SF 177: Providing for the establishment of a teacher recruitment and retention task force

What it does

This bill provides for the establishment and membership of a teacher recruitment and retention task force. The director of the department of education shall convene the task force to conduct a study of teacher recruitment and retention that includes but is not limited to an examination of the reasons individuals fail to enter or complete practitioner preparation programs or avoid certain subject areas in practitioner preparation programs; the reasons teachers fail to apply for teaching positions in certain geographic or subject areas; recent efforts to recruit or incentivize potential teachers; independent, high-quality research conducted and published to improve education policy and practice; and the reasons teachers leave the profession or are attracted to other fields.

Senate subcommittee · named February 11, 2019

• Sen. Ken Rozenboom (R) · ken.rozenboom@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. J. Smith
• Sen. Annette Sweeney (R) · annette.sweeney@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: Des Moines Public Schools; Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

1. February 5, 2019Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 11, 2019Senate subcommittee named: Rozenboom, J. Smith and Sweeney
3. February 25, 2019Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes