House
File
582
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
582
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
247)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
exempting
junior
reserve
officer
training
corps
program
1
instructors
from
board
of
educational
examiners
licensing
2
requirements.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.7,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
1
follows:
2
272.7
Validity
of
license.
3
1.
A
license
issued
under
board
authority
is
valid
for
the
4
period
of
time
for
which
it
is
issued,
unless
the
license
is
5
suspended
or
revoked.
A
license
issued
by
the
board
is
valid
6
until
the
last
day
of
the
practitioner’s
birth
month
in
the
7
year
in
which
the
license
expires.
No
permanent
licenses
shall
8
be
issued.
A
9
2.
a.
Except
as
provided
in
paragraph
“b”
,
a
person
10
employed
as
a
practitioner
shall
hold
a
valid
license
with
an
11
endorsement
for
the
type
of
service
for
which
the
person
is
12
employed.
13
b.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
a
14
person
who
has
met
all
of
the
requirements
established
by
the
15
United
States
department
of
defense
and
the
applicable
branch
16
of
the
armed
services
to
serve
as
an
instructor
in
the
junior
17
reserve
officer
training
corps
program,
and
who
holds
a
current
18
junior
reserve
officer
training
corps
certificate,
is
exempt
19
from
the
requirements
of
this
chapter
and
may
be
employed
as
a
20
junior
reserve
officer
training
corps
teacher.
21
3.
This
section
does
not
limit
the
duties
or
powers
of
22
a
school
board
to
select
or
discharge
practitioners
or
to
23
terminate
practitioners’
contracts.
24
4.
A
professional
development
program,
except
for
a
program
25
offered
by
a
practitioner
preparation
institution
or
area
26
education
agency
and
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education,
27
must
possess
a
valid
license
for
the
types
of
programs
offered.
28
5.
The
executive
director
of
the
board
may
grant
or
deny
29
license
applications,
applications
for
renewal
of
a
license,
30
and
suspension
or
revocation
of
a
license.
A
denial
of
an
31
application
for
a
license,
the
denial
of
an
application
for
32
renewal,
or
a
suspension
or
revocation
of
a
license
may
be
33
appealed
by
the
practitioner
to
the
board.
34
6.
The
board
may
issue
emergency
renewal
or
temporary,
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limited-purpose
licenses
upon
petition
by
a
current
or
1
former
practitioner.
An
emergency
renewal
or
a
temporary,
2
limited-purpose
license
may
be
issued
for
a
period
not
3
to
exceed
two
years,
if
a
petitioner
demonstrates,
to
4
the
satisfaction
of
the
board,
good
cause
for
failure
to
5
comply
with
board
requirements
for
a
regular
license
and
6
provides
evidence
that
the
petitioner
will
comply
with
board
7
requirements
within
the
period
of
the
emergency
or
temporary
8
license.
Under
exceptional
circumstances,
an
emergency
9
license
may
be
renewed
by
the
board
for
one
additional
year.
A
10
previously
unlicensed
person
is
not
eligible
for
an
emergency
11
or
temporary
license,
except
that
a
student
who
is
enrolled
in
12
a
licensed
practitioner
preparation
program
may
be
issued
a
13
temporary,
limited-purpose
license,
without
payment
of
a
fee,
14
as
part
of
a
practicum
or
internship
program.
15
EXPLANATION
16
Current
law
requires
that
a
person
employed
as
a
17
practitioner
hold
a
valid
license
issued
by
the
board
of
18
educational
examiners
with
an
endorsement
for
the
type
of
19
service
for
which
the
person
is
employed.
The
bill
exempts
20
from
that
requirement
a
person
who
has
met
all
of
the
21
requirements
established
by
the
U.S.
department
of
defense
22
and
the
applicable
branch
of
the
armed
services
to
serve
as
23
an
instructor
in
the
junior
reserve
officer
training
corps
24
program,
and
who
holds
a
current
junior
reserve
officer
25
training
corps
certificate,
and
permits
that
person
to
be
26
employed
as
a
junior
reserve
officer
training
corps
teacher.
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