272.31 - COACHING AUTHORIZATION.

        272.31  COACHING AUTHORIZATION.
         1.  The minimum requirements for the board to award a coaching
      authorization to an applicant are:
         a.  Successful completion of one semester credit hour or ten
      contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of
      the structure and function of the human body in relation to physical
      activity.
         b.  Successful completion of one semester credit hour or ten
      contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and understanding of
      human growth and development of children and youth in relation to
      physical activity.
         c.  Successful completion of two semester credit hours or
      twenty contact hours in a course relating to knowledge and
      understanding of the prevention and care of athletic injuries and
      medical and safety problems relating to physical activity.
         d.  Successful completion of one semester credit hour or ten
      contact hours relating to knowledge and understanding of the
      techniques and theory of coaching interscholastic athletics.
         e.  Attainment of at least eighteen years of age.
         2.  The board of educational examiners shall adopt rules under
      chapter 17A for coaching authorizations including, but not limited
      to, approval of courses, validity and expiration, fees, and
      suspension and revocation of authorizations.  The state board of
      education shall work with institutions of higher education, private
      colleges and universities, community colleges, and area education
      agencies to ensure that the courses required under subsection 1 are
      offered throughout the state at convenient times and at a reasonable
      cost.  
         Section History: Recent Form
         84 Acts, ch 1296, § 3
         C85, § 260.31
         86 Acts, ch 1245, § 1452; 89 Acts, ch 265, § 15, 16; 90 Acts, ch
      1249, § 11
         C93, § 272.31
         97 Acts, ch 32, §1
         Referred to in § 232.69, 272.2