House File 675 - Enrolled
House File 675
AN ACT
RELATING TO RULES ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATIONAL
EXAMINERS ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHER
AUTHORIZATIONS.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
1 Section 1. Section 272.31, Code 2021, is amended by adding
2 the following new subsection:
3 NEW SUBSECTION. 3A. The board shall issue a substitute
4 authorization that allows an individual to substitute in
5 grades prekindergarten through twelve for no more than ten
6 consecutive days in a thirty-day period in one job assignment
7 for a regularly assigned teacher who is absent, except in the
8 driver’s education classroom. A school district administrator
9 may file a written request with the board for an extension
10 of the ten-day limit in one job assignment in a thirty-day
11 period on the basis of documented need and benefit to the
12 instructional program. The executive director or appointee
13 shall review the request and provide a written decision
14 either approving or denying the request. A substitute teacher
15 authorization shall require not less than the successful
16 completion of an associate degree or not less than sixty
17 undergraduate semester hours, or the equivalent, from a college
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18 or university accredited by an institutional accrediting agency
19 recognized by the United States department of education.
______________________________ ______________________________
PAT GRASSLEY JAKE CHAPMAN
Speaker of the House President of the Senate
I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and
is known as House File 675, Eighty-ninth General Assembly.
______________________________
MEGHAN NELSON
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved _______________, 2021 ______________________________
KIM REYNOLDS
Governor


Statutes affected:
Introduced: 272.31
Reprinted: 272.31
Enrolled: 272.31