Senate File 332 - Introduced



                                       SENATE FILE       
                                       BY McKINLEY


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to board of educational examiners testing
  2    requirements for applicants for teacher licensure or
  3    endorsement.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 1593XS 82
  6 kh/je/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.2, Code 2007, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  18.  Adopt rules that require any
  1  4 applicant for licensure as a teacher to take the praxis II
  1  5 principles of learning and teaching test for the appropriate
  1  6 grade level and a praxis II teaching foundations test in the
  1  7 appropriate subject area.  If the applicant is applying for an
  1  8 Iowa endorsement, the board shall require the applicant to
  1  9 take a praxis II subject assessment for each endorsement the
  1 10 applicant seeks.  However, the rules shall provide that the
  1 11 applicant is exempt from the testing requirements of this
  1 12 subsection if the applicant provides the board with evidence
  1 13 that the applicant has taken the appropriate praxis II tests
  1 14 and the applicant's scores on the tests meet or exceed the
  1 15 qualifying scores approved by the board.
  1 16                           EXPLANATION
  1 17    This bill requires the board of educational examiners to
  1 18 adopt rules requiring that a person who applies to the board
  1 19 of educational examiners for licensure as a teacher or for an
  1 20 endorsement to teach in a specific subject area must take a
  1 21 praxis II principles of learning and teaching test and a
  1 22 praxis II teaching foundations test, as well as a subject
  1 23 assessment for each endorsement the applicant seeks, unless
  1 24 the applicant provides the board with evidence that the
  1 25 applicant has taken the appropriate praxis II tests and the
  1 26 applicant's scores on the tests meet or exceed the qualifying
  1 27 scores approved by the board.
  1 28    The praxis II principles of learning and teaching test
  1 29 measures general pedagogical knowledge.  The teaching
  1 30 foundations test measures pedagogy.  The subject assessment
  1 31 measures general and subject=specific teaching skills and
  1 32 knowledge.
  1 33 LSB 1593XS 82
  1 34 kh:nh/je/5.1