Senate File 59 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY McKINLEY and BRUNKHORST
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to the licensure requirements for a practitioner
2 who provides competent private instruction to a child of
3 compulsory attendance age.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
5 TLSB 1390SS 81
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 299A.2, Code 2005, is amended to read
1 2 as follows:
1 3 299A.2 COMPETENT PRIVATE INSTRUCTION BY LICENSED
1 4 PRACTITIONER.
1 5 If a licensed practitioner provides competent instruction
1 6 to a child of compulsory attendance age, the practitioner
1 7 shall possess a valid license or certificate which has been
1 8 issued by the state board of educational examiners under
1 9 chapter 272 and which is appropriate to the ages and grade
1 10 levels of the children to be taught. Competent private
1 11 instruction may include, but is not limited to, a home school
1 12 assistance program which provides instruction or instructional
1 13 supervision offered through an accredited nonpublic school or
1 14 public school district by a teacher, who is employed by the
1 15 accredited nonpublic school or public school district, who
1 16 assists and supervises a parent, guardian, or legal custodian
1 17 in providing instruction to a child. If competent private
1 18 instruction is provided through a public school district, the
1 19 child shall be enrolled and included in the basic enrollment
1 20 of the school district as provided in section 257.6. Sections
1 21 299A.3 through 299A.7 do not apply to competent private
1 22 instruction provided by a licensed practitioner under this
1 23 section. However, the reporting requirement contained in
1 24 section 299A.3, subsection 1, shall apply to competent private
1 25 instruction provided by licensed practitioners that is not
1 26 part of a home school assistance program offered through an
1 27 accredited nonpublic school or public school district.
1 28 EXPLANATION
1 29 This bill strikes a requirement from the Code chapter
1 30 governing competent private instruction (i.e., homeschooling)
1 31 which requires that a teacher who provides competent private
1 32 instruction possess a license that is appropriate to the ages
1 33 and grade levels of the children to be taught.
1 34 The bill also strikes reference to a certificate that the
1 35 board of educational examiners issued prior to July 1, 1989,
2 1 which entitled the possessor to be granted a permanent
2 2 license.
2 3 LSB 1390SS 81
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