House Study Bill 214
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON WENDT)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to school business management and providing an
2 effective date.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
4 TLSB 2379HC 83
5 kh/sc/5
PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code 2009, is amended by adding
1 2 the following new subsection:
1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 30. Set standards and procedures for the
1 4 approval of training programs for individuals who seek an
1 5 authorization issued by the board of educational examiners for
1 6 employment as a business manager responsible for the financial
1 7 operations of a school district.
1 8 Sec. 2. Section 272.31, Code 2009, is amended to read as
1 9 follows:
1 10 272.31 COACHING AUTHORIZATION AUTHORIZATIONS == COACHING
1 11 == BUSINESS MANAGERS.
1 12 1. a. The minimum requirements for the board to award a
1 13 coaching authorization to an applicant are:
1 14 a. (1) Successful completion of one semester credit hour
1 15 or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
1 16 understanding of the structure and function of the human body
1 17 in relation to physical activity.
1 18 b. (2) Successful completion of one semester credit hour
1 19 or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
1 20 understanding of human growth and development of children and
1 21 youth in relation to physical activity.
1 22 c. (3) Successful completion of two semester credit hours
1 23 or twenty contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
1 24 understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries
1 25 and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity.
1 26 d. (4) Successful completion of one semester credit hour
1 27 or ten contact hours relating to knowledge and understanding
1 28 of the techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic
1 29 athletics.
1 30 e. (5) Attainment of at least eighteen years of age.
1 31 b. Institutions of higher education, private colleges and
1 32 universities, community colleges, and area education agencies
1 33 shall cooperate with the state board of education to ensure
1 34 that the courses required under paragraph "a" are offered
1 35 throughout the state at convenient times and at a reasonable
2 1 cost.
2 2 2. The board shall issue a business manager authorization
2 3 to an individual who successfully completes a training program
2 4 that meets the standards set by the state board of education
2 5 pursuant to section 256.7, subsection 30, and who complies
2 6 with rules adopted by the board pursuant to subsection 3 of
2 7 this section.
2 8 2. 3. The board of educational examiners shall adopt
2 9 rules under chapter 17A for coaching authorizations,
2 10 including, but not limited to, approval of courses, validity
2 11 and expiration, fees, and suspension and revocation of
2 12 authorizations. The state board of education shall work with
2 13 institutions of higher education, private colleges and
2 14 universities, community colleges, and area education agencies
2 15 to ensure that the courses required under subsection 1 are
2 16 offered throughout the state at convenient times and at a
2 17 reasonable cost.
2 18 Sec. 3. BUSINESS MANAGER TRAINING PROGRAM AND
2 19 AUTHORIZATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE. The department of
2 20 education, in consultation with the board of educational
2 21 examiners, shall convene an advisory committee to determine
2 22 the standards and procedures, content, and processes of
2 23 training programs for individuals who seek an authorization
2 24 issued by the board of educational examiners for employment as
2 25 a business manager responsible for the financial operations of
2 26 a school district. The advisory committee shall be comprised
2 27 of representatives of the Iowa association of school business
2 28 officials, individuals holding financial leadership roles in
2 29 large, medium, and small school districts, and a public member
2 30 of the school budget review committee. The advisory committee
2 31 shall review other states' professional organizations and
2 32 programs regarding school business manager authorization,
2 33 determine the best practices for school district business
2 34 management training programs, and identify and recommend the
2 35 knowledge and skills necessary to obtain a business manager
3 1 authorization from the board of educational examiners. The
3 2 advisory committee shall submit its findings and
3 3 recommendations in a report to the state board of education
3 4 and the board of educational examiners by December 31, 2010.
3 5 Sec. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. The sections of this Act amending
3 6 sections 256.7 and 272.31 take effect July 1, 2011.
3 7 EXPLANATION
3 8 This bill directs the state board of education to set
3 9 standards and procedures for the approval of training programs
3 10 for individuals who seek an authorization issued by the board
3 11 of educational examiners for employment as business managers
3 12 responsible for the financial operations of school districts,
3 13 requires the board of educational examiners to adopt rules for
3 14 the issuance of a business manager authorization to an
3 15 individual who successfully completes a program that meets the
3 16 state board's standards and who complies with the educational
3 17 examiners board's rules, and directs the department of
3 18 education, in consultation with the board of educational
3 19 examiners, to convene a business manager training program and
3 20 authorization advisory committee.
3 21 The advisory committee is charged with determining the
3 22 standards and procedures, content, and processes of training
3 23 programs for individuals who seek an authorization issued by
3 24 the board of educational examiners. The advisory committee is
3 25 comprised of representatives of the Iowa association of school
3 26 business officials, individuals holding financial leadership
3 27 roles in large, medium, and small school districts, and a
3 28 public member of the school budget review committee. The
3 29 advisory committee must submit a report to the state board of
3 30 education and the board of educational examiners by December
3 31 31, 2010.
3 32 The provisions directing the state board of education to
3 33 set standards for business manager training programs and
3 34 directing the board of educational examiners to adopt rules
3 35 for issuance of business manager authorizations take effect
4 1 July 1, 2011.
4 2 LSB 2379HC 83
4 3 kh/sc/5