House File 255 S-5005 Amend House File 255, as amended, passed, and reprinted by 1 the House, as follows: 2 1. Page 1, line 1, by striking < 2023 > and inserting < 2024 > 3 2. By striking page 1, line 22, through page 2, line 5, and 4 inserting: 5 < Sec. ___. Section 256.146, subsection 12, Code 2024, is 6 amended to read as follows: 7 12. Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation 8 options for licensing persons who hold a bachelor’s degree 9 or higher from an accredited or state-approved college or 10 university, who do not meet other requirements for licensure. 11 The rules shall, at a minimum, require the board to do all of 12 the following: 13 a. Issue a teacher intern license to an applicant who has 14 enrolled in a program established pursuant to section 256.16, 15 subsection 1, paragraph “m” . 16 b. Allow a licensee who has attained a teacher intern 17 license pursuant to paragraph “a” to apply for an initial 18 teaching license if the school that employed the licensee 19 during the licensee’s completion of the program established 20 pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “m” , and 21 the higher education institution that operated the program 22 recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply for an initial 23 teaching license. > 24 3. Page 2, by striking lines 6 through 12 and inserting: 25 < Sec. ___. Section 256.146, Code 2024, is amended by adding 26 the following new subsection: 27 NEW SUBSECTION . 25. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 28 17A that allow an individual seeking a career and technical 29 secondary authorization to apply, and, if eligible, be issued 30 the secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of 31 employment with a school. > 32 4. Page 2, line 13, by striking < 272.17 > and inserting 33 < 256.166 > 34 5. Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: 35 -1- HF 255.2563 (3) 90 jda/jh 1/ 4 #1. #2. #3. #4. #5.

< b. The applicant shall have at least sixty contact 1 hours in the classroom, of which at least thirty hours shall 2 be teaching in a classroom under a licensed teacher. The 3 applicant may complete any remaining contact hours by working 4 as a para-educator or in another relevant role. The principal 5 of the school where the applicant completed the contact hours 6 shall certify to the board the applicant’s completion of the 7 requirements in this paragraph. > 8 6. Page 2, by striking lines 21 through 29 and inserting: 9 < c. The applicant shall successfully complete an alternative 10 teacher certification program that has been approved by the 11 board pursuant to subsection 2 and that includes the required 12 content training in the area in which the applicant seeks to 13 be licensed. > 14 7. Page 2, by striking lines 30 through 33 and inserting: 15 < 2. The board shall not approve an alternative teacher 16 certification program for purposes of this section unless the 17 alternative teacher certification program meets all of the 18 following requirements: > 19 8. Page 3, after line 2 by inserting: 20 < c. The alternative teacher certification program must 21 incorporate pedagogy training, including an examination, that 22 teaches effective instructional delivery, classroom management 23 and organization, assessment, instructional design, and 24 professional learning and leadership. 25 d. The alternative teacher certification program must 26 include preparation that is substantially similar to the 27 preparation in reading theory, knowledge, strategies, and 28 approaches described in section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph 29 “a” , including preparation related to evidence-based early 30 reading instruction and practical application, if enacted. > 31 9. Page 3, line 3, after < completes an > by inserting 32 < approved > 33 10. Page 3, line 9, after < completes an > by inserting 34 < approved > 35 -2- HF 255.2563 (3) 90 jda/jh 2/ 4 #6. #7. #8. #9.

11. Page 3, line 18, after < an > by inserting < approved > 1 12. By striking page 3, line 25, through page 4, line 18, 2 and inserting: 3 < Sec. ___. Section 256.163, Code 2024, is amended to read 4 as follows: 5 256.163 Licensure beyond a temporary initial license or an 6 initial license. 7 1. Requirements for teacher licensure beyond a temporary 8 initial license or an initial license shall include successful 9 completion of a beginning teacher mentoring and induction 10 program approved by the state board of education pursuant to 11 section 284.5 ; or two years of successful teaching experience 12 in a school district with an approved career paths, leadership 13 roles, and compensation framework or approved comparable system 14 as provided in section 284.15 ; or evidence of not less than 15 three years of successful teaching experience at any of the 16 following: 17 a. An accredited nonpublic school in this state. 18 b. A preschool program approved by the United States 19 department of health and human services. 20 c. Preschool programs at school districts approved to 21 participate in the preschool program under chapter 256C . 22 d. Shared visions programs receiving grants from the child 23 development coordinating council under section 256A.3 . 24 e. Preschool programs receiving moneys from the school 25 ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund 26 created in section 256I.11 . 27 2. A teacher from an accredited nonpublic school or another 28 state or country is exempt from the requirement of subsection 1 29 if the teacher can document three years of successful teaching 30 experience and meet or exceed the requirements contained in 31 rules adopted under this part for endorsement and licensure. > 32 13. By renumbering as necessary. 33 -3- HF 255.2563 (3) 90 jda/jh 3/ 4 #11. #12.