HSB 520: HSB 520

What it does

This bill relates to the assessments administered to practitioner preparation program admission candidates and to practitioner preparation program students prior to students’ completion of a practitioner preparation program. Current law provides that the state board of education shall adopt rules requiring all higher education institutions providing practitioner preparation to, prior to a student’s completion of the practitioner preparation program, administer either subject assessments designed by a nationally recognized testing service or a valid and reliable subject-area-specific, performance-based assessment centered on student learning.

House subcommittee · named January 11, 2022

• Rep. Thomas Jay Moore (R) · tom.moore@legis.iowa.gov
• Rep. Sue Cahill (D)
• Rep. Skyler Wheeler (R) · skyler.wheeler@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 7 for, 1 against

For: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa Catholic Conference; Iowa State Education Association; Personal Interest-Mona Bond; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

Against: Educational Testing Services

In plain words

1. January 11, 2022Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee
2. January 11, 2022House subcommittee named: Moore, T., Cahill and Wheeler
3. January 19, 2022Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes
4. January 20, 2022Approved by the House committee
5. January 24, 2022Approved by the House committee, and given a new number: HF 2081