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:
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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.
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