CHAPTER 22
AUTHORIZATIONS
[Prior to 1/14/09, see Educational Examiners Board[282] Ch 19]
282—22.1(272) Coaching authorization. A coaching authorization allows an individual to coach any sport in a middle school, junior high school, or high school.
	22.1(1) Application process. Any person interested in the coaching authorization shall submit records of credit to the board of educational examiners for an evaluation in terms of the required courses or contact hours. Application materials are available from the office of the board of educational examiners, online at http://www.boee.iowa.gov/, or from institutions or agencies offering approved courses or contact hours.
	22.1(2) Requirements. Applicants for the coaching authorization shall have completed the following requirements:
	a. 	Credit hours. Applicants must complete credit hours in the following areas:
	(1)	Successful completion of 1 semester credit hour or 10 contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the human body in relation to physical activity.
	(2)	Successful completion of 1 semester credit hour or 10 contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of human growth and development of children and youth in relation to physical activity.
	(3)	Successful completion of 2 semester credit hours or 20 contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity.
	(4)	Successful completion of 1 semester credit hour or 10 contact hours relating to knowledge and understanding of the techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic athletics.
	(5)	Beginning on or after July 1, 2000, each applicant for an initial coaching authorization shall have successfully completed 1 semester hour or 15 contact hours in a course relating to the theory of coaching which must include at least 5 contact hours relating to the knowledge and understanding of professional ethics and legal responsibilities of coaches.
	b. 	Minimum age. Applicants must have attained a minimum age of 18 years.
	c. 	Iowa division of criminal investigation background check. Applicants must have successfully completed an Iowa division of criminal investigation background check. The background check fee will be assessed to the applicant.
	d. 	National criminal history background check. Applicants must have successfully completed a national criminal history background check. The background check fee will be assessed to the applicant.
	22.1(3) Validity. The coaching authorization shall be valid for five years, and it shall expire five years from the date of issuance.
	22.1(4) Renewal. The authorization may be renewed upon application and verification of successful completion of:
	a. 	Renewal activities.
	(1)	In addition to the child and dependent adult abuse training listed below, applicants for renewal must complete four planned renewal activities/courses related to athletic coaching approved in accordance with guidelines approved by the board of educational examiners. Additionally, each applicant for the renewal of a coaching authorization shall have completed one renewal activity/course relating to the knowledge and understanding of professional ethics and legal responsibilities of coaches.
	(2)	A one-year extension of the holder’s coaching authorization will be issued if all requirements for the renewal of the coaching authorization have not been met. This extension is not renewable. The fee for this extension is found in 282—Chapter 12.
	b. 	Child and dependent adult abuse training. Every renewal applicant must submit documentation of completion of the child and dependent adult abuse training approved by the state abuse education review panel. A waiver of this requirement may apply under the following conditions with appropriate documentation of any of the following:
	(1)	A person is engaged in active duty in the military service of this state or of the United States.
	(2)	The application of this requirement would impose an undue hardship on the person for whom the waiver is requested.
	(3)	A person is practicing a licensed profession outside this state.
	(4)	A person is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the person from satisfying the approved child and dependent adult abuse training in this state.
	(5)	The person has previously renewed a license or another authorization issued by the board of educational examiners and, at that time, reported the completion, within the past five years, of child and dependent adult abuse training approved by the state abuse education review panel.
	22.1(5) Revocation and suspension. Criteria of professional practice and rules of the board of educational examiners shall be applicable to the holders of the coaching authorization.
	22.1(6) Approval of courses. Each institution of higher education, private college or university, merged area school or area education agency wishing to offer the semester credit or contact hours for the coaching authorization must submit course descriptions for each offering to the board of educational examiners for approval. After initial approval, any changes by agencies or institutions in course offerings shall be filed with the board of educational examiners.
282—22.2(272) Substitute authorization. A substitute authorization allows an individual to substitute in a middle school, junior high school, or high school for no more than five consecutive days in one job assignment. An individual who holds a paraeducator certificate and completes the substitute authorization program is authorized to substitute only in the special education classroom in which the individual paraeducator is employed. This special education classroom may be on the preschool or elementary school level as well as the middle school, junior high school or high school level.
	22.2(1) Application process. Any person interested in the substitute authorization shall submit records of credit to the board of educational examiners for an evaluation in terms of the required courses or contact hours. Application materials are available from the office of the board of educational examiners, online at http://www.boee.iowa.gov/ or from institutions or agencies offering approved courses or contact hours.
	a. 	Requirements. Applicants for the substitute authorization shall meet the following requirements:
	(1)	Authorization program. Applicants must complete a board of educational examiners-approved substitute authorization program consisting of the following components and totaling a minimum of 15 clock hours:
	1.	Classroom management. This component includes an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation.
	2.	Strategies for learning. This component includes understanding and using a variety of learning strategies to encourage students’ development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.
	3.	Diversity. This component includes understanding how students differ in their approaches to learning and creating learning opportunities that are equitable and are adaptable to diverse learners.
	4.	Ethics. This component includes fostering relationships with parents, school colleagues, and organizations in the larger community to support students’ learning and development and to be aware of the board’s rules of professional practice and competent performance.
	(2)	Degree or certificate. Applicants must have achieved at least one of the following:
	1.	Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.
	2.	Completed an approved paraeducator certification program and hold a paraeducator certificate.
	(3)	Minimum age. Applicants must have attained a minimum age of 21 years.
	(4)	Iowa division of criminal investigation background check. Applicants must have successfully completed an Iowa division of criminal investigation background check. The background check fee will be assessed to the applicant.
	(5)	National criminal history background check. Applicants must have successfully completed a national criminal history background check. The background check fee will be assessed to the applicant.
	b. 	Validity. The substitute authorization shall be valid for three years, and it shall expire three years from the date of issuance.
	c. 	Renewal. The authorization may be renewed upon application and verification of successful completion of:
	(1)	Renewal units. Applicants for renewal of the substitute authorization must provide verification of a minimum of two renewal units equivalent to 30 clock hours.
	(2)	Child and dependent adult abuse training. Every renewal applicant must submit documentation of completion of the child and dependent adult abuse training approved by the state abuse education review panel. A waiver of this requirement may apply under the following conditions with appropriate documentation of any of the following:
	1.	A person is engaged in active duty in the military service of this state or of the United States.
	2.	The application of this requirement would impose an undue hardship on the person for whom the waiver is requested.
	3.	A person is practicing a licensed profession outside this state.
	4.	A person is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the person from satisfying the approved child and dependent adult abuse training in this state.
	5.	The person has previously renewed a license or another authorization issued by the board of educational examiners and, at that time, reported the completion, within the past five years, of child and dependent adult abuse training approved by the state abuse education review panel.
	22.2(2) Revocation and suspension. Criteria of professional practice and rules of the board of educational examiners shall be applicable to the holders of the substitute authorization.
	22.2(3) Approval of courses. Each institution of higher education, private college or university, merged area school or area education agency wishing to offer the semester credit or contact hours for the substitute authorization must submit course descriptions for each offering to the board of educational examiners for approval. After initial approval, any changes by agencies or institutions in course offerings shall be filed with the board of educational examiners.
[ARC 7745B, IAB 5/6/09, effective 6/10/09]
282—22.3(272) School business official authorization.
	22.3(1) Application for authorization. Effective July 1, 2012, a person who is interested in a school business official authorization will be required to apply for an authorization.
	22.3(2) Responsibilities. A school business official authorization allows an individual to perform, supervise, and be responsible for the overall financial operation of a local school district.
	22.3(3) Application process. Any person interested in the school business official authorization shall submit records of credit to the board of educational examiners for an evaluation in terms of the required courses or contact hours. Application materials are available from the office of the board of educational examiners, online at http://www.boee.iowa.gov/, or from institutions or agencies offering approved courses or contact hours.
	22.3(4) Specific requirements for an initial school business official authorization. Applicants for an initial school business official authorization shall have completed the following requirements:
	a. 	Education. Applicants must have a minimum of an associate’s degree in business or accounting or 60 semester hours of coursework in business or accounting of which 9 semester hours must be in accounting.
If the applicant has not completed 9 semester hours in accounting but has 6 or more semester hours in accounting, the applicant may be issued a temporary school business official authorization valid for one year.
	(1)	A temporary initial school business official authorization may be issued if requested by the district. A district administrator may file a written request with the executive director for an exception to the minimum content requirements on the basis of documented need and benefit to the district. The executive director will review the request and provide a written decision either approving or denying the request.
	(2)	If the 9 semester hours of accounting are not completed within the time allowed, the applicant will not be eligible for the initial school business official authorization.
	(3)	If the applicant received a temporary school business official authorization, then the initial school business official authorization shall not exceed one year.
	b. 	Minimum age. Applicants must have attained a minimum age of 18 years.
	c. 	Iowa division of criminal investigation background check. Applicants must have successfully completed an Iowa division of criminal investigation background check. The background check fee will be assessed to the applicant.
	d. 	National criminal history background check. Applicants must have successfully completed a national criminal history background check. The background check fee will be assessed to the applicant.
	22.3(5) Specific requirements for a standard school business official authorization.
	a. 	A standard school business official authorization will be valid for three years and may be issued to an applicant who meets the requirements set forth in subrules 22.3(3) to 22.3(5).
	b. 	Requirements.
	(1)	Applicants must complete 9 semester hours or the equivalent (1 semester hour is equivalent to 15 contact hours) in an approved program in the following areas/competencies:
	1.	Accounting (GAAP) concepts: fund accounting, account codes, Uniform Financial Accounting.
	2.	Accounting cycles: budgets, payroll/benefits, purchasing/inventory, cash, receipts, disbursements, financial reporting, investments.
	3.	Technology: management of accounting systems, proficiency in understanding and use of systems technology and related programs.
	4.	Regulatory: Uniform Administrative Procedures Manual, school policies and procedures, administrative procedures, public records law, records management, school law, employment law, construction and bidding law.
	5.	Personal skills: effective communication and interpersonal skills, ethical conduct, information management, ability to analyze and evaluate, ability to recognize and safeguard confidential information, and accurate and timely performance.
	(2)	Applicants shall demonstrate completion of or competency in the following:
	1.	A board of educational examiners ethics program.
	2.	A mentoring program as described in 281—Chapter 81.
	3.	The promotion of the value of the school business official’s fiduciary responsibility to the taxpayer.
	22.3(6) Validity.
	a. 	The initial school business official authorization shall be valid for two years from the date of employment.
	b. 	The standard school business official authorization shall be valid for three years, and it shall expire three years from the date of issuance on the last day of the practitioner’s birth month.
	22.3(7) Renewal. The authorization may be renewed upon application and verification of successful completion of:
	a. 	Renewal activities.
	(1)	In addition to the child and dependent adult abuse mandatory reporter training listed below, the applicant for renewal must complete 4 semester hours of credit or the equivalent contact hours (1 semester hour is equivalent to 15 contact hours) within three years, with a minimum of 1 semester hour or its equivalent completed in each year of the authorization.
	(2)	Failure to complete requirements for renewal in each calendar year will require petition for waiver from the board. The applicant must petition the board for waiver of the annual requirement.
	b. 	Child and dependent adult abuse mandatory reporter training. Every renewal applicant must submit documentation of completion of the child and dependent adult abuse mandatory reporter training approved by the state abuse education review panel. A waiver of this requirement may apply under any of the following appropriately documented conditions:
	(1)	The person is engaged in active duty in the military service of this state or of the United States.
	(2)	The application of this requirement would impose an undue hardship on the person for whom the waiver is requested.
	(3)	The person is practicing in a licensed profession outside this state.
	(4)	The person is otherwise subject to circumstances that would preclude the person from satisfying the approved child and dependent adult abuse mandatory reporter training in this state.
	(5)	The person has previously renewed a license or another authorization issued by the board of educational examiners and, at that time, reported the completion, within the past five years, of child and dependent adult abuse mandatory reporter training approved by the state abuse education review panel.
	22.3(8) Revocation and suspension. Criteria of professional practice and rules of the board of educational examiners shall be applicable to the holders of the school business official authorization.
	22.3(9) Approval of courses. Each institution of higher education, private college or university, merged area school or area education agency and professional organization that wishes to offer the semester credit hours or contact hours for the school business official authorization must submit course descriptions for each offering to the board of educational examiners for approval. After initial approval, any changes by agencies or institutions in course offerings shall be filed with the board of educational examiners.
[ARC 9572B, IAB 6/29/11, effective 8/3/11]
282—22.4(272) Licenses—issue dates, corrections, duplicates, and fraud.
	22.4(1) Issue date on original authorization. An authorization is valid only from and after the date of issuance.
	22.4(2) Correcting authorization. If an applicant notifies board staff of a typographical or clerical error on the authorization within 30 days of the date of the board’s mailing of an authorization, a corrected authorization shall be issued without charge to the applicant. If notification of a typographical or clerical error is made more than 30 days after the date of the board’s mailing of an authorization, a corrected authorization shall be issued upon receipt of the fee for issuance of a duplicate authorization. For purposes of this rule, typographical or clerical errors include misspellings, errors in the expiration date of an authorization, or errors in the type of authorization issued.
	22.4(3) Duplicate authorization. Upon application and payment of the fee set out in 282—Chapter 12, a duplicate authorization shall be issued.
	22.4(4) Fraud in procurement or renewal of authorization. Fraud in procurement or renewal of an authorization or falsifying records for authorization purposes will constitute grounds for filing a complaint with the board of educational examiners.
[ARC 9572B, IAB 6/29/11, effective 8/3/11]
These rules are intended to implement Iowa Code chapter 272.
[Filed 12/24/08, Notice 10/22/08—published 1/14/09, effective 2/18/09]
[Filed ARC 7745B (Notice ARC 7329B, IAB 11/5/08), IAB 5/6/09, effective 6/10/09]
[Filed ARC 9572B (Notice ARC 9381B, IAB 2/23/11), IAB 6/29/11, effective 8/3/11]