House Journal: Page 1924: Monday, May 7, 2001
7 NEW SUBSECTION. 16. a. Administer the Praxis II
8 examination for knowledge of pedagogies and for not
9 more than one content area to each individual who is
10 applying for a provisional license prior to issuance
11 of the license.
12 b. Examination fees for the examination required
13 under this subsection shall be paid by the board.
14 Costs incurred for additional content area
15 examinations shall be paid by the applicant.
16 c. This subsection is repealed effective June 30,
17 2003.
18 Sec. 17. NEW SECTION. 272.28 MENTORING AND
19 INDUCTION REQUIREMENT.
20 1. Effective July 1, 2003, requirements for
21 teacher licensure beyond a provisional license shall
22 include successful completion of a beginning teacher
23 mentoring and induction program approved by the state
24 board of education.
25 2. A teacher from an accredited nonpublic school
26 or another state or country is exempt from the
27 requirement of subsection 1 if the teacher can
28 document three years of successful teaching experience
29 within the past five years and meet or exceed the
30 requirements contained in rules adopted under this
31 chapter for endorsement and licensure.
32 Sec. 18. Section 279.19, unnumbered paragraphs 1
33 and 2, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
34 The first three two consecutive years of employment
35 of a teacher in the same school district are a
36 probationary period. However, if the teacher has
37 successfully completed a probationary period of
38 employment for another school district located in
39 Iowa, the probationary period in the current district
40 of employment shall not exceed one year. A board of
41 directors may waive the probationary period for any
42 teacher who previously has served a probationary
43 period in another school district and the board may
44 extend the probationary period for an additional year
45 with the consent of the teacher.
46 Notwithstanding the two-year probationary period
47 otherwise provided for in this section, if a school
48 district offers a beginning teacher a third year of a
49 beginning teacher mentoring and induction program, and
50 the teacher accepts the school district's offer, the
Page 16
1 teacher's probationary period shall continue through
2 the teacher's third year of employment.
3 In the case of the termination of a probationary
4 teacher's contract, the provisions of sections 279.15
5 and 279.16 shall apply.
© 2001 Cornell College and
League of Women Voters of Iowa
Comments about this site or page?
hjourn@legis.iowa.gov.
Please remember that the person listed above does not vote on bills. Direct all comments concerning legislation to State Legislators.
Last update: Wed May 9 13:35:00 CDT 2001
URL: /DOCS/GA/79GA/Session.1/HJournal/01900/01924.html
jhf