A student achievement and teacher quality program is established to promote high student achievement. The program shall consist of the following four* major elements:

1. 1. Career paths with compensation levels that strengthen Iowa’s ability to recruit and retain teachers.
2. 2. Professional development designed to directly support best teaching practices.
3. 3. Evaluation of teachers against the Iowa teaching standards.

*“Three” probably intended; corrective legislation is pending Subsection 1 stricken and former subsections 2 – 4 renumbered as 1 – 3

2001 Acts, ch 161, §2; 2006 Acts, ch 1182, §5, 6; 2007 Acts, ch 108, §12; 2011 Acts, ch 34, §73; 2017 Acts, ch 172, §32