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Senate File 480

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  1  1                                           SENATE FILE 480
  1  2 
  1  3                             AN ACT
  1  4 DIRECTING THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH A TASK
  1  5    FORCE TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF THE LICENSING
  1  6    OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY.  
  1  7 
  1  8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  1  9 
  1 10    Section 1.  REVIEW OF COMMUNITY COLLEGE FACULTY LICENSING
  1 11 REQUIREMENTS.
  1 12    1.  The general assembly finds a consensus in the state
  1 13 supportive of a review of the licensing of community college
  1 14 faculty by the board of educational examiners.
  1 15    2.  The department of education shall establish a task
  1 16 force to conduct a comprehensive review of the licensing of
  1 17 community college faculty by the board of educational
  1 18 examiners including but not limited to related issues such as
  1 19 tenure and termination procedures.  The department shall
  1 20 submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to
  1 21 the chairpersons and ranking members of the senate and house
  1 22 of representatives standing committees on education by
  1 23 December 1, 2001.
  1 24    3.  The members of the task force shall include, but shall
  1 25 not be limited to, the following:
  1 26    a.  One member who shall be the director of the department
  1 27 of education or the director's designee.
  1 28    b.  One member who shall be the director of the board of
  1 29 educational examiners or the director's designee.
  1 30    c.  One member appointed by the largest collective
  1 31 bargaining organization representing teachers in the state.
  1 32    d.  One member who shall be a community college president
  1 33 appointed by an association which represents the largest
  1 34 number of community college presidents in the state.
  1 35    e.  One member who shall be a community college trustee
  2  1 appointed by an association which represents the largest
  2  2 number of community college trustees in the state.
  2  3    f.  One member who shall be appointed by the community
  2  4 college council.
  2  5    g.  One member who shall be employed by a community college
  2  6 as an instructor in vocational education and who shall be
  2  7 appointed by the director of the department of education; and
  2  8 one member who shall be employed by a community college as an
  2  9 instructor in arts and science courses who shall be appointed
  2 10 by the director of the department of education.  In making
  2 11 these appointments, the director shall give consideration to
  2 12 enrollment, subject area, and representation of different
  2 13 geographic regions.
  2 14    h.  Other members appointed by the director of the
  2 15 department of education as necessary.
  2 16    4.  Appointments are subject to sections 69.16 and 69.16A.
  2 17    5.  If sufficient funds are appropriated by the general
  2 18 assembly for purposes of the task force, citizen members shall
  2 19 be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in
  2 20 performance of their duties.  
  2 21 
  2 22 
  2 23                                                             
  2 24                               MARY E. KRAMER
  2 25                               President of the Senate
  2 26 
  2 27 
  2 28                                                             
  2 29                               BRENT SIEGRIST
  2 30                               Speaker of the House
  2 31 
  2 32    I hereby certify that this bill originated in the Senate and
  2 33 is known as Senate File 480, Seventy-ninth General Assembly.
  2 34 
  2 35 
  3  1                                                             
  3  2                               MICHAEL E. MARSHALL
  3  3                               Secretary of the Senate
  3  4 Approved                , 2001
  3  5 
  3  6 
  3  7                                
  3  8 THOMAS J. VILSACK
  3  9 Governor
     

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