Senate File 136 - Introduced SENATE FILE 136 BY McKINLEY A BILL FOR An Act relating to alternative practitioner preparation pilot 1 programs to prepare individuals to teach elementary and 2 secondary students. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2085XS (2) 84 kh/nh

S.F. 136 Section 1. Section 256.7, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 31. Adopt rules and, by January 1, 3 2012, implement a procedure for the approval of alternative 4 practitioner preparation pilot programs for individuals who 5 have not completed a practitioner preparation program approved 6 in accordance with subsection 3, but who have considerable life 7 experiences, career achievements, and academic backgrounds as 8 preparation for teaching students in one or more grade levels 9 from prekindergarten through grade twelve. 10 EXPLANATION 11 This bill directs the state board of education to adopt 12 rules and, by January 1, 2012, implement a procedure for the 13 approval of alternative practitioner preparation pilot programs 14 that prepare a person, who has not completed a traditional 15 practitioner preparation program, to teach students in one or 16 more grade levels from prekindergarten through grade 12. 17 -1- LSB 2085XS (2) 84 kh/nh 1/ 1