House Amendment 8560 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 2432, as passed by the House, as 1 2 follows: 1 3 #1. By striking everything after the enacting clause 1 4 and inserting: 1 5 <Section 1. RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY TEACHER 1 6 RECRUITMENT STUDY. Representatives of the department 1 7 of education, the area education agencies, and public 1 8 and private colleges and universities shall study the 1 9 opportunities for the recruitment and retention of 1 10 racial and ethnic minority teachers. Specifically, the 1 11 representatives shall examine the following issues: 1 12 1. Examine strategies to encourage racial and 1 13 ethnic minority high school students to enter the 1 14 teaching profession. 1 15 2. Examine how to recruit racial and ethnic 1 16 minority students interested in post=secondary teacher 1 17 preparatory programs into attending an Iowa college or 1 18 university teacher preparatory program. 1 19 3. Examine strategies to recruit racial and ethnic 1 20 minority teachers to continue their careers as school 1 21 administrators in Iowa. 1 22 For the purposes of this study, "racial and ethnic 1 23 minority" includes individuals who are African 1 24 American, Latinos, Asians or Pacific Islanders, 1 25 American Indians, and Alaskan Native Americans. 1 26 The state board of regents shall be responsible for 1 27 providing staffing assistance to the study group. The 1 28 representatives shall report their findings to the 1 29 general assembly by January 10, 2011.> 1 30 #2. Title page, line 2, by striking <from outside 1 31 the state> HF2432.2677.S (1) 83 jh