Amendment S-5005 to HF 255

Filed February 8, 2024 in the Senate by

What it changes

1. Page 1, line 1, by striking “2023” and inserting “2024”
2. By striking page 1, line 22, through page 2, line 5, and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 256.146, subsection 12, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
3. Adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation options for licensing persons who hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited or state-approved college or university, who do not meet other requirements for licensure. The rules shall, at a minimum, require the board to do all of the following: a. Issue a teacher intern license to an applicant who has enrolled in a program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “m” . b. Allow a licensee who has attained a teacher intern license pursuant to paragraph “a” to apply for an initial teaching license if the school that employed the licensee during the licensee’s completion of the program established pursuant to section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “m” , and the higher education institution that operated the program recommend that the licensee be allowed to apply for an initial teaching license.”
4. Page 2, by striking lines 6 through 12 and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 256.146, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subsection: NEW SUBSECTION .
5. Adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A that allow an individual seeking a career and technical secondary authorization to apply, and, if eligible, be issued the secondary authorization prior to accepting an offer of employment with a school.”
6. Page 2, line 13, by striking “272.17” and inserting “256.166”
7. Page 2, after line 20 by inserting: “b. The applicant shall have at least sixty contact hours in the classroom, of which at least thirty hours shall be teaching in a classroom under a licensed teacher. The applicant may complete any remaining contact hours by working as a para-educator or in another relevant role. The principal of the school where the applicant completed the contact hours shall certify to the board the applicant’s completion of the requirements in this paragraph.”
8. Page 2, by striking lines 21 through 29 and inserting: “c. The applicant shall successfully complete an alternative teacher certification program that has been approved by the board pursuant to subsection 2 and that includes the required content training in the area in which the applicant seeks to be licensed.”
9. Page 2, by striking lines 30 through 33 and inserting: “
10. The board shall not approve an alternative teacher certification program for purposes of this section unless the alternative teacher certification program meets all of the following requirements:”
11. Page 3, after line 2 by inserting: “c. The alternative teacher certification program must incorporate pedagogy training, including an examination, that teaches effective instructional delivery, classroom management and organization, assessment, instructional design, and professional learning and leadership. d. The alternative teacher certification program must include preparation that is substantially similar to the preparation in reading theory, knowledge, strategies, and approaches described in section 256.16, subsection 1, paragraph “a” , including preparation related to evidence-based early reading instruction and practical application, if enacted.”
12. Page 3, line 3, after “completes an” by inserting “approved”
13. Page 3, line 9, after “completes an” by inserting “approved”
14. Page 3, line 18, after “an” by inserting “approved”
15. By striking page 3, line 25, through page 4, line 18, and inserting: “Sec. ___. Section 256.163, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows: 256.163 Licensure beyond a temporary initial license or an initial license.
16. Requirements for teacher licensure beyond a temporary initial license or an initial license shall include successful completion of a beginning teacher mentoring and induction program approved by the state board of education pursuant to section 284.5 ; or two years of successful teaching experience in a school district with an approved career paths, leadership roles, and compensation framework or approved comparable system as provided in section 284.15 ; or evidence of not less than three years of successful teaching experience at any of the following: a. An accredited nonpublic school in this state. b. A preschool program approved by the United States department of health and human services. c. Preschool programs at school districts approved to participate in the preschool program under chapter 256C . d. Shared visions programs receiving grants from the child development coordinating council under section 256A.3 . e. Preschool programs receiving moneys from the school ready children grants account of the early childhood Iowa fund created in section 256I.11 .
17. A teacher from an accredited nonpublic school or another state or country is exempt from the requirement of subsection 1 if the teacher can document three years of successful teaching experience and meet or exceed the requirements contained in rules adopted under this part for endorsement and licensure.”
18. By renumbering as necessary.

Official amendment (PDF) · In the Bill Book