Senate File 59: Amends the License Requirement for Competent Private Instruction

Author:
Senator McKinley and Brunkhorst

Summary:
Amends section 299A.2 of the Iowa Code by striking the option for a teacher who provides competent private instruction to possess a certificate from the board of education examiners leaving as the only option for a teacher who provides competent instruction to obtain a license. This would affect not only those who provide instruction, but also those who will be able to supervise instruction because those supervisors who possess a certificate will no longer be qualified as a supervisory instructor.

The bill also strikes the requirement that the license must be appropriate to the ages and grade levels of the children to be taught.

Status:

1/25/2005

Introduced, referred to Committee on Education

1/26/2005		Subcommittee, Brunkhorst, Connolly, Dvorsky, and McKinley
3/3/2006		Crossover Day—Bill did not pass out of committee; bill is dead

HSLDA's Position:
Oppose, unless amended to remove the provision excluding certified teachers.

Action Requested:
None at this time

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