House File 2500 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2500 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 2085) A BILL FOR An Act establishing a new license to be issued by the board of 1 educational examiners. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 5133HV (2) 89 jda/jh

H.F. 2500 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 272.16 Temporary initial license 1 for applicants who complete an alternative teacher certification 2 program. 3 1. The board shall grant a temporary initial teaching 4 license to an applicant who meets all of the following 5 requirements: 6 a. The applicant shall hold a bachelor’s degree from an 7 accredited college or university. 8 b. The applicant shall successfully complete an alternative 9 teacher certification program that includes all of the 10 following: 11 (1) The required content training in the area in which the 12 applicant seeks to be licensed. 13 (2) Pedagogy training, including an examination, that 14 teaches effective instructional delivery, classroom management 15 and organization, assessment, instructional design, and 16 professional learning and leadership. 17 2. To be considered an alternative teacher certification 18 program for purposes of this section, an alternative teacher 19 certification program shall meet all of the following 20 requirements: 21 a. The alternative teacher certification program must 22 operate in at least five states. 23 b. The alternative teacher certification program must have 24 been in operation for at least ten years. 25 3. An individual who successfully completes an alternative 26 teacher certification program and who is granted a temporary 27 initial teaching license by the board under this section is 28 authorized to teach the subjects and grade levels that the 29 individual successfully completed during the alternative 30 teacher certification program. 31 4. The board shall treat an individual who successfully 32 completes an alternative teacher certification program and who 33 is granted a temporary initial teaching license by the board 34 under this section in the same manner as an individual who 35 -1- LSB 5133HV (2) 89 jda/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 2500 completes a traditional teacher preparation program and who 1 receives an initial teaching license, including during the 2 process of converting the temporary initial teaching license 3 to a standard teaching license. 4 EXPLANATION 5 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 6 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 7 This bill establishes a new license to be issued by the board 8 of educational examiners. 9 The bill requires the board of educational examiners to 10 grant a temporary initial teaching license to an applicant 11 who holds a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or 12 university and successfully completes an alternative teacher 13 certification program. The bill describes what an alternative 14 teacher certification program must include. 15 The bill establishes requirements for alternative teacher 16 certification programs, including that the program must operate 17 in at least five states and must have been in operation for at 18 least 10 years. 19 The bill provides that an individual who successfully 20 completes an alternative teacher certification program and who 21 is granted a temporary initial teaching license is authorized 22 to teach the subjects and grade levels that the individual 23 successfully completed during the program. 24 The bill requires the board to treat an individual who 25 successfully completes an alternative teacher certification 26 program and who is granted a temporary initial teaching license 27 in the same manner as an individual who completes a traditional 28 teacher preparation program and who receives an initial 29 teaching license, including during the process of converting 30 the temporary initial teaching license to a standard teaching 31 license. 32 -2- LSB 5133HV (2) 89 jda/jh 2/ 2