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House Study Bill 154

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 256.16, Code 1999, is amended to read
  1  2 as follows:
  1  3    256.16  SPECIFIC CRITERIA FOR TEACHER PREPARATION AND
  1  4 CERTAIN EDUCATORS.
  1  5    1.  Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the state
  1  6 board shall adopt rules requiring all higher education
  1  7 institutions providing practitioner preparation to include do
  1  8 the following:
  1  9    a.  Administer a basic skills test to practitioner
  1 10 preparation program admission candidates.  Rules adopted shall
  1 11 require institutions to deny admission to the program to any
  1 12 candidate who does not successfully pass the test.
  1 13    b.  Include in the professional education program,
  1 14 preparation that contributes to education of students with
  1 15 disabilities and students who are gifted and talented, which
  1 16 must be successfully completed before graduation from the
  1 17 practitioner preparation program.
  1 18    2.  A person initially applying for a license shall
  1 19 successfully complete a professional education program
  1 20 containing the subject matter specified in this section,
  1 21 before the initial action by the board of educational
  1 22 examiners takes place.
  1 23    Sec. 2.  Section 272.2, Code 1999, is amended by adding the
  1 24 following new subsection:
  1 25    NEW SUBSECTION.  16.  Develop or identify assessments
  1 26 appropriate to content areas of specialization, which the
  1 27 board shall administer to candidates prior to initial Iowa
  1 28 licensure.  The board shall issue a license only to a
  1 29 candidate who successfully passes an assessment appropriate to
  1 30 the candidate's content area of specialization.
  1 31    Sec. 3.  BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS REPORT.  The board
  1 32 of educational examiners shall analyze the content area of
  1 33 specialization assessment results administered prior to
  1 34 initial Iowa licensure and shall develop and recommend
  1 35 policies relating to initial Iowa licensure candidates who do
  2  1 not successfully pass the assessment.  The board shall submit
  2  2 its analysis and recommendations in a report to the senate and
  2  3 house standing committees on education by January 15, 2001.  
  2  4                           EXPLANATION
  2  5    This bill adds to the responsibilities of the state board
  2  6 of education and the board of educational examiners relating
  2  7 to practitioner preparation programs and teacher licensure.
  2  8    The bill requires the state board of education to adopt
  2  9 rules requiring all higher education institutions providing
  2 10 practitioner preparation to administer a basic skills test to
  2 11 practitioner preparation program admission candidates.  The
  2 12 bill also requires that institutions deny admission to the
  2 13 program to any candidate who does not successfully pass the
  2 14 test.
  2 15    The bill directs the board of educational examiners to
  2 16 develop or identify assessments appropriate to content areas
  2 17 of specialization, which the board shall administer to
  2 18 candidates prior to initial Iowa licensure.  Under the bill,
  2 19 the board can issue a license only to candidates who
  2 20 successfully pass an assessment appropriate to their content
  2 21 area of specialization.
  2 22    In addition, the bill requires the board of educational
  2 23 examiners to analyze the content area of specialization
  2 24 assessment results administered prior to initial Iowa
  2 25 licensure and to develop and recommend policies relating to
  2 26 initial Iowa licensure candidates who do not successfully pass
  2 27 the assessment.  The board shall submit its analysis and
  2 28 recommendations in a report to the senate and house standing
  2 29 committees on education by January 15, 2001.  
  2 30 LSB 2381YC 78
  2 31 kh/cf/24
     

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