Senate File 2066 - Introduced SENATE FILE 2066 BY JOHNSON (COMPANION TO HF 2017 BY JONES) A BILL FOR An Act relating to coaching endorsements and authorizations 1 issued by the board of educational examiners and to certain 2 emergency medical procedures training requirements, and 3 including applicability provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5378XS (1) 86 kh/rj
S.F. 2066 Section 1. Section 272.31, subsection 1, Code 2016, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0e. Successful completion of a certification 3 course for basic cardiac life support. 4 Sec. 2. Section 279.19B, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended 5 by adding the following new paragraph: 6 NEW PARAGRAPH . 0b. An individual employed under paragraph 7 “a” shall possess a valid certificate of completion of a 8 nationally recognized course in basic cardiac life support. 9 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. A person who possesses 10 a valid teaching license with a coaching endorsement or a 11 coaching authorization issued by the board of educational 12 examiners prior to July 1, 2016, shall have until July 1, 2017, 13 to meet the requirements of this Act. 14 EXPLANATION 15 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 16 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 17 This bill provides that an applicant for a coaching 18 authorization or coaching endorsement issued by the board 19 of educational examiners and a person employed by a school 20 district as a coach must possess a valid certificate of 21 completion of a nationally recognized course in basic cardiac 22 life support. 23 A person who possesses a valid teaching license with a 24 coaching endorsement or a coaching authorization issued by the 25 board prior to July 1, 2016, shall have until July 1, 2017, to 26 meet the requirements of the bill. 27 -1- LSB 5378XS (1) 86 kh/rj 1/ 1