Bill Text: IA HF2021 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to assessments administered to a student prior to completing an approved practitioner preparation program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-11 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 85. [HF2021 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-HF2021-Introduced.html
House File 2021 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY SALMON A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to assessments administered to a student prior 2 to completing an approved practitioner preparation program. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 5091YH (5) 87 kh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2018, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 (2) Administer, prior to a student's completion of the 1 4 practitioner preparation program and subject to the director's 1 5 approval, subject assessments designed by a nationally 1 6 recognized testing service that measure pedagogy and knowledge 1 7 of at least one subject area; or, a valid and reliable 1 8 subject=area=specific, performance=based assessment for 1 9 preservice teacher candidates, centered on student learning. 1 10 (a) A student shall not successfully complete the program 1 11 unless the student achieves scores above the twenty=fifth 1 12 percentile nationally on the assessments administered pursuant 1 13 to this subparagraph. 1 14 (b) Subparagraph division (a) shall not apply to a student 1 15 who has twice failed to achieve a score above the twenty=fifth 1 16 percentile nationally on an assessment of pedagogy and 1 17 knowledge in any of the following subject areas: family and 1 18 consumer science, English as a second language, agriculture 1 19 education, industrial technology, physics, or a world language 1 20 other than Spanish. The state board, in consultation with 1 21 the board of educational examiners, may establish, by rule, 1 22 additional subject areas to which subparagraph division 1 23 (a) shall not apply. However, to successfully complete the 1 24 practitioner preparation program, the student must successfully 1 25 complete an academic coaching or subject tutoring services 1 26 program offered by the practitioner preparation program and 1 27 demonstrate mastery of pedagogy and knowledge of at least one 1 28 subject area with a portfolio evaluated by the practitioner 1 29 preparation program. 1 30 EXPLANATION 1 31 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 32 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 33 This bill provides certain students with an alternative 1 34 means of completing a practitioner preparation program 1 35 graduation requirement. 2 1 Currently, a student must achieve scores above the 2 2 twenty=fifth percentile nationally on subject assessments 2 3 designed by a nationally recognized testing service. The 2 4 bill permits a student who twice fails the minimum score on 2 5 an assessment of pedagogy and knowledge in the subject areas 2 6 of family and consumer science, English as a second language, 2 7 agriculture education, industrial technology, physics, or a 2 8 world language other than Spanish, to instead successfully 2 9 complete an academic coaching or subject tutoring services 2 10 program offered by the practitioner preparation program. The 2 11 state board of education, in consultation with the board of 2 12 educational examiners, may establish, by rule, subject areas 2 13 in addition to those listed. To successfully complete the 2 14 practitioner preparation program, the student must demonstrate 2 15 mastery of pedagogy and knowledge of at least one subject area 2 16 with a portfolio evaluated by the practitioner preparation 2 17 program. LSB 5091YH (5) 87 kh/rj
