272.3  Membership.
  1.  The board of educational examiners consists of twelve members. Two must be members of the general public, one must be the director of the department of education or the director’s designee, and the remaining nine members must be licensed practitioners. One of the public members shall have served on a school board. The public members shall never have held a practitioner’s license, but shall have a demonstrated interest in education. The nine practitioners shall be selected from the following areas and specialties of the teaching profession:
  a.  Elementary teachers.
  b.  Secondary teachers.
  c.  Special education or other similar teachers.
  d.  Counselors or other special purpose practitioners.
  e.  Administrators.
  f.  School service personnel.
  2.  A majority of the licensed practitioner members shall be nonadministrative practitioners. Four of the members shall be administrators. Membership of the board shall comply with the requirements of sections 69.16 and 69.16A. A quorum of the board shall consist of six members. Members shall elect a chairperson of the board. Members, except for the director of the department of education or the director’s designee, shall be appointed by the governor subject to confirmation by the senate.
[C97, §2634; S13, §2634-a; SS15, §2634-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3859; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §260.3]
85 Acts, ch 212, §22
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86 Acts, ch 1245, §1443
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89 Acts, ch 265, §3
C93, §272.3
2002 Acts, ch 1047, §11, 20
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2006 Acts, ch 1152, §10, 11
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2007 Acts, ch 104, §1
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2008 Acts, ch 1008, §3
Confirmation, see §2.32