Text: HSB00235 Text: HSB00237 Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 25. Prescribe standards and procedures 1 4 for the approval of a nontraditional practitioner preparation 1 5 program to be offered by practitioner preparation institutions 1 6 in this state in accordance with section 272.2, subsection 13. 1 7 Sec. 2. Section 256.16, Code 2001, is amended by adding 1 8 the following new subsection: 1 9 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. The state board shall adopt rules 1 10 requiring that all higher education institutions providing 1 11 nontraditional practitioner preparation, at a minimum, meet 1 12 the standards and comply with the standards established 1 13 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 25. A nontraditional 1 14 practitioner preparation program shall include coursework in 1 15 education theory, instructional methods, classroom management, 1 16 and practice teaching. The program shall consist of two 1 17 twelve-week courses of study, the first of which a student 1 18 shall successfully complete prior to receiving a conditional 1 19 license pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 13, paragraphs 1 20 "a" and "b". Prior to licensure as an administrator or a 1 21 provisional teacher, a student shall successfully complete the 1 22 second twelve-week course of study in accordance with section 1 23 272.2, subsection 13. The institution that delivers the 1 24 coursework to a practitioner pursuant to this subsection 1 25 shall, in consultation with the practitioner's evaluator at 1 26 the school district or accredited nonpublic school of 1 27 employment, submit to the board of educational examiners a 1 28 comprehensive evaluation of the practitioner's performance by 1 29 July 1 following the practitioner's year of employment under a 1 30 conditional license. 1 31 Sec. 3. Section 272.1, Code 2001, is amended by adding the 1 32 following new subsection: 1 33 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. "Conditional license" means the 1 34 authority that is given to allow a person to legally serve as 1 35 a practitioner on a temporary basis while the person completes 2 1 a nontraditional practitioner preparation program. 2 2 Sec. 4. Section 272.2, subsection 13, Code 2001, is 2 3 amended to read as follows: 2 4 13. Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation 2 5 and licensing options for licensing persons who hold, at a 2 6 minimum, a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or 2 7 university, but who do not meet other requirements for 2 8 licensure. At a minimum, the rules shall provide for the 2 9 following: 2 10 a. An individual who possesses at least a master's degree 2 11 in business administration, public administration, or a 2 12 comparable degree, or who possesses at least a bachelor's 2 13 degree from an accredited postsecondary institution and life 2 14 experience equivalent to a master's degree in a management 2 15 field as determined by rule, and who has been employed for at 2 16 least ten consecutive years in a management position, may be 2 17 issued a one-year, nonrenewable conditional administrator's 2 18 license if the individual successfully completes an evaluator 2 19 training program, and a twelve-week, nontraditional 2 20 practitioner preparation instruction program, in accordance 2 21 with section 256.7, subsection 25. An individual may be 2 22 issued an administrator's license if the individual 2 23 successfully completes one year of employment as an 2 24 administrator under a conditional license and successfully 2 25 completes the second twelve-week course of study set forth in 2 26 section 256.16, subsection 3. However, an individual licensed 2 27 pursuant to this paragraph shall be licensed only to serve as 2 28 an administrator in a school district with an actual 2 29 enrollment of six thousand or more pupils. 2 30 b. An individual who possesses at least a bachelor's 2 31 degree from an accredited postsecondary institution, and who 2 32 has been employed for at least five consecutive years in an 2 33 area requiring knowledge and practical application of the 2 34 individual's postsecondary academic background, may be issued 2 35 a one-year, nonrenewable conditional license to teach students 3 1 in grades nine through twelve on a part-time basis, in a 3 2 vocational education field or subject area or in a shortage 3 3 area as determined by the department, if the individual 3 4 successfully completes a twelve-week, nontraditional 3 5 practitioner preparation instruction program, in accordance 3 6 with section 256.16, subsection 3. An individual may be 3 7 issued a provisional license to teach students in grades nine 3 8 through twelve on a part-time basis, in the vocational 3 9 education field or subject area or in a shortage area as 3 10 determined by the department, if the individual successfully 3 11 completes one year of teaching under a conditional license and 3 12 successfully completes the second twelve-week course of study 3 13 set forth in section 256.16, subsection 3. A person issued a 3 14 conditional or provisional teaching license pursuant to this 3 15 paragraph shall successfully complete, at a minimum, a two- 3 16 year beginning teacher mentoring and induction program. 3 17 Sec. 5. FUTURE REPEAL. This Act is repealed June 30, 3 18 2006. 3 19 EXPLANATION 3 20 This bill directs the state board of education to prescribe 3 21 standards and procedures for the approval of a nontraditional 3 22 practitioner preparation program and to adopt rules requiring 3 23 higher education institutions to meet the standards and 3 24 procedures if the institutions offer nontraditional 3 25 practitioner preparation. The program consists of two 12-week 3 26 courses of study, the successful completion of which leads to 3 27 licensure as an administrator or provisional teacher. 3 28 Individuals who have successfully completed the first 3 29 course are issued a conditional license to allow the person to 3 30 legally serve as a practitioner on a temporary basis. In 3 31 addition, to be eligible for a conditional license as an 3 32 administrator, a person must have a master's degree in 3 33 administration, or a bachelor's degree and life experience 3 34 equivalent to a master's degree. A person who successfully 3 35 completes a year of employment as an administrator under a 4 1 conditional license and the second course may be issued an 4 2 administrator's license. Administrators licensed after 4 3 nontraditional practitioner preparation are limited to 4 4 employment in school districts with 6,000 or more students. 4 5 To be eligible for a conditional teaching license to teach 4 6 students in grades nine through 12 on a part-time basis, an 4 7 individual must have a bachelor's degree and have been 4 8 employed for five years in an area linked to the person's 4 9 academic degree. When the person successfully completes a 4 10 second course and one year of teaching under the conditional 4 11 license, the person may be issued a provisional teaching 4 12 license. 4 13 A person who is issued a conditional or provisional 4 14 teaching license after successfully completing nontraditional 4 15 practitioner preparation must successfully complete a two-year 4 16 beginning teacher mentoring and induction program. 4 17 The bill is repealed June 30, 2006. 4 18 LSB 3384YC 79 4 19 kh/pj/5
Text: HSB00235 Text: HSB00237 Text: HSB00200 - HSB00299 Text: HSB Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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