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HF 355 – Permanent Teaching Licensure (LSB2019HV)
Staff Contact: Michael Peters (515.281.6934) michael.peters@legis.iowa.gov
Fiscal Note Version – New
Description
House File 355 requires the Board of Educational Examiners (BOEE) to eliminate renewal
requirements for practitioners who hold a master’s or doctoral degree and have been employed
as a practitioner for at least 10 years. The Bill provides that for practitioners not subject to
renewal requirements, the BOEE is required to review the sex offender registry, the Iowa Court
Information System, the registry for child abuse information, and the dependent adult abuse
records for information on those practitioners every five years. The Bill also permits the BOEE
to charge a reasonable fee to practitioners who are not subject to renewal requirements for the
review of these systems and records. Lastly, the Bill removes the BOEE’s requirement and
ability to verify the completion of mandatory trainings of licensees who hold a master’s or
doctoral degree.
Background
Iowa Code section 272.10 requires the BOEE to finance all activities through licensing fees.
Pursuant to Iowa Code section 272.10, 25.0% of fees collected annually by the BOEE are
credited to the General Fund, and the remainder is retained and used by the BOEE. The BOEE
has 14.0 FTE positions.
Iowa Code sections 279.69 and 279.13 currently allow the BOEE and school districts to review
the sex offender registry, the Iowa Court Information System, the central registry for child abuse
information, and the central registry for dependent adult abuse information and to complete a
background check in conjunction with hiring decisions and continuation of employment for
education practitioners.
The current $10 criminal history background check fee for renewals remains unchanged under
the Bill.
Assumptions
• An average of 4,193 individuals with a master educator teaching license, professional
administrator license, or professional service license renew or extend a license each year.
• The BOEE charges an $85 processing fee per application for renewals, which would be
decreased to $50 under the Bill. The BOEE estimates that 80.0% of licenses issued meet
the 10-year requirement. The Bill would affect approximately 3,311 applications.
Fiscal Impact
House File 355 is estimated to reduce BOEE revenues by $116,000 per year beginning in
FY 2024. Revenue reductions may decrease the number of FTE positions within the BOEE by
1.0 position. In addition, the Bill would result in a decrease of approximately $37,000 to the
General Fund annually.
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Services Division 2
Source
Board of Educational Examiners
/s/ Jennifer Acton
March 7, 2023
Doc ID 1369489
The fiscal note for this Bill was prepared pursuant to Joint Rule 17 and the Iowa Code. Data used in developing this
fiscal note is available from the Fiscal Services Division of the Legislative Services Agency upon request.
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