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House Amendment 8677

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend the amendment, H-8616, to Senate File 2366,
  1  2 as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
  1  3 follows:
  1  4    #1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 12 the
  1  5 following:
  1  6    "Sec. 101.  Section 256.16, Code 1997, is amended
  1  7 to read as follows:
  1  8    256.16  SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR TEACHER PRACTITIONER
  1  9 PREPARATION AND CERTAIN EDUCATORS.
  1 10    1.  Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the
  1 11 state board shall adopt rules requiring all higher
  1 12 education institutions providing practitioner
  1 13 preparation to include in the professional education
  1 14 program, preparation demonstrate that each student who
  1 15 graduates from the practitioner preparation program
  1 16 successfully completed the following:
  1 17    a.  Preparation that contributes to education of
  1 18 students with disabilities and students who are gifted
  1 19 and talented, which must be successfully completed
  1 20 before graduation from the practitioner preparation
  1 21 program.
  1 22    b.  Preparation for recognizing at-risk students,
  1 23 and for understanding and ameliorating the behavior of
  1 24 at-risk students.  For purposes of this section, "at-
  1 25 risk students" shall include students who are "at-
  1 26 risk" as defined under administrative rules adopted by
  1 27 the state board of education, or who are at risk of
  1 28 becoming a substance abuser, or who have been
  1 29 identified as a substance abuser.
  1 30    c.  Preparation for accelerating the achievement of
  1 31 students through the use of learning techniques that
  1 32 shall include, but are not limited to, reading
  1 33 instruction in phonics.
  1 34    2.  A person initially applying for a license shall
  1 35 successfully complete a professional education program
  1 36 containing the subject matter specified in this
  1 37 section, before the initial action by the board of
  1 38 educational examiners takes place.
  1 39    #2.  Page 23, by inserting after line 25 the
  1 40 following:
  1 41    "Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 101 of this
  1 42 Act, relating to preparation for recognizing at-risk
  1 43 students and for accelerating the achievement growth
  1 44 of students through the use of learning techniques,
  1 45 takes effect July 1, 1999." 
  1 46 
  1 47 
  1 48                               
  1 49 THOMSON of Linn 
  1 50 SF 2366.540 77
  2  1 kh/jw/28
     

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