ARC 1323C
EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS BOARD[282]
Adopted and Filed
Pursuant to the authority of Iowa Code section 272.2, the Board of Educational Examiners hereby amends Chapter 13, “Issuance of Teacher Licenses and Endorsements,” Iowa Administrative Code.
The Board has encountered several teachers who come to Iowa under the auspices of exchanges arranged through either the U.S. Department of Education or the U.S. Department of State. In past years, Board staff members have been able to evaluate these teachers’ transcripts and issue regional exchange licenses. Due to changes in the out-of-country rules that now require successful completion of both content and pedagogy Praxis testing, the staff is no longer able to license these teachers. This amendment allows these teachers to be licensed using the international exchange license rules, which do not require testing. If individuals desire to stay beyond their exchange period, they would then have to meet the requirements for the out-of-country licensure.
Notice of Intended Action was published in the Iowa Administrative Bulletin as ARC 1181C on November 13, 2013. A public hearing was held on December 4, 2013, with written comment accepted until December 6, 2013. No one attended the public hearing, and no written comments were received. This amendment is identical to that published under Notice of Intended Action.
There is an agencywide waiver provision available in 282—Chapter 6.
The Board of Educational Examiners adopted this amendment on January 16, 2014.
After analysis and review of this rule making, there is no anticipated impact on jobs.
This amendment is intended to implement Iowa Code section 272.2(1)“a.”
This amendment will become effective March 26, 2014.
The following amendment is adopted.
	Amend paragraph 13.17(3)“a” as follows:
	a. 	A nonrenewable international exchange license may be issued to an applicant under the following conditions:
	(1)	to (3) No change.
	(4)	The applicant is a participant in a teacher exchange program administered through the Iowa department of education, the U.S. Department of Education, or the U.S. Department of State.
[Filed 1/23/14, effective 3/26/14]
[Published 2/19/14]
Editor’s Note: For replacement pages for IAC, see IAC Supplement 2/19/14.