House File 526 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR TO HF 212)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to educator licensing by requiring an annual
2 review of administrative rules adopted by the board of
3 educational examiners and directing the board of educational
4 examiners to convene an educator licensing review working
5 group.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 272.29 ANNUAL ADMINISTRATIVE
1 2 RULES REVIEW.
1 3 The executive director shall annually review the
1 4 administrative rules adopted pursuant to this chapter and
1 5 related state laws. The executive director shall annually
1 6 submit the executive director's findings and recommendations
1 7 in a report to the board and the chairpersons and ranking
1 8 members of the senate and house standing committees on
1 9 education and the joint appropriations subcommittee on
1 10 education by January 15.
1 11 Sec. 2. EDUCATOR LICENSING REVIEW WORKING GROUP.
1 12 1. The board of educational examiners, in consultation
1 13 with the department of education, shall convene a working
1 14 group to identify and recommend measures to improve Iowa's
1 15 current teacher and administrator preparation and licensing
1 16 practices. The working group shall review the current teacher
1 17 and administrator preparation and licensing processes to
1 18 identify essential standards to maintain quality preparation
1 19 and licensing requirements for teachers and administrators.
1 20 The review shall also do the following:
1 21 a. Identify state laws and agency rules that are no longer
1 22 essential to maintain quality.
1 23 b. Compare Iowa's teacher and administrator preparation
1 24 and licensing practices with those of neighboring states, and
1 25 identify those areas where Iowa's practices differ from, or
1 26 are consistent with, the practices of the states neighboring
1 27 Iowa.
1 28 c. Identify potential barriers preventing teacher and
1 29 administrator candidates from neighboring states from applying
1 30 for licensure in Iowa.
1 31 d. Review federal laws and regulations relating to
1 32 teachers and teacher licensure in order to ensure compliance
1 33 with federal laws and regulations, especially those relating
1 34 to highly qualified teachers.
1 35 2. The working group shall consist of teachers,
2 1 administrators, and representatives of the department of
2 2 education, the state board of education, the board of
2 3 educational examiners, and practitioner preparation
2 4 institutions.
2 5 3. The working group shall submit its findings and
2 6 recommendations to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
2 7 senate and house standing education committees and the joint
2 8 appropriations subcommittee on education by January 15, 2006.
2 9 EXPLANATION
2 10 This bill requires the executive director of the board of
2 11 educational examiners to annually review the administrative
2 12 rules adopted by the board and to submit the executive
2 13 director's findings and recommendations to certain members of
2 14 the general assembly by January 15. The bill also directs the
2 15 board of educational examiners, in consultation with the
2 16 department of education, to convene an educator licensing
2 17 review working group to improve Iowa's current teacher and
2 18 administrator preparation and licensing practices by
2 19 identifying standards essential for the maintenance of quality
2 20 preparation and licensure requirements for teachers and
2 21 administrators, identifying state laws and agency rules that
2 22 are no longer essential to maintain quality, comparing Iowa's
2 23 teacher and administrator preparation and licensing practices
2 24 with those of neighboring states, identifying potential
2 25 barriers preventing teacher and administrator candidates from
2 26 neighboring states from applying for licensure in Iowa, and
2 27 reviewing federal laws and regulations relating to teacher
2 28 licensure to ensure compliance with the federal laws and
2 29 regulations.
2 30 The working group must submit its findings and
2 31 recommendations to the chairpersons and ranking members of the
2 32 senate and house standing education committees and the joint
2 33 appropriations subcommittee on education by January 15, 2006.
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