House File 2081 H-8007 Amend House File 2081 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, after line 9 by inserting: 2 < Sec. ___. Section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph d, Code 3 2022, is amended to read as follows: 4 d. Require that each student admitted to an approved 5 practitioner preparation program participate in pre-student 6 teaching field experiences that include both observation and 7 participation in teaching activities in a variety of school 8 settings. These Pre-student teaching field experiences for 9 students participating in an initial teacher preparation 10 program shall comprise a total of at least fifty eighty 11 hours in duration, at least ten hours of which shall occur 12 prior to a student’s acceptance in an approved practitioner 13 preparation program. Pre-student teaching field experiences 14 for students participating in a teacher intern preparation 15 program shall comprise a total of at least fifty hours in 16 duration. The student teaching experience shall be a minimum 17 of fourteen weeks in duration during the student’s final year 18 of the practitioner preparation program. The program shall 19 make every reasonable effort to offer the student teaching 20 experience prior to a student’s last semester, or equivalent, 21 in the program, and to expand the student’s student teaching 22 opportunities beyond one semester or the equivalent. > 23 2. Title page, line 5, after < program, > by inserting < field 24 experiences, > 25 3. By renumbering as necessary. 26 ______________________________ GOBBLE of Polk -1- HF 2081.2757 (2) 89 jda/jh 1/ 1 #1. #2. #3.