272.12 - PARA-EDUCATOR CERTIFICATES.

        272.12  PARA-EDUCATOR CERTIFICATES.
         The board of educational examiners shall adopt rules pursuant to
      chapter 17A relating to a voluntary certification system for
      para-educators.  The rules shall specify rights, responsibilities,
      levels, and qualifications for the certificate.  Applicants shall be
      disqualified for any reason specified in section 272.2, subsection
      14, or in administrative rule.  Notwithstanding section 272.2,
      subsection 14, paragraph "b", subparagraph (2), the board may
      issue a para-educator certificate to a person who is at least
      eighteen years of age.  A person holding a para-educator certificate
      shall not perform the duties of a licensed practitioner.  A
      certificate issued pursuant to this chapter shall not be considered a
      teacher or administrator license for any purpose specified by law,
      including the purposes specified under this chapter or chapter 279.
      
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1216, §23; 2000 Acts, ch 1098, §5; 2000 Acts, ch 1223,
      §31; 2002 Acts, ch 1128, §2
         Referred to in § 256.7