Senate Study Bill 1054
SENATE/HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION/BOARD OF
EDUCATIONAL EXAMINERS
BILL)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to a review of statistical information compiled
2 by the board of educational examiners from Praxis II
3 examinations administered to initial, provisional teaching
4 license applicants.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 284.12, subsection 4, Code 2003, is
1 2 amended to read as follows:
1 3 4. The board of educational examiners shall compile
1 4 statistical information from the results of the examinations
1 5 administered pursuant to section 272.2, subsection 16, Code
1 6 2003. The information compiled shall identify the
1 7 practitioner preparation programs from which the applicants
1 8 graduated, but shall not identify applicants individually.
1 9 The statistical information compiled by the board pursuant to
1 10 this subsection is a public record. The board shall submit a
1 11 review of the statistical information to the chairpersons and
1 12 ranking members of the senate and house committees on
1 13 education and the state board by December 1, 2003 January 15,
1 14 2004. This subsection is repealed effective June 30, 2004.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 This bill extends the date by which the board of
1 17 educational examiners is required to submit a one=time report
1 18 to members of the general assembly and the state board of
1 19 education regarding the results of Praxis II examinations
1 20 administered by the board of educational examiners to
1 21 individuals applying for an initial, provisional teaching
1 22 license. The Praxis II examination measures an individual's
1 23 knowledge of pedagogies and content area.
1 24 The bill includes a technical change to identify the Iowa
1 25 Code edition that requires the board of educational examiners
1 26 to administer the examination. The bill also provides for the
1 27 repeal of the Code subsection requiring the report effective
1 28 June 30, 2004.
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