S-5078

   Amend Senate File 2171 as follows:
   1.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   Section 1.  Section 256.7, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  Prescribe standards and procedures for the approval of practitioner preparation programs and professional development programs offered in this state by practitioner preparation institutions located within or outside this state and by area education agencies. Procedures provided for approval of programs shall include procedures for enforcement of the prescribed standards and, except as provided in section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (b), shall not include a procedure for the waiving of any of the standards prescribed. The board may establish by rule and collect from practitioner preparation institutions located outside this state an amount equivalent to the department’s necessary travel and actual expenses incurred while engaged in the program approval process for the institution located outside this state. Amounts collected under this subsection shall be deposited in the general fund of the state.>
   2.  By striking page 1, line 16, through page 2, line 9, and inserting <subparagraph division (a) for one year for a person who has completed the course requirements for an approved practitioner preparation program but attained an assessment score below that required for successful completion of the program under subparagraph division (a).
   (c)  The board of educational examiners shall adopt rules under chapter 17A to create an initial one-year license for an applicant who obtains a waiver issued by the director and presents the waiver within thirty days of issuance to the board in accordance with subparagraph division (b) or who attended and successfully completed a practitioner preparation program outside of this state and has met all other application requirements with the exception of the assessment score achievement requirements of subparagraph division (a). Such an applicant must provide an affidavit from the administrator of a school district or an accredited nonpublic school verifying that an offer of a teaching contract has been made and the school district or accredited nonpublic school has made every reasonable and good-faith effort to employ a teacher licensed under chapter 272 for the specified subject and is unable to employ such a teacher.
   Sec. ___.  Section 256.16, subsection 2, Code 2018, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A person initially applying for a license shall successfully complete a professional education program containing the subject matter specified in this section, before the initial action by the board of educational examiners takes place.  However, this subsection shall not apply to a person who meets the requirements for an initial one-year license in accordance with subsection 1, paragraph “a”, subparagraph (2), subparagraph division (c).>
   3.  By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.

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MARK CHELGREN