A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to community college and department of education reporting requirements, employees of the Iowa educational services for the blind and visually impaired program or the Iowa school for the deaf, and employment contracts between community colleges and community college instructors.

SF 520 modifies several education-related provisions concerning community colleges, the Department of Education, and employees of specific educational programs. The bill requires community colleges to submit detailed financial and student outcome data directly to the Department of Education, which will then compile an annual "condition of community colleges" report for the General Assembly. It also applies certain teacher discharge procedures to all employees responsible for child care, instruction, or supervision at the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Program and the Iowa School for the Deaf, and sets their compensation and benefits. Finally, the bill clarifies that for employment contract purposes, "teacher" status for community colleges applies primarily to instructors whose workload is more than half credit-hour instruction, excluding adjunct, continuing education, and noncredit instructors.