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90th General Assembly · Iowa Funnel one-pager · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

HF 95: Establishing a temporary initial teaching license to be issued by the board of educational examiners to applicants who complete alternative teacher certification programs

Died when the session ended · The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died.

What it does

This bill establishes a temporary initial teaching license to be issued by the board of educational examiners (BOEE) to applicants who complete alternative teacher certification programs. The bill requires the BOEE to grant a temporary initial teaching license to an applicant who holds a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university and has successfully completed an alternative teacher certification program that includes the required content training in the area in which the applicant seeks to be licensed and pedagogy training that satisfies certain specified requirements.

Sponsors

Not listed

Cost

No fiscal note

Lobbying · 2 for, 5 against

For: Americans For Prosperity; Iowa Association of Christian Schools

Against: Iowa Association of School Boards; Iowa State Education Association; Rural School Advocates of Iowa; School Administrators of Iowa; Urban Education Network of Iowa

In plain words

  1. January 23, 2023Filed in the House and sent to the Education committee

From public records at legis.iowa.gov, compiled by Iowa Funnel (iowafunnel.com), an independent, nonpartisan site. Current as of Tuesday, November 10, 2026. https://iowafunnel.com/bills/90/HF95