IA HF890

Consolidates community college reporting by requiring the Department of Education to submit an annual "condition of community colleges" report to the state board and general assembly by February 1 each year, with review by March 15, including program-level educational and employment outcomes data

Renames the "national board certification pilot project" to a permanent "program" and allows unspent funds to be used for stipends to individuals who receive an advanced dyslexia specialist endorsement from the board of educational examiners

Extends employment contract protections under sections 279.12 through 279.19B and section 279.27 to licensed employees of the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired program and the Iowa School for the Deaf, with the Department of Administrative Services establishing compensation schedules

Clarifies that community college "teachers" for contract purposes include instructors whose credit-hour instruction constitutes more than half their workload, but excludes adjunct instructors, continuing education instructors, and noncredit instructors

Defines "continuing education instructor" as one providing workforce development, job skills, or personal enrichment instruction, and "noncredit instructor" as one teaching courses that do not result in college credit hours