Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 701 - Revenue Department › Title II - Property Tax › Chapter 103 - Examination and Certification of Assessors and Deputy Assessors › Rule 701-103.18 - 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 general subject 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 local government services 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.