Bills › 89th General Assembly
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2022
- Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2022
- Skipped: Passes the HouseContinued as HF 2421
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Became HF 2421 → Its progress continues under the new number. Go to HF 2421 What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary People who trained to be teachers outside of Iowa can now get a regional exchange license even if they don't live in the state, as long as they have a job offer from an Iowa school. The bill also creates a new teacher intern license for certain qualified people and sets rules for how they can eventually get a full teaching license. Additionally, it allows people seeking career and technical teaching authorizations to get them before they accept a job.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to licenses issued by the board of educational examiners. Current law authorizes the board of educational examiners to issue a regional exchange teaching license to an applicant who has completed a teacher preparation program outside of the state and who is applying for the applicant’s first Iowa teaching license if, among other requirements, the applicant is a resident of the state. The bill removes the requirement that such an applicant be a resident of this state if the applicant provides the board with a copy of an offer of employment as a teacher from a school located in this state. Current law requires the board to adopt rules to provide for nontraditional preparation options for licensing persons who hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and who do not meet other requirements for licensure. _____ applicant. The bill specifies the requirements that a qualified applicant must meet. The bill also provides that the rules shall require an applicant who has been granted a teacher intern license to meet certain specified requirements prior to applying for an initial teaching license. The bill requires the board to allow an applicant who has completed those requirements to apply for an initial teaching license if the school that employed the licensee recommends that the licensee be allowed to apply for an initial teaching license. The bill requires the board to adopt rules 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.
House subcommittee
Named February 1, 2022. On February 8, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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