Bill Text: IA HF210 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the minimum age of substitute teachers in prekindergarten through grade eight.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Tabled until future meeting. Vote Total: 2-0. [HF210 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF210-Introduced.html
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BY
NORDMAN
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
minimum
age
of
substitute
teachers
in
1
prekindergarten
through
grade
eight.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.2,
subsection
14,
paragraph
b,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
The
applicant
is
less
than
twenty-one
years
of
age
3
except
as
provided
in
subsection
26
and
section
272.31,
4
subsection
subsections
1
and
4
.
However,
a
student
enrolled
in
5
a
practitioner
preparation
program
who
meets
board
requirements
6
for
a
temporary,
limited-purpose
license
who
is
seeking
to
7
teach
as
part
of
a
practicum
or
internship
may
be
less
than
8
twenty-one
years
of
age.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
10
following
new
subsection:
11
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
26.
Adopt
rules
under
chapter
17A
12
establishing
a
license
for
substitute
teachers.
The
rules
13
shall
authorize
the
board
to
issue
a
substitute
license
to
an
14
individual
who
is
at
least
twenty
years
of
age
that
allows
the
15
individual
to
substitute
in
grades
prekindergarten
through
16
eight.
17
Sec.
3.
Section
272.31,
subsection
4,
Code
2023,
is
amended
18
to
read
as
follows:
19
4.
The
board
shall
issue
a
substitute
authorization
that
20
allows
an
individual
who
is
at
least
twenty
years
of
age
to
21
substitute
in
grades
prekindergarten
through
twelve
eight,
22
and
an
individual
who
is
at
least
twenty-one
years
of
age
to
23
substitute
in
grades
prekindergarten
through
twelve,
for
no
24
more
than
ten
consecutive
days
in
a
thirty-day
period
in
one
25
job
assignment
for
a
regularly
assigned
teacher
who
is
absent,
26
except
in
the
driver
education
classroom.
A
school
district
27
administrator
may
file
a
written
request
with
the
board
for
28
an
extension
of
the
ten-day
limit
in
one
job
assignment
in
a
29
thirty-day
period
on
the
basis
of
documented
need
and
benefit
30
to
the
instructional
program.
The
executive
director
of
the
31
board
or
the
executive
director’s
designee
shall
review
the
32
request
and
provide
a
written
decision
either
approving
or
33
denying
the
request.
A
substitute
teacher
authorization
shall
34
require
not
less
than
the
successful
completion
of
an
associate
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degree
or
not
less
than
sixty
undergraduate
semester
hours,
1
or
the
equivalent,
from
a
college
or
university
accredited
by
2
an
institutional
accrediting
agency
recognized
by
the
United
3
States
department
of
education.
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
relates
to
substitute
authorizations
and
licenses
8
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
(BOEE).
Current
9
law
requires
the
BOEE
to
disqualify
an
applicant
for
a
license
10
if
the
applicant
is
less
than
21
years
of
age,
with
certain
11
limited
exceptions.
The
bill
authorizes
the
BOEE
to
issue
a
12
substitute
authorization
or
license
to
an
individual
who
is
at
13
least
20
years
of
age
that
allows
the
individual
to
substitute
14
in
grades
prekindergarten
through
eight.
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