Bill Text: IA HSB632 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to licenses issued by the board of educational examiners.(See HF 2421.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Committee report approving bill, renumbered as HF 2421. [HSB632 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB632-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
632
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
HITE)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
licenses
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
1
examiners.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Rules
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
3
establishing
criteria
for
applicants
for
licenses
who
have
4
completed
a
teacher
preparation
program
outside
of
the
state
5
and
who
are
applying
for
the
applicant’s
first
Iowa
teaching
6
license
shall
not
require
the
applicant
to
be
an
Iowa
resident
7
if
the
applicant
provides
the
board
with
a
copy
of
an
offer
of
8
employment
as
a
teacher
from
a
school
located
in
this
state.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
subsection
13,
Code
2022,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
13.
Adopt
rules
to
provide
for
nontraditional
preparation
12
options
for
licensing
persons
who
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
from
13
an
accredited
college
or
university,
who
do
not
meet
other
14
requirements
for
licensure.
The
rules
shall,
at
a
minimum,
15
require
the
board
to
do
all
of
the
following:
16
a.
Issue
a
teacher
intern
license
for
instruction
in
grades
17
six
through
twelve
to
a
qualified
applicant
while
the
applicant
18
concurrently
completes
the
additional
educational
requirements
19
provided
in
paragraph
“b”
.
A
qualified
applicant
must
meet
all
20
of
the
following
requirements:
21
(1)
The
applicant
must
have
graduated
from
an
accredited
22
college
or
university
with
a
cumulative
grade
point
average
23
of
two
and
three
quarters
on
a
four-point
scale,
or
its
24
equivalent,
as
determined
by
the
accredited
college
or
25
university.
26
(2)
The
applicant
must
have
at
least
three
years
of
27
postbaccalaureate
work
experience.
28
(3)
The
applicant
must
submit
with
the
application
a
copy
of
29
an
offer
of
employment
from
a
school.
30
(4)
The
applicant
must
complete
at
least
fifteen
additional
31
hours
of
in-person
coursework,
including
pedagogy
training.
32
b.
Require
an
applicant
who
has
been
granted
a
teacher
33
intern
license
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
,
prior
to
applying
34
for
an
initial
teaching
license,
to
work
under
the
direct
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supervision
of
an
instructional
coach
or
a
mentor
leader
1
assigned
by
the
school
district
or
accredited
nonpublic
school,
2
including
during
co-teaching
and
planning
time.
3
c.
Allow
a
licensee
who
has
completed
the
requirements
4
provided
in
paragraph
“b”
to
apply
for
an
initial
teaching
5
license
if
the
school
that
employed
the
licensee
under
6
paragraph
“b”
recommends
that
the
licensee
be
allowed
to
apply
7
for
an
initial
teaching
license.
8
Sec.
3.
Section
272.2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
9
following
new
subsection:
10
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
11
17A
that
allow
an
individual
seeking
a
career
and
technical
12
secondary
authorization
to
apply,
and
if
eligible,
be
issued
13
the
secondary
authorization
prior
to
accepting
an
offer
of
14
employment
with
a
school.
15
EXPLANATION
16
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
17
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
18
This
bill
relates
to
licenses
issued
by
the
board
of
19
educational
examiners.
20
Current
law
authorizes
the
board
of
educational
examiners
21
to
issue
a
regional
exchange
teaching
license
to
an
applicant
22
who
has
completed
a
teacher
preparation
program
outside
of
23
the
state
and
who
is
applying
for
the
applicant’s
first
Iowa
24
teaching
license
if,
among
other
requirements,
the
applicant
is
25
a
resident
of
the
state.
The
bill
removes
the
requirement
that
26
such
an
applicant
be
a
resident
of
this
state
if
the
applicant
27
provides
the
board
with
a
copy
of
an
offer
of
employment
as
a
28
teacher
from
a
school
located
in
this
state.
29
Current
law
requires
the
board
to
adopt
rules
to
provide
30
for
nontraditional
preparation
options
for
licensing
persons
31
who
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
from
an
accredited
college
32
or
university
and
who
do
not
meet
other
requirements
for
33
licensure.
The
bill
provides
that
the
rules
shall
require
34
the
board
to
issue
a
teacher
intern
license
to
a
qualified
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applicant.
The
bill
specifies
the
requirements
that
a
1
qualified
applicant
must
meet.
The
bill
also
provides
that
2
the
rules
shall
require
an
applicant
who
has
been
granted
a
3
teacher
intern
license
to
meet
certain
specified
requirements
4
prior
to
applying
for
an
initial
teaching
license.
The
bill
5
requires
the
board
to
allow
an
applicant
who
has
completed
6
those
requirements
to
apply
for
an
initial
teaching
license
7
if
the
school
that
employed
the
licensee
recommends
that
the
8
licensee
be
allowed
to
apply
for
an
initial
teaching
license.
9
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
adopt
rules
that
allow
10
an
individual
seeking
a
career
and
technical
secondary
11
authorization
to
apply,
and
if
eligible,
be
issued
the
12
secondary
authorization
prior
to
accepting
an
offer
of
13
employment
with
a
school.
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