House File 660 - Introduced
HOUSE FILE 660
BY GOBBLE
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to licensure renewal requirements adopted by
2 rule by the board of educational examiners.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 Section 1. Section 272.2, subsection 1, Code 2021, is
2 amended by adding the following new paragraph:
3 NEW PARAGRAPH. c. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection
4 establishing licensure renewal requirements shall provide that
5 up to half of the units needed for licensure renewal may be
6 earned upon the successful completion of an individualized
7 professional development plan as verified by the supervising
8 licensed evaluator or by successful completion of professional
9 development courses or programs offered by a professional
10 development program licensed by the board, or by a practitioner
11 preparation institution or area education agency approved by
12 the state board of education.
13 EXPLANATION
14 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
15 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
16 This bill requires that rules adopted by the board of
17 educational examiners which establish licensure renewal
18 requirements must provide that up to half of the units needed
19 for licensure renewal may be earned by successfully completing
20 an individualized professional development plan as verified
21 by the supervising licensed evaluator, or by successfully
22 completing professional development courses or programs offered
23 by a professional development program licensed by the board,
24 or by a practitioner preparation institution or area education
25 agency approved by the state board of education.
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