A bill for an act providing for a teacher minimum salary budget adjustment for school budget years beginning July 1, 2025, and including effective date provisions.

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File

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

262

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STONE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

providing

for

a

teacher

minimum

salary

budget

adjustment

1

for

school

budget

years

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

2

including

effective

date

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

257.13A

Teacher

minimum

salary

1

budget

adjustment.

2

1.

For

the

school

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

2025,

and

3

succeeding

budget

years,

if

a

school

district’s

actual

cost

to

4

comply

with

the

applicable

minimum

teacher

salary

requirements

5

under

chapter

284

of

the

school

district

for

the

budget

6

year,

including

costs

associated

with

the

employer’s

share

of

7

contributions

to

the

Iowa

public

employees’

retirement

system

8

and

the

employer’s

share

of

the

tax

imposed

by

the

federal

9

Insurance

Contributions

Act,

is

greater

than

the

amount

of

the

10

school

district’s

total

teacher

salary

supplement

district

cost

11

under

section

257.10,

subsection

9,

for

the

budget

year,

the

12

district

shall

be

eligible

to

receive

a

teacher

minimum

salary

13

budget

adjustment.

The

budget

adjustment

shall

be

limited

to

14

the

additional

amount

necessary

to

comply

with

the

teacher

15

minimum

salaries

of

the

school

district’s

teacher

leadership

16

positions

prior

to

the

application

of

additional

contracted

pay

17

for

teacher

leadership

roles

pursuant

to

a

district

teacher

18

leadership

and

compensation

framework

under

chapter

284,

19

contracted

full-time

teachers,

part-time

teachers

with

minimum

20

salaries

prorated

to

contracted

time,

and

qualified

nurses,

21

counselors,

and

librarians,

plus

the

amount

necessary

to

comply

22

with

the

school

district’s

teacher

salary

schedule

for

such

23

teachers

under

a

teacher

salary

contract

in

order

to

prevent

24

salary

compaction

resulting

from

negotiated

terms

in

a

teacher

25

contract

for

the

school

budget

year

beginning

July

1,

2023.

26

2.

The

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

that

wishes

27

to

receive

a

teacher

minimum

salary

budget

adjustment

shall

28

adopt

a

resolution

to

receive

the

adjustment

and

notify

the

29

school

budget

review

committee

annually,

but

not

earlier

than

30

November

1,

as

determined

by

the

department

of

education.

The

31

school

budget

review

committee

shall

establish

a

modified

32

supplemental

amount

pursuant

to

subsection

1.

33

3.

Pursuant

to

section

257.31,

subsection

5,

the

34

supplemental

amount

generated

by

the

budget

adjustment

pursuant

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to

this

section

shall

be

considered

miscellaneous

income

and

1

shall

not

be

included

in

district

cost.

The

supplemental

2

amount

must

be

expended

by

the

district

in

the

year

granted

3

and

is

restricted

to

expenditures

for

minimum

teacher

salary

4

purposes.

5

Sec.

2.

EFFECTIVE

DATE.

This

Act,

being

deemed

of

immediate

6

importance,

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

7

EXPLANATION

8

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

9

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

10

This

bill

provides

for

a

teacher

minimum

salary

budget

11

adjustment

for

school

budget

years

beginning

July

1,

2025.

12

If

a

school

district’s

actual

cost

to

comply

with

the

13

applicable

minimum

teacher

salary

requirements

of

the

school

14

district

for

the

budget

year,

including

all

associated

costs,

15

is

greater

than

the

amount

of

the

school

district’s

total

16

teacher

salary

supplement

district

cost

under

Code

section

17

257.10(9),

for

the

budget

year,

the

district

shall

be

eligible

18

to

receive

a

teacher

minimum

salary

budget

adjustment.

Under

19

the

bill,

the

budget

adjustment

shall

be

limited

to

the

20

additional

amount

necessary

to

comply

with

the

requirements

for

21

the

school

district’s

teacher

leadership

positions.

22

The

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

that

wishes

to

23

receive

a

budget

adjustment

pursuant

to

the

bill

shall

adopt

24

a

resolution

to

receive

the

adjustment

and

notify

the

school

25

budget

review

committee

annually,

but

not

earlier

than

November

26

1,

as

determined

by

the

department

of

education.

27

The

bill

specifies

any

additional

revenues

generated

by

the

28

budget

adjustment

shall

be

considered

miscellaneous

income,

and

29

shall

not

be

included

in

district

cost.

30

The

bill

takes

effect

upon

enactment.

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