House File 158 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KAUFMANN


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act providing for the establishment of a permanent substitute
  2    teacher license by the board of educational examiners.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1374HH 83
  5 kh/nh/8

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.7, unnumbered paragraph 1, Code
  1  2 2009, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    A license issued under board authority is valid for the
  1  4 period of time for which it is issued, unless the license is
  1  5 suspended or revoked.  A license issued by the board is valid
  1  6 until the last day of the practitioner's birth month in the
  1  7 year in which the license expires.  No permanent licenses
  1  8 shall be issued except as provided in section 272.16.  A
  1  9 person employed as a practitioner shall hold a valid license
  1 10 with an endorsement for the type of service for which the
  1 11 person is employed.  This section does not limit the duties or
  1 12 powers of a school board to select or discharge practitioners
  1 13 or to terminate practitioners' contracts.  A professional
  1 14 development program, except for a program offered by a
  1 15 practitioner preparation institution or area education agency
  1 16 and approved by the state board of education, must possess a
  1 17 valid license for the types of programs offered.
  1 18    Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  272.16  PERMANENT SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
  1 19 LICENSES.
  1 20    1.  In accordance with section 272.2, subsection 1,
  1 21 paragraph "a", the board shall adopt rules relating to
  1 22 issuance of a permanent substitute teacher license for
  1 23 practitioners who have met all of the following requirements:
  1 24    a.  Successfully completed an approved practitioner
  1 25 preparation program and received a master's degree or a
  1 26 professional degree beyond the baccalaureate degree from an
  1 27 accredited college or university.
  1 28    b.  Has at least twenty=five years of successful teaching
  1 29 experience as a practitioner in this state.
  1 30    c.  Is at the time of application for licensure under this
  1 31 section current and in good standing with the board.
  1 32    2.  A practitioner is ineligible to receive a permanent
  1 33 substitute teacher license if the board has ever imposed a
  1 34 disciplinary sanction upon the practitioner.
  1 35                           EXPLANATION
  2  1    This bill directs the board of educational examiners to
  2  2 adopt rules relating to issuance of a permanent substitute
  2  3 teacher license for practitioners who have successfully
  2  4 completed an approved practitioner preparation program and
  2  5 received a master's degree or a professional degree beyond the
  2  6 baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.
  2  7 Practitioners must also have at least 25 years of successful
  2  8 teaching experience as a practitioner in Iowa and be current
  2  9 and in good standing with the board.
  2 10    A practitioner is ineligible to receive a permanent
  2 11 substitute teacher license if the board has ever imposed
  2 12 discipline on the practitioner.
  2 13    The bill includes a conforming amendment to provide an
  2 14 exception to the prohibition against issuing permanent
  2 15 licenses.
  2 16 LSB 1374HH 83
  2 17 kh/nh/8