Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 701 - Revenue Department › Title I - Administration › Chapter 72 - Examination and Certification of Assessors and Deputy Assessors › Rule 701-72.18 - Courses Offered by the Department of Revenue

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
(1)
Class size.
The director
				may determine the maximum number of students for a particular class in order to
				maintain a suitable learning environment. Applications to take a course shall
				be accepted in the order in which they are received by the department. If the
				number of applications received as of a specific mail delivery results in the
				receipt of more applications than there are spaces for the class, those
				applications received in that mail delivery shall be subject to a drawing by
				lot to determine those which shall be accepted for the class. However, persons
				who are not currently serving as assessors or deputy assessors shall not be
				admitted to a course ahead of persons serving as assessors or deputy assessors,
				regardless of the date on which their applications were received.
(2)
Examinations during the
				course.
Examination questions and answers shall not be made available
				to persons other than employees of the department authorized by the director to
				have access to such information. Persons who take the examination shall not
				discuss with anyone the specific questions contained in the examination, nor
				shall they reveal any specific examination question to another person. This
				shall not restrict persons who have taken a course examination from discussing
				the generalsubject matter of the examination.
(3)
Materials and supplies.
All examination materials shall be furnished by the department and must be
				returned to the monitor prior to the students leaving the examination. During
				the examination, students may be permitted to use their own slide rules or
				electronic calculators as long as their use does not disturb other students.
				Students shall not be permitted to bring any other materials into the
				examination room, nor shall they be permitted to take any materials from the
				examination room except their own slide rules or electronic
				calculators.
(4)
Personal
				conduct during course and examination.
To preserve the integrity of
				the examinations and the assessing profession, each person taking an
				examination shall not exhibit behavior which is disruptive to other persons
				taking the examination, nor shall a person cheat or attempt to cheat on an
				examination in any manner
(5)
Violations.
Any person who intentionally violates any of the
				provisions of subrule 72.18(2), 72.18(3), or 72.18(4) shall be subject to the
				penalties specified in this subrule. If an infraction of subrule 72.18(2),
				72.18(3), or 72.18(4) occurs and is detected and confirmed during the
				examination, the examination of the person committing the infraction shall be
				confiscated by the instructor and shall not be scored. If the infraction is
				detected and confirmed after the examination of the person committing the
				infraction has been scored, the score resulting from that examination shall be
				reduced to a failing grade and the director shall notify the assessor education
				advisory committee of the action taken. If the infraction is detected and
				confirmed during the course, the instructor shall expel the student from the
				classroom, and the student shall not be permitted to take the examination for
				the course.
(6)
Instructors.
Course instructors shall inform all students of
				the provisions of subrules 72.18(2), 72.18(3), and 72.18(4). The instructors
				shall have the authority to enforce these rules in accordance with subrule
				72.18(5).
(7)
Retaking
				examination. A
person who receives a failing score on the examination
				for a course may retake the examination by submitting a request to the director
				within ten days of the date the director notifies the person of the examination
				score. The examination shall be retaken at the office of the department in Des
				Moines or at the site of any scheduled course examination, and shall be retaken
				within 30 days of the date the original examination was taken. A person who
				retakes an examination may not again take that particular course for credit
				until at least 30 days have passed from the date the examination was retaken. A
				special examination may be taken only once for a particular course, regardless
				of the number of times a student takes the course. A special examination shall
				be given only if the student took and failed the examination given at the end
				of a course taken for credit.
(8)
Review of examination.
Persons who have taken a course
				examination may, after presenting proper identification, review their
				examinations in the office of the department's property tax division within 60
				days after the date the examination has been administered. The review shall
				consist only of examining the person's own answer sheet and the question book.
				Persons reviewing their examinations shall not be permitted to take notes or
				otherwise transcribe information during this review, nor shall they have access
				to the answers to questions contained in the examination. Persons who review
				their examinations shall be permitted to do so only once, and shall not be
				eligible to take the same examination for a period of at least 30 days
				following the date of the review of the examinations.
(9)
Length of examination.
The director shall determine the appropriate amount of time in which persons
				may take each examination. Any person who arrives at the examination site after
				the examination has begun shall not be permitted to complete the examination
				after the time scheduled for completion.
This rule is intended to implement Iowa Code section
				  441.8.