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House File 532

Partial Bill History

Bill Introduced: H.J. 566
Committee Report Issued: S.J. 895
Passed House: H.J. 794 H.J. 1515
Passed Senate: S.J. 1178
Signed by Governor: H.J. 2176
Complete Bill History

Bill Text

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  1  1                                           HOUSE FILE 532 
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 RELATING TO PRACTITIONER PREPARATION PROGRAMS AND PROVIDING
  1  5    FOR A PILOT STUDY TO ASSESS THE PERFORMANCE OF TEACHER
  1  6    EDUCATION GRADUATES.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  Section 256.16, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1 11 as follows:
  1 12    256.16  SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR TEACHER PREPARATION AND
  1 13 CERTAIN EDUCATORS.
  1 14    1.  Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the state
  1 15 board shall adopt rules requiring all higher education
  1 16 institutions providing practitioner preparation to include do
  1 17 the following:
  1 18    a.  Administer a basic skills test to practitioner
  1 19 preparation program admission candidates.  Rules adopted shall
  1 20 require institutions to deny admission to the program to any
  1 21 candidate who does not successfully pass the test.
  1 22    b.  Include preparation in reading programs, including
  1 23 reading recovery, and integrate reading strategies into
  1 24 content area methods coursework.
  1 25    c.  Include in the professional education program,
  1 26 preparation that contributes to the education of students with
  1 27 disabilities and students who are gifted and talented, which
  1 28 and preparation in classroom management addressing high-risk
  1 29 behaviors including, but not limited to, behaviors related to
  1 30 substance abuse.  Preparation required under this paragraph
  1 31 must be successfully completed before graduation from the
  1 32 practitioner preparation program.
  1 33    2.  A person initially applying for a license shall
  1 34 successfully complete a professional education program
  1 35 containing the subject matter specified in this section,
  2  1 before the initial action by the board of educational
  2  2 examiners takes place.
  2  3    Sec. 2.  Section 272.25, subsection 1, Code 1999, is
  2  4 amended to read as follows:
  2  5    1.  A requirement that each student admitted to an approved
  2  6 practitioner preparation program must participate in field
  2  7 experiences that include both observation and participation in
  2  8 teaching activities in a variety of school settings.  These
  2  9 field experiences shall comprise a total of at least fifty
  2 10 hours' duration, at least forty ten hours of which shall occur
  2 11 after prior to a student's admission to acceptance in an
  2 12 approved practitioner preparation program.  The student
  2 13 teaching experience shall be a minimum of twelve weeks in
  2 14 duration during the student's final year of the practitioner
  2 15 preparation program.
  2 16    Sec. 3.  BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS PILOT PROGRAM
  2 17 STUDY.  The board of educational examiners shall develop and
  2 18 implement a one-year pilot study to assess the performance of
  2 19 teacher education graduates in the areas of content and
  2 20 pedagogy using a standardized, national assessment, which may
  2 21 be modified to meet the information needs of the board.  The
  2 22 purpose of the pilot study is to measure an education
  2 23 graduate's knowledge in the graduate's chosen major field and
  2 24 the graduate's attained level of pedagogy, to establish
  2 25 baseline data on graduates, and to determine whether
  2 26 successful completion of a standardized assessment should be
  2 27 required of all education graduates prior to initial
  2 28 licensure.  Individual assessment results from this study
  2 29 shall not prohibit an individual from receiving an initial
  2 30 teaching license under this chapter if the individual meets
  2 31 all other qualifications for licensure.  By January 15, 2001,
  2 32 the board of educational examiners shall submit its
  2 33 recommendations in a report summarizing the results of the
  2 34 pilot study to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
  2 35 senate and house standing education committees and of the
  3  1 joint subcommittee on education appropriations.  
  3  2 
  3  3 
  3  4                                                             
  3  5                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  3  6                               Speaker of the House
  3  7 
  3  8 
  3  9                                                             
  3 10                               MARY E. KRAMER
  3 11                               President of the Senate
  3 12 
  3 13    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
  3 14 is known as House File 532, Seventy-eighth General Assembly.
  3 15 
  3 16 
  3 17                                                             
  3 18                               ELIZABETH ISAACSON
  3 19                               Chief Clerk of the House
  3 20 Approved                , 1999
  3 21 
  3 22 
  3 23                               
  3 24 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  3 25 Governor

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