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House Journal: Page 951: Wednesday, March 25, 1998

H-8677

 1     Amend the amendment, H-8616, to Senate File 2366,
 2   as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as
 3   follows:
 4     1.  Page 2, by inserting after line 12 the
 5   following:
 6     "Sec. 101.  Section 256.16, Code 1997, is amended
 7   to read as follows:
 8     256.16  SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR TEACHER PRACTITIONER
 9   PREPARATION AND CERTAIN EDUCATORS.
10     1.  Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the
11   state board shall adopt rules requiring all higher
12   education institutions providing practitioner
13   preparation to include in the professional education
14   program, preparation demonstrate that each student
who
15   graduates from the practitioner preparation program
16   successfully completed the following:
17     a.  Preparation that contributes to education of
18   students with disabilities and students who are gifted
19   and talented, which must be successfully completed
20   before graduation from the practitioner preparation
21   program.
22     b.  Preparation for recognizing at-risk students,
23   and for understanding and ameliorating the behavior of
24   at-risk students.  For purposes of this section, "at-
25   risk students" shall include students who are "at-
26   risk" as defined under administrative rules adopted by
27   the state board of education, or who are at risk of
28   becoming a substance abuser, or who have been
29   identified as a substance abuser.
30     c.  Preparation for accelerating the achievement of
31   students through the use of learning techniques that
32   shall include, but are not limited to, reading
33   instruction in phonics.
34     2.  A person initially applying for a license shall
35   successfully complete a professional education program
36   containing the subject matter specified in this
37   section, before the initial action by the board of
38   educational examiners takes place.
39     2.  Page 23, by inserting after line 25 the
40   following:
41     "Sec. ___.  EFFECTIVE DATE.  Section 101 of this
42   Act, relating to preparation for recognizing at-risk
43   students and for accelerating the achievement growth
44   of students through the use of learning techniques,
45   takes effect July 1, 1999."
Amendment H-8677 was adopted.
The following amendments were deferred by unanimous consent:
Amendment H-8651, to amendment H-8616, filed by Mascher of
Johnson.

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