Senate File 2066 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY JOHNSON
(COMPANION TO HF 2017
BY JONES)
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to coaching endorsements and authorizations
2 issued by the board of educational examiners and to certain
3 emergency medical procedures training requirements, and
4 including applicability provisions.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 272.31, subsection 1, Code 2016, is
1 2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
1 3 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0e. Successful completion of a certification
1 4 course for basic cardiac life support.
1 5 Sec. 2. Section 279.19B, subsection 1, Code 2016, is amended
1 6 by adding the following new paragraph:
1 7 NEW PARAGRAPH. 0b. An individual employed under paragraph
1 8 "a" shall possess a valid certificate of completion of a
1 9 nationally recognized course in basic cardiac life support.
1 10 Sec. 3. APPLICABILITY PROVISIONS. A person who possesses
1 11 a valid teaching license with a coaching endorsement or a
1 12 coaching authorization issued by the board of educational
1 13 examiners prior to July 1, 2016, shall have until July 1, 2017,
1 14 to meet the requirements of this Act.
1 15 EXPLANATION
1 16 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
1 17 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
1 18 This bill provides that an applicant for a coaching
1 19 authorization or coaching endorsement issued by the board
1 20 of educational examiners and a person employed by a school
1 21 district as a coach must possess a valid certificate of
1 22 completion of a nationally recognized course in basic cardiac
1 23 life support.
1 24 A person who possesses a valid teaching license with a
1 25 coaching endorsement or a coaching authorization issued by the
1 26 board prior to July 1, 2016, shall have until July 1, 2017, to
1 27 meet the requirements of the bill.
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