House
File
2325
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2325
BY
SWEENEY
,
TYMESON
,
DE
BOEF
,
MAY
,
HORBACH
,
VAN
ENGELENHOVEN
,
STRUYK
,
HUSEMAN
,
WINDSCHITL
,
and
DOLECHECK
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
secondary
level
career
and
technical
1
endorsements
for
persons
holding
a
standard,
master
2
educator,
or
permanent
professional
teaching
license
and
3
including
effective
date
and
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
CONDITIONAL
SECONDARY
LEVEL
CAREER
AND
TECHNICAL
1
ENDORSEMENT.
A
person
who
holds
a
standard,
master
educator,
2
or
permanent
professional
teaching
license
and
who
applies
3
for
a
secondary
level
career
and
technical
endorsement
is
4
exempt
from
the
requirements
of
282
IAC
17.1
if
the
person
has
5
demonstrated
career
and
technical
competence
in
an
industrial,
6
trade,
or
technical
field
by
completion
of
a
minimum
of
five
7
thousand
hours
of
practical,
hands-on
experience
by
July
1,
8
2010,
in
the
area
in
which
the
endorsement
is
sought.
However,
9
a
person
who
receives
an
endorsement
pursuant
to
this
section
10
is
subject
to
rules
adopted
by
the
board
of
educational
11
examiners
relating
to
licensure
or
endorsement
renewal.
12
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT
AND
APPLICABILITY.
This
13
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
14
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
licensed
teachers
who
meet
the
15
conditions
specified
in
the
Act
and
who
submit
an
application
16
for
an
endorsement
to
the
board
of
educational
examiners
in
17
accordance
with
the
Act
during
the
fiscal
period
beginning
on
18
the
effective
date
of
this
Act
and
ending
June
30,
2011.
19
EXPLANATION
20
This
bill
makes
a
licensed
teacher
who
has
demonstrated
21
career
and
technical
competence
in
an
industrial,
trade,
or
22
technical
field,
by
completion
of
a
minimum
of
5,000
hours
23
of
practical,
hands-on
experience
in
the
area
in
which
the
24
endorsement
is
sought
prior
to
July
1,
2010,
eligible
to
25
receive
the
endorsement
without
meeting
coursework
or
other
26
requirements
for
career
and
technical
endorsements
specified
27
in
rules
adopted
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
28
for
teaching
at
the
secondary
level.
Those
who
receive
29
an
endorsement
under
this
provision
pursuant
to
the
bill
30
are
subject
to
rules
adopted
by
the
board
for
license
or
31
endorsement
renewal.
32
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
to
licensed
33
teachers
who
apply
for
the
endorsement
from
the
effective
date
34
of
the
Act
through
June
30,
2011.
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