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Senate
File
194
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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
the
general
fund
of
1
the
state
to
the
educator
supplement
for
all
fund
the
amount
2
necessary
to
make
all
distributions
required
under
the
bill’s
3
provisions.
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