Bill Text: IA HF2081 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Enrolled
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to teachers, including the assessments administered to practitioner preparation program admission candidates and to practitioner preparation program students prior to students' completion of a practitioner preparation program, field experiences, and certain specified licenses for teachers created by the board of educational examiners, and including notice, effective date, and applicability provisions. (Formerly HSB 520.) Effective date: 06/13/2022. Applicability date: 06/13/2022.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2022-06-13 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 943. [HF2081 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HF2081-Enrolled.html
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AN
ACT
RELATING
TO
TEACHERS,
INCLUDING
THE
ASSESSMENTS
ADMINISTERED
TO
PRACTITIONER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM
ADMISSION
CANDIDATES
AND
TO
PRACTITIONER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM
STUDENTS
PRIOR
TO
STUDENTS’
COMPLETION
OF
A
PRACTITIONER
PREPARATION
PROGRAM,
FIELD
EXPERIENCES,
AND
CERTAIN
SPECIFIED
LICENSES
FOR
TEACHERS
CREATED
BY
THE
BOARD
OF
EDUCATIONAL
EXAMINERS,
AND
INCLUDING
NOTICE,
EFFECTIVE
DATE,
AND
APPLICABILITY
PROVISIONS.
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
Section
1.
Section
256.7,
subsection
3,
paragraph
b,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
b.
Procedures
provided
for
approval
of
programs
shall
include
procedures
for
enforcement
of
the
prescribed
standards
and
,
except
as
provided
in
section
256.16,
subsection
3
,
shall
not
include
a
procedure
for
the
waiving
of
any
of
the
standards
prescribed.
Sec.
2.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
striking
the
paragraph.
Sec.
3.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
d,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
d.
Require
that
each
student
admitted
to
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program
participate
in
pre-student
teaching
field
experiences
that
include
both
observation
and
participation
in
teaching
activities
in
a
variety
of
school
settings.
These
Pre-student
teaching
field
experiences
for
students
participating
in
an
initial
teacher
preparation
House
File
2081,
p.
2
program
shall
comprise
a
total
of
at
least
fifty
eighty
hours
in
duration,
at
least
ten
hours
of
which
shall
occur
prior
to
a
student’s
acceptance
in
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program.
Pre-student
teaching
field
experiences
for
students
participating
in
a
teacher
intern
preparation
program
shall
comprise
a
total
of
at
least
fifty
hours
in
duration.
The
student
teaching
experience
shall
be
a
minimum
of
fourteen
weeks
in
duration
during
the
student’s
final
year
of
the
practitioner
preparation
program.
The
program
shall
make
every
reasonable
effort
to
offer
the
student
teaching
experience
prior
to
a
student’s
last
semester,
or
equivalent,
in
the
program,
and
to
expand
the
student’s
student
teaching
opportunities
beyond
one
semester
or
the
equivalent.
Sec.
4.
Section
256.16,
subsection
2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2.
A
person
initially
applying
for
a
license
shall
successfully
complete
a
practitioner
preparation
program
approved
under
section
256.7,
subsection
3
,
and
containing
the
subject
matter
specified
in
this
section
,
before
the
initial
action
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
under
chapter
272
takes
place.
However,
this
subsection
shall
not
apply
to
a
person
who
meets
the
requirements
for
an
initial
one-year
license
in
accordance
with
subsection
3
.
Sec.
5.
Section
256.16,
subsection
3,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
Sec.
6.
Section
272.2,
subsection
14,
paragraph
b,
subparagraph
(5),
Code
2022,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
(5)
The
applicant
fails
to
meet
board
standards
for
application
for
an
initial
or
renewed
license.
However,
this
subparagraph
shall
not
apply
to
a
person
who
applies
for
an
initial
one-year
license
and
submits
to
the
board
a
waiver
issued
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
education
in
accordance
with
section
256.16,
subsection
3
.
Sec.
7.
Section
272.2,
subsection
22,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
Sec.
8.
HIGHER
EDUCATION
INSTITUTIONS
——
NOTICE
TO
FORMER
STUDENTS.
All
higher
education
institutions
providing
practitioner
preparation
shall
notify
students
who
failed
to
achieve
the
minimum
passing
scores
set
by
the
department
House
File
2081,
p.
3
of
education
on
the
assessments
administered
under
section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”,
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2022,
before
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
of
the
changes
related
to
the
completion
of
a
practitioner
preparation
program
provided
by
this
Act,
including
the
student’s
ability
to
apply
for
an
initial
license
from
the
board
of
educational
examiners
if
the
student
completed
all
other
requirements
of
a
practitioner
preparation
program
approved
under
section
256.7,
subsection
3.
Sec.
9.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
Sec.
10.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
students
who
attended
or
are
attending
practitioner
preparation
programs
before,
on,
or
after
the
effective
date
of
this
Act.
______________________________
PAT
GRASSLEY
Speaker
of
the
House
______________________________
JAKE
CHAPMAN
President
of
the
Senate
I
hereby
certify
that
this
bill
originated
in
the
House
and
is
known
as
House
File
2081,
Eighty-ninth
General
Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN
NELSON
Chief
Clerk
of
the
House
Approved
_______________,
2022
______________________________
KIM
REYNOLDS
Governor