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HSB 684
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedFebruary 9, 2022
- Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 9, 2022
- Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2022 session adjourned on May 24, 2022, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Teachers who have worked in another state for the last three years can get an Iowa teaching license if their current license is in good standing. These applicants can receive licenses for the same subjects and grade levels they taught out of state, even if they do not have a job offer from an Iowa school yet. Everyone applying this way must still pass the same background checks and fingerprinting required for all new teachers.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to licenses issued by the board of educational examiners (BOEE) to teachers licensed out of state. _____ the applicable endorsements to an applicant who is licensed as a teacher in another state, whose license is in good standing, and who has been working as a teacher in that state for the past three consecutive years, that allows the applicant to teach the same grade levels and subjects the applicant is licensed to teach in the other state. The bill provides that the applicant is not required to have been offered a teaching contract by a school district or an accredited nonpublic school. The bill establishes that applicants for these licenses are subject to the requirements related to background investigations, the submission of fingerprint packets, and criminal history searches applicable to all initial applicants for licensure.
House subcommittee
Named February 9, 2022. On February 14, 2022 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 2-0.
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