Senate File 87 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  McKINLEY


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to alternative practitioner preparation pilot
  2    programs to prepare individuals to teach elementary and
  3    secondary students.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1906XS 82
  6 kh/gg/14

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.7, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  27.  Adopt rules and, by January 1, 2008,
  1  4 implement a procedure for the approval of alternative
  1  5 practitioner preparation pilot programs for individuals who
  1  6 have not completed a practitioner preparation program
  1  7 prescribed in subsection 3, but who have considerable life
  1  8 experiences, career achievements, and academic backgrounds as
  1  9 preparation for teaching students in one or more grade levels
  1 10 from prekindergarten through grade twelve.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill directs the state board of education to adopt
  1 13 rules and, by January 1, 2008, implement a procedure for the
  1 14 approval of alternative practitioner preparation pilot
  1 15 programs that prepare a person, who has not completed a
  1 16 traditional practitioner preparation program, to teach
  1 17 students in one or more grade levels from prekindergarten
  1 18 through grade 12.
  1 19 LSB 1906XS 82
  1 20 kh:rj/gg/14