Bill Text: IA HF616 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to licensure requirements for school principals, associate principals, and assistant principals.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Subcommittee: Wheeler, Mommsen and Staed. H.J. 401. [HF616 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2019-HF616-Introduced.html
House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
DONAHUE
,
MASCHER
,
WINCKLER
,
BEARINGER
,
GASKILL
,
STECKMAN
,
ANDERSON
,
GAINES
,
EHLERT
,
and
ABDUL-SAMAD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
licensure
requirements
for
school
1
principals,
associate
principals,
and
assistant
principals.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
279.21,
subsection
1,
Code
2019,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
1.
The
board
of
directors
of
a
school
district
may
employ
3
principals
,
under
the
provisions
of
section
279.23
.
A
4
principal
shall
hold
a
current
valid
principal’s
certificate
5
administrator
license
and
hold
a
principal
endorsement
.
A
6
principal
employed
in
an
attendance
center
shall
also
hold
7
a
valid
standard
teaching
license.
Notwithstanding
the
8
provisions
of
section
279.23
,
after
serving
at
least
nine
9
months,
a
principal
may
be
employed
for
a
term
of
not
to
exceed
10
two
years.
For
purposes
of
this
subsection,
“attendance
center”
11
means
a
school
district
building
that
contains
classrooms
used
12
for
instructional
purposes
for
elementary,
middle,
or
secondary
13
school
students.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
requires
a
school
district
principal,
associate
18
principal,
or
assistant
principal
who
is
employed
in
a
school
19
district
attendance
center
to
hold
a
valid
standard
teaching
20
license.
21
The
bill
updates
a
reference
to
a
principal’s
certificate.
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