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1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, subsection 7, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 7. a. Adopt rules under chapter 17A for the use of
1 4 telecommunications as an instructional tool for students
1 5 enrolled in kindergarten through grade twelve and served by
1 6 local school districts, accredited or approved nonpublic
1 7 schools, area education agencies, community colleges,
1 8 institutions of higher education under the state board of
1 9 regents, and independent colleges and universities in
1 10 elementary and secondary school classes and courses. The
1 11 rules shall include but need not be limited to rules relating
1 12 to programs, educational policy, instructional practices,
1 13 staff development, use of pilot projects, curriculum
1 14 monitoring, and the accessibility of licensed teachers.
1 15 b. When curriculum is provided by means of
1 16 telecommunications, except as provided in paragraph "c", it
1 17 shall be taught by an appropriately licensed teacher. The
1 18 teacher shall either be present in the classroom, or be
1 19 present at the location at which the curriculum delivered by
1 20 means of telecommunications originates.
1 21 The rules shall provide that when the curriculum is taught
1 22 by an appropriately licensed teacher at the location at which
1 23 the telecommunications originates, the curriculum received at
1 24 a remote site shall be under the supervision of a licensed
1 25 teacher. The licensed teacher at the originating site may
1 26 provide supervision of students at a remote site or the school
1 27 district in which the remote site is located may provide for
1 28 supervision at the remote site if the school district deems it
1 29 necessary or if requested to do so by the licensed teacher at
1 30 the originating site. For the purposes of this subsection,
1 31 "supervision" means that the curriculum is monitored by a
1 32 licensed teacher and the teacher is accessible to the students
1 33 receiving the curriculum by means of telecommunications.
1 34 c. Notwithstanding paragraph "b", if a school district
1 35 fails to employ a licensed teacher for a course after making
2 1 every reasonable effort to employ a licensed teacher, the
2 2 school district may enter into a contract with an accredited
2 3 postsecondary educational institution located in this state
2 4 for delivery of the course via the internet to students
2 5 enrolled in the school district. Curriculum delivered via the
2 6 internet in accordance with this paragraph shall be taught by
2 7 instructional personnel licensed as provided in section 272.2,
2 8 subsection 17. The school district shall provide adequate
2 9 supervision for students receiving the curriculum at an
2 10 attendance center in the school district. Standards for
2 11 quality assurance of faculty and ongoing quality professional
2 12 development for instructional personnel employed to deliver
2 13 curriculum via the internet to students enrolled in
2 14 kindergarten through grade twelve at a school district shall
2 15 be the accreditation standards of the north central
2 16 association of colleges and schools and the faculty standards
2 17 required under specific programs offered by the institution
2 18 that are accredited by other accrediting agencies, or shall be
2 19 standards agreed to by the institution and the board of
2 20 educational examiners in accordance with section 272.2,
2 21 subsection 17.
2 22 d. The state board shall establish an advisory committee
2 23 to make recommendations for rules required under this
2 24 subsection on the use of telecommunications as an
2 25 instructional tool. The committee shall be composed of
2 26 representatives from community colleges, area education
2 27 agencies, accredited or approved nonpublic schools, and local
2 28 school districts from various enrollment categories. The
2 29 representatives shall include board members, school
2 30 administrators, teachers, parents, students, and associations
2 31 interested in education.
2 32 e. For the purpose of the rules adopted by the state
2 33 board, telecommunications means narrowcast communications
2 34 through systems that are directed toward a narrowly defined
2 35 audience and includes interactive live communications.
3 1 Sec. 2. Section 272.1, subsection 7, Code 2003, is amended
3 2 to read as follows:
3 3 7. "Practitioner" means an administrator, teacher, or
3 4 other licensed professional who does not hold or receive a
3 5 license from a professional licensing board other than the
3 6 board of educational examiners and who provides educational
3 7 assistance to students. "Practitioner" may mean an online
3 8 teacher employed by an accredited postsecondary educational
3 9 institution to provide educational assistance under a contract
3 10 with a school district in accordance with section 256.7,
3 11 subsection 7.
3 12 Sec. 3. Section 272.2, Code 2003, is amended by adding the
3 13 following new subsection:
3 14 NEW SUBSECTION. 17. License instructional personnel for
3 15 delivery of courses via the internet to students in accordance
3 16 with section 256.7, subsection 7, paragraph "c", if an
3 17 accredited postsecondary educational institution certifies to
3 18 the board that the applicant for an online teaching license
3 19 meets the institution's academic standards. The board may
3 20 collaborate with an institution wishing to deliver curriculum
3 21 via the internet in accordance with section 256.7, subsection
3 22 7, to develop competencies for online teacher licensure.
3 23 Applicants shall be disqualified for any reason specified in
3 24 section 272.2, subsection 14. Nothing in this subsection
3 25 shall be construed to allow a person who holds an online
3 26 teaching license to perform services as a practitioner
3 27 anywhere other than online as provided in section 256.7,
3 28 subsection 7, paragraph "c", unless the person also holds an
3 29 initial, standard, professional teacher, master educator, two-
3 30 year exchange, or permanent professional license.
3 31 EXPLANATION
3 32 This bill permits a school district that fails to employ a
3 33 qualified teacher, after making every reasonable effort to
3 34 employ such a teacher, to enter into a contract with an
3 35 accredited postsecondary educational institution located in
4 1 the state for delivery of curriculum via the internet. The
4 2 bill authorizes the board of educational examiners to issue an
4 3 online teaching license to a person certified by the
4 4 institution as meeting the institution's academic standards.
4 5 Faculty and professional development standards for online
4 6 teachers shall be those currently adhered to by the
4 7 institution, or standards agreed to by an institution and the
4 8 board of educational examiners. Applicants shall be
4 9 disqualified if the board finds that the person has been
4 10 convicted of a crime or that there has been a founded report
4 11 of child abuse against the person. The bill prohibits a
4 12 person who holds only an online teaching license from teaching
4 13 that would otherwise require a regular teaching license.
4 14 If the online curriculum is delivered to students at a
4 15 school district attendance center, the district must provide
4 16 adequate supervision by a licensed teacher.
4 17 LSB 1812SS 80
4 18 kh/sh/8
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