Teacher Quality SF 277 What Happened

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Teacher Quality SF 277What Happened?

• Margaret Buckton
• IASB

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Funding Increases(Impacting Teacher Quality)

• 101 million for state aid
  (2.14 billion total FY 2007-08)
• 108 million for state aid
  (2.26 billion total FY 2008-09)
• 3 million AEA partial cut restoration
  (still 5 million down)
• 70 million teacher quality (174 million total)
• DE administration 2 million (includes 1.5
  million for Model Core Curriculum expansion)

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Funding Decreases(Impacting Teacher Quality)

• 150,000 Institute for Tomorrows Workforce (will
  continue with private funding commitment)
• Maintained Market Factor Pay/Incentives at 3.4
  million (was scheduled to double to 7.5
  million), but allocates 1.0 million of the 3.4
  million for mandates, so net 2.4 million
• Teacher salary, professional development or both
  ( down 6.6 million rolled into PD)

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Allowable Growth 4 Percent

• Increases cost per pupil by 213 to 5,546
• State aid total 2.26 B (increase of 108M)
• Formula property tax 1.15 B (increase of 29M)
• Budget guarantee property tax authority total of
  13M 145 districts, of which 90 get 101 percent
  and 55 get scaled down version
• Adjusted additional property tax aid (for tax
  equity)
• Continued IPERS increase contributions employer
  cost
• Issues of sustainability, certainty of
  categorical funds, permanent teacher pay embedded
  in contracts

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SF 277 Teacher Quality the money

• 173.9 million (70 million new)
• 20 million Professional Development
• 3.4 million market factor incentives (of which
  1.0 million is for nurses, librarians,
  counselors)
• 1.8 million DE professional development
  academies
• 4.7 million mentoring and induction
• 1.0 million pilots (pay for performance/career
  ladders)
• Leaves 142 million for teacher pay)
• Strikes 10 million for one day and 6.6 million
  for PD or salary or both net increase of 3.4
  million for PD

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Money Details SF 277 Out Years
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Money Details SF 277 Out Years
Assumes FY 2008-09 allocations remain
unchanged. Doesnt include PD per diem or
other specific allocations which may additionally
increase average teacher pay in state
comparisons. Includes expanded teacher definition
for FY 08 and FY 09.
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SF 601 Standing appropriations

• Instructional Support Levy - 14.4M
• At-risk Children Grants - 12.6 million (up 1.3
  million)
• Education Excellence - 55.5 million
• Class size/reading initiative - 29.3 million
  (extends program through 2012 YEAH!)
• Requires AEA employees defined as teachers be
  included in 20 million PD distribution.

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2007 Money Details SF 277

• Increased funding and set goal of one day
  (equivalent) professional development (Pot 1)
  up to 20 million
• Professional development or salaries or both (Pot
  2) deleted
• Increased minimums by 1K and increased for all
  teachers (about 142M increase for direct
  salaries)
• Market Factor Pay/Incentives - district decides
  incentives, must bargain salary, of the 3.4M,
  1.0M is retained by the DE for nurse,
  counselors, librarian hiring or retention

Market Factor
Basic Salary
Professional Development
Pot 2 both
3.4 M Market 1.0 M nurses, counselors,
librarians
142 M
20 M Agree or carry forward
6.6 M
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2007 Requirements in SF 277

• Goal of one day (equivalent) professional
  development. 20 million, allocated based on
  district per diem X FICA/IPERS X FTE X 4
  (Allocations will be on pgs. A7-A15 of IASB
  Legislative Summary)
• Teachers must be paid based on TQ committee
  decisions, not necessarily per diem, reflective
  of collective bargaining contract
• Funds shall not supplant existing funding
• Funds remain in the district for the same purpose
  next year if no agreement is reached
• DE guidance lists allowable uses

PD 1 days
20 M
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SF 277 Teacher Quality the Professional
Development Policy

• Strikes one day has goal instead
• Follow Iowa Professional Development Model
• for subs, PD materials, speakers, content,
  salaries for time beyond contract cant
  supplant
• Balance funds district, building, individual
  career development plans
• Report use to DE
• Carry forward unexpended funds for future PD

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Reporting Requirements

• District reports to DE and DE reports to the
  legislature
• Must follow Iowa Professional Development Model
• Legislature assumed collaborative agreement would
  ensue
• See also, DE Guidance on SF 277 implementation
  http//www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/938/1100/
  

PD One day
20 M
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On Iowa Department of Education Web
Site http//www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/232
/637/
Iowa Professional Development Model Student
Learning - The Center of School Improvement and
Staff Development
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SF 277 Board Creates Teacher Quality Committee

• Board appoints administrators union appoints
  equal number of teachers
• May mutually agree to delegate to an existing
  committee or use in advisory capacity. Duties
• Monitor implementation of TQ statute
• Monitor evaluation requirements, develop model
  criteria for evaluation, minimize paperwork
• Determine use and distribution of 20 M
• Monitor PD in each building to meets goal
• Ensure bargaining agreement addresses pay for TQ
  committee
• Attend DE, SAI, ISEA August meetings for
  technical assistance

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2007 New Minimums in SF 277

• Increases mandated minimums by 1,000
• 26,500 first year beginning teacher
• 27,500 first year career teacher (usually a
  third year teacher)
• 28,500 all other career teachers
• Use joint IASB/ISEA tool to calculate
  minimums for your district will be
  available when allocations are released by DE
  http//www.ia-sb.org/humanresources/tcimplementati
  on.asp
• Expanded definition of teacher will reduce
  K-12 district allocations DE is
  collecting info on SPR and nurses
  with BA degrees and AEA employees this summer
  may delay.

Basic Salary
142 M
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2007 Salary Changes in SF 277

• Increased minimums and increased for career
  teachers, both to be paid from Basic Salary
  Allocation (appendix to IASB Legislative Summary
  pending).
• If your allocation is short, consider using
  class size money (board decision) to pay
  the shortfall. Otherwise, general fund
  must cover it.
• Remainder split per teacher (including beginning
  teachers) unless some other distribution
  agreement is reached.

Basic Salary
142 M
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Market Factor Appropriations
FY 2007-08 3,390,00 - of which 1.0 million
to DE for mandates - was scheduled to increase
to 7.5M FY 2008-09 7,500,000 FY
2009-10 6,610,000 (new)
Market Factor
1 M decrease
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Market Factor Incentives SF 277

• 2007 or 2008 money?
• Uses may include, but are not limited to
• Geographic differences
• Recruitment and retention needs
• Hard-to-staff schools
• Subject area shortages
• Improving racial or ethnic diversity of staff
• School district (board) no longer has sole
  discretion. Distinction is salary must be
  bargained. Incentives dont require bargaining.
  TQ Committee makes recommendations.
• Broadened to include staff and support staff
  certification, moving, housing expenses, etc.
  Signing bonus still OK and not necessarily a
  mandatory subject of bargaining.
• May carry forward
• Report use to DE and DE reports to the
  legislature

Market Factor
2.4M
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SF 277 Teacher Qualityother provisions

• Administrator licenses
• Definition of Teacher license or SPR
• Extends National Board Certification (registered
  through 12/07)
• Mandatory Background checks (added flexibility
  for accredited background check vendor in
  standings approps bill.)
• Bargaining procedures 8th standard
• Intensive assistance program

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Pilot Projects in SF 277

• 1 M to the DE for two purposes pay for
  performance and career ladder pilot projects.
• Watch DE notices for grant process and
  possibilities.
• The Institute for Tomorrows Workforce did not
  get an appropriation, but voted to continue their
  work independently.
• http//www.tomorrowsworkforce.org/

Pilots
1.0 M
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Teacher Development Academies in SF 277

• 1.8 M to DE for Teacher Development Academies.
• Regional training for teachers and teacher
  leadership teams around specific initiatives
  (eg., Second Chance Reading)
• Assists local districts in providing training to
  implement District Career Development Plans.
  Content is based on analyzing those plans and
  statewide student achievement data across the
  state.
• Last years model included initial training in
  the summer with follow-up training during the
  year.
• Watch for DE announcements or visit web site
• http//www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/797/729/
  

Teacher Academies
1.8 M
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Librarians, Counselors, Nurses

• HF 2792 in 2006 mandated Chapter 272 licensure
  for teacher librarians by July 1, 2006 and
  created a two-year wavier provision.
• SF 277 continued the second year of the librarian
  waiver and mandated a guidance counselor and a
  school nurse.
• Districts may share or contract
• Waiver process Aug. 1, 2007 (if initially
  granted, may continue Aug. 1, 2008)
• 1.0 million to DE for districts requesting
  assistance in retaining or filling these
  positions and SBRC property tax spending
  authority for hiring these positions.

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Librarian, Counselors, Nurses

• Licensure issues
• K-8 teacher librarian requires BA
• High School librarian requires BA
• K-12 librarian requires MA
• School nurse requires RN or BA, not an LPN.
• Structure sharing agreements accordingly
• Requires the State Board to establish by rule a
  definition of and standards for an articulated
  sequential kindergarten through grade twelve
  media program and now in SF 277 for a guidance
  program, too.

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Teacher Salary Rankings

• In 2000, Iowa began the student achievement
  teacher quality act ranked 29th in the nation.
  Program goal was 25th.
• Iowas teacher pay ranking 2004-05 is 42nd in the
  nation at 39,284 compared to the 25th ranking of
  43,394 (NEA 2006) (Higher average salaries than
  Missouri, Louisiana, Montana, W. Virginia,
  Alabama, Oklahoma, N. Dakota, Mississippi and S.
  Dakota but theyre working on it too AL 6,
  MS 8, WV 6K increase in beginning pay.)
• Iowa was ranked 42nd in the nation for beginning
  teacher salary, at 27,284, an increase of 1.2
  percent from 2004 (AFT 2007)

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Teacher Salary Rankings

• SF 277 may move Iowa up in the ranks over three
  years . . . depending on what other states do and
  if Iowa keeps up with sufficient allowable
  growth.
• Only teacher training will improve student
  achievement in the short term.
• Increasing pay for professional development days
  will also increase Iowas ranking.
• Advocacy voices in addition to school board
  members and superintendents, legislators need to
  hear from
• teachers, parents, principals, but mostly
  teachers.

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Resources
Legislative Summary, allocations, IASB
Guidance on SF 277 IASB Web site www.ia-sb.org
DE Guidance on legislative changes and
allocations 2007 http//www.iowa.gov/educate/conte
nt/view/938/1100/ Iowa Professional Development
Model http//www.iowa.gov/educate/content/view/232
/637/ Text of SF 277 http//coolice.legis.state.
ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?categorybillinfoservi
cebillbookGA82hbillSF277
Other
Basic Salary
PD 1 day
Pot 2 both
3.4M Market 1.5 M academies 1.0 M pilots
20 M
6.6 M
142 M
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Why Lobby?

• People who write letters write the law.
• Joel Blackwell,
• The Grass Roots Guy

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Thank your legislators

• IASB Action Alert Center
• http//capwiz.com/iasb/state/main/?stateIA
• Send a letter or email, talking points,
  addresses, etc.

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• Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful
  citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the
  only thing that ever has.
• Margaret Mead
• Law is made by those who show up.
• President Josiah Jed Bartlett
• NBCs The West Wing