Iowa SF 206: A bill for an act relating to medical malpractice liability and insurance coverage in the state and including applicability provisions.

Bill Text

Senate
File
206
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Introduced

SENATE
FILE
206

BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1027)

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
authorizing
school
districts
to
use
revenues
from
1

the
district
management
levy
for
teacher
recruitment
and
2

retention
incentives.
3

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
4

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Section
1.
Section
279.46,
Code
2025,
is
amended
to
read
as
1

follows:
2

279.46
Retirement
incentives
and
teacher
recruitment
and

3

retention
incentives
——
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.
a.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
22

adopt
a
program
for
teacher
recruitment
incentives
to
recruit

23

new
teachers
and
a
program
for
teacher
retention
incentives
24

to
retain
teachers
currently
employed
by
the
board.
If
the
25

board
does
adopt
a
program
for
teacher
recruitment
or
retention
26

incentives,
the
board
shall
adopt
a
policy
to
implement
the
27

program.
Under
the
program,
the
board
of
directors
of
a
school
28

district
shall
not
do
any
of
the
following:
29

(1)

Pay
a
teacher
a
teacher
recruitment
or
retention
30

incentive
that
annually
exceeds
ten
percent
of
the
amount
of
31

the
salary
for
an
initial
teacher
established
pursuant
to

32

section
284.15,
subsection
2,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(1),
33

subparagraph
division
(b).

34

(2)
Pay
a
teacher
a
teacher
recruitment
or
retention
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incentive
in
more
than
five
school
budget
years.
1

b.

The
board
may
include
in
the
district
management
levy
2

an
amount
to
pay
the
total
estimated
accumulated
cost
to
3

the
school
district
of
the
teacher
recruitment
or
retention
4

incentives
adopted
under
this
subsection.

5

3.

The
board
may
adopt
either
the
program
for
early
6

retirement
benefits
provided
in
subsection
1,
or
the
programs
7

for
teacher
recruitment
or
retention
incentives
provided
in
8

subsection
2,
but
the
board
shall
not
adopt
the
program
for

9

early
retirement
benefits
concurrently
with
a
program
for
10

teacher
recruitment
or
retention
incentives.

11

4.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
12

discuss
the
adoption
of
the
program
for
early
retirement
13

benefits
provided
in
subsection
1
or
the
programs
for
teacher

14

recruitment
or
retention
incentives
provided
in
subsection
15

2,
if
applicable,
at
a
regular
or
special
meeting
prior
to
16

adopting
the
program.
The
board
of
directors
of
the
school
17

district
shall
provide
sufficient
time
to
receive
public

18

comment
on
the
program.
The
board
shall
allow
each
interested

19

member
of
the
public
to
speak
at
the
meeting
regarding
the
20

program,
but
may
impose
a
time
limit
on
the
amount
of
time
a

21

member
of
the
public
is
allowed
to
speak
if
the
time
limit
is
22

the
same
for
each
speaker
and
necessary
due
to
the
amount
of

23

people
wishing
to
speak.
24

Sec.
2.
Section
298.4,
subsection
1,
paragraph
e,
Code
2025,
25

is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
26

e.
To
pay
the
cost
of
early
retirement
benefits
to
employees
27

under
section
279.46
,
subsection
1,
or
teacher
recruitment
or
28

retention
incentives
under
section
279.46,
subsection
2.
A
29

board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
shall
not
expend
the

30

district
management
levy
on
the
costs
of
early
retirement
31

benefits
to
employees
under
section
279.46,
subsection
1,
in

32

the
same
fiscal
year
as
the
costs
of
teacher
recruitment
or
33

retention
incentives
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
authorizes
school
districts
to
use
revenues
from
3

the
district
management
levy
for
teacher
recruitment
and
4

retention
incentives.
5

Currently,
Code
section
279.46
authorizes
the
board
of
6

directors
of
a
school
district
to
adopt
a
prog