House Study Bill 146



                                    HOUSE FILE       
                                    BY  (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
                                        EDUCATION BILL BY
                                        CHAIRPERSON
                                        FORRISTALL)

                                         A BILL FOR

     1 An Act relating to licensure by the board of educational
     2    examiners of persons who complete an administrator
     3    preparation program offered by a recognized non=Iowa
     4    institution.
     5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 272.8, Code 2011, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  4.  a.  An applicant who, prior to May
  1  4 1, 2009, enrolled in an administrator preparation program
  1  5 offered by an out=of=state institution approved by the board
  1  6 in accordance with subsection 3, and who completes the program
  1  7 prior to December 15, 2011, shall be eligible for licensure as
  1  8 provided in 282 IAC 18.3, 18.4, and 18.6, in effect on October
  1  9 1, 2009.
  1 10    b.  The board shall notify all persons who meet the
  1 11 requirements of paragraph "a" and who apply for an administrator
  1 12 license between May 1, 2009, and December 31, 2011, of their
  1 13 limited eligibility for licensure and of the application
  1 14 deadline provided under this subsection, and shall post such
  1 15 notification on its website.
  1 16    c.  This subsection is repealed July 1, 2012.
  1 17                           EXPLANATION
  1 18    This bill provides that a person who enrolled in an
  1 19 administrator preparation program offered by an approved
  1 20 out=of=state institution prior to May 1, 2009, and who
  1 21 completes the program prior to December 15, 2011, is eligible
  1 22 to be licensed by the board of educational examiners under the
  1 23 administrative rules in place on October 1, 2009.  The bill
  1 24 also requires the board to notify eligible applicants, who
  1 25 apply for an administrator license between May 1, 2009, and
  1 26 December 31, 2011, of their limited eligibility for licensure
  1 27 and of the application deadline, and must post the notification
  1 28 on its website.
  1 29    Modifications to the board's administrative rules affecting
  1 30 applicants for administrator exchange licenses who attended
  1 31 recognized non=Iowa institutions took effect October 14, 2009.
  1 32 The rules as modified require the applicant to hold a valid
  1 33 regular administrator certificate or license in the state in
  1 34 which the preparation was completed.  Also, the initial license
  1 35 issued under the prior rule was a two=year license, while under
  2  1 the current rule it is a one=year license.
  2  2    The Code provision created by the bill is repealed July 1,
  2  3 2012.
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