HSB 17 (LSB 1184YC (2) 86)

HOUSE FILE _____

BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON JORGENSEN)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to transitional coaching authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph b, subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  The applicant is less than twenty-one years of age except as provided in section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph “e”. However, a student enrolled in a practitioner preparation program who meets board requirements for a temporary, limited-purpose license who is seeking to teach as part of a practicum or internship may be less than twenty-one years of age.
    Sec. 2.  Section 272.31, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  a.  The Except as provided in paragraph “b”, the minimum requirements for the board to award issue a coaching authorization to an applicant are:
   a.  (1)  Successful completion of one semester credit hour or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the human body in relation to physical activity.
   b.  (2)  Successful completion of one semester credit hour or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of human growth and development of children and youth in relation to physical activity.
   c.  (3)  Successful completion of two semester credit hours or twenty contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity.
   d.  (4)  Successful completion of one semester credit hour or ten contact hours relating to knowledge and understanding of the techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic athletics.
   e.  (5)  Attainment of at least eighteen years of age.
   b.  The board shall issue a transitional coaching authorization to an individual who is at least eighteen years of age and who provides verification of an offer of a coaching position by a school or a consortium of schools, but who has not completed the coursework required for a coaching authorization as specified in paragraph “a”. A transitional coaching authorization is valid for not more than one year, shall not be renewed, and is valid only in the school or consortium of schools making the offer of the coaching position. A consortium of schools may include a school district, a school district school attendance center, or an accredited nonpublic school, or any combination thereof.
    Sec. 3.  Section 279.19B, subsection 1, paragraph a, subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   (2)  A qualified individual who meets the requirements of section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph “a”, and possesses a coaching authorization issued by the board of educational examiners.
    Sec. 4.  Section 279.19B, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code 2015, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (3)  A qualified individual who meets the requirements of section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, and possesses a transitional coaching authorization issued by the board of educational examiners.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the board of educational examiners to issue a transitional coaching authorization to an individual who is at least 18 years of age and who provides verification of an offer of a coaching position by a school or by a consortium of schools, but who has not completed the coursework required for a coaching authorization. A transitional coaching authorization is valid for not more than one year, shall not be renewed, and is valid only in the school or consortium of schools offering the coaching position. A consortium of schools may include a school, district, a school district attendance center, or an accredited nonpublic school, or any combination thereof.
   In employing a head coach or assistant coach, the Code requires each school district to consider applicants in a priority order, with teachers having first priority and persons with a coaching authorization second. To this priority list, the bill adds in the third position those individuals who possess a transitional coaching authorization.
   Currently, the coursework needed for a full coaching authorization includes successful completion of five semester credit hours or 50 contact hours in courses relating to knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of the human body in relation to physical activity; to knowledge and understanding of human growth and development of children and youth in relation to physical activity; to knowledge and understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity; and to knowledge and understanding of the techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic athletics.