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HSB 611

Topics:K–12 education

Same legislation: SSB 3047, SF 2128, HF 2409

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Also covers SSB 3047 and SF 2128 and HF 2409.

What changed before it passed
Official bill pageLobbyist declarationsOne-pager to print

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedJanuary 25, 2022
  2. Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 25, 2022
  3. Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2022
  4. Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2409
  5. Next: Senate committee
  6. Next: Passes the Senate
  7. Next: To the Governor
  8. Next: Signed into law

Became HF 2409 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2409 What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to education, including the education of students who are not fully English proficient and the standards applicable to the hiring, developing, and evaluation of community college faculty. The bill modifies the Code to replace references to a student who is “limited English proficient” with “English learner”. Current law requires a community-college administration to establish a committee consisting of instructors and administrators to develop a plan for hiring and developing quality faculty that includes several provisions.

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_____ also requires that one of those provisions include compliance with the faculty accreditation standards of the higher learning commission.48 (standards for accrediting community college programs). Current law requires that community-college-employed instructors in the subject area of arts and sciences shall either possess a master’s degree from a regionally accredited graduate school or have two or more years of successful experience in a professional field in which the instructor is teaching classes and in which postbaccalaureate recognition or professional licensure is necessary. 602 and by the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act. Current law provides that the standards relating to quality assurance of community college faculty and ongoing quality professional development shall include the accreditation standards of the higher learning commission.48. 602 and by the federal Higher Education Opportunity Act.

Full bill text · What changed before it passed1

House subcommittee

Named February 3, 2022. On February 9, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part

Iowa Code it changes

Amends§256.16§256.7§256E.4§256E.5§256E.9§256F.3§260C.36§260C.48§280.4§284.11

How the Code works2

Lobbying

2 for · 0 against · 13 undecided · Who →

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SSB 3047Cleared committeeHSB 611Renumbered

89th General Assembly

SF 2128Became lawSenate companionHF 2409Didn’t advancefrom HSB 611