Amend House File 2380 as follows:
   1.  Page 55, before line 23 by inserting: 

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TRAINING PREPARATION AND LICENSURE PROVISIONS
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.7, subsection 30, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   30.  Set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issued by the board of educational examiners for employment
 
the following:
   a.  Employment
 
as a school business official responsible for the financial operations of a school district.
   b.  Employment as a school administration manager responsible for assisting a school principal in performing noninstructional duties.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.16, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended by striking the subsection and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
   1.  Pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 5, the state board shall adopt rules requiring all higher education institutions providing approved practitioner preparation programs to do the following:
   a.  Require any candidate for admission to the practitioner preparation program to have a cumulative postsecondary grade point average at the time of application of at least three on a four-point scale, or its equivalent if another scale is used, unless the institution, at its discretion, determines that good cause exists. Each institution shall submit to the department annually the number of students who received good cause exemptions under this paragraph, the reasons the exemptions were granted, and the academic outcomes of the students receiving good cause exemptions.
   b.
  (1)  Administer a basic skills test, which has been approved by the director, to practitioner preparation program admission candidates. Candidates who do not successfully pass the test with a score above the twenty-fifth percentile nationally shall be denied admission to the program. 
   (2)  A student shall not successfully complete the program unless the student achieves scores above the twenty-fifth percentile nationally on an assessment approved by the director in pedagogy and at least one content area, and, beginning July 1, 2013, achieves a cumulative grade point average in the program of at least three point on a four-point grade scale, or its equivalent if another grade scale is used.
   c.  Include preparation in reading programs and integrate reading strategies into content area methods coursework.
   d.  Include in the professional education program, preparation that contributes to the education of students with disabilities and students who are gifted and talented, and preparation in classroom management addressing high-risk behaviors including but not limited to behaviors related to substance abuse. Preparation required under this paragraph must be successfully completed before graduation from the practitioner preparation program.
   Sec. ___.  Section 272.1, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  11A.  “School administration manager” means a person who is authorized to assist a school principal in performing noninstructional administrative duties.
   Sec. ___.  Section 272.2, subsection 13, Code Supplement 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   13.  Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation options for licensing persons who hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university, who do not meet other requirements for licensure
 
establish alternative licensure pathways for an initial teacher license and an initial administrator license and endorsement pursuant to section 272.16.

The rules shall prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of alternative principal licensing programs which may be offered in this state by designated agencies located within or outside this state. Procedures provided for approval of alternative principal licensing programs shall include procedures for enforcement of the prescribed standards.
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  272.16  Alternative licensure and endorsement.
   1.  The board shall establish alternative licensure pathways for an initial teacher license and an initial administrator license and endorsement.
   2.  The alternative pathway for an initial teacher license shall include all of the following components:
   a.  A requirement that the applicant for the alternative pathway to an initial teacher license meet all of the following criteria:
   (1)  Hold, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution and twenty-four postsecondary credit hours in the content area to be taught at the licensure level sought by the applicant; or, in order to teach a foreign language, the applicant shall hold at least a bachelor’s degree and be a native speaker of the language to be taught. 
   (2)  Have successfully passed a background check conducted in accordance with section 272.2, subsection 17.
   (3)  Have at least three recent consecutive years of successful, relevant work experience. 
   (4)  Have successfully passed a basic skills test, approved by the director, for acceptance. An applicant utilizing the alternative pathway to an initial teacher license shall not be issued such a license unless the student achieves scores above the twenty-fifth percentile nationally on an examination approved by the board for knowledge of pedagogies and in at least one content area.
   (5)  Have a cumulative postgraduate grade point average of at least three on a four-point scale, or its equivalent if another grade scale is used.
   b.  A requirement that the person issued an initial teacher license pursuant to this subsection shall, during the person’s first three years of teaching, successfully complete a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program pursuant to section 284.5, and shall successfully complete eighteen postsecondary credit hours of pedagogy coursework before the person may be issued a license beyond the initial license.
   3.  The alternative pathway for an initial administrator license shall include all of the following components:
   a.  A requirement that the applicant for the alternative pathway to an initial administrator license meet all of the following criteria: 
   (1)  Hold, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution.
   (2)  Have successfully passed a background check conducted in accordance with section 272.2, subsection 17.
   b.  A requirement that a person who is issued an initial administrator license through the alternative pathway specified by this subsection may be employed by a school district or accredited nonpublic school and, for the first consecutive three years of employment as a building principal, shall be supervised and mentored by a person who holds a valid professional administrator license. 
   4.  A person with at least five recent years of successful experience as a professional educator, and who is enrolled in an alternative principal licensing program approved by the board, may qualify for an initial administrator license.
   5.  A person with at least five recent years of successful management experience in business; industry; local, state, or federal government; or the military service of the United States, and who has successfully completed an alternative principal licensing program approved by the board, may qualify for an initial administrator license.
   6.
  a.  The alternative pathway for an initial administrator endorsement for school superintendents and area education agency administrators shall require an applicant to meet all of the following criteria:
   (1)  Hold, at a minimum, a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited postsecondary institution.
   (2)  Have successfully passed a background check conducted in accordance with section 272.2, subsection 17.
   (3)  Have at least five recent years of successful, relevant experience as a professional educator or management experience in business; industry; local, state, or federal government; or the military service of the United States. 
   b.  A person issued an initial administrator endorsement for superintendents or area education agency administrators under this subsection shall successfully complete a beginning mentoring and induction program with a mentor who is a superintendent or area education agency administrator, as appropriate.
   c.  A person issued an initial administrator endorsement for superintendents or area education agency administrators pursuant to this subsection, who successfully completes three years of experience as a superintendent or area education agency administrator, may be issued a license beyond the initial administrator endorsement. 
   7.  Upon application, a person who holds an initial administrator license issued pursuant to subsection 3, and who has three years of successful experience as a principal, shall be issued a professional administrator license.
   Sec. ___.  Section 272.25, subsection 1, Code 2011, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  A requirement that each student admitted to an approved practitioner preparation program must participate in field experiences that include both observation and participation in teaching activities in a variety of school settings. These field experiences shall comprise a total of at least fifty hours in duration, at least ten hours of which shall occur prior to a student’s acceptance in an approved practitioner preparation program. The student teaching experience shall be a minimum of twelve
 
fifteen weeks in duration during the student’s final year of the practitioner preparation program.
   Sec. ___.  Section 272.31, Code 2011, is amended by adding the following new subsection:
   NEW SUBSECTION.  2A.  The board shall issue a school administration manager authorization to an individual who successfully completes a training program that meets the standards set by the state board pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 30, and who complies with rules adopted by the state board pursuant to subsection 3.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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CHAMBERS of O’Brien

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FORRISTALL of Pottawattamie

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DOLECHECK of Ringgold