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SF2133 • 2026

A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
DONAHUE
Last action
2026-02-03
Official status
Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 190 .
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.

A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Sinclair, Kraayenbrink, and Zimmer. S.J. 190 .

  2. 2026-01-28 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 156 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to administrator licenses granted by the board of educational examiners and including applicability provisions.

Current Bill Text

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Senate

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2133

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

2133

BY

DONAHUE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

administrator

licenses

granted

by

the

1

board

of

educational

examiners

and

including

applicability

2

provisions.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

256.146,

Code

2026,

is

amended

by

adding

1

the

following

new

subsections:

2

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

28.

Adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

3

17A

that

require

an

individual

applying

for

an

initial

4

administrator

license

to

have

been

a

teacher

in

this

state

5

for

at

least

five

consecutive

years

prior

to

the

date

of

6

application,

and

to

have

taught

at

no

more

than

two

school

7

districts

in

this

state

during

that

five-year

period,

to

attain

8

the

initial

administrator

license.

9

NEW

SUBSECTION

.

29.

Adopt

rules

pursuant

to

chapter

17A

10

that

require

an

administrator

with

an

initial

administrator

11

license

or

a

professional

administrator

license

to

maintain

the

12

individual’s

teacher

license

as

a

condition

of

maintaining

the

13

initial

administrator

license

or

professional

administrator

14

license.

15

Sec.

2.

APPLICABILITY.

This

Act

applies

to

all

of

the

16

following:

17

1.

Applications

for

an

initial

administrator

license

that

18

are

submitted

to

the

board

of

educational

examiners

on

or

after

19

the

effective

date

of

this

Act.

20

2.

Initial

administrator

licenses

and

professional

21

administrator

licenses

that

are

granted

by

the

board

of

22

educational

examiners

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

this

23

Act.

24

EXPLANATION

25

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

26

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

27

This

bill

relates

to

administrator

licenses

granted

by

the

28

board

of

educational

examiners

(BOEE).

29

The

bill

requires

an

individual

who

is

applying

for

an

30

initial

administrator

license

to

have

been

a

teacher

in

31

this

state

for

at

least

five

consecutive

years

prior

to

the

32

date

of

application,

and

to

have

taught

at

no

more

than

two

33

school

districts

in

this

state

during

that

five-year

period,

34

in

order

to

be

eligible

to

attain

the

initial

administrator

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license.

This

provision

applies

to

applications

for

an

initial

1

administrator

license

that

are

submitted

to

the

BOEE

on

or

2

after

the

effective

date

of

the

bill.

3

The

bill

requires

that

an

administrator

with

an

initial

4

administrator

license

or

a

professional

administrator

license

5

maintain

the

individual’s

teacher

license

as

a

condition

of

6

maintaining

the

initial

administrator

license

or

professional

7

administrator

license.

This

provision

applies

to

initial

8

administrator

licenses

and

professional

administrator

licenses

9

that

are

granted

by

the

BOEE

on

or

after

the

effective

date

of

10

the

bill.

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