House Journal: Page 1845: Thursday, May 3, 2001
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1 individual shall not be admitted to a second course of
2 study offered by an approved nontraditional
3 administrator preparation internship program.
4 Sec. . Section 272.1, Code 2001, is amended by
5 adding the following new subsection:
6 NEW SUBSECTION. 5A. "Nontraditional conditional
7 license" means the authority that is given to allow a
8 person to legally serve as a teacher or administrator
9 on a temporary basis while the person completes a
10 nontraditional practitioner preparation internship
11 program.
12 Sec. . Section 272.2, subsection 13, Code 2001,
13 is amended to read as follows:
14 13. Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional
15 preparation licensing options for licensing persons
16 who hold, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from an
17 accredited college or university, but who do not meet
18 other requirements for licensure. At a minimum, the
19 rules shall provide for the following:
20 a. An individual who possesses at least a master's
21 degree in business administration, public
22 administration, or a comparable degree, or who
23 possesses at least a bachelor's degree from an
24 accredited postsecondary institution and life
25 experience equivalent to a master's degree in a
26 management field as determined by rule, and who has
27 been employed for at least ten of the last fifteen
28 years in a management position, may be issued a one-
29 year, nonrenewable, nontraditional conditional
30 administrator's license if the individual successfully
31 completes a nontraditional administrator preparation
32 internship program in accordance with section 256.16,
33 subsection 3. An individual may be issued an
34 administrator's license if the individual successfully
35 completes one year of employment as an administrator
36 under a nontraditional conditional license and
37 successfully completes the second course of study set
38 forth in section 256.16, subsection 3. However, an
39 individual licensed pursuant to this paragraph shall
40 be licensed only to serve as a superintendent in a
41 school district with an actual enrollment of five
42 thousand five hundred or more pupils, at the time of
43 signing the initial contract for employment as a
44 superintendent.
45 b. An individual who possesses at least a
46 bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary
47 institution, who has been employed for at least five
48 consecutive years in an area requiring knowledge and
49 practical application of the individual's
50 postsecondary academic background, who can document,
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