HF 2432 (LSB 5991HV (3) 83)

HOUSE FILE 2432

BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

(SUCCESSOR TO HF 2185)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to a study of the opportunities for recruiting racial and ethnic minority teachers from outside the state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITY TEACHER RECRUITMENT STUDY.  Representatives of the department of education and representatives of the area education agencies shall study the opportunities for recruiting racial and ethnic minority teachers from outside the state. Specifically, the representatives shall examine the following issues:
   1.  Examine how to recruit racial and ethnic minority teachers from outside the state who will continue their careers as school administrators.
   2.  Examine the impact of requiring racial and ethnic minority teachers in communities whose population composition includes less than five percent racial and ethnic minority citizens based on the most recent federal decennial census.
   3.  Examine the impact of requiring racial and ethnic minority teachers in communities whose population composition includes five percent or more racial and ethnic minority citizens based on the most recent federal decennial census.
   For the purposes of this study, “racial and ethnic minority” includes individuals who are African American, Latinos, Asians or Pacific Islanders, American Indians, and Alaskan Native Americans.
   The representatives shall report their findings to the general assembly by January 10, 2011.
EXPLANATION
   This bill requires representatives of the department of education and area education agencies to study opportunities for recruiting racial and ethnic minority teachers from outside the state. The representatives are given three specific issues to examine relating to community demographics and to teachers’ interest in becoming administrators. “Racial and ethnic minority” is defined in the bill. The representatives must report their findings to the general assembly by January 10, 2011.