Senate File 2131 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY  MULDER


    Passed Senate, Date               Passed House,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to substitute teaching assignments for persons
  2    holding a license or certification to teach issued by another
  3    state.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 5909XS 81
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PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.8, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2005, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    The board may issue a license to an applicant from another
  1  4 state or country if the applicant files evidence of the
  1  5 possession of the required or equivalent requirements with the
  1  6 board.  The board shall authorize a person who holds a valid
  1  7 teaching license or certificate from a state contiguous to
  1  8 Iowa to be employed as a substitute teacher by a school
  1  9 district or accredited nonpublic school in this state for not
  1 10 more than forty instructional days in a school year if the
  1 11 school district or accredited nonpublic school is located
  1 12 within thirty miles of the other state's border.  The
  1 13 executive director of the board may, subject to board
  1 14 approval, enter into reciprocity agreements with another state
  1 15 or country for the licensing of practitioners on an equitable
  1 16 basis of mutual exchange, when the action is in conformity
  1 17 with law.
  1 18                           EXPLANATION
  1 19    This bill directs the board of educational examiners to
  1 20 authorize a person who is licensed or certified to teach in a
  1 21 border state to be employed as a substitute teacher for not
  1 22 more than 40 instructional days per school year if the school
  1 23 district or accredited nonpublic school employing the person
  1 24 is located within 30 miles of the other state's border.
  1 25 LSB 5909XS 81
  1 26 kh:nh/je/5