Iowa SF 194: A bill for an act relating to the amount of compensation paid to school district employees, including by establishing an educator supplement for all fund to be administered by the department of education, and modifying the amount of compensation paid to teachers, certain employees with a license, endorsement, certification, authorization, or statement of recognition issued by the board of educational examiners, and teaching assistants, and making appropriations.

Bill Text

Senate
File
194
-
Introduced

SENATE
FILE
194

BY
DONAHUE

A
BILL
FOR

An
Act
relating
to
the
amount
of
compensation
paid
to
school
1

district
employees,
including
by
establishing
an
educator
2

supplement
for
all
fund
to
be
administered
by
the
department
3

of
education,
and
modifying
the
amount
of
compensation
paid
4

to
teachers,
certain
employees
with
a
license,
endorsement,
5

certification,
authorization,
or
statement
of
recognition
6

issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners,
and
teaching
7

assistants,
and
making
appropriations.
8

BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
256.20
Educator
supplement
for
all
1

fund
——
teacher
and
staff
pay
——
appropriation.
2

1.
a.
An
educator
supplement
for
all
fund
is
established
3

in
the
state
treasury.
The
fund
shall
be
administered
by
4

the
department
and
shall
consist
of
moneys
appropriated
by
5

the
general
assembly
and
any
other
moneys
received
by
the
6

department
for
deposit
in
the
fund.
The
moneys
in
the
fund
are
7

appropriated
and
made
available
to
the
department
to
be
used
8

for
meeting
the
requirements
of
this
section.
9

b.
The
department
shall
distribute
moneys
from
the
fund
to
10

school
districts
established
pursuant
to
chapter
274
in
amounts
11

necessary
to
ensure
that
school
districts
compensate
employees
12

and
teachers
in
accordance
with
this
section.
13

c.
For
the
fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
for
each
14

succeeding
fiscal
year,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
15

fund
of
the
state
to
the
educator
supplement
for
all
fund
the
16

amount
necessary
to
make
all
distributions
required
under
17

paragraph
“b”
for
the
fiscal
year.
18

2.
a.
(1)
Subject
to
paragraph
“b”
,
each
school
district
19

shall
pay
to
each
employee
with
a
license,
endorsement,
20

certification,
authorization,
or
statement
of
recognition
21

issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
who
has
been
22

employed
by
the
school
district
for
at
least
one
year,
and
who
23

has
completed
all
periods
of
conditional
employment
with
the
24

school
district,
five
thousand
dollars
each
year
in
addition
25

to
the
employee’s
base
salary.
26

(2)
Subparagraph
(1)
shall
not
require
a
school
district
to
27

pay
any
amounts
in
addition
to
an
employee’s
base
salary
if
the
28

employee
holds
an
administrator
license
issued
by
the
board
of
29

educational
examiners
and
is
employed
by
the
school
district
in
30

an
administrative
role.

31

b.
Each
school
district
shall
pay
to
each
employee
who
32

serves
as
a
teaching
assistant
an
amount
equal
to
ten
percent
33

of
the
employee’s
current
annual
salary
each
year
in
addition
34

to
the
employee’s
base
salary.
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c.
If
an
employee
qualifies
for
a
payment
from
a
school
1

district
under
paragraphs
“a”
and
“b”
,
the
school
district
2

shall
pay
the
employee
the
greater
of
the
amount
required
under
3

paragraph
“a”
or
“b”
,
but
not
both.
4

3.
Each
school
district
shall
apply
to
the
department
for
a
5

distribution
of
moneys
pursuant
to
this
section.
6

EXPLANATION
7

The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
8

the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
9

This
bill
relates
to
the
amount
of
compensation
paid
10

to
school
district
employees,
including
by
establishing
11

an
educator
supplement
for
all
fund
to
be
administered
12

by
the
department
of
education,
and
modifying
the
amount
13

of
compensation
paid
to
teachers,
certain
employees
with
14

a
license,
endorsement,
certification,
authorization,
or
15

statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
16

examiners
(BOEE),
and
teaching
assistants.
17

The
bill
requires
school
districts
to
pay
to
each
employee
18

with
a
license,
endorsement,
certification,
authorization,
19

or
statement
of
recognition
issued
by
the
BOEE
who
has
been
20

employed
by
the
school
district
for
at
least
one
year,
and
who
21

has
completed
all
periods
of
conditional
employment
with
the
22

school
district,
$5,000
each
year
in
addition
to
the
employee’s
23

base
salary.
The
bill
establishes
that
this
provision
does
not
24

apply
to
administrators.
The
bill
requires
school
districts
25

to
pay
to
each
employee
who
serves
as
a
teaching
assistant
an
26

amount
equal
to
10
percent
of
the
employee’s
current
annual
27

salary
each
year
in
addition
to
the
employee’s
base
salary.
28

The
bill
establishes
an
educator
supplement
for
all
fund
29

in
the
state
treasury
under
the
control
of
the
department
of
30

education.
The
bill
requires
the
department
to
distribute
31

moneys
from
the
fund
to
school
districts
in
amounts
necessary
32

to
ensure
that
school
districts
compensate
employees
and
33

teachers
in
accordance
with
the
bill’s
provisions.
For
the
34

fiscal
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
and
for
each
succeeding
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fiscal
year,
the
bill
appropriates
from
t