Bill Text: IA SF317 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the continued validity of certain special education instructional endorsements to a practitioner license issued by the board of educational examiners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-26 - Subcommittee, Hart, Behn, and Mathis. S.J. 400. [SF317 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2015-SF317-Introduced.html
Senate File 317 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY SCHULTZ A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the continued validity of certain special 2 education instructional endorsements to a practitioner 3 license issued by the board of educational examiners. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 1738XS (3) 86 kh/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 272.9, Code 2015, is amended by adding 1 2 the following new subsection: 1 3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3. a. The instructional strategist I, 1 4 instructional strategist II, or either of the kindergarten 1 5 through grade twelve mildly disabled endorsements issued under 1 6 282 IAC 14.2(2=7), to practitioners on or before July 1, 2017, 1 7 shall continue in force after July 1, 2017, and a practitioner 1 8 who continues to meet the conditions for practitioner licensure 1 9 under this chapter shall be permitted to perform the same 1 10 duties and functions as the practitioner was entitled to 1 11 perform with the endorsement issued under 282 IAC 14.2(2=7), 1 12 effective on July 1, 2017. 1 13 b. If a practitioner who holds an endorsement described 1 14 in paragraph "a" meets the requirements for a kindergarten 1 15 through grade twelve endorsement or for a special education 1 16 specializations endorsement under the rules effective on or 1 17 after July 1, 2019, the practitioner shall be permitted to 1 18 convert the endorsement described in paragraph "a" to the new 1 19 endorsement without payment of a fee. 1 20 EXPLANATION 1 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 22 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 23 This bill provides for the continuation in force after July 1 24 1, 2017, of certain special education endorsements issued by 1 25 the board of educational examiners to practitioners on or 1 26 before July 1, 2017. 1 27 The board has submitted to the administrative rules review 1 28 committee notice of intended action to eliminate four types of 1 29 special education endorsements on July 1, 2019: instructional 1 30 strategist I, instructional strategist II (including behavior 1 31 disorders and learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, 1 32 and physical disabilities), K=8 mildly disabled, and 5=12 1 33 mildly disabled. In their place, under the notice of intended 1 34 action, are the K=12 special education endorsement and the 1 35 special education specializations endorsement. 2 1 The bill provides that a practitioner who holds such 2 2 an endorsement and continues to meet the conditions for a 2 3 practitioner licensure shall be permitted to perform the same 2 4 duties and functions after July 1, 2017, as the practitioner 2 5 was entitled to perform with the endorsement held on July 1, 2 6 2017. A practitioner who applies for an endorsement after July 2 7 1, 2017, may apply for any of the six endorsements available on 2 8 that date, but the validity of the expiring endorsements would 2 9 not extend beyond June 30, 2019. 2 10 The bill also allows the practitioner to convert an 2 11 endorsement issued under the prior rules to an endorsement 2 12 issued on or after July 1, 2019, without fee if the 2 13 practitioner meets the requirements for the new endorsement. LSB 1738XS (3) 86 kh/rj
