Senate Study Bill 1100 - Introduced SENATE/HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED GOVERNOR BILL) A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions 1 related to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement 2 district cost per pupil, teacher preparation requirements, 3 out-of-state placement of certain specified students 4 requiring special education, the duties of the department 5 of education, and minimum teacher salaries, and including 6 effective date provisions. 7 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 8 TLSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ DIVISION I 1 TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT DISTRICT COST PER PUPIL 2 Section 1. Section 257.10, subsection 9, paragraph a, 3 subparagraph (3), subparagraph divisions (b) and (c), Code 4 2025, are amended to read as follows: 5 (b) The department of management shall categorize all 6 school districts into not more than ten tiers according to each 7 school districts actual enrollment. Each tier established 8 by the department of management containing a school district 9 with an actual enrollment above three thousand five hundred 10 pupils shall contain, to the extent feasible, the same number 11 of school districts as other tiers containing school districts 12 with an actual enrollment of more than three thousand five 13 hundred pupils. Each tier established by the department 14 of management containing a school district with an actual 15 enrollment equal to or less than three thousand five hundred 16 pupils shall contain, to the extent feasible, the same number 17 of school districts as other tiers containing school districts 18 with an actual enrollment equal to or less than three thousand 19 five hundred pupils. 20 (c) (b) (i) To support school districts with meeting 21 the minimum teacher salary requirements under chapter 284, 22 including the minimum teacher starting salary requirement 23 of fifty thousand dollars ; and the minimum teacher salary 24 requirement for full-time teachers with, as of July 1, 2025, at 25 least twelve years of experience of sixty-two thousand dollars 26 under chapter 284 ; and the minimum teacher salary requirement 27 for teachers with at least twelve years of experience, who 28 have had a bona fide retirement from employment with a covered 29 employer as provided in section 97B.52A, and who have returned 30 to covered employment with a covered employer pursuant to 31 chapter 97B as a teacher licensed under chapter 256, of 32 fifty thousand dollars, and other costs associated with such 33 salary requirements, as identified in subparagraph subdivision 34 (ii) including costs associated with the employers share of 35 -1- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 1/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ contributions to the Iowa public employees retirement system 1 and the employers share of the tax imposed by the federal 2 Insurance Contributions Act , the department of management 3 shall calculate and assign to all school districts in a tier 4 established under subparagraph division (b), a teacher salary 5 supplement district cost per pupil in an amount based in part 6 on the average cost to school districts within the tier to meet 7 the requirements , plus an amount equal to the teacher salary 8 supplement supplemental state aid amount for the budget year . 9 (ii) If, however, a school districts total teacher 10 salary supplement district cost under paragraph c , as 11 calculated using the teacher salary supplement district cost 12 per pupil assigned to the school districts applicable tier, 13 is insufficient to comply with the applicable minimum teacher 14 salary requirements of the school district, including costs 15 associated with the employers share of contributions to the 16 Iowa public employees retirement system and the employers 17 share of the tax imposed by the federal Insurance Contributions 18 Act , the department of management shall set the school 19 districts teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil 20 at an amount necessary to meet the districts minimum salary 21 requirements and associated costs. If, however, a school 22 district reported a teachers years of experience incorrectly 23 on the fall 2023 basic educational data survey compared to the 24 fall 2024 basic educational data survey, and the difference 25 would have resulted in an additional per pupil amount for 26 the budget year beginning July 1, 2024, the department of 27 management shall increase the teacher salary supplement 28 district cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 29 2025, by the difference between the teacher salary supplement 30 district cost per pupil that would have been calculated if not 31 for the incorrect reporting and the teacher salary supplement 32 district cost per pupil actually calculated. 33 Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being 34 deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment. 35 -2- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 2/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ DIVISION II 1 TEACHER PREPARATION 2 Sec. 3. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c, 3 subparagraph (1), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 4 (1) (a) Require Except as described in subparagraph 5 division (b), require that each student admitted to an approved 6 practitioner preparation program participate in pre-student 7 teaching field experiences that include both observation and 8 participation in teaching activities in a variety of school 9 settings. 10 (a) Pre-student teaching field experiences for students 11 participating in an initial teacher preparation program shall 12 comprise a total of at least eighty hours in duration, at least 13 ten hours of which shall occur prior to a students acceptance 14 in an approved practitioner preparation program. 15 (b) Pre-student teaching field experiences for students 16 participating in a teacher intern preparation program shall may 17 comprise a total of at least fifty hours in duration. 18 Sec. 4. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c, 19 subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (a), subparagraph 20 subdivision (i), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows: 21 (i) The If the student has prior work experience as a 22 substitute teacher, the board of educational examiners has 23 issued a substitute license , or substitute authorization , or a 24 para-educator certificate to the student. 25 Sec. 5. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c, 26 subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (b), subparagraph 27 subdivision (i), Code 2025, is amended by striking the 28 subparagraph subdivision. 29 Sec. 6. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph m, 30 subparagraph (2), Code 2025, is amended by striking the 31 subparagraph. 32 DIVISION III 33 OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENT 34 Sec. 7. NEW SECTION . 282.35 Children requiring special 35 -3- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 3/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ education out-of-state placement. 1 1. For purposes of this section: 2 a. Child means an individual who is under the age of 3 eighteen years, or an individual who is under the age of 4 twenty-one and is a full-time student, to whom all of the 5 following criteria apply: 6 (1) The individual is eligible for health care benefits 7 under chapter 249A. 8 (2) The individuals health care coordination and 9 intervention team determines, pursuant to section 249A.4A, 10 subsection 3, paragraph c , subparagraph (1), that the 11 placement of the individual in an out-of-state facility, or 12 placement of the individual with an out-of-state provider, is 13 necessary for the individual to realize the full benefits of 14 chapter 249A. 15 (3) The director of the department of health and human 16 services certifies that the placement of the individual in an 17 out-of-state facility, or placement of the individual with an 18 out-of-state provider, is necessary to prevent the filing of a 19 petition under chapter 232 related to the individual. 20 (4) The director of the department of education determines 21 that the placement of the individual in an out-of-state 22 facility, or placement of the individual with an out-of-state 23 provider, would provide to the individual the education 24 required under chapter 256B and the rules adopted pursuant to 25 chapter 256B. 26 (5) The individual is and remains a resident of this state. 27 b. District of residence means the school district in 28 which the parent or legal guardian of the child resides or the 29 district in which the district court is located if the district 30 court is the guardian of the child. 31 c. Resident means the same as defined in section 282.1, 32 subsection 2. 33 2. A childs district of residence may place the child in 34 an out-of-state facility or with an out-of-state provider for 35 -4- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 4/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ purposes of providing the child with the education required 1 under chapter 256B, subject to the terms of an agreement 2 between the childs district of residence and the facility or 3 provider. The agreement shall satisfy all of the following 4 requirements: 5 a. The agreement must require the facility or provider to 6 provide periodic invoices to the childs district of residence 7 that describes the services provided to the child and the cost 8 associated with such services. 9 b. The agreement must condition the childs district of 10 residences payment of the invoice described in paragraph 11 a upon the facility or provider providing to the child the 12 education required under chapter 256B and the rules adopted 13 pursuant to chapter 256B. 14 3. a. A childs district of residence is not financially 15 responsible for the services provided by an out-of-state 16 facility or an out-of-state provider to a child unless the 17 out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provides notice 18 to the childs district of residence that the child may be 19 subject to this section and the childs district of residence 20 enters into an agreement with the out-of-state facility 21 or out-of-state provider that satisfies the requirements 22 established in subsection 2. 23 b. By August 1 following the school year in which the 24 out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provided 25 services to a child pursuant to an agreement entered into under 26 subsection 2, the childs district of residence may submit 27 an accounting to the department of education that describes 28 the cost of the services provided by the facility or provider 29 during such school year. 30 c. By August 15 following the school year in which the 31 out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provided 32 services to a child pursuant to an agreement entered into 33 under subsection 2, the department of education shall review 34 and either approve or modify the accounting submitted pursuant 35 -5- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 5/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ to paragraph b and make payment to the childs district of 1 residence toward the school year in which the cost of the 2 services was incurred. The payment amount is the difference 3 between the amount of the actual costs as reflected in the 4 district of residences accounting less the amount generated by 5 the weighting for the provision of services. 6 d. Any amounts paid by the department of education to school 7 districts in this state pursuant to paragraph c shall be 8 deducted on a monthly basis from the state foundation aid paid 9 under section 257.16 to all school districts in the state in 10 the school year following the school year in which the services 11 were provided. The portion of the total amount paid by the 12 department of education to a district that shall be deducted 13 from the state foundation aid paid to the district shall be the 14 same as the ratio that the budget enrollment for the budget 15 year of the district bears to the total budget enrollment in 16 the state for that budget year. 17 4. The department of education shall promptly and summarily 18 resolve any disputes between school districts related to the 19 financial responsibility of such school districts under this 20 section. 21 DIVISION IV 22 ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM 23 Sec. 8. Section 84A.6, subsection 4, Code 2025, is amended 24 by striking the subsection. 25 Sec. 9. NEW SECTION . 256.27 Online state job posting 26 system. 27 1. The department shall provide for the operation of an 28 online state job posting system. The system shall be designed 29 and implemented for the online posting of job openings offered 30 by school districts, charter schools, area education agencies, 31 the department, and accredited nonpublic schools. The system 32 shall be accessible via the departments internet site. The 33 system shall include a mechanism for the electronic submission 34 of job openings for posting on the system as provided in 35 -6- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 6/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ subsection 2. The system and each job posting on the system 1 shall include a statement that an employer submitting a job 2 opening for posting on the system will not discriminate in 3 hiring on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, 4 gender, age, physical disability, sexual orientation, gender 5 identity, religion, marital status, or status as a veteran. 6 The department may contract for, or partner with another entity 7 for, the use of an existing internet site to operate the online 8 state job posting system if the existing internet site is more 9 effective and economical than the departments internet site. 10 2. A school district, charter school, or area education 11 agency shall submit all of its job openings to the department 12 for posting on the system and shall keep and maintain all 13 unfilled job openings on the system. The department shall post 14 all of its job openings on the system. An accredited nonpublic 15 school may submit job openings to the department for posting 16 on the system. 17 3. This section shall not be construed to do any of the 18 following: 19 a. Prohibit any employer from advertising job openings and 20 recruiting employees independently of the system. 21 b. Prohibit any employer from using another method of 22 advertising job openings or another applicant tracking system 23 in addition to the system. 24 c. Provide the department with any regulatory authority in 25 the hiring process or hiring decisions of any employer other 26 than the department. 27 DIVISION V 28 TEACHER COMPENSATION 29 Sec. 10. Section 284.15, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 30 2025, is amended to read as follows: 31 b. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and each 32 subsequent fiscal year, the salary for a career teacher, model 33 teacher, mentor teacher, or lead teacher, who holds a valid 34 license issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3 , and 35 -7- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 7/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ who has been a teacher for at least twelve years, shall be at 1 least sixty-two thousand dollars. 2 (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the fiscal year 3 beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal year, a 4 career teacher, model teacher, mentor teacher, or lead teacher, 5 who holds a valid license issued under chapter 256, subchapter 6 VII, part 3, who has been a teacher for at least twelve years, 7 who has had a bona fide retirement from employment with a 8 covered employer as provided in section 97B.52A, and who has 9 returned to covered employment with a covered employer pursuant 10 to chapter 97B as a teacher licensed under chapter 256, shall 11 be paid not less than fifty thousand dollars. 12 Sec. 11. Section 284.16, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code 13 2025, is amended to read as follows: 14 b. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and 15 each subsequent fiscal year, a career teacher, instructional 16 coach, curriculum and professional development leader, or model 17 teacher, who has been a teacher for at least twelve years, 18 shall be paid not less than sixty-two thousand dollars. 19 (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the fiscal 20 year beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal 21 year, a career teacher, instructional coach, curriculum and 22 professional development leader, or model teacher, who has been 23 a teacher for at least twelve years, who has had a bona fide 24 retirement from employment with a covered employer as provided 25 in section 97B.52A, and who has returned to covered employment 26 with a covered employer pursuant to chapter 97B as a teacher 27 licensed under chapter 256, shall be paid not less than fifty 28 thousand dollars. 29 Sec. 12. Section 284.17, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code 30 2025, is amended to read as follows: 31 b. (1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and each 32 subsequent fiscal year, the minimum salary of fifty thousand 33 dollars for a full-time teacher who has less than twelve years 34 of teaching experience and a minimum salary of sixty-two 35 -8- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 8/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ thousand dollars for a full-time teacher who has at least 1 twelve years of teaching experience. 2 (2) Notwithstanding subparagraph (1), for the fiscal year 3 beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal year, a 4 minimum salary of fifty thousand dollars for a full-time 5 teacher who has at least twelve years of teaching experience, 6 who has had a bona fide retirement from employment with a 7 covered employer as provided in section 97B.52A, and who has 8 returned to covered employment with a covered employer pursuant 9 to chapter 97B as a teacher licensed under chapter 256. 10 EXPLANATION 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 12 the explanations substance by the members of the general assembly. 13 This bill relates to education, including by modifying 14 provisions related to the calculation of the teacher salary 15 supplement district cost per pupil, teacher preparation 16 requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified 17 students requiring special education, the duties of the 18 department of education (DE), and minimum teacher salaries. 19 DIVISION I TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT DISTRICT COST PER 20 PUPIL. Current law requires the department of management 21 (DOM), beginning July 1, 2025, to categorize all school 22 districts into not more than 10 tiers according to each school 23 districts actual enrollment and to calculate and assign 24 to all school districts within each tier a teacher salary 25 supplement district cost per pupil in an amount based on the 26 average cost to school districts within the tier to meet 27 requirements related to minimum teacher salaries. The bill 28 strikes the provisions related to tiers and instead requires 29 DOM to calculate and assign to all school districts a teacher 30 salary supplement district cost per pupil in an amount to meet 31 the requirements related to minimum teacher salaries, including 32 costs associated with the employers share of contributions to 33 the Iowa public employees retirement system (IPERS) and the 34 employers share of the tax imposed by the federal Insurance 35 -9- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 9/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ Contributions Act, plus an amount equal to the teacher salary 1 supplement supplemental state aid amount for the budget year. 2 The bill provides that if a school district reported a 3 teachers years of experience incorrectly on the fall 2023 4 basic educational data survey compared to the fall 2024 basic 5 educational data survey, and the difference would have resulted 6 in an additional per pupil amount for the budget year beginning 7 July 1, 2024, DOM shall increase the teacher salary supplement 8 district cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1, 9 2025, by the difference between the teacher salary supplement 10 district cost per pupil that would have been calculated if not 11 for the incorrect reporting and the teacher salary supplement 12 district cost per pupil actually calculated. 13 The division takes effect upon enactment. 14 DIVISION II TEACHER PREPARATION. Current law provides 15 that pre-student teaching field experiences for students 16 participating in a teacher intern preparation program shall 17 comprise at least 50 hours in duration. The bill modifies this 18 provision to provide that such field may comprise at least 50 19 hours in duration. 20 Current law provides that a student shall be credited 21 a minimum of 1 week, but not more than 10 weeks, of prior 22 work experience as a substitute teacher or a para-educator 23 toward the requirements associated with the 14-week student 24 teaching experience, if, among other requirements, the board of 25 educational examiners (BOEE) has issued a substitute license, 26 substitute authorization, or a para-educator certificate to 27 the student. The bill modifies this requirement to provide 28 that, if the student has prior work experience as a substitute 29 teacher, the BOEE has issued a substitute license or a 30 substitute authorization to the student. 31 The bill strikes the requirement that the BOEE must have 32 issued a para-educator certificate to the student in order for 33 the student to be credited a minimum of 1 week, but not more 34 than 14 weeks, of work experience as a para-educator toward 35 -10- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 10/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ the requirements associated with the 14-week student teaching 1 experience. 2 The bill strikes the requirement that a participant in a 3 program provided by a higher education institution that is 4 designed to assist students in attaining a teacher intern 5 license from the BOEE must submit with the application to the 6 program a copy of an offer of employment from a school. 7 DIVISION III OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENT. The bill provides 8 that a childs district of residence may place the child in 9 an out-of-state facility or with an out-of-state provider for 10 purposes of providing the child with the education required 11 under Code chapter 256B (special education), subject to 12 the terms of an agreement between the childs district of 13 residence and the facility or provider. The bill establishes 14 requirements related to the agreement. 15 The bill provides that a childs district of residence 16 is not financially responsible for the services provided 17 by an out-of-state facility or an out-of-state provider to 18 a child unless the out-of-state facility or out-of-state 19 provider provides notice to the childs district of residence 20 that the child may be subject to the bills provisions and 21 the childs district of residence enters into an agreement 22 with the out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider that 23 satisfies the bills requirements related to such agreements. 24 Additionally, the bill provides that, by August 1 following the 25 school year in which the out-of-state facility or out-of-state 26 provider provided services to a child pursuant to an agreement, 27 the childs district of residence may submit an accounting 28 to DE that describes the cost of the services provided by 29 the facility or provider during such school year. The bill 30 requires that by August 15 following the school year in which 31 the out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provided 32 services to a child pursuant to an agreement, DE shall review 33 and either approve or modify the accounting and make payment 34 to the childs district of residence toward the school year in 35 -11- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 11/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ which the cost of the services was incurred. The bill provides 1 that any amounts paid by DE to school districts in this state 2 pursuant to these provisions shall be deducted on a monthly 3 basis from the state foundation aid paid under Code section 4 257.16 to all school districts in the state in the school year 5 following the school year in which the services were provided. 6 The portion of the total amount paid by DE to a district that 7 is required to be deducted from the state foundation aid paid 8 to the district is the same as the ratio that the budget 9 enrollment for the budget year of the district bears to the 10 total budget enrollment in the state for that budget year. 11 The bill defines child, district of residence, and 12 resident. 13 DIVISION IV ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM. Current 14 Code section 84A.6(4) requires the department of workforce 15 development (IWD), in consultation with DE, to establish a 16 system that allows DE, school districts, charter schools, 17 area education agencies, and accredited nonpublic schools to 18 post job openings on an internet site. Current Code section 19 84A.6(4) also requires DE, school districts, charter schools, 20 and area education agencies to submit all job openings to 21 IWD for posting on the internet site. Current Code section 22 84A.6(4) establishes requirements related to the job openings 23 system. The bill strikes Code section 84A.6(4) and enacts new 24 Code section 256.27, which transfers to DE the responsibilities 25 related to establishing and operating an online state job 26 posting system for school districts, charter schools, area 27 education agencies, and accredited nonpublic schools. 28 DIVISION V TEACHER COMPENSATION. Current Code chapter 29 284 (teacher compensation) provides that the minimum annual 30 salary for a teacher who has at least 12 years of teaching 31 experience shall be at least $62,000. The bill provides 32 that if such a teacher has had a bona fide retirement from 33 employment with a covered employer as provided in Code section 34 97B.52A (bona fide retirement under IPERS), and has returned 35 -12- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 12/ 13
S.F. _____ H.F. _____ to covered employment with a covered employer as a licensed 1 teacher, the teachers minimum annual salary shall be $50,000. 2 -13- LSB 1126XL (12) 91 jda/jh 13/ 13