Bill Text: IA HF500 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act directing the department of education, in consultation with the board of educational examiners, to convene a working group to study the need for additional diversity and cultural competency training for teachers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-28 - Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 440. [HF500 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF500-Introduced.html
House File 500 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 500 BY GAINES , BUCK , and STAED A BILL FOR An Act directing the department of education, in consultation 1 with the board of educational examiners, to convene a 2 working group to study the need for additional diversity and 3 cultural competency training for teachers. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2264YH (3) 90 jda/jh
H.F. 500 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION —— DIVERSITY AND 1 CULTURAL COMPETENCY TRAINING FOR TEACHERS. 2 1. The department of education, in consultation with the 3 board of educational examiners, shall convene and provide 4 administrative support to a working group that shall study the 5 need for additional diversity and cultural competency training 6 for teachers beyond the current mandated instruction. 7 2. Any expenses incurred by a member of the working group 8 shall be the responsibility of the individual member or the 9 respective entity represented by the member. 10 3. The working group shall submit its findings and 11 recommendations in a report to the general assembly by December 12 31, 2023. The report shall include recommendations related to 13 how to improve teacher training beyond the current mandated 14 instruction for initial teacher licensure and continuing 15 teacher licensure. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill directs the department of education, in 20 consultation with the board of educational examiners, to 21 convene a working group to study the need for additional 22 diversity and cultural competency training for teachers beyond 23 the current mandated instruction. The bill provides that any 24 expenses incurred by a member of the working group shall be 25 the responsibility of the individual member or the respective 26 entity represented by the member. 27 The bill requires the working group to submit its findings 28 and recommendations in a report to the general assembly by 29 December 31, 2023. The bill establishes that the report is 30 required to include recommendations related to how to improve 31 teacher training beyond the current mandated instruction for 32 initial teacher licensure and continuing teacher licensure. 33 -1- LSB 2264YH (3) 90 jda/jh 1/ 1
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