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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
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