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1 1 Section 1. Section 272.1, Code 1997, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 4A. "Para-educator" means a person who is
1 4 licensed to assist a teacher in the performance of
1 5 instructional tasks to support and assist classroom
1 6 instruction and related school activities.
1 7 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION. 272.12 PARA-EDUCATOR LICENSES.
1 8 1. The board of educational examiners shall adopt rules
1 9 pursuant to chapter 17A relating to a two-level voluntary
1 10 license for para-educators and outlining the instructional and
1 11 other school activity tasks the individuals licensed under
1 12 this section may perform. The board shall determine whether
1 13 an applicant is qualified to perform the duties for which a
1 14 para-educator license is sought.
1 15 2. Applicants for a para-educator license as a generalist
1 16 must hold a high school diploma from an accredited secondary
1 17 school or a high school equivalency diploma issued in
1 18 accordance with chapter 259A. The applicant must also have
1 19 completed twenty clock hours of in-service training in a
1 20 combination of all of the following areas:
1 21 a. Behavior management.
1 22 b. Ethical responsibilities and behavior.
1 23 c. Exceptional child and at-risk child behavior.
1 24 d. Collaboration skills and interpersonal relations.
1 25 e. Child and youth development.
1 26 3. Applicants for a para-educator license as a specialist
1 27 in early childhood, technology, or activity and recreation
1 28 supervision must meet the requirements of subsection 2. The
1 29 applicant must also have completed an additional thirty clock
1 30 hours of in-service training in the area of specialist
1 31 licensure, for which thirty clock hours of supervised
1 32 experience gained as a licensed generalist may be substituted.
1 33 4. Applicants shall be disqualified for any of the
1 34 following reasons:
1 35 a. The applicant is less than eighteen years of age.
2 1 b. The applicant has a record of founded child abuse.
2 2 c. The applicant has been convicted of a felony.
2 3 d. The applicant's application is fraudulent.
2 4 e. The applicant's license or certification from another
2 5 state is suspended or revoked.
2 6 f. The applicant fails to meet board standards for
2 7 application for an initial or renewed license.
2 8 5. Qualifications or criteria for the granting or
2 9 revocation of a license or the determination of an
2 10 individual's professional standing shall not include
2 11 membership or nonmembership in any teachers' organization.
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill requires the state board of educational examiners
2 14 to adopt rules relating to a two-level voluntary license for
2 15 para-educators, which the bill defines as a person who is
2 16 licensed to assist a teacher in the performance of
2 17 instructional tasks to support and assist classroom
2 18 instruction and related school activities.
2 19 Applicants for a para-educator license as a generalist must
2 20 hold a high school diploma from an accredited secondary school
2 21 or a high school equivalency diploma. The applicant must also
2 22 have completed 20 hours of in-service training in a
2 23 combination of areas described in the bill.
2 24 Applicants for a para-educator license as a specialist in
2 25 early childhood, technology, or activity and recreation
2 26 supervision must meet the requirements for a license as a
2 27 generalist, and must also have completed an additional 30
2 28 hours of in-service training the area of specialist licensure,
2 29 for which 30 clock hours of supervised experience gained as a
2 30 licensed generalist may be substituted.
2 31 The bill lists a number of reasons why an applicant shall
2 32 be disqualified from being issued or holding a license.
2 33 LSB 4335HC 77
2 34 kh/jl/8.1
Text: HSB00658 Text: HSB00660 Text: HSB00600 - HSB00699 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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