House Study Bill 199 - Introduced HOUSE FILE _____ BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION BILL BY CHAIRPERSON JORGENSEN) A BILL FOR An Act relating to school coaching endorsements and 1 authorizations and certain emergency medical procedures 2 training requirements, and including applicability 3 provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 2573YC (2) 86 kh/rj
H.F. _____ Section 1. Section 272.31, subsection 1, Code 2015, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0e. Successful completion of a certification 3 course for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and use of an 4 automated external defibrillator. 5 Sec. 2. Section 279.19B, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended 6 by adding the following new paragraph: 7 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0b. An individual employed under paragraph 8 “a” shall possess a valid certificate of completion of a 9 nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary resuscitation 10 and use of an automated external defibrillator. 11 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. A person who possesses 12 a valid teaching license with a coaching endorsement or a 13 coaching authorization issued by the board of educational 14 examiners prior to July 1, 2015, shall have until July 1, 2016, 15 to meet the requirements of this Act. 16 EXPLANATION 17 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 18 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 19 This bill provides that an applicant for a coaching 20 authorization or coaching endorsement issued by the board 21 of educational examiners and a person employed by a school 22 district as a coach must possess a valid certificate of 23 completion of a nationally recognized course in cardiopulmonary 24 resuscitation and use of an automated external defibrillator. 25 A person who possesses a valid teaching license with a 26 coaching endorsement or a coaching authorization issued by the 27 board prior to July 1, 2015, shall have until July 1, 2016, to 28 meet the requirements of the bill. 29 -1- LSB 2573YC (2) 86 kh/rj 1/ 1