Senate File 70 - Introduced SENATE FILE 70 BY DANDEKAR A BILL FOR An Act relating to licensure by the board of educational 1 examiners of persons who complete an administrator 2 preparation program offered by a recognized non-Iowa 3 institution. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 1476XS (4) 84 kh/nh
S.F. 70 Section 1. Section 272.8, Code 2011, is amended by adding 1 the following new subsection: 2 NEW SUBSECTION . 4. a. An applicant who, prior to May 3 1, 2009, enrolled in an administrator preparation program 4 offered by an out-of-state institution approved by the board 5 in accordance with subsection 3, and who completes the program 6 prior to December 15, 2011, shall be eligible for licensure as 7 provided in 282 IAC 18.3, 18.4, and 18.6, in effect on October 8 1, 2009. 9 b. The board shall notify all persons who meet the 10 requirements of paragraph “a” and who apply for an administrator 11 license between May 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, of their 12 limited eligibility for licensure and of the application 13 deadline provided under this subsection, and shall post such 14 notification on its website. 15 c. This subsection is repealed July 1, 2012. 16 EXPLANATION 17 This bill provides that a person who enrolled in an 18 administrator preparation program offered by an approved 19 out-of-state institution prior to May 1, 2009, and who 20 completes the program prior to December 15, 2011, is eligible 21 to be licensed by the board of educational examiners under the 22 administrative rules in place on October 1, 2009. The bill 23 also requires the board to notify eligible applicants, who 24 apply for an administrator license between May 1, 2009, and 25 December 31, 2011, of their limited eligibility for licensure 26 and of the application deadline, and must post the notification 27 on its website. 28 Modifications to the board’s administrative rules affecting 29 applicants for administrator exchange licenses who attended 30 recognized non-Iowa institutions took effect October 14, 2009. 31 The rules as modified require the applicant to hold a valid 32 regular administrator certificate or license in the state in 33 which the preparation was completed. Also, the initial license 34 issued under the prior rule was a two-year license, while under 35 -1- LSB 1476XS (4) 84 kh/nh 1/ 2
S.F. 70 the current rule it is a one-year license. 1 The Code provision created by the bill is repealed July 1, 2 2012. 3 -2- LSB 1476XS (4) 84 kh/nh 2/ 2