House
File
562
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
562
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
419)
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
2017,
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,
8
paragraph
“a”
,
“b”
,
or
“h”
,
or
a
peace
officer
in
the
division
9
of
state
patrol;
or
is
retired
under
chapter
97A
or
411,
or
10
section
97B.49B
or
97B.49C,
after
service
as
a
peace
officer
as
11
defined
in
section
801.4,
subsection
11,
paragraph
“a”
,
“b”
,
or
12
“h”
,
or
a
peace
officer
in
the
division
of
state
patrol.
The
13
training
program
shall
include
but
not
be
limited
to
a
minimum
14
of
fifteen
contact
hours
in
a
program
consisting
of
instruction
15
relating
to
classroom
management,
strategies
for
learning,
16
diversity,
and
ethics.
17
Sec.
2.
Section
321.178,
subsection
1,
paragraph
b,
18
subparagraph
(1),
Code
2017,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
19
(1)
To
be
qualified
as
a
classroom
driver
education
20
instructor,
a
person
shall
have
satisfied
the
educational
21
requirements
for
a
teaching
meet
one
of
the
following
22
requirements:
23
(a)
Hold
a
valid
teacher’s
license
at
the
elementary
or
24
secondary
level
and
hold
a
valid
license
an
endorsement
to
25
teach
driver
education
in
the
public
schools
of
this
state
26
issued
under
chapter
272
.
27
(b)
Be
a
peace
officer
as
defined
in
section
801.4,
28
subsection
11,
paragraph
“a”
,
“b”
,
or
“h”
,
or
a
peace
officer
in
29
the
division
of
state
patrol;
or
be
retired
under
chapter
97A
30
or
411,
or
section
97B.49B
or
97B.49C,
after
service
as
a
peace
31
officer
as
defined
in
section
801.4,
subsection
11,
paragraph
32
“a”
,
“b”
,
or
“h”
,
or
as
a
peace
officer
in
the
division
of
state
33
patrol,
and
meet
the
requirements
of
section
272.31,
subsection
34
3A.
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EXPLANATION
1
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
2
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
3
This
bill
permits
a
person
who
is
a
peace
officer
or
a
4
retired
peace
officer
to
be
qualified
as
a
classroom
driver
5
education
instructor
if
the
person
also
meets
the
board
of
6
educational
examiner’s
requirements
for
a
classroom
driver
7
education
instructor
authorization.
Currently,
only
persons
8
holding
a
teaching
license
with
an
endorsement
to
teach
driver
9
education
may
qualify
to
be
a
classroom
driver
education
10
instructor.
11
The
bill
directs
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
12
issue
a
classroom
driver
education
instructor
authorization
13
to
a
person
who
completes
a
training
program
that
meets
the
14
standards
set
by
the
board
and
who
is
either
a
peace
officer
or
15
a
retired
peace
officer.
The
training
program
shall
include
16
but
not
be
limited
to
a
minimum
of
15
contact
hours
in
a
program
17
consisting
of
instruction
relating
to
classroom
management,
18
strategies
for
learning,
diversity,
and
ethics.
19
Under
the
bill,
the
term
“peace
officer”
is
limited
to
20
sheriffs,
deputy
sheriffs,
marshals
and
police
officers
of
21
cities,
state
patrol
peace
officers,
and
peace
officer
members
22
of
the
department
of
transportation.
23
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