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
  6 kh/pj/5

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
  2  4 kh/pj/5