House File 2272 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2272 BY GUSTOFF A BILL FOR An Act relating to renewal requirements associated with 1 licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to 2 certain specified practitioners. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 5901YH (3) 91 jda/jh

H.F. 2272 Section 1. Section 256.146, subsection 1, paragraph a, 1 subparagraph (2), Code 2026, is amended to read as follows: 2 (2) Establish issuance and renewal requirements, provided 3 that a continuing education requirement may be completed by 4 electronic means, and there shall be no renewal requirement for 5 a practitioner any of the following practitioners: 6 (a) A practitioner who has been employed as a practitioner 7 for at least ten years and who possesses a master’s or doctoral 8 degree, unless the practitioner holds an evaluator approval 9 endorsement, which must be renewed at least once every ten 10 years. 11 (b) A practitioner who has been employed as a practitioner 12 for at least twenty years, unless the practitioner holds an 13 evaluator approval endorsement, which must be renewed at least 14 once every ten years. 15 EXPLANATION 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 17 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 18 This bill relates to renewal requirements associated with 19 licenses issued by the board of educational examiners (BOEE) to 20 certain specified practitioners. 21 Current law authorizes the BOEE to establish renewal 22 requirements for licensed practitioners. Under current 23 law, there is no renewal requirement for a practitioner who 24 has been employed as a practitioner for at least 10 years 25 and who possesses a master’s or doctoral degree, unless the 26 practitioner holds an evaluator approval endorsement, which 27 must be renewed at least once every 10 years. The bill 28 provides that there shall also be no renewal requirement for 29 a practitioner who has been employed as a practitioner for at 30 least 20 years, unless the practitioner holds an evaluator 31 approval endorsement, which must be renewed at least once every 32 10 years. The BOEE is required to conduct certain criminal 33 history registry checks related to such practitioners every 34 five years. The bill does not affect the BOEE’s ability to 35 -1- LSB 5901YH (3) 91 jda/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 2272 deny or revoke a license under Code section 256.146(13). 1 -2- LSB 5901YH (3) 91 jda/jh 2/ 2