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HOUSE
FILE
532
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
401)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
to
provide
that
peace
officers
and
retired
peace
1
officers
qualify
as
classroom
driver
education
instructors.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.31,
Code
2013,
is
amended
by
adding
1
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
3A.
The
board
shall
issue
a
classroom
3
driver
education
instructor
authorization
for
purposes
of
4
section
321.178
to
a
person
who
completes
a
training
program
5
that
meets
the
standards
set
by
the
board,
who
complies
with
6
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
subsection
4,
and
who
is
either
a
7
peace
officer
as
defined
in
section
801.4,
subsection
11,
or
8
is
retired
under
chapter
97A
or
411,
or
section
97B.49B
or
9
97B.49C,
after
service
as
a
peace
officer
as
defined
in
section
10
801.4,
subsection
11.
The
training
program
shall
include
11
but
not
be
limited
to
a
minimum
of
fifteen
contact
hours
in
12
a
program
consisting
of
instruction
relating
to
classroom
13
management,
strategies
for
learning,
diversity,
and
ethics.
14
Sec.
2.
Section
321.178,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
15
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2013,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
16
(1)
To
be
qualified
as
a
classroom
driver
education
17
instructor,
a
person
shall
have
satisfied
the
educational
18
requirements
for
a
teaching
meet
one
of
the
following
19
requirements:
20
(a)
Hold
a
valid
teacher’s
license
at
the
elementary
or
21
secondary
level
and
hold
a
valid
license
an
endorsement
to
22
teach
driver
education
in
the
public
schools
of
this
state
23
issued
under
chapter
272
.
24
(b)
Be
a
peace
officer
as
defined
in
section
801.4,
25
subsection
11,
or,
be
retired
under
chapter
97A
or
411,
or
26
section
97B.49B
or
97B.49C,
after
service
as
a
peace
officer
27
as
defined
in
section
801.4,
subsection
11,
and
meet
the
28
requirements
of
section
272.31,
subsection
3A.
29
EXPLANATION
30
This
bill
permits
a
person
who
is
a
peace
officer
or
a
31
retired
peace
officer
to
be
qualified
as
a
classroom
driver
32
education
instructor
if
the
person
also
meets
the
board
of
33
educational
examiner’s
requirements
for
a
classroom
driver
34
education
instructor
authorization.
Currently,
only
persons
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holding
a
teaching
license
with
an
endorsement
to
teach
driver
1
education
may
qualify
to
be
a
classroom
driver
education
2
instructor.
3
The
bill
directs
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
4
issue
a
classroom
driver
education
instructor
authorization
5
to
a
person
who
completes
a
training
program
that
meets
the
6
standards
set
by
the
board
and
who
is
either
a
peace
officer
or
7
a
retired
peace
officer.
The
training
program
shall
include
8
but
not
be
limited
to
a
minimum
of
15
contact
hours
in
a
program
9
consisting
of
instruction
relating
to
classroom
management,
10
strategies
for
learning,
diversity,
and
ethics.
11
The
term
“peace
officer”
is
currently
defined
in
Code
12
section
801.4,
subsection
11,
to
include
sheriffs,
deputy
13
sheriffs,
marshals
and
police
officers
of
cities,
peace
officer
14
members
of
the
department
of
public
safety,
parole
officers,
15
probation
officers,
special
security
officers
employed
by
16
regents
institutions,
conservation
officers,
employees
of
17
the
department
of
transportation
or
of
an
aviation
authority
18
designated
as
“peace
officers”,
and
such
persons
as
may
be
19
otherwise
so
designated
by
law.
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