Iowa-2015-HF228-Introduced
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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