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STATE OF IOWA
KIM REYNOLDS
GOVERNOR
June 6, 2025
The Honorable Paul Pate
Secretary of State of Iowa
State Capitol
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Dear Mr. Secretary,
I hereby transmit:
House File 787, an Act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related
to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, teacher
preparation requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified students requiring
special education, the duties of the department of education, and minimum teacher
salaries, and including effective date provisions.
The above House File is hereby approved on this date.
Sincerely,
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Kim ' eynolds f e0* •
Governor of Iowa
cc: Secretary of the Senate
Clerk of the House
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House File 787
AN ACT
RELATING TO EDUCATION, INCLUDING BY MODIFYING PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE CALCULATION OF THE TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT
DISTRICT COST PER PUPIL, TEACHER PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS,
OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENT OF CERTAIN SPECIFIED STUDENTS
REQUIRING SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE DUTIES OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION, AND MINIMUM TEACHER SALARIES, AND INCLUDING
EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
DIVISION I
TEACHER SALARY SUPPLEMENT DISTRICT COST PER PUPIL
Section 1. Section 257.10, subsection 9, paragraph a,
subparagraph ( 3), subparagraph divisions ( b) and ( c), Code
2025, are amended to read as follows:
( b) The department of management shall categorize all
-school districts into not more than ten tiers according to t-aeh
seheel distriet ' s aeteal enrellment. Ea tier established
by the department of management containing a school district
w ith an actual enrelimcnt above three thousand five hundred
of school districts as other tiers containing school districts
with an actual enrollment of more than three thounand five
hundred pupils. Each tier established by the department
of management containing a school district with an actual
House File 787, p. 2
e►}r-elifnent emote er less than t-htrcc thousand five hundred
pupils shall contain, to the extent feasible, the same number
of school districts as other tiers containing school districts
with an actual enrollment equal to or less than three thousand
five hundred pupils.
( c) ( b) ( i) To support school districts with meeting
the minimum teacher salary requirements under chapter 284,
including the minimum teacher starting salary requirement
of fifty thousand dollars; and the minimum teacher salary
requirement for full-time teachers with, as of July 1, 2025, at
least twelve years of experience of sixty-two thousand dollars
under chapter 284; and the minimum teacher salary requirement
for teachers with at least twelve years of experience, who
have had a bona fide retirement from employment with a covered
employer as provided in section 97B.52A, and who have returned
to covered full-time employment with a covered employer
pursuant to chapter 97B as a teacher licensed under chapter
256, of fifty thousand dollars, and other costs associated
with such salary requirements, as identified
cubdivi3ion ( ii) including costs associated with the employer's
share of contributions to the Iowa public employees" retirement
system and the employer's share of the tax imposed by the
federal Insurance Contributions Act, the department of
management shall calculate and assign to all school districts
in a tier established under subparagraph division ( b), a
teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil in an amount
based in part on the average cost to school districts within
the tier to meet the requirements, plus an amount equal to the
teacher salary supplement supplemental state aid amount for the
budget year.
( ii) If, however, a school districts total teacher
salary supplement district cost under paragraph - c - , as
calculated using the teacher salary supplement district cost
per pupil assigned to the school district's appli able tier,
is in^sciff ieient t-e-£emplÿ with l , hl . minifftum t h r
salary requirements- of the school district, including costs
associated with the employer's share of contributions to the
Iowa public employees" retirement system and the employer's
share e the tax iftpe 5 e d by the federal in9=cî i â rrce ce nrtrlbutt en
House File 787, p. 3
Act, the department of management Shall set the school
district's teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil
at an amount necessary to meet the districts minimum salary
requirements and associated costs. If, however, a school
district reported a teacher's years of experience incorrectly
on the fall 2023 basic educational data survey compared to the
fall 2024 basic educational data survey, and the difference
would have
the budget
management
resulted in an additional per pupil amount for
year beginning July 1, 2024, the department of
shall increase the teacher salary supplement
district cost per pupil for the budget year beginning July 1,
2025, by the difference between the teacher salary supplement
district cost per pupil that would have been calculated if not
for the incorrect reporting and the teacher salary supplement
district cost per pupil actually calculated.
Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. This division of this Act, being
deemed of immediate
Sec. 3. Section
importance, takes effect upon enactment.
DIVISION II
TEACHER PREPARATION
256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c,
subparagraph ( 1), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
( 1) ( a) Require Except as described in subparagraph
division ( b), require that each student admitted to an approved
practitioner preparation program participate in pre- student
teaching field experiences that include both observation and
participation in teaching activities in a variety of school
settings.
( a) Pre- student teaching field experiences for students
participating in an initial teacher preparation program shall
comprise a total of at least eighty hours in duration, at least
ten hours of which shall occur prior to a students acceptance
in an approved practitioner preparation program.
( b) Pre- student teaching field experiences for students
participating in a teacher intern preparation program ohall may
comprise a total of at least fifty hours in duration.
Sec. 4. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c,
subparagraph ( 2), subparagraph division ( a), subparagraph
subdivision ( i), Code 2025, is amended to read as follows:
( i) T- h- e If the student has prior work experience as a
House File 787, p. 4
substitute teacher, the board of educational examiners has
issued a substitute license-, or substitute authorization,
para cdu ator ccrtificatc to the student.
Sec. 5. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph c,
subparagraph ( 2), subparagraph division ( b), subparagraph
subdivision ( i), Code 2025, is amended by striking the
subparagraph subdivision.
Sec. 6. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph m,
subparagraph ( 2), Code 2025, is amended by striking the
subparagraph.
DIVISION III
OUT-OF-STATE PLACEMENT
Sec. 7. NEW SECTION. 282.35 Children requiring special
education — out-of-state placement.
1. For purposes of this section:
a. " Child - means an individual who is under the age of
eighteen years, or an individual who is under the age of
twenty-one and is a full-time student,
following criteria apply:
( 1) The individual is
under chapter 249A.
( 2) The individual's health care coordination and
intervention team determines, pursuant to section 249A.4A,
subsection 3, paragraph ' c - , subparagraph ( 1), that the
placement of the individual in an out-of-state facility, or
placement of the individual with an out-of-state provider, is
necessary for the individual to realize the full benefits of
chapter 249A.
( 3) The director of the department of health and human
services certifies that the placement of the individual in an
out-of-state facility, or placement of the individual with an
out-of-state provider, is necessary to prevent the filing of a
petition under chapter 232 related to the individual.
( 4) The director of the department of education determines
that the placement of the individual in an out-of-state
facility, or placement of the individual with an out-of-state
provider, would provide to the individual the education
required under chapter 256B and the rules adopted pursuant to
chapter 256B.
eligible for
to whom all of the
health care benefits
House File 787, p. 5
( 5) The individual is and remains a resident of this state.
b. District of residence - means the school district in
which the parent or legal guardian of the child resides or the
district in which the district court is located if the district
court is the guardian of the child.
c. ' Resident - means the same as defined in section 282.1,
subsection 2.
2. A child's district of residence may place the child in
an out-of-state facility or with an out-of-state provider for
purposes of providing the child with the education required
under chapter 256B, subject to the terms of an agreement
between the child's district of residence and the facility or
provider. The agreement shall satisfy all of the following
requirements:
a. The agreement must require the facility or provider to
provide periodic invoices to the child's district of residence
that describes the services provided to the child and the cost
associated with such services.
b. The agreement must condition the child's district of
residence's payment of the invoice described in paragraph
- a - upon the facility or provider providing to the child the
education required under chapter 256B and the rules adopted
pursuant to chapter 256B.
3. a. A child's district of residence is not financially
responsible for the services provided by an out-of-state
facility or an out-of-state provider to a child unless the
out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provides notice
to the child's district of residence that the child may be
subject to this section and the child's district of residence
enters into an agreement with the out-of-state facility
or out-of-state provider that satisfies the requirements
established in subsection 2.
b. By August 1 following the school year in which the
out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provided
services to a child pursuant to an agreement entered into under
subsection 2, the child's district of residence may submit
an accounting to the department of education that describes
the cost of the services provided by the facility or provider
during such school year.
House File 787, p. 6
c. By August 15 following the school year in which the
out-of-state facility or out-of-state provider provided
services to a child pursuant to an agreement entered into
under subsection 2, the department of education shall review
and either approve or modify the accounting submitted pursuant
to paragraph „ b„ and make payment to the child's district of
residence toward the school year in which the cost of the
services was incurred. The payment amount is the difference
between the amount of the actual costs as reflected in the
district of residence's accounting less the amount generated by
the weighting for the provision of services.
d. Any amounts paid by the department of education to school
districts in this state pursuant to paragraph " c - shall be
deducted on a monthly basis from the state foundation aid paid
under section 257.16 to all school districts in the state in
the school year following the school year in which the services
were provided. The portion of the total amount paid by the
department of education to a district that shall be deducted
from the state foundation aid paid to the district shall be the
same as the ratio that the budget enrollment for the budget
year of the district bears to the total budget enrollment in
the state for that budget year.
4. The department of education shall promptly and summarily
resolve any disputes between school districts related to the
financial responsibility of such school districts under this
section.
DIVISION IV
ONLINE STATE JOB POSTING SYSTEM
Sec. 8. Section 84A.6, subsection 4, Code 2025, is amended
by striking the subsection.
Sec. 9. NEW SECTION. 256.27 Online state job posting
system.
1. The department shall provide for the operation of an
online state job posting system. The system shall be designed
and implemented for the online posting of job openings offered
by school districts, charter schools, area education agencies,
the department, and accredited nonpublic schools. The system
shall be accessible via the department's internet site. The
system shall include a mechanism for the electronic submission
House File 787, p. 7
of job openings for posting on the system as provided in
subsection 2. The system and each job posting on the system
shall include a statement that an employer submitting a
job opening for posting on the system will comply with all
applicable provisions of section 216.6. The department may
contract for, or partner with another entity for, the use of an
existing internet site to operate the online state job posting
system if the existing internet site is more effective and
economical than the department's internet site.
2. A school district, charter school, or area education
agency shall submit all of its job openings to the department
for posting on the system and shall keep and maintain all
unfilled job openings on the system. The department shall post
all of its job openings on the system. An accredited nonpublic
school may submit job openings to the department for posting
on the system.
3. This section shall not be construed to do any of the
following:
a. Prohibit any employer from advertising job openings and
recruiting employees independently of the system.
b. Prohibit any employer from using another method of
advertising job openings or another applicant tracking system
in addition to the system.
c. Provide the department with any regulatory authority in
the hiring process or hiring decisions of any employer other
than the department.
DIVISION V
TEACHER COMPENSATION
Sec. 10. Section 284.15, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
b, ( 1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and each
subsequent fiscal year, the salary for a career teacher, model
teacher, mentor teacher, or lead teacher, who holds a valid
license issued under chapter 256, subchapter VII, part 3, and
who has been a teacher for at least twelve years, shall be at
least sixty-two thousand dollars.
( 2) Notwithstanding subparagraph ( 1), for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal year, a
career teacher, model teacher, mentor teacher, or lead teacher,
House File 787, p. 8
who holds a valid license issued under chapter 256, subchapter
VII, part 3, who has been a teacher for at least twelve years,
who has had a bona fide retirement from employment with a
covered employer as provided in section 97B.52A, and who
has returned to covered full-time employment with a covered
employer pursuant to chapter 97B as a teacher licensed under
chapter 256, shall be paid not less than fifty thousand
dollars.
Sec. 11. Section 284.16, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
b. ( 1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and
each subsequent fiscal year, a career teacher, instructional
coach, curriculum and professional development leader, or model
teacher, who has been a teacher for at least twelve years,
shall be paid not less than sixty-two thousand dollars.
( 2) Notwithstanding subparagraph ( 1), for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal
year, a career teacher, instructional coach, curriculum and
professional development leader, or model teacher, who has been
a teacher for at least twelve years, who has had a bona fide
retirement from employment with a covered employer as provided
in section 97B.52A, and who has returned to covered full-time
employment with a covered employer pursuant to chapter 97B as a
teacher licensed under chapter 256, shall be paid not less than
fifty thousand dollars.
Sec. 12. Section 284.17, subsection 1, paragraph b, Code
2025, is amended to read as follows:
b. ( 1) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2025, and each
subsequent fiscal year, the minimum salary of fifty thousand
dollars for a full-time teacher who has less than twelve years
of teaching experience and a minimum salary of sixty-two
thousand dollars for a full-time teacher who has at least
twelve years of teaching experience.
( 2) Notwithstanding subparagraph ( 1), for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, 2025, and each subsequent fiscal year, a
minimum salary of fifty thousand dollars for a full-time
teacher who has at least twelve years of teaching experience,
who has had a bona fide retirement from employment with a
covered employer as provided in section 97B.52A, and who
House File 787, p. 9
has returned to covered full-time employment with a covered
employer pursuant to chapter 97B as a teacher licensed under
chapter 256.
PAT GRASSL
Speaker of the House
AMY SINCL AIR
PresideAt of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 787, Ninety-first General Assembly.
Approved , 2025
I ME AN NELSON
C of C rk the House
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KIM EY OLDS
Governo