House File 2421 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2421 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 632) A BILL FOR An Act relating to education, including requirements related 1 to teacher intern license programs and licenses and 2 authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5359HV (3) 89 jda/jh

H.F. 2421 Section 1. Section 256.16, subsection 1, Code 2022, is 1 amended by adding the following new paragraph: 2 NEW PARAGRAPH . n. If a higher education institution 3 providing practitioner preparation offers a program that is 4 designed to assist students in attaining a teacher intern 5 license from the board of educational examiners, the program 6 shall require participants to satisfy all of the following 7 requirements before completing the program: 8 (1) A participant in the program must have graduated from 9 an accredited or state-approved college or university and must 10 meet the requirements for an endorsement area approved by the 11 board of educational examiners for a teacher intern license. 12 (2) A participant in the program must have at least three 13 years of post-baccalaureate work experience. 14 (3) A participant in the program must submit with the 15 application to the program a copy of an offer of employment 16 from a school. 17 (4) A participant in the program must have completed the 18 required pedagogy training. 19 (5) A participant in the program must work under the 20 supervision of a teacher leader assigned by the school district 21 or accredited nonpublic school, including during co-teaching 22 and planning time. 23 (6) A participant in the program must complete at least 24 fifteen additional hours of coursework. 25 Sec. 2. Section 272.2, subsection 1, Code 2022, is amended 26 by adding the following new paragraph: 27 NEW PARAGRAPH . d. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection 28 establishing criteria for applicants for licenses who have 29 completed an accredited or state-approved teacher preparation 30 program and who are applying for the applicant’s first Iowa 31 teaching license shall not require the applicant to be an Iowa 32 resident if the applicant provides the board with a copy of an 33 offer of employment as a teacher from a school located in this 34 state. 35 -1- LSB 5359HV (3) 89 jda/jh 1/ 3

H.F. 2421 Sec. 3. Section 272.2, subsection 13, Code 2022, is amended 1 to read as follows: 2 13. Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation 3 options for licensing persons who hold a bachelor’s degree 4 or higher from an accredited or state-approved college or 5 university, who do not meet other requirements for licensure. 6 The rules shall, at a minimum, require the board to do all of 7 the following: 8 a. Issue a teacher intern license for instruction in grades 9 six through twelve to an applicant who has enrolled in a 10 program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, 11 paragraph “n” . 12 b. Allow a licensee who has attained a teacher intern 13 license pursuant to paragraph “a” to apply for an initial 14 teaching license if the school that employed the licensee 15 during the licensee’s completion of the program established 16 pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “n” , and 17 the higher education institution that operated the program, 18 recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply for an initial 19 teaching license. 20 Sec. 4. Section 272.2, Code 2022, is amended by adding the 21 following new subsection: 22 NEW SUBSECTION . 27. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 23 17A that allow an individual seeking a career and technical 24 secondary authorization to apply, and if eligible, be issued 25 the secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of 26 employment with a school. 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 bill relates to education, including requirements 31 related to teacher intern license programs and licenses and 32 authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners 33 (BOEE). 34 The bill provides that if a higher education institution 35 -2- LSB 5359HV (3) 89 jda/jh 2/ 3

H.F. 2421 providing practitioner preparation offers a program that is 1 designed to assist students in attaining a teacher intern 2 license from the BOEE, the program shall require participants 3 to satisfy certain specified requirements. 4 Current law requires the BOEE to adopt rules to provide 5 for nontraditional preparation options for licensing persons 6 who hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college 7 or university and who do not meet other requirements for 8 licensure. The bill provides that the rules shall require 9 the BOEE to issue a teacher intern license to an applicant 10 who has completed a program offered by a higher education 11 institution providing practitioner preparation that is designed 12 to assist students in attaining a teacher intern license. The 13 bill requires the BOEE to allow a licensee who has attained 14 a teacher intern license under such a program to apply for 15 an initial teaching license if the school that employed 16 the licensee during the program and the higher education 17 institution recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply. 18 Current law authorizes the BOEE to issue a regional exchange 19 teaching license to an applicant who has completed a teacher 20 preparation program outside of the state and who is applying 21 for the applicant’s first Iowa teaching license if, among 22 other requirements, the applicant is a resident of the state. 23 The bill removes the requirement that such an applicant be a 24 resident of this state if the applicant provides the BOEE with 25 a copy of an offer of employment as a teacher from a school 26 located in this state. 27 The bill requires the BOEE to adopt rules that allow 28 an individual seeking a career and technical secondary 29 authorization to apply, and if eligible, be issued the 30 secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of 31 employment with a school. 32 -3- LSB 5359HV (3) 89 jda/jh 3/ 3