Bill Text: IA SF2035 | 2013-2014 | 85th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to teacher licensure of applicants from other states or countries by the board of educational examiners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-23 - Subcommittee, Schoenjahn, Boettger, and Dvorsky. S.J. 118. [SF2035 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2013-SF2035-Introduced.html
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FEENSTRA
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
teacher
licensure
of
applicants
from
other
1
states
or
countries
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.8,
subsection
3,
Code
2014,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
Practitioner
preparation
and
professional
development
3
programs
offered
in
this
state
by
out-of-state
institutions
4
must
be
approved
by
the
board
in
order
to
fulfill
requirements
5
for
licensure
or
renewal
of
a
license
by
an
applicant.
6
Notwithstanding
this
section
and
section
256.16,
if
an
7
applicant
from
another
state
or
country
meets
the
requirements
8
of
this
section
but
has
not
met
the
assessment
requirement
of
9
section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
,
subparagraph
(2),
10
the
board
may
issue
to
the
applicant
a
conditional
teaching
11
license
which
shall
be
valid
for
not
more
than
two
years.
The
12
conditional
teaching
license
shall
authorize
the
applicant
to
13
be
employed
as
a
full-time
beginning,
probationary
teacher
in
14
a
subject
area
which
shall
be
specified
on
the
conditional
15
license
by
the
board.
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
provides
an
exception
to
Code
section
256.16,
to
20
allow
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
issue
a
conditional
21
teaching
license
to
an
applicant
from
another
state
or
22
country
who
has
not
taken
the
subject
assessments
that
measure
23
pedagogy
and
subject
area
knowledge.
Students
must
take
these
24
assessments
in
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program
25
and
must
score
above
the
25th
percentile
nationally
in
order
26
to
graduate
from
the
program.
The
applicant
must
file
with
27
the
board
evidence
of
the
possession
of
all
other
required
or
28
equivalent
requirements.
The
conditional
teaching
license
is
29
valid
for
not
more
than
two
years
and
authorizes
the
applicant
30
to
be
employed
as
a
full-time
beginning,
probationary
teacher
31
in
a
subject
area
which
shall
be
specified
on
the
license.
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