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PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 260C.14, subsection 3, Code 2001, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 3. Have the powers and duties with respect to community 1 4 colleges, not otherwise provided in this chapter, which are 1 5 prescribed for boards of directors of local school districts 1 6 by chapter 279 except that the board of directors is not 1 7 required to prohibit the use of tobacco and the use or 1 8 possession of alcoholic liquor or beer by any student of legal 1 9 age under the provisions of section 279.9. Notwithstanding 1 10 the provisions of chapter 279, the board shall also develop 1 11 and implement, in consultation with appropriate faculty 1 12 representatives, tenure policies that, among other things, 1 13 provide that faculty members who possess a permanent license 1 14 issued under chapter 272 and who have been employed by the 1 15 community college for not less than three years, shall be 1 16 considered permanent, or tenured, employees. Tenure for any 1 17 full-time faculty member shall be determined by the end of the 1 18 faculty member's fifth consecutive year of employment. 1 19 Sec. 2. Section 272.1, subsection 11, Code 2001, is 1 20 amended to read as follows: 1 21 11. "School" means a school under section 280.2,a1 22community college,an area education agency, and a school 1 23 operated by a state agency for special purposes. 1 24 Sec. 3. Section 272.3, subsection 5, Code 2001, is amended 1 25 by striking the subsection. 1 26 Sec. 4. NEW SECTION. 272.15 COMMUNITY COLLEGE LICENSURE 1 27 REQUIREMENT – EXEMPTION. 1 28 Effective July 1, 2002, community college faculty members 1 29 employed by a community college to teach a postsecondary-level 1 30 curriculum, or for remediation purposes at the postsecondary 1 31 level, are exempt from the licensing requirements of this 1 32 chapter. However, an individual employed by a community 1 33 college to teach a secondary-level curriculum under the 1 34 provisions of section 256.7, subsection 7, or under a 1 35 supplementary weighting plan pursuant to section 257.11, 2 1 subsection 3, shall be considered a teacher for purposes of 2 2 this chapter. 2 3 Sec. 5. Section 272.33, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code 2001, 2 4 is amended to read as follows: 2 5 In addition to licenses required under rules adopted 2 6 pursuant to this chapter, an individual employed as an 2 7 administrator, supervisor, school service person, or teacher 2 8 by a school district,or area education agency,or community2 9college,who conducts evaluations of the performance of 2 10 individuals holding licenses under this chapter, shall possess 2 11 an evaluator license or an evaluator endorsement appearing on 2 12 a teaching or administrative license.Individuals employed in2 13community colleges who do not directly supervise licensed2 14teaching faculty are exempt from this section.2 15 EXPLANATION 2 16 This bill exempts community college faculty members who are 2 17 employed to teach a postsecondary-level curriculum, or who are 2 18 employed for remediation purposes at the postsecondary level, 2 19 from the licensing requirements administered by the board of 2 20 educational examiners. However, the bill provides that an 2 21 individual employed by a community college to teach a 2 22 secondary-level curriculum under a sharing agreement or via 2 23 the Iowa communications network must be licensed by the board 2 24 of educational examiners. The bill also directs the board of 2 25 directors of a community college to develop and implement 2 26 tenure policies and provides time limits for tenure 2 27 determinations. 2 28 The Code defines "school" for practitioner licensing 2 29 purposes. The bill strikes community colleges from the 2 30 institutions listed under that definition. The bill also 2 31 strikes community colleges from the Code provision that 2 32 requires an individual who conducts evaluations of licensed 2 33 practitioners to possess an evaluator license or an evaluator 2 34 endorsement on the individual's license. 2 35 LSB 2144XS 79 3 1 kh/cf/24.1
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