Iowa Code § 256.162: National certification.

The board shall review the standards for teacher’s certificates adopted by the national board for professional teaching standards, a nonprofit corporation created as a result of recommendations of the task force on teaching as a profession of the Carnegie forum on education and the economy. In those cases in which the standards required by the national board for an Iowa endorsement or license meet or exceed the requirements contained in rules adopted under this part for that endorsement or license, the board shall issue endorsements or licenses to holders of certificates issued by the national board who request the endorsement or license.