HOUSE FILE 226

BY  SWEENEY, FORRISTALL, DRAKE, WORTHAN, CHAMBERS, SODERBERG, ALONS, SCHULTE, RAYHONS, HUSEMAN, ANDERSON, HORBACH, VAN ENGELENHOVEN, J. TAYLOR, WINDSCHITL, L. MILLER, DEYOE, LOFGREN, and IVERSON

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to secondary level career and technical endorsements for persons holding a standard, master educator, or permanent professional teaching license and including effective date and applicability provisions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

   Section 1.  CONDITIONAL SECONDARY LEVEL CAREER AND TECHNICAL ENDORSEMENT.  A person who holds a standard, master educator, or permanent professional teaching license and who applies for a secondary level career and technical endorsement is exempt from the requirements of 282 IAC 17.1 if the person has demonstrated career and technical competence in an industrial, trade, or technical field by completion of a minimum of five thousand hours of practical, hands-on experience by July 1, 2011, in the area in which the endorsement is sought. However, a person who receives an endorsement pursuant to this section is subject to rules adopted by the board of educational examiners relating to licensure or endorsement renewal.
   Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT AND APPLICABILITY.  This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment and applies to licensed teachers who meet the conditions specified in the Act and who submit an application for an endorsement to the board of educational examiners in accordance with the Act during the fiscal period beginning on the effective date of this Act and ending June 30, 2012.
EXPLANATION
   This bill makes a licensed teacher who has demonstrated career and technical competence in an industrial, trade, or technical field, by completion of a minimum of 5,000 hours of practical, hands-on experience in the area in which the endorsement is sought prior to July 1, 2011, eligible to receive the endorsement without meeting coursework or other requirements for career and technical endorsements specified in rules adopted by the board of educational examiners for teaching at the secondary level. Those who receive an endorsement under this provision pursuant to the bill are subject to rules adopted by the board for license or endorsement renewal.
   The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to licensed teachers who apply for the endorsement from the effective date of the Act through June 30, 2012.