Iowa-2015-SF46-Introduced
Senate File 46 - Introduced
SENATE FILE
BY FEENSTRA
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to transitional coaching authorizations for
2 certain individuals issued by the board of educational
3 examiners.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. Section 272.2, subsection 14, paragraph b,
1 2 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
1 3 (2) The applicant is less than twenty=one years of age
1 4 except as provided in section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph
1 5 "e". However, a student enrolled in a practitioner preparation
1 6 program who meets board requirements for a temporary,
1 7 limited=purpose license who is seeking to teach as part of a
1 8 practicum or internship may be less than twenty=one years of
1 9 age.
1 10 Sec. 2. Section 272.31, subsection 1, Code 2015, is amended
1 11 to read as follows:
1 12 1. a. The Except as provided in paragraph "b", the
1 13 minimum requirements for the board to award issue a coaching
1 14 authorization to an applicant are:
1 15 a. (1) Successful completion of one semester credit hour
1 16 or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
1 17 understanding of the structure and function of the human body
1 18 in relation to physical activity.
1 19 b. (2) Successful completion of one semester credit hour
1 20 or ten contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
1 21 understanding of human growth and development of children and
1 22 youth in relation to physical activity.
1 23 c. (3) Successful completion of two semester credit hours
1 24 or twenty contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
1 25 understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries
1 26 and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity.
1 27 d. (4) Successful completion of one semester credit hour
1 28 or ten contact hours relating to knowledge and understanding
1 29 of the techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic
1 30 athletics.
1 31 e. (5) Attainment of at least eighteen years of age.
1 32 b. The board shall issue a transitional coaching
1 33 authorization to an individual who is at least eighteen years
1 34 of age and who provides verification of an offer of a coaching
1 35 position by a school district or by a consortium of school
2 1 districts, but who has not completed the coursework required
2 2 for a coaching authorization as specified in paragraph "a".
2 3 A transitional coaching authorization is valid for not more
2 4 than one year, may not be renewed, and is valid only in the
2 5 school district or districts making the offer of the coaching
2 6 position.
2 7 Sec. 3. Section 279.19B, subsection 1, paragraph a,
2 8 subparagraph (2), Code 2015, is amended to read as follows:
2 9 (2) A qualified individual who meets the requirements of
2 10 section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph "a", and possesses
2 11 a coaching authorization issued by the board of educational
2 12 examiners.
2 13 Sec. 4. Section 279.19B, subsection 1, paragraph a, Code
2 14 2015, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
2 15 NEW SUBPARAGRAPH. (3) A qualified individual who meets the
2 16 requirements of section 272.31, subsection 1, paragraph "b",
2 17 and possesses a transitional coaching authorization issued by
2 18 the board of educational examiners.
2 19 EXPLANATION
2 20 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
2 21 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
2 22 This bill requires the board of educational examiners to
2 23 issue a transitional coaching authorization to an individual
2 24 who is at least 18 years of age and who provides verification
2 25 of an offer of a coaching position by a school district or by
2 26 a consortium of school districts, but who has not completed
2 27 the coursework required for a coaching authorization. A
2 28 transitional coaching authorization is valid for not more
2 29 than one year, may not be renewed, and is valid only in the
2 30 school district or districts making the offer of the coaching
2 31 position. In employing a head coach or assistant coach, the
2 32 Code requires each school district to consider applicants in a
2 33 priority order, with teachers having first priority and persons
2 34 with a coaching authorization second. To this priority list,
2 35 the bill adds in the third position those individuals who
3 1 possess a transitional coaching authorization.
3 2 Currently, the coursework needed for a full coaching
3 3 authorization includes successful completion of five semester
3 4 credit hours or 50 contact hours in courses relating to
3 5 knowledge and understanding of the structure and function of
3 6 the human body in relation to physical activity; to knowledge
3 7 and understanding of human growth and development of children
3 8 and youth in relation to physical activity; to knowledge and
3 9 understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries
3 10 and medical and safety problems relating to physical activity;
3 11 and to knowledge and understanding of the techniques and theory
3 12 of coaching interscholastic athletics.
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