House Amendment 8560


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     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>
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