S.F. 2005 Section 1. Section 272.7, subsection 2, Code 2018, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 2. a. The executive director of the board may grant or deny 3 license applications, applications for renewal of a license, 4 and suspension or revocation of a license. A denial of an 5 application for a license, the denial of an application for 6 renewal, or a suspension or revocation of a license may be 7 appealed by the applicant or practitioner to the board. 8 b. For an applicant who otherwise meets the requirements 9 for licensure, the executive director of the board shall waive, 10 for not more than two years, the subject or performance-based 11 assessment requirements established by the board of educational 12 examiners by rule in conformance with rules adopted by the 13 state board of education pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 14 1, paragraph “a” , subparagraph (2). 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 requires the executive director of the board 19 of educational examiners to waive, for otherwise qualified 20 applicants and for not more than two years, a provision in 21 the board’s administrative rules that effectively requires 22 applicants for teacher licensure to have achieved a score above 23 the 25th percentile nationally on subject or performance-based 24 assessments. 25 Students in a practitioner preparation program approved by 26 the state board of education must, in accordance with Code 27 section 256.16, achieve a score above the 25th percentile 28 nationally on subject or performance-based assessments in order 29 to successfully complete the program. 30 -1- LSB 5058SS (4) 87 kh/rj 1/ 1