Bill Text: IA HF4 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying requirements related to teacher intern license programs and licenses and authorizations issued by the board of educational examiners and establishing a temporary initial teaching license to be issued by the board of educational examiners to applicants who complete an alternative teacher certification program.(See HF 255.)
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 28-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-08 - Withdrawn. H.J. 559. [HF4 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF4-Introduced.html
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BY
WHEELER
,
HOLT
,
STONE
,
DUNWELL
,
MOMMSEN
,
FISHER
,
COLLINS
,
MOORE
,
VONDRAN
,
WULF
,
SHIPLEY
,
BRADLEY
,
DEYOE
,
GRABER
,
RINKER
,
WILLS
,
JOHNSON
,
GUSTAFSON
,
GEHLBACH
,
NORDMAN
,
YOUNG
,
OSMUNDSON
,
HENDERSON
,
WOOD
,
WINDSCHITL
,
GRASSLEY
,
BOSSMAN
,
and
GERHOLD
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
requirements
related
to
teacher
intern
1
license
programs
and
licenses
and
authorizations
issued
2
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
and
establishing
a
3
temporary
initial
teaching
license
to
be
issued
by
the
board
4
of
educational
examiners
to
applicants
who
complete
an
5
alternative
teacher
certification
program.
6
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.16,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
1
amended
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
2
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
m.
If
a
higher
education
institution
3
providing
practitioner
preparation
offers
a
program
that
is
4
designed
to
assist
students
in
attaining
a
teacher
intern
5
license
from
the
board
of
educational
examiners,
the
program
6
shall
require
participants
to
satisfy
all
of
the
following
7
requirements
before
completing
the
program:
8
(1)
A
participant
in
the
program
must
have
graduated
from
9
an
accredited
or
state-approved
college
or
university
and
must
10
meet
the
requirements
for
an
endorsement
area
approved
by
the
11
board
of
educational
examiners
for
a
teacher
intern
license.
12
(2)
A
participant
in
the
program
must
have
at
least
three
13
years
of
post-baccalaureate
work
experience.
14
(3)
A
participant
in
the
program
must
submit
with
the
15
application
to
the
program
a
copy
of
an
offer
of
employment
16
from
a
school.
17
(4)
A
participant
in
the
program
must
have
completed
the
18
required
pedagogy
training.
19
(5)
A
participant
in
the
program
must
work
under
the
20
supervision
of
a
teacher
leader
assigned
by
the
school
district
21
or
accredited
nonpublic
school,
including
during
co-teaching
22
and
planning
time.
23
(6)
A
participant
in
the
program
must
complete
at
least
24
fifteen
additional
hours
of
coursework.
25
Sec.
2.
Section
272.2,
subsection
1,
Code
2023,
is
amended
26
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
27
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
d.
Rules
adopted
pursuant
to
this
subsection
28
establishing
criteria
for
applicants
for
licenses
who
have
29
completed
an
accredited
or
state-approved
teacher
preparation
30
program
and
who
are
applying
for
the
applicant’s
first
Iowa
31
teaching
license
shall
not
require
the
applicant
to
be
an
Iowa
32
resident
if
the
applicant
provides
the
board
with
a
copy
of
an
33
offer
of
employment
as
a
teacher
from
a
school
located
in
this
34
state.
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Sec.
3.
Section
272.2,
subsection
13,
Code
2023,
is
amended
1
to
read
as
follows:
2
13.
Adopt
rules
to
provide
for
nontraditional
preparation
3
options
for
licensing
persons
who
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
4
or
higher
from
an
accredited
or
state-approved
college
or
5
university,
who
do
not
meet
other
requirements
for
licensure.
6
The
rules
shall,
at
a
minimum,
require
the
board
to
do
all
of
7
the
following:
8
a.
Issue
a
teacher
intern
license
for
instruction
in
grades
9
six
through
twelve
to
an
applicant
who
has
enrolled
in
a
10
program
established
pursuant
to
section
256.16,
subsection
1,
11
paragraph
“m”
.
12
b.
Allow
a
licensee
who
has
attained
a
teacher
intern
13
license
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
to
apply
for
an
initial
14
teaching
license
if
the
school
that
employed
the
licensee
15
during
the
licensee’s
completion
of
the
program
established
16
pursuant
to
section
256.16,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“m”
,
and
17
the
higher
education
institution
that
operated
the
program,
18
recommend
that
the
licensee
be
allowed
to
apply
for
an
initial
19
teaching
license.
20
Sec.
4.
Section
272.2,
Code
2023,
is
amended
by
adding
the
21
following
new
subsection:
22
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
26.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
23
17A
that
allow
an
individual
seeking
a
career
and
technical
24
secondary
authorization
to
apply,
and
if
eligible,
be
issued
25
the
secondary
authorization
prior
to
accepting
an
offer
of
26
employment
with
a
school.
27
Sec.
5.
NEW
SECTION
.
272.17
Temporary
initial
license
for
28
applicants
who
complete
an
alternative
teacher
certification
29
program.
30
1.
The
board
shall
grant
a
temporary
initial
teaching
31
license
to
an
applicant
who
meets
all
of
the
following
32
requirements:
33
a.
The
applicant
shall
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
from
an
34
accredited
college
or
university.
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b.
The
applicant
shall
successfully
complete
an
alternative
1
teacher
certification
program
that
includes
all
of
the
2
following:
3
(1)
The
required
content
training
in
the
area
in
which
the
4
applicant
seeks
to
be
licensed.
5
(2)
Pedagogy
training,
including
an
examination,
that
6
teaches
effective
instructional
delivery,
classroom
management
7
and
organization,
assessment,
instructional
design,
and
8
professional
learning
and
leadership.
9
2.
To
be
considered
an
alternative
teacher
certification
10
program
for
purposes
of
this
section,
an
alternative
teacher
11
certification
program
shall
meet
all
of
the
following
12
requirements:
13
a.
The
alternative
teacher
certification
program
must
14
operate
in
at
least
five
states.
15
b.
The
alternative
teacher
certification
program
must
have
16
been
in
operation
for
at
least
ten
years.
17
3.
An
individual
who
successfully
completes
an
alternative
18
teacher
certification
program
and
who
is
granted
a
temporary
19
initial
teaching
license
by
the
board
under
this
section
is
20
authorized
to
teach
the
subjects
and
grade
levels
that
the
21
individual
successfully
completed
during
the
alternative
22
teacher
certification
program.
23
4.
The
board
shall
treat
an
individual
who
successfully
24
completes
an
alternative
teacher
certification
program
and
who
25
is
granted
a
temporary
initial
teaching
license
by
the
board
26
under
this
section
in
the
same
manner
as
an
individual
who
27
completes
a
traditional
teacher
preparation
program
and
who
28
receives
an
initial
teaching
license,
including
during
the
29
process
of
converting
the
temporary
initial
teaching
license
30
to
a
standard
teaching
license.
31
Sec.
6.
Section
272.28,
Code
2023,
is
amended
to
read
as
32
follows:
33
272.28
Licensure
beyond
a
temporary
initial
license
or
an
34
initial
license.
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1.
Requirements
for
teacher
licensure
beyond
a
temporary
1
initial
license
or
an
initial
license
shall
include
successful
2
completion
of
a
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
3
program
approved
by
the
state
board
of
education
pursuant
to
4
section
284.5
;
or
two
years
of
successful
teaching
experience
5
in
a
school
district
with
an
approved
career
paths,
leadership
6
roles,
and
compensation
framework
or
approved
comparable
system
7
as
provided
in
section
284.15
;
or
evidence
of
not
less
than
8
three
years
of
successful
teaching
experience
at
any
of
the
9
following:
10
a.
An
accredited
nonpublic
school
in
this
state.
11
b.
A
preschool
program
approved
by
the
United
States
12
department
of
health
and
human
services.
13
c.
Preschool
programs
at
school
districts
approved
to
14
participate
in
the
preschool
program
under
chapter
256C
.
15
d.
Shared
visions
programs
receiving
grants
from
the
child
16
development
coordinating
council
under
section
256A.3
.
17
e.
Preschool
programs
receiving
moneys
from
the
school
18
ready
children
grants
account
of
the
early
childhood
Iowa
fund
19
created
in
section
256I.11
.
20
2.
A
teacher
from
an
accredited
nonpublic
school
or
another
21
state
or
country
is
exempt
from
the
requirement
of
subsection
1
22
if
the
teacher
can
document
three
years
of
successful
teaching
23
experience
and
meet
or
exceed
the
requirements
contained
in
24
rules
adopted
under
this
chapter
for
endorsement
and
licensure.
25
EXPLANATION
26
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
27
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
28
This
bill
modifies
requirements
related
to
teacher
intern
29
license
programs
and
licenses
and
authorizations
issued
by
30
the
board
of
educational
examiners
(BOEE)
and
establishes
a
31
temporary
initial
teaching
license
to
be
issued
by
the
BOEE
to
32
applicants
who
complete
an
alternative
teacher
certification
33
program.
34
The
bill
provides
that
if
a
higher
education
institution
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providing
practitioner
preparation
offers
a
program
that
is
1
designed
to
assist
students
in
attaining
a
teacher
intern
2
license
from
the
BOEE,
the
program
shall
require
participants
3
to
satisfy
certain
specified
requirements.
4
Current
law
requires
the
BOEE
to
adopt
rules
to
provide
5
for
nontraditional
preparation
options
for
licensing
persons
6
who
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
from
an
accredited
college
7
or
university
and
who
do
not
meet
other
requirements
for
8
licensure.
The
bill
provides
that
the
rules
shall
require
9
the
BOEE
to
issue
a
teacher
intern
license
to
an
applicant
10
who
has
completed
a
program
offered
by
a
higher
education
11
institution
providing
practitioner
preparation
that
is
designed
12
to
assist
students
in
attaining
a
teacher
intern
license.
The
13
bill
requires
the
BOEE
to
allow
a
licensee
who
has
attained
14
a
teacher
intern
license
under
such
a
program
to
apply
for
15
an
initial
teaching
license
if
the
school
that
employed
16
the
licensee
during
the
program
and
the
higher
education
17
institution
recommend
that
the
licensee
be
allowed
to
apply.
18
Current
law
authorizes
the
BOEE
to
issue
a
regional
exchange
19
teaching
license
to
an
applicant
who
has
completed
a
teacher
20
preparation
program
outside
of
the
state
and
who
is
applying
21
for
the
applicant’s
first
Iowa
teaching
license
if,
among
22
other
requirements,
the
applicant
is
a
resident
of
the
state.
23
The
bill
removes
the
requirement
that
such
an
applicant
be
a
24
resident
of
this
state
if
the
applicant
provides
the
BOEE
with
25
a
copy
of
an
offer
of
employment
as
a
teacher
from
a
school
26
located
in
this
state.
27
The
bill
requires
the
BOEE
to
adopt
rules
that
allow
28
an
individual
seeking
a
career
and
technical
secondary
29
authorization
to
apply,
and
if
eligible,
be
issued
the
30
secondary
authorization
prior
to
accepting
an
offer
of
31
employment
with
a
school.
32
The
bill
requires
the
BOEE
to
grant
a
temporary
initial
33
teaching
license
to
an
applicant
who
holds
a
bachelor’s
degree
34
from
an
accredited
college
or
university
and
successfully
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completes
an
alternative
teacher
certification
program.
The
1
bill
describes
what
an
alternative
teacher
certification
2
program
must
include.
3
The
bill
establishes
requirements
for
alternative
teacher
4
certification
programs,
including
that
the
program
must
operate
5
in
at
least
five
states
and
must
have
been
in
operation
for
at
6
least
10
years.
7
The
bill
provides
that
an
individual
who
successfully
8
completes
an
alternative
teacher
certification
program
and
who
9
is
granted
a
temporary
initial
teaching
license
is
authorized
10
to
teach
the
subjects
and
grade
levels
that
the
individual
11
successfully
completed
during
the
program.
12
The
bill
requires
the
BOEE
to
treat
an
individual
who
13
successfully
completes
an
alternative
teacher
certification
14
program
and
who
is
granted
a
temporary
initial
teaching
license
15
in
the
same
manner
as
an
individual
who
completes
a
traditional
16
teacher
preparation
program
and
who
receives
an
initial
17
teaching
license,
including
during
the
process
of
converting
18
the
temporary
initial
teaching
license
to
a
standard
teaching
19
license.
20
Code
section
272.28
establishes
requirements
for
teacher
21
licensure
beyond
an
initial
license.
Pursuant
to
current
22
Code
section
272.28,
the
requirements
for
teacher
licensure
23
beyond
an
initial
license
include
successful
completion
of
a
24
beginning
teacher
mentoring
and
induction
program;
two
years
25
of
successful
teaching
experience
in
a
school
district
with
26
an
approved
career
paths,
leadership
roles,
and
compensation
27
framework;
or
evidence
of
not
less
than
three
years
of
28
successful
teaching
experience
with
certain
specified
programs.
29
The
bill
modifies
Code
section
272.28
to
impose
these
same
30
requirements
on
individuals
attempting
to
obtain
teacher
31
licensure
beyond
a
temporary
initial
teaching
license.
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