House File 212 - Introduced



                                  HOUSE FILE       
                                  BY  MASCHER

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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act directing the board of educational examiners to convene an
  2    educator licensing review working group.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 2299HH 81
  5 kh/sh/8

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  1  1    Section 1.  EDUCATOR LICENSING REVIEW WORKING GROUP.
  1  2    1.  The board of educational examiners, in consultation
  1  3 with the department of education, shall convene a working
  1  4 group to identify and recommend measures to improve Iowa's
  1  5 current teacher and administrator preparation and licensing
  1  6 practices.  The working group shall review the current teacher
  1  7 and administrator preparation and licensing processes to
  1  8 identify essential standards to maintain quality preparation
  1  9 and licensing requirements for teachers and administrators.
  1 10 The review shall also do the following:
  1 11    a.  Identify state laws and agency rules that are no longer
  1 12 essential to maintain quality.
  1 13    b.  Compare Iowa's teacher and administrator preparation
  1 14 and licensing practices with those of neighboring states, and
  1 15 identify those areas where Iowa's practices differ from, or
  1 16 are consistent with, the practices of the states neighboring
  1 17 Iowa.
  1 18    c.  Identify potential barriers preventing teacher and
  1 19 administrator candidates from neighboring states from applying
  1 20 for licensure in Iowa.
  1 21    2.  The working group shall consist of teachers,
  1 22 administrators, and representatives of the department of
  1 23 education, the state board of education, the board of
  1 24 educational examiners, and practitioner preparation
  1 25 institutions.
  1 26    3.  The working group shall submit its findings and
  1 27 recommendations to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
  1 28 senate and house standing education committees and the joint
  1 29 appropriations subcommittee on education by January 15, 2006.
  1 30                           EXPLANATION
  1 31    This bill directs the board of educational examiners, in
  1 32 consultation with the department of education, to convene an
  1 33 educator licensing review working group to improve Iowa's
  1 34 current teacher and administrator preparation and licensing
  1 35 practices by identifying standards essential for the
  2  1 maintenance of quality preparation and licensure requirements
  2  2 for teachers and administrators, identifying state laws and
  2  3 agency rules that are no longer essential to maintain quality,
  2  4 comparing Iowa's teacher and administrator preparation and
  2  5 licensing practices with those of neighboring states, and
  2  6 identifying potential barriers preventing teacher and
  2  7 administrator candidates from neighboring states from applying
  2  8 for licensure in Iowa.
  2  9    The working group must submit its findings and
  2 10 recommendations to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
  2 11 senate and house standing education committees and the joint
  2 12 appropriations subcommittee on education by January 15, 2006.
  2 13 LSB 2299HH 81
  2 14 kh:nh/sh/8