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HOUSE
FILE
161
BY
WILLS
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
subject
and
performance-based
assessments
1
administered
prior
to
a
student’s
completion
of
a
2
practitioner
preparation
program,
and
including
effective
3
date
and
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
Code
1
2019,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
a.
(1)
Administer
a
preprofessional
skills
test
offered
3
by
a
nationally
recognized
testing
service
to
practitioner
4
preparation
program
admission
candidates.
Rules
adopted
shall
5
require
institutions
to
deny
admission
to
the
program
to
any
6
candidate
who
does
not
successfully
pass
the
test.
7
(2)
Administer,
prior
to
a
student’s
completion
of
the
8
practitioner
preparation
program
and
subject
to
the
director’s
9
approval,
subject
assessments
designed
by
a
nationally
10
recognized
testing
service
that
measure
pedagogy
and
knowledge
11
of
at
least
one
subject
area;
or,
a
valid
and
reliable
12
subject-area-specific,
performance-based
assessment
for
13
preservice
teacher
candidates,
centered
on
student
learning.
14
A
student
shall
not
successfully
complete
the
program
unless
15
the
student
achieves
scores
above
the
twenty-fifth
percentile
16
nationally
on
the
assessments
administered
pursuant
to
this
17
subparagraph.
18
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
19
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
21
retroactively
to
July
1,
2012,
for
individuals
who
completed
22
the
course
requirements
for
an
approved
practitioner
23
preparation
program
but
attained
an
assessment
score
below
that
24
required
for
successful
completion
of
the
program
under
section
25
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”,
subparagraph
(2),
Code
26
2019.
Such
an
individual
shall
be
deemed
to
have
successfully
27
completed
the
practitioner
preparation
program
for
purposes
28
of
section
256.16
and
is
eligible
to
submit
an
application
29
for
an
initial
license
to
the
board
of
educational
examiners,
30
which
may
issue
the
initial
license
for
a
period
of
time
at
its
31
discretion.
32
EXPLANATION
33
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
34
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
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This
bill
strikes
a
requirement
that
postsecondary
1
institutions
with
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program
2
administer
a
subject
or
performance-based
assessment
to
a
3
student
prior
to
the
student’s
completion
of
the
program,
and
4
concomitantly
strikes
the
requirement
that
a
student
achieve
a
5
score
above
the
25th
percentile
nationally
on
the
assessment.
6
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
applies
7
retroactively
to
July
1,
2012,
to
provide
that
individuals
who
8
on
or
after
that
date
completed
course
requirements
for
an
9
approved
practitioner
preparation
program,
but
did
not
attain
10
the
assessment
score
necessary
to
successfully
complete
the
11
program,
shall
be
deemed
to
have
successfully
completed
the
12
program.
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