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20     2.  Applicants for a para-educator license as a
21   generalist must hold a high school diploma from an
22   accredited secondary school or a high school
23   equivalency diploma issued in accordance with chapter
24   259A.  The applicant must also have completed
25   additional in-service training in at least all of the
26   following areas:
27    a.  Behavior management.
28     b.  Ethical responsibilities and behavior.
29     c.  Exceptional child and at-risk child behavior.
30     d.  Collaboration skills and interpersonal
31   relations.
32     e.  Child and youth development.
33     3.  Applicants for a para-educator license as a
34   specialist must meet the requirements of subsection 2
35   and additional requirements as prescribed by rule.
36     4.  A public school district, area education
37   agency, community college, institution of higher
38   education under the state board of regents, or an
39   accredited private institution as defined in section
40   261.9, subsection 1, with a program approved by the
41   state board of education, may train and recommend
42   individuals for board licensure.
43     5.  Applicants shall be disqualified for any of the
44   following reasons:
45     a.  The applicant is less than eighteen years of
46   age.
47     b.  The applicant has a record of founded child
48   abuse.
49     c.  The applicant has been convicted of a felony.
50     d.  The applicant's application is fraudulent.

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 1     e.  The applicant's license or certification from
 2   another state is suspended or revoked.
 3     f.  The applicant fails to meet board standards for
 4   application for an initial or renewed license.
 5     6.  Qualifications or criteria for the granting or
 6   revocation of a license or the determination of an
 7   individual's professional standing shall not include
 8   membership or nonmembership in any teachers'
 9   organization.
10     Sec. 21.  Section 279.14, Code 1997, is amended to
11   read as follows:
12     279.14  EVALUATION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES.
13     1.  The board shall establish evaluation criteria
14   and shall implement evaluation procedures.  If an
15   exclusive bargaining representative has been
16   certified, the board shall negotiate in good faith
17   with respect to evaluation procedures pursuant to
18   chapter 20.
19     2.  Notwithstanding chapter 20, any challenge to an

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