Bill Text: IA HF2245 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to practitioners who have been employed as practitioners for at least thirty years.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-31 - Introduced, referred to State Government. H.J. 168. [HF2245 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-HF2245-Introduced.html
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BY
LEVIN
,
KURTH
,
JUDGE
,
SCHOLTEN
,
WILBURN
,
CROKEN
,
BAGNIEWSKI
,
FORBES
,
STECKMAN
,
and
MADISON
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
renewal
requirements
associated
with
1
licenses
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
to
2
practitioners
who
have
been
employed
as
practitioners
for
at
3
least
thirty
years.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
256.146,
subsection
1,
paragraph
a,
1
subparagraph
(2),
Code
2024,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
(2)
Establish
issuance
and
renewal
requirements,
provided
3
that
a
continuing
education
requirement
may
be
completed
by
4
electronic
means,
and
there
shall
be
no
renewal
requirement
for
5
a
any
of
the
following
practitioners:
6
(a)
A
practitioner
who
has
been
employed
as
a
practitioner
7
for
at
least
ten
years
and
who
possesses
a
master’s
or
doctoral
8
degree,
unless
the
practitioner
holds
an
evaluator
approval
9
endorsement,
which
must
be
renewed
at
least
once
every
ten
10
years.
11
(b)
A
practitioner
who
has
been
employed
as
a
practitioner
12
for
at
least
thirty
years
and
who
possesses
a
baccalaureate
13
degree.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
renewal
requirements
associated
with
18
licenses
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
(BOEE)
19
to
practitioners
who
have
been
employed
as
practitioners
for
20
at
least
30
years.
21
Current
law
authorizes
the
BOEE
to
establish
renewal
22
requirements
for
licensed
practitioners.
Current
law
provides
23
that
there
shall
be
no
renewal
requirement
for
a
practitioner
24
who
has
been
employed
as
a
practitioner
for
at
least
10
years
25
and
who
possesses
a
master’s
or
doctoral
degree,
unless
the
26
practitioner
holds
an
evaluator
approval
endorsement,
which
27
must
be
renewed
at
least
once
every
10
years.
The
bill
28
provides
that
there
shall
also
be
no
renewal
requirement
for
29
a
practitioner
who
has
been
employed
as
a
practitioner
for
at
30
least
30
years
and
who
possesses
a
baccalaureate
degree.
The
31
BOEE
is
required
to
conduct
certain
criminal
history
registry
32
checks
related
to
such
practitioners
every
five
years,
and
the
33
BOEE
is
authorized
to
charge
the
practitioner
a
reasonable
fee
34
for
the
review
of
the
criminal
history
registry
checks.
The
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