Bill Text: IA HF228 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to transitional coaching authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners and making penalties applicable. Effective 7-1-16.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-04-06 - Signed by Governor. H.J. 606. [HF228 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-HF228-Introduced.html

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House File 228 - Introduced




                                 HOUSE FILE       
                                 BY  COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION

                                 (SUCCESSOR TO HSB 17)

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to transitional coaching authorizations issued
  2    by the board of educational examiners and making penalties
  3    applicable.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph b,
  1  2 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  1  3    (2)  The applicant is less than twenty=one years of age
  1  4 except as provided in section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph
  1  5 "e". However, a student enrolled in a practitioner preparation
  1  6 program who meets board requirements for a temporary,
  1  7 limited=purpose license who is seeking to teach as part of a
  1  8 practicum or internship may be less than twenty=one years of
  1  9 age.
  1 10    Sec. 2.  Section 272.31, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
  1 11 to read as follows:
  1 12    1.  a.  The Except as provided in paragraph "b", the
  1 13  minimum requirements for the board to award issue a coaching
  1 14 authorization to an applicant are:
  1 15    a.  (1)  Successful completion of one semester credit hour
  1 16 or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
  1 17 understanding of the structure and function of the human body
  1 18 in relation to physical activity.
  1 19    b.  (2)  Successful completion of one semester credit hour
  1 20 or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
  1 21 understanding of human growth and development of children and
  1 22 youth in relation to physical activity.
  1 23    c.  (3)  Successful completion of two semester credit hours
  1 24 or twenty contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
  1 25 understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries
  1 26 and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity.
  1 27    d.  (4)  Successful completion of one semester credit hour
  1 28 or ten contact hours relating to knowledge and understanding
  1 29 of the techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic
  1 30 athletics.
  1 31    e.  (5)  Attainment of at least eighteen years of age.
  1 32    b.  The board shall issue a transitional coaching
  1 33 authorization to an individual who is at least twenty=one
  1 34 years of age and who provides verification of an offer of a
  1 35 coaching position by a school or a consortium of schools,
  2  1 but who has not completed the coursework required for a
  2  2 coaching authorization as specified in paragraph "a".  A
  2  3 transitional coaching authorization is valid for not more
  2  4 than one year, shall not be renewed, and is valid only in
  2  5 the school or consortium of schools making the offer of the
  2  6 coaching position. A consortium of schools may include a
  2  7 school district, a school district school attendance center, or
  2  8 an accredited nonpublic school, or any combination thereof.
  2  9    Sec. 3.  Section 279.19B, subsection 1, paragraph a,
  2 10 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  2 11    (2)  A qualified individual who meets the requirements of
  2 12 section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph "a", and possesses
  2 13 a coaching authorization issued by the board of educational
  2 14 examiners.
  2 15    Sec. 4.  Section 279.19B, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
  2 16 2015, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
  2 17    NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (3)  A qualified individual who meets the
  2 18 requirements of section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph "b",
  2 19 and possesses a transitional coaching authorization issued by
  2 20 the board of educational examiners.
  2 21    Sec. 5.  Section 709.15, subsection 1, paragraph f, Code
  2 22 2015, is amended to read as follows:
  2 23    f.  "School employee" means a practitioner as defined in
  2 24 section 272.1 or a person issued a coaching authorization or
  2 25 a transitional coaching authorization under section 272.31,
  2 26 subsection 1.
  2 27                           EXPLANATION
  2 28 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 29 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 30    This bill requires the board of educational examiners to
  2 31 issue a transitional coaching authorization to an individual
  2 32 who is at least 21 years of age and who provides verification
  2 33 of an offer of a coaching position by a school or by a
  2 34 consortium of schools, but who has not completed the coursework
  2 35 required for a coaching authorization.  A transitional coaching
  3  1 authorization is valid for not more than one year, shall not
  3  2 be renewed, and is valid only in the school or consortium
  3  3 of schools offering the coaching position. A consortium of
  3  4 schools may include a school, district, a school district
  3  5 attendance center, or an accredited nonpublic school, or any
  3  6 combination thereof.
  3  7    In employing a head coach or assistant coach, the Code
  3  8 requires each school district to consider applicants in a
  3  9 priority order, with teachers having first priority and persons
  3 10 with a coaching authorization second.  To this priority list,
  3 11 the bill adds in the third position those individuals who
  3 12 possess a transitional coaching authorization.
  3 13    Currently, the minimum coursework needed for a full
  3 14 coaching authorization, as provided in Code section 272.31(1),
  3 15 includes successful completion of five semester credit hours
  3 16 or 50 contact hours in courses relating to knowledge and
  3 17 understanding of the structure and function of the human
  3 18 body in relation to physical activity; to knowledge and
  3 19 understanding of human growth and development of children
  3 20 and youth in relation to physical activity; to knowledge and
  3 21 understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries
  3 22 and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity;
  3 23 and to knowledge and understanding of the techniques and
  3 24 theory of coaching interscholastic athletics. In addition,
  3 25 the board's rules require an applicant to complete concussion
  3 26 training by an athletic association or union, and one semester
  3 27 credit hour or 15 contact hours relating to professional ethics
  3 28 and legal responsibilities of coaches.
  3 29    Code section 709.15, which establishes the criminal offense
  3 30 of sexual exploitation by a school employee and includes a
  3 31 definition of "school employee", is amended to specify that
  3 32 a school employee includes both a person issued a coaching
  3 33 authorization as well as a person issued a transitional
  3 34 coaching authorization.
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