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Relating to a teaching recruitment in Iowa program within the department of education
Topics:State budgetK–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 4, 2020
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Iowa would create a new program to help high school students learn about becoming teachers. Four school districts would receive grants to run two-year pilot programs that offer training and support to these students. The money can be used to run the programs and pay mentors to help the students.1
Read the official explanation
This bill establishes, subject to an appropriation from the general assembly, a teaching recruitment in Iowa program within the department of education for purposes of recruiting and providing training and support to prepare secondary school students to eventually enter the field of education by providing competitive grant awards to four school districts approved by the department to implement over a two-year period pilot programs that offer opportunities for students to explore careers in the teaching profession. The bill provides conditions applicants must meet in order to qualify for approval and directs the department to establish a process and criteria for the application and approval of the four pilot programs. Two grants shall be awarded to school districts with enrollments of less than 3,000 students; and two grants shall be awarded to school districts with enrollments greater than 3,000 students, one of which shall be located in a city with a population greater than 120,000 but less than 140,000 according to the 2010 federal decennial census. Grant moneys shall be used by school districts to administer the program and a portion may be used for mentor teacher stipends. Of any moneys appropriated, the department may use not more than percent to administer the program. A school district awarded a grant must evaluate the program based on guidance provided from the department and shall submit to the department a preliminary report and a final report on the effectiveness of the program. Within two months of receiving the final report, the department must summarize the reports received and submit its summary and findings and recommendations to the general assembly. The state board of education is directed to adopt rules to administer the program.