House File 2418 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2418 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2147) A BILL FOR An Act relating to certain information in proceedings before 1 the director of the department of education and the board of 2 educational examiners. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6026HV (2) 88 md/jh
H.F. 2418 Section 1. Section 256.9, subsection 17, Code 2020, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 17. Hear and decide appeals arising from the school laws not 3 otherwise specifically granted to the state board. If a school 4 district, accredited nonpublic school, or area education agency 5 requests that the director review information contained in a 6 basic education data survey submission and the director finds 7 that an error in the basic education data survey submission 8 resulted in an incorrect determination by the board of 9 educational examiners or the executive director of the board of 10 educational examiners relating to licensure of a practitioner, 11 the director shall notify the executive director of the board 12 of educational examiners of the director’s findings. 13 Sec. 2. Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph d, Code 14 2020, is amended to read as follows: 15 d. An applicant for a license or certificate under this 16 chapter shall demonstrate that the requirements of the license 17 or certificate have been met and the burden of proof shall 18 be on the applicant. However, if the executive director of 19 the board receives notice from the director of the department 20 of education under section 256.9, subsection 17, that an 21 error in the basic education data survey submission resulted 22 in an incorrect determination relating to licensure of a 23 practitioner, the executive director shall initiate corrective 24 action with the board and the findings of the director of the 25 department of education shall be sufficient evidence to correct 26 such error. 27 EXPLANATION 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 29 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 30 This Act provides that if a school district, accredited 31 nonpublic school, or area education agency requests the 32 director of the department of education to review information 33 contained in a basic education data survey submission and the 34 director of the department of education finds that an error 35 -1- LSB 6026HV (2) 88 md/jh 1/ 2
H.F. 2418 in the basic education data survey submission resulted in an 1 incorrect determination by the board of educational examiners 2 or the executive director of the board of educational examiners 3 relating to licensure of a practitioner, the director of the 4 department of education is required to notify the executive 5 director of the board of educational examiners of the findings. 6 Upon receiving such a notice, the executive director shall 7 initiate corrective action with the board of educational 8 examiners and the findings of the director of the department of 9 education shall be sufficient evidence to correct such error. 10 -2- LSB 6026HV (2) 88 md/jh 2/ 2