Bill Text: IA HF2385 | 2011-2012 | 84th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the licensure of applicants with professional employment experience in a profession related to science, mathematics, engineering, or technology, as teachers for secondary level science, mathematics, engineering, or technology courses. (Formerly HF 2208)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Hamerlinck, and Quirmbach. S.J. 562. [HF2385 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2385-Introduced.html
Bill Title: A bill for an act providing for the licensure of applicants with professional employment experience in a profession related to science, mathematics, engineering, or technology, as teachers for secondary level science, mathematics, engineering, or technology courses. (Formerly HF 2208)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-03-14 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Hamerlinck, and Quirmbach. S.J. 562. [HF2385 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2011-HF2385-Introduced.html
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HOUSE
FILE
2385
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2208)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
the
licensure
of
applicants
with
1
professional
employment
in
mathematics-related
or
2
science-related
fields
as
teachers
for
secondary
3
school-level
mathematics
and
science
courses.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
272.2,
Code
Supplement
2011,
is
amended
1
by
adding
the
following
new
subsection:
2
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
19.
Adopt
rules
to
license
as
a
secondary
3
teacher
endorsed
to
teach
only
mathematics
or
science,
an
4
applicant
who
has
not
graduated
from
an
approved
practitioner
5
preparation
program
but
who,
at
a
minimum,
holds
a
bachelor’s
6
degree
with
a
major
course
of
study
in
mathematics
or
science
7
from
an
accredited
postsecondary
institution;
has
at
least
six
8
thousand
hours
of
successful,
recent,
and
relevant
employment
9
in
a
mathematics-related
or
science-related
profession;
and
10
successfully
passes
the
educational
testing
services’
Praxis
11
II
subject
examination
for
biology
and
general
science
if
12
the
endorsement
sought
is
to
teach
a
science
course,
or
the
13
educational
testing
services’
Praxis
II
mathematics
content
14
and
knowledge
examination
if
the
endorsement
sought
is
for
15
mathematics.
16
EXPLANATION
17
This
bill
directs
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
18
adopt
rules
to
license
as
a
secondary
teacher
endorsed
to
teach
19
only
mathematics
or
science,
an
applicant
who
has
not
graduated
20
from
an
approved
practitioner
preparation
program
but
who,
at
a
21
minimum,
holds
a
bachelor’s
degree
with
a
major
in
mathematics
22
or
science
from
an
accredited
postsecondary
institution;
has
23
at
least
6,000
hours
of
employment
in
a
mathematics-related
24
or
science-related
profession;
and
successfully
passes
the
25
educational
testing
services’
Praxis
II
biology
and
general
26
science
test
if
the
endorsement
sought
is
to
teach
a
science
27
course,
or
the
educational
testing
services’
Praxis
II
28
mathematics
content
and
knowledge
test
if
the
endorsement
29
sought
is
for
mathematics.
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