Bill Text: IA HSB684 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to teachers licensed out of state.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-02-14 - Subcommittee recommends passage. Vote Total: 2-0 [HSB684 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-HSB684-Introduced.html
House
Study
Bill
684
-
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
to
teachers
licensed
out
of
state.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.2,
subsection
17,
Code
2022,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
17.
Adopt
rules
to
require
that
a
background
investigation
3
be
conducted
by
the
division
of
criminal
investigation
of
the
4
department
of
public
safety
on
all
initial
applicants
for
5
licensure
,
and
all
applicants
under
subsection
27
.
The
board
6
shall
also
require
all
initial
applicants
and
all
applicants
7
under
subsection
27
to
submit
a
completed
fingerprint
packet
8
and
shall
use
the
packet
to
facilitate
a
national
criminal
9
history
background
check.
The
board
shall
have
access
to,
10
and
shall
review
the
sex
offender
registry
information
under
11
section
692A.121
available
to
the
general
public,
information
12
in
the
Iowa
court
information
system
available
to
the
general
13
public,
the
central
registry
for
child
abuse
information
14
established
under
chapter
235A
,
and
the
dependent
adult
abuse
15
records
maintained
under
chapter
235B
for
information
regarding
16
applicants
for
license
renewal.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
Code
2022,
is
amended
by
adding
the
18
following
new
subsection:
19
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
27.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
20
requiring
the
board
to
issue
a
teaching
license
with
the
21
applicable
endorsements
to
an
applicant
who
is
licensed
as
a
22
teacher
in
another
state,
whose
license
is
in
good
standing,
23
and
who
has
been
working
as
a
teacher
in
that
state
for
the
past
24
three
consecutive
years,
that
allows
the
applicant
to
teach
25
the
same
grade
levels
and
subjects
the
applicant
is
licensed
26
to
teach
in
the
other
state.
This
subsection
does
not
require
27
that
a
school
district
or
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
has
28
offered
a
teaching
contract
to
the
applicant.
29
EXPLANATION
30
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
31
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
32
This
bill
relates
to
licenses
issued
by
the
board
of
33
educational
examiners
(BOEE)
to
teachers
licensed
out
of
state.
34
The
bill
requires
the
BOEE
to
issue
a
teaching
license
with
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the
applicable
endorsements
to
an
applicant
who
is
licensed
as
1
a
teacher
in
another
state,
whose
license
is
in
good
standing,
2
and
who
has
been
working
as
a
teacher
in
that
state
for
the
past
3
three
consecutive
years,
that
allows
the
applicant
to
teach
the
4
same
grade
levels
and
subjects
the
applicant
is
licensed
to
5
teach
in
the
other
state.
The
bill
provides
that
the
applicant
6
is
not
required
to
have
been
offered
a
teaching
contract
by
a
7
school
district
or
an
accredited
nonpublic
school.
8
The
bill
establishes
that
applicants
for
these
licenses
9
are
subject
to
the
requirements
related
to
background
10
investigations,
the
submission
of
fingerprint
packets,
and
11
criminal
history
searches
applicable
to
all
initial
applicants
12
for
licensure.
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