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HOUSE
FILE
119
BY
LATHAM
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
related
to
content
specialist
1
authorizations
and
career
and
technical
secondary
2
authorizations
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
3
and
including
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
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Section
1.
Section
256.146,
subsection
12,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
12.
a.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
to
provide
3
for
nontraditional
preparation
options
for
licensing
persons
4
who
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
or
higher
from
an
accredited
or
5
state-approved
college
or
university,
who
do
not
meet
other
6
requirements
for
licensure.
The
rules
shall,
at
a
minimum,
7
require
the
board
to
do
all
of
the
following:
8
a.
(1)
Issue
a
teacher
intern
license
to
an
applicant
9
who
has
enrolled
in
a
program
established
pursuant
to
section
10
256.16,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
“m”
.
11
b.
(2)
Allow
a
licensee
who
has
attained
a
teacher
intern
12
license
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
subparagraph
(1)
to
apply
13
for
an
initial
teaching
license
if
the
school
that
employed
14
the
licensee
during
the
licensee’s
completion
of
the
program
15
established
pursuant
to
section
256.16,
subsection
1
,
paragraph
16
“m”
,
and
the
higher
education
institution
that
operated
the
17
program
recommend
that
the
licensee
be
allowed
to
apply
for
an
18
initial
teaching
license.
19
b.
The
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
shall
not
20
require
an
individual
who
holds
a
master’s
degree
or
higher
in
21
an
endorsement
area
to
convert
the
initial
content
specialist
22
authorization
to
a
content
specialist
authorization.
Instead,
23
the
individual
may
continue
to
teach
under
the
initial
content
24
specialist
authorization
after
the
initial
three-year
period
25
so
long
as
the
individual
is
working
under
the
direction
of
a
26
mentor
teacher
who
holds
a
content
specialist
authorization.
27
Sec.
2.
Section
256.146,
subsection
26,
Code
2025,
is
28
amended
to
read
as
follows:
29
26.
a.
Adopt
rules
pursuant
to
chapter
17A
that
allow
30
an
individual
seeking
a
career
and
technical
secondary
31
authorization
to
apply,
and,
if
eligible,
be
issued
the
32
secondary
authorization
prior
to
accepting
an
offer
of
33
employment
with
a
school.
34
b.
The
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
shall
not
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require
an
individual
who
has
an
initial
career
and
technical
1
secondary
authorization
to
convert
the
initial
career
and
2
technical
secondary
authorization
to
a
career
and
technical
3
secondary
authorization.
Instead,
the
individual
may
continue
4
to
teach
under
the
initial
career
and
technical
secondary
5
authorization
after
the
initial
three-year
period
so
long
as
6
the
individual
is
working
under
the
direction
of
an
individual
7
who
has
a
career
and
technical
secondary
authorization.
8
c.
The
rules
adopted
pursuant
to
paragraph
“a”
shall
9
require
the
board
to
issue
an
initial
career
and
technical
10
secondary
authorization
to
an
applicant
who
is
a
community
11
college-employed
instructor
who
meets
the
requirements
12
established
in
section
260C.48,
subsection
1,
paragraph
“a”
;
13
provided,
however,
that
such
an
applicant
shall
be
disqualified
14
for
any
reason
specified
in
subsection
13.
15
Sec.
3.
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
to
individuals
16
who
apply
to
the
board
of
educational
examiners
for
an
initial
17
content
specialist
authorization
or
an
initial
career
and
18
technical
secondary
authorization
before,
on,
or
after
the
19
effective
date
of
this
Act.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
modifies
provisions
related
to
content
24
specialist
authorizations
and
career
and
technical
secondary
25
authorizations
issued
by
the
board
of
educational
examiners
26
(BOEE).
27
Current
law
requires
the
BOEE
to
adopt
rules
to
provide
28
for
nontraditional
preparation
options
for
licensing
persons
29
who
hold
a
bachelor’s
degree
or
higher
from
an
accredited
or
30
state-approved
college
or
university,
who
do
not
meet
other
31
requirements
for
licensure.
In
accordance
with
this
provision,
32
the
BOEE
has
established
by
rule
a
content
specialist
33
authorization,
which
is
provided
to
applicants
who
have
not
34
completed
a
teacher
preparation
program
but
who
hold
a
master’s
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degree
or
higher
in
an
endorsement
area.
The
bill
provides
1
that
such
rules
shall
not
require
an
individual
who
holds
a
2
master’s
degree
or
higher
in
an
endorsement
area
to
convert
3
the
initial
content
specialist
authorization
to
a
content
4
specialist
authorization.
Instead,
the
individual
may
continue
5
to
teach
under
the
initial
content
specialist
authorization
6
after
the
initial
three-year
period
so
long
as
the
individual
7
is
working
under
the
direction
of
a
mentor
teacher
who
holds
a
8
content
specialist
authorization.
9
These
provisions
apply
to
individuals
who
apply
to
the
BOEE
10
for
an
initial
content
specialist
authorization
before,
on,
or
11
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
12
Current
law
requires
the
BOEE
to
adopt
rules
related
13
to
career
and
technical
secondary
authorizations.
The
14
bill
provides
that
such
rules
shall
not
require
an
15
individual
who
has
an
initial
career
and
technical
secondary
16
authorization
to
convert
the
initial
career
and
technical
17
secondary
authorization
to
a
career
and
technical
secondary
18
authorization.
Instead,
the
individual
may
continue
to
teach
19
under
the
initial
career
and
technical
secondary
authorization
20
after
the
initial
three-year
period
so
long
as
the
individual
21
is
working
under
the
direction
of
an
individual
who
has
a
22
career
and
technical
secondary
authorization.
The
bill
also
23
provides
that
such
rules
shall
require
the
BOEE
to
issue
an
24
initial
career
and
technical
secondary
authorization
to
an
25
applicant
who
is
a
community
college-employed
instructor
who
26
meets
the
requirements
established
in
Code
section
260C.48
27
(standards
for
accrediting
community
college
programs).
28
These
provisions
apply
to
individuals
who
apply
to
the
BOEE
29
for
an
initial
career
and
technical
secondary
authorization
30
before,
on,
or
after
the
effective
date
of
the
bill.
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