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HF2272 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.

A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
GUSTOFF
Last action
2026-02-04
Official status
Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 201 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.

A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-04 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 201 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to renewal requirements associated with licenses issued by the board of educational examiners to certain specified practitioners.

Current Bill Text

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House

File

2272

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Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2272

BY

GUSTOFF

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

renewal

requirements

associated

with

1

licenses

issued

by

the

board

of

educational

examiners

to

2

certain

specified

practitioners.

3

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

2026,

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

practitioner

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

twenty

years,

unless

the

practitioner

holds

an

13

evaluator

approval

endorsement,

which

must

be

renewed

at

least

14

once

every

ten

years.

15

EXPLANATION

16

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

17

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

18

This

bill

relates

to

renewal

requirements

associated

with

19

licenses

issued

by

the

board

of

educational

examiners

(BOEE)

to

20

certain

specified

practitioners.

21

Current

law

authorizes

the

BOEE

to

establish

renewal

22

requirements

for

licensed

practitioners.

Under

current

23

law,

there

is

no

renewal

requirement

for

a

practitioner

who

24

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

20

years,

unless

the

practitioner

holds

an

evaluator

31

approval

endorsement,

which

must

be

renewed

at

least

once

every

32

10

years.

The

BOEE

is

required

to

conduct

certain

criminal

33

history

registry

checks

related

to

such

practitioners

every

34

five

years.

The

bill

does

not

affect

the

BOEE’s

ability

to

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deny

or

revoke

a

license

under

Code

section

256.146(13).

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