by applicants pursuant to subparagraph (1) is less than the amount reserved for SF 2377 (2) 89 -2- jda/jh/mb 2/6 S.F.
2377 applicants under subparagraph (1), the commission may award the difference to applicants under this subparagraph.
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Issue a teacher intern license for instruction in grades six through twelve to an applicant who has completed a program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “n”.
Issue a teacher intern license for instruction in grades six through twelve to an applicant who has enrolled in a program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “n”.
Allow a licensee who has attained a teacher intern LSB 5492SZ (1) 89 -2- jda/jh 2/7 S.F.
Allow a licensee who has attained a teacher intern license pursuant to paragraph “a” to apply for an initial teaching license if the school that employed the licensee during the licensee’s completion of the program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “n”, and the higher education institution that operated the program, recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply for an initial teaching license.
2377 license pursuant to paragraph “a” to apply for an initial teaching license if the school that employed the licensee during the licensee’s completion of the program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “n”, and the higher education institution that operated the program, recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply for an initial teaching license.
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Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that allow an individual seeking a career and technical secondary authorization to apply, and if eligible, be issued the secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of employment with a school.
Adopt rules pursuant to chapter SF 2377 (2) 89 -3- jda/jh/mb 3/6 S.F.
2377 17A that allow an individual seeking a career and technical secondary authorization to apply, and if eligible, be issued the secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of employment with a school.
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Under the program, the board of directors of a school district shall not do any of the following:
(1) Pay a teacher a teacher recruitment incentive that annually exceeds ten percent of the amount of the salary for an initial teacher established pursuant to section 284.15, SF 2377 (2) 89 -4- jda/jh/mb 4/6 S.F.
2377 subsection 2, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (1).
(2) Pay a teacher a teacher recruitment incentive in more than five school budget years.
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The board shall not adopt either the program for early retirement benefits provided in subsection 1 or the program for teacher recruitment incentives provided in this subsection within two years after adopting the other program.
The board shall adopt either the program for early retirement benefits provided in subsection 1 or the program for teacher recruitment incentives provided in subsection 2, but shall not adopt both concurrently.
After adopting a program, the board may change programs, but only after at least five years.
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A board of directors of a school district shall not expend the district LSB 5492SZ (1) 89 -4- jda/jh 4/7 S.F.
A board of directors of a school district shall not expend the district SF 2377 (2) 89 -5- jda/jh/mb 5/6 S.F.
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The section of this Act amending section 261.110.
The sections of this Act amending section 261.110.
EXPLANATION The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
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This bill relates to education, including eligibility for grants under the teach Iowa scholar program, licenses issued by the board of educational examiners (BOEE), and the use of revenues from the district management levy.
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The bill provides that if a higher education institution providing practitioner preparation offers a program that is designed to assist students in attaining a teacher intern license from the BOEE, the program shall require participants to satisfy certain specified requirements.
APPLICABILITY.
The teach Iowa scholar program, administered by the college student aid commission, provides grants to certain high-caliber, full-time teachers in Iowa in amounts not to exceed $4,000 annually or $20,000 over five years.
The following apply to school budget years beginning July 1, 2023:
The bill provides that the total value of grants awarded under the program to applicants who are preparing to teach in a school district, charter school, or an accredited nonpublic school shall be equally divided between applicants preparing to teach in a school district, charter school, or an accredited nonpublic school with less than or equal to 1,200 students and applicants preparing to teach in a school district, charter school, or accredited nonpublic school with greater than 1,200 students.
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The bill authorizes the commission to award different amounts to each group of applicants if the amount requested by applicants of either group is less than the amount reserved for that group.
The section of this Act amending section 279.46.
The bill establishes that this LSB 5492SZ (1) 89 -5- jda/jh 5/7 S.F.
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2377 provision applies to grants awarded by the commission on or after July 1, 2022, to initial applicants under the program.
The section of this Act amending section 298.4.
Current law authorizes the BOEE to issue a regional exchange teaching license to an applicant who has completed a teacher preparation program outside of the state and who is applying for the applicant’s first Iowa teaching license if, among other requirements, the applicant is a resident of the state.
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The bill removes the requirement that such an applicant be a resident of this state if the applicant provides the BOEE with a copy of an offer of employment as a teacher from a school located in this state.
Current law requires the BOEE to adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation options for licensing persons who hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and who do not meet other requirements for licensure.
The bill provides that the rules shall require the BOEE to issue a teacher intern license to an applicant who has completed a program offered by a higher education institution providing practitioner preparation that is designed to assist students in attaining a teacher intern license.
The bill requires the BOEE to allow a licensee who has attained a teacher intern license under such a program to apply for an initial teaching license if the school that employed the licensee during the program and the higher education institution recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply.
The bill requires the BOEE to adopt rules that allow an individual seeking a career and technical secondary authorization to apply, and if eligible, be issued the secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of employment with a school.
Currently, Code section 279.46 authorizes the board of directors of a school district to adopt a program for early retirement benefits to encourage its employees to retire before the normal retirement date.
The bill modifies Code section 279.46 to also authorize the board of directors to adopt a LSB 5492SZ (1) 89 -6- jda/jh 6/7 S.F.
2377 program for teacher recruitment incentives to recruit new teachers.
The bill requires the board of directors to discuss the adoption of the program for early retirement benefits or the program for teacher recruitment incentives, as applicable, at a regular or special meeting prior to adopting the program and allow for public comment.
The bill prohibits the board of directors from adopting the program for early retirement benefits concurrently with the program for teacher recruitment incentives.
The bill also prohibits the board of directors from adopting either the program for early retirement benefits or the program for teacher recruitment incentives within two years after adopting the other program.
The bill authorizes the board of directors to expend the district management levy to pay the costs of either the program for early retirement benefits or the program for teacher recruitment incentives.
The bill prohibits the board of directors from expending the district management levy on the costs of both programs in the same fiscal year.
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Action History

  1. Placed on Ways and Means calendar.

  2. Committee report, recommending passage.

  3. Subcommittee recommends passage.

  4. Fiscal note.

  5. Subcommittee Meeting: 04/05/2022 8:00AM House Lounge.

  6. Subcommittee: Hite, Gjerde and Siegrist.

  7. Read first time, referred to Ways and Means.

  8. Message from Senate.

  9. Immediate message.

  10. Passed Senate, yeas 49, nays 0.

  11. Amendment S-5096 adopted, as amended.

  12. Amendment S-5100 to S-5096 filed, adopted.

  13. Amendment S-5096 filed.

  14. Fiscal note.

  15. Committee report, approving bill.

  16. Introduced, placed on Ways and Means calendar.

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