Bill Text: IA HF97 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to school district compensation of student teachers and modifying provisions related to the district management levy.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-01-24 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 176. [HF97 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF97-Introduced.html
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
MOORE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
school
district
compensation
of
student
1
teachers
and
modifying
provisions
related
to
the
district
2
management
levy.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.46,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
279.46
Retirement
incentives
and
student
teacher
compensation
3
——
tax.
4
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
adopt
5
a
program
for
payment
of
a
monetary
bonus,
continuation
of
6
health
or
medical
insurance
coverage,
or
other
incentives
7
for
encouraging
its
employees
to
retire
before
the
normal
8
retirement
date
as
defined
in
chapter
97B
.
The
program
is
9
available
only
to
employees
who
notify
the
board
of
directors
10
prior
to
April
1
of
the
fiscal
year
that
they
intend
to
retire
11
not
later
than
the
start
of
the
next
following
school
calendar.
12
The
age
at
which
employees
shall
be
designated
eligible
for
13
the
program
shall
be
at
the
discretion
of
the
board.
An
14
employee
retiring
under
this
section
subsection
may
apply
for
15
a
retirement
allowance
under
chapter
97B
or
chapter
294
.
The
16
board
may
include
in
the
district
management
levy
an
amount
to
17
pay
the
total
estimated
accumulated
cost
to
the
school
district
18
of
the
health
or
medical
insurance
coverage,
bonus,
or
other
19
incentives
for
employees
fifty-five
years
of
age
or
older
who
20
retire
under
this
section
subsection
.
21
2.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
adopt
22
a
program
for
compensating
students
who
are
fulfilling
the
23
requirements
associated
with
the
student
teaching
experience
24
established
pursuant
to
section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
25
“c”
,
at
the
school
district.
The
board
may
include
in
the
26
district
management
levy
an
amount
to
pay
the
total
estimated
27
accumulated
cost
to
the
school
district
of
the
student
teacher
28
compensation
program
adopted
under
this
subsection.
29
Sec.
2.
Section
298.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
2023,
30
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
31
e.
To
pay
the
cost
of
early
retirement
benefits
to
employees
32
under
section
279.46
,
subsection
1,
or
student
teacher
33
compensation
under
section
279.46,
subsection
2
.
34
EXPLANATION
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The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
1
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
2
This
bill
relates
to
school
district
compensation
of
student
3
teachers
and
modifies
provisions
related
to
the
district
4
management
levy.
5
The
bill
authorizes
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
6
district
to
adopt
a
program
for
compensating
students
who
7
are
fulfilling
the
requirements
associated
with
the
student
8
teaching
experience
at
the
school
district.
The
bill
9
authorizes
the
board
to
expend
the
district
management
levy
to
10
pay
the
costs
of
this
student
teacher
compensation
program.
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