Bill Text: IA SF2291 | 2021-2022 | 89th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to para-educators holding substitute authorizations and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-03-08 - Withdrawn. S.J. 459. [SF2291 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2021-SF2291-Introduced.html
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BY
ADMINISTRATIVE
RULES
REVIEW
COMMITTEE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
para-educators
holding
substitute
1
authorizations
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
PARA-EDUCATORS
HOLDING
SUBSTITUTE
AUTHORIZATIONS
1
——
2021-2022
SCHOOL
YEAR.
2
1.
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2021,
a
3
para-educator
certified
under
section
272.12
with
a
substitute
4
authorization
may
substitute
in
any
classroom
in
grades
5
pre-kindergarten
through
twelve,
except
a
driver’s
education
6
classroom.
7
2.
A
school
district
shall
make
a
good-faith
effort
to
8
employ
a
substitute
teacher
who
is
not
a
para-educator
before
9
employing
a
para-educator
for
a
position
pursuant
to
subsection
10
1.
A
school
district
employing
a
para-educator
as
a
substitute
11
pursuant
to
subsection
1
shall
compensate
the
person
at
the
12
same
rate
as
would
be
provided
to
a
substitute
teacher
who
is
13
not
a
para-educator
for
the
same
work.
14
3.
The
board
of
educational
examiners
may
adopt
emergency
15
rules
under
section
17A.4,
subsection
3,
and
section
17A.5,
16
subsection
2,
paragraph
“b”,
to
implement
the
provisions
of
17
this
section
and
the
rules
shall
be
effective
immediately
upon
18
filing
unless
a
later
date
is
specified
in
the
rules.
Any
19
rules
adopted
in
accordance
with
this
section
shall
also
be
20
published
as
a
notice
of
intended
action
as
provided
in
section
21
17A.4.
22
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
23
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
24
EXPLANATION
25
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
26
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
27
This
bill
provides
that
for
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
28
2021,
a
certified
para-educator
with
a
substitute
authorization
29
may
substitute
in
any
classroom
in
grades
pre-kindergarten
30
through
12,
except
a
driver’s
education
classroom.
31
The
bill
requires
a
school
district
to
make
a
good-faith
32
effort
to
employ
a
substitute
teacher
who
is
not
a
33
para-educator
before
employing
a
para-educator
for
a
position
34
pursuant
to
the
bill.
The
bill
requires
a
school
district
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employing
a
para-educator
as
a
substitute
pursuant
to
the
bill
1
to
compensate
the
person
at
the
same
rate
as
would
be
provided
2
to
a
substitute
teacher
who
is
not
a
para-educator
for
the
same
3
work.
4
The
bill
authorizes
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
5
adopt
emergency
rules
to
implement
the
bill.
The
bill
takes
6
effect
upon
enactment.
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