House File 393 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  KAUFMANN and WORTHAN


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

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to licenses and endorsements issued by the board
  2    of educational examiners.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  4 TLSB 1308YH 83
  5 kh/nh/5

PAG LIN



  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.2, subsection 16, Code 2009, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    16.  Adopt criteria for administrative endorsements that.
  1  4    a.  The board shall allow a person to achieve the an
  1  5 endorsement authorizing the person to serve as an elementary
  1  6 or secondary principal without regard to the grade level at
  1  7 which the person accrued teaching experience.
  1  8    b.  The board shall establish criteria, and issuance and
  1  9 renewal requirements, for an administrator English as a second
  1 10 language endorsement.
  1 11    Sec. 2.  Section 272.8, Code 2009, is amended to read as
  1 12 follows:
  1 13    272.8  LICENSE TO LICENSURE OF APPLICANTS AND APPROVAL OF
  1 14 PRACTITIONER PREPARATION PROGRAMS FROM OTHER STATES OR
  1 15 COUNTRIES.
  1 16    1.  The board may issue a license to an applicant from
  1 17 another state or country if the applicant files evidence of
  1 18 the possession of the required or equivalent requirements with
  1 19 the board.  The license issued by the board shall be
  1 20 comparable to the license the applicant possesses or is
  1 21 qualified to possess in the other state or country.
  1 22    2.  The executive director of the board may, subject to
  1 23 board approval, enter into reciprocity agreements with another
  1 24 state or country for the licensing of practitioners on an
  1 25 equitable basis of mutual exchange, when the action is in
  1 26 conformity with law.
  1 27    3.  Practitioner preparation and professional development
  1 28 programs offered in this state by out=of=state institutions
  1 29 must be approved by the board in order to fulfill requirements
  1 30 for licensure or renewal of a license by an applicant.
  1 31                           EXPLANATION
  1 32    This bill requires the board of educational examiners to
  1 33 establish criteria for an administrator English as a second
  1 34 language endorsement.  The bill also provides that when the
  1 35 board issues a license to an applicant from another state or
  2  1 country, the license issued by the board shall be comparable
  2  2 to the license issued in the other state or country.
  2  3 LSB 1308YH 83
  2  4 kh/nh/5