House Amendment 8249


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 2288, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 7, after line 27 by inserting:
     1  4    <Sec. ___.  Section 272.2, Code Supplement 2009, is
     1  5 amended by adding the following new subsection:
     1  6    NEW SUBSECTION.  19.  Adopt rules that require any
     1  7 applicant for a teacher license or for renewal of a
     1  8 teacher license to take the praxis II principles of
     1  9 learning and teaching test for the appropriate grade
     1 10 level and a praxis II teaching foundations test in the
     1 11 appropriate subject area.  If the applicant is applying
     1 12 for an Iowa endorsement, the board shall require the
     1 13 applicant to take a praxis II subject assessment for
     1 14 each endorsement the applicant seeks.  However, the
     1 15 rules shall provide that the applicant is exempt from
     1 16 the testing requirements of this subsection if the
     1 17 applicant provides the board with evidence that the
     1 18 applicant has taken the appropriate praxis II tests and
     1 19 the applicant's scores on the tests meet or exceed the
     1 20 qualifying scores approved by the board.>
     1 21 #2.  Title page, line 2, after <boards> by inserting
     1 22 <and to testing requirements for applicants for teacher
     1 23 licensure or endorsement>


                                        
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