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Status/Date |
Level |
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 IL | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | From ILGA website: Provides that no one may be admitted to an Alternative Teacher Certification program or Alternative Route to Teacher Certification program after September 1, 2013 (instead of September 1, 2012), and those candidates who are admitted on or before September 1, 2013 (instead of September 1, 2012) must complete the program before January 1, 2015 (instead of September 1, 2013).
Makes changes concerning the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. With respect to certain references to public schools and districts in provisions concerning an alternative provisional educator endorsement on an Educator License with Stipulations and a recognized institution offering the program partnering with a school district, provides that "public schools" and "school district" includes without limitation a charter school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/97/SB/PDF/09700SB0638lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 638
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to provide a report to the General Assembly 3 months prior to the sunset date of the enabling legislation for the Teach for America program regarding the efficacy of that program. This will allow the General Assembly to make an informed decision regarding further extensions of Delaware's participation in the Teach for America program. The report must include a statistical analysis of student performance in Teach for America classrooms, as well as tracking the retention of Teach for America participants in the field of education.
http://www.legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+248/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 248
Source: http://www.legis.delaware.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Establishes alternative route to teacher licensure in grades 9-12 for persons who have taught at certain postsecondary institutions.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2302.pdf
Title: S.B. 2302
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | This bill amends one of the multiple eligibility criteria for alternative placement teaching certification. Changes from requiring a BA and a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale to a RETENTION grade point average of a 2.5 on a 4.0 scale. A retention GPA excludes courses repeated or reprieved, in accordance with the academic forgiveness policy, as well as remedial and PE activity courses used to determine a student's eligibility to enroll in classes and to graduate.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2244%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2244
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| NJ | Signed into law 04/2012 | Postsec. | Establishes a four-year "VETeach Pilot Program" pilot to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.
Provides that Richard Stockton College of New Jersey will enroll in a 36-month teacher preparation program, a single cohort of students who are veterans of the United States Armed Forces and who served on or after September 11, 2001. The program shall lead to a baccalaureate degree and completion of the requirements necessary to apply to the State Board of Examiners for a certificate of eligibility with advanced standing.
Provides that a certificate of eligibility with advanced standing issued to a student who completes the pilot program shall authorize the student to seek employment as a teacher in grades K through 8, and in certain secondary education fields.
Requires that, upon the conclusion of the pilot program, the commissioner shall report to the Governor and the Legislature on the number of veterans who enrolled in the teacher preparation program, the number of those veterans who were hired as teachers in public or nonpublic schools, and the advisability of the establishment of similar programs on a permanent basis.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL12/2_.PDF
Title: S 1026
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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| DE | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Repeals the sunset provision included in House Bill No. 102, which authorized the Teach for America (TFA) program as an alternative route to teacher licensure and certification. The law was signed by the Governor on April 20, 2009 and would sunset on April 20, 2012.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+239/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 239
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Provides for the issuance of a specialized teaching certificate to classroom teachers with expertise in either science, technology, engineering, or mathematics to teach in grades seven through 12. Exempts those teachers from the professional Knowledge and Subject Knowledge Proficiency requirements prescribed in 15-532 and 15.533. Eligible requirements include: Has taught in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics for the last two consecutive years and for a total of at least three years at a postsecondary institution; has either a BA, MA, or Doctoral degree in a subject specific to one of these areas or has passed a statewide educator assessment in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics; and obtains a fingerprint clearance.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2161h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2161
Source: azleg.gov
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Adds to existing legislation on alternative programs for teacher education by: providing definitions; including entity affiliated with approved teacher education programs to be a partner in offering programs; defining approved education provider; modifying definition of area of critical need and shortage; generally reorganizing section, updating terms and eliminating duplicative language; modifying alternative program teacher certificate requirements; eliminating requirement to post position of alternative program teacher each year prior to rehiring; authorizing alternative methods of instructional delivery and candidate supervision and modifying existing methods; modifying professional support team provisions; modifying reporting and recommendation requirements; requiring certain legislative rules; and requiring teacher education programs to cooperate with the state board to ensure that certain assistance is provided to help students pursuing a teaching degree and certified teachers attain the required hours to earn a Technology Integration Specialist Advanced Credential. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB4122%20SUB%20ENR.htm&yr=2012&sesstype=RS&i=4122
Title: H.B. 4122
Source: www.legis.state.wv.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Effective June 30, 2012, repeals 105 ILCS 5/21-1a on teacher certification exams. Effective June 30, 2013, repeals statutory provisions on (1) teacher certification, qualifications and issuance of certificates; (2) subject endorsement on teacher certificates; (3) grades of certificates; (4) early childhood certificates; (5) required instruction for all teachers; (6) elementary, special and high school certificates; (7) alternative certification and alternative routes to teacher certification; (8) administrative certification and alternative routes to administrator certification; (9) teacher leader endorsements; (10) principal preparation programs; (11) substitute certificates and substitute teaching; (12) provisional certificates; (13) recognition of certification of teachers from out of state; (14) additional certificates for experienced employed teachers; (15) resident teacher certificates; (16) 105 ILCS 5/21-12 related to printing, seal, signature, credentials for teacher certificates; (17) annual registration fees for certificates; (18) school service personnel certificates; (19) the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program (however, this program is reauthorized in the new Article 21B).
Effective September 2013, repeals statutory provisions related to the Illinois Teacher Corps.
Creates new Article 21B, "Educator Licensure". As summarized in http://www.ift-aft.org/News/DailyNews/11-06-06/Changes_in_Educator_Licensing_Pass_in_SB_1799.aspx:
--Renames the State Teacher Certification Board as the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board
--Changes the name of the certificate to the Illinois Professional Educator License. Qualified educators will be issued a professional educator license endorsed in each area and grade level for which they are eligible to seek employment in teaching, administration or school service. Each license will be valid for 5 years.
--Streamlines the 66 types of available certificates to 3 types of licenses: the Illinois Professional Educator License, the Professional Educator License with Stipulations and the Substitute Teaching License.. Each will be endorsed in specific content and grade areas. This change will make it easy for each license holder to track his/her qualifications as all endorsements will be on a single license rather than multiple certificates.
--All certificates renewing after July 2012 will be exchanged for Illinois licenses. Hard copy licenses will not be issued but the new credentials can be accessed and printed from the Educator Certification System online.
--The three license system (Initial, Standard, Master certificates) will be eliminated.
--Individuals holding National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification will get a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation on an existing Professional Educator License. Certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards does not automatically allow an individual to teach in the area for which he/she received NBPTS certification unless the individual also has the appropriate Illinois endorsement. The designation is issued for the same validity period (10 years) as the NBPTS certification. If an individual does not renew his/her NBPTS certification, the designation will be removed from the Professional Educator License.
--New fee structure effective January 2012 for applications for license (for in-state and out-of-state educators), additional endorsements/approvals, and registration per year.
--Effective September 2014, the general administrative endorsement will not be issued. Until July 2015, an individual may convert to a principal endorsement if he/she served at least 1 full year during the last 5 years in a position requiring a general administrative endorsement.
--Substitute teacher licenses are valid for 5 years and may be renewed if the individual has passed a test of basic skills. However, if an individual has had his/her Professional Educator License or Educator License with Stipulations suspended or revoked or has not met the renewal requirements for licensure, the individual is not eligible to obtain a Substitute Teaching License.
--The Paraprofessional educator endorsement will be on the Professional Educator License and renewable every 5 years. Renewal requirements have not yet been determined. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0607.pdf
Title: S.B. 1799
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Previous law directed the state board of education to adopt by rule requirements for obtaining an alternative resident educator license for teaching grades 4-12; new provision requires rulemaking for obtaining alternative licensure for teaching grades K-12. Prohibits state board from requiring an applicant for an alternative resident educator license to have completed a major in the subject area for which application is being made. Provides that, as an alternative to completion of an intensive pedagogical training institute on the principles and practices of teaching, an alternative resident educator license candidate may complete a summer training institute provided to participants of a teacher preparation program operated by a nonprofit organization and that has been approved by the chancellor. Replaces mandate that alternative resident educator license candidates complete at least 12 semester hours or the equivalent in certain pedagogical topics with option that candidate complete either the 12 semester hours (or equivalent), or professional development provided by the aforementioned chancellor-approved teacher preparation program. Specifies that a person who is assigned as a teach for America participant or who has completed two years of teaching through the teach for America program in another state is eligible for licensure only through provisions specific to licensure of teach for America program participants, and is not eligible for an alternative resident educator license. 388-390 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Alternative Resident Educator License
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows teacher and educational officer Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) members to continue to serve out up to three consecutive three-year terms even if they retire during a term. Adds certain powers and duties to HTSB, including (1) developing criteria for a full career and technical education license, limited to career and technical education teaching assignments, allowing qualified individuals with at least an associate's degree, pedagogy coursework, industry experience, and content expertise to teach and (2) establishing policies and procedures for approving alternative pathways to teaching. Adds timely payment of fees to the requirements for license renewal. Extends the term of the renewable advanced license from five to ten years. Allows for forfeiture of a teacher's license for failure to timely renew, pay all fees, or comply with any other requirements provided by law or administrative rule. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2011/Bills/SB806_CD1_.HTM
Title: S.B. 806
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to evaluate certain providers of education and training which are offered to qualify a person to be a teacher or administrator or to perform other educational functions; requires the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to adopt regulations prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and administrators pursuant to an alternative route to licensure.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB230_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 230
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to adopt regulations prescribing the qualifications for licensing teachers and administrators pursuant to an alternative route to licensure; requiring the State Board of Education to evaluate the providers of education and training approved by the Commission to offer an alternative route to licensure.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/SB/SB315_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 315
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Directs the state board to issue standard five-year teaching licenses to individuals who meet certain requirements, including holding out-of-state teaching licenses and successful completion of Teach for America. Requires standard background criminal and child maltreatment checks as well as educational and certificaiton verification. Directs the state board to issue three-year provisional licenses to individuals with a bachelor's degree and three years of employment in the content area in which the individual will teach, an offer to teach, two letters of recommendation, passing schore on a content knowledge and pedagogical tests and criminal and child maltreatement background tests.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1893.pdf
Title: H.B. 1893
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows a subject-area exam as an alternative to subject-area credit hours for alternative level one teacher licensure. Spells out other criteria for receiving the alternative licensure.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/11%20Regular/final/SB0361.pdf
Title: S.B. 361
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| MN | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Directs the Board of Teaching to require teacher preparation programs, including alternative teacher preparation programs, to include in the preparation program a board-approved content-specific and performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three areas: planning for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning; and assessing student learning.
Defines "highly qualified" teacher to include teachers holding a valid teaching license under the section establishing an alternative teacher preparation program, among other licensed teachers.
Directs the Board of Teaching to establish criteria and streamlined procedures to recognize the experience and professional credentials of a person holding an out-of-state diploma or degree from an accredited out-of-state teacher training program and to allow that person to demonstrate to the board his or her qualifications for receiving a Minnesota teaching license based on board-adopted performance measures.
To improve academic excellence and ethnic and cultural diversity and close the academic achievement gap, requires the Board of Teaching to approve qualified alternative teacher programs that offer teacher candidates a two-year limited term license, which may be renewed one additional year, and a means of acquiring a five-year standard license. Outlines the requirements, characteristics of, approval process, and other administrative details of the alternative teacher preparation program and limited-term teacher license.
Repeals the current statutory section, Minnesota Statutes, section 122A.24, governing alternative teacher licensure.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 40
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| AL | Adopted 12/2010 | P-12 | Rewrites Chapter 290-3-2. To align the format so that all relevant information on each topic is placed together which will make the document more user-friendly. To include practices and procedures that are currently being implemented based on memoranda or requirements made effective by other sections within the department of education. To include substantive requirements in the alternative approaches to ensure that applicants selected by LEAs have demonstrated content knowledge before working with students. To provide consistency in requirements and dates across various certification approaches. To incorporate safeguards within various certification approaches to ensure that the most qualified teachers/instructional support personnel are in the schools of Alabama. To delete all references to the term 'satisfactory' as related to an individual's performance due to the subjectivity. To clarify the certification revocation process and the authority of the state superintendent regarding sanctions against a certificate or license holder. To streamline the certification process. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/docs/ed/290-3-2.pdf
Title: ADC 290-3-2-.01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35
Source: www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us
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| NY | Emergency Rule Adoption 05/2010 | P-12 | From the administrative register:
It is anticipated that the proposed amendment will be presented to the board of regents for adoption as a permanent rule at its July 20, 2010 meeting.
Educational leaders have advised the state education department that they are having difficulty recruiting certified, qualified teaching staff in many schools but particularly in high need schools. The proposed amendment increases the number of qualified individuals who will be attracted to teaching careers through graduate level clinically rich pilot programs. The proposed amendment provides two teacher preparation tracks: Track A is a residency program where the candidate works with a teacher of record in a high need school and Track B is a residency program that leads to a Transitional B certificate where the candidate is the teacher of record in a high need school. Track B of this pilot program provides districts with the opportunity to hire individuals for teaching positions who are well grounded in the subject to be taught and who have completed the necessary coursework and examinations to receive a transitional B certificate for employment in the public schools for the 2010-11 school year. However, in order for candidates in this program to obtain a Transitional B certificate for employment in the 2011-12 school year, they need to complete a pre-service component and submit evidence of having achieved a satisfactory level of performance on the New York State teacher certification examination liberal arts and sciences test, and the content specialty test(s) in the area of the certificate sought, if required. Therefore, in order to fill these personnel shortages in high need schools in the 2011-12 school year, an emergency action is necessary for the preservation of the general welfare in order to timely implement the provisions of the proposed amendment to provide districts and BOCES with timely notice of the new requirements and to complete the competitive bidding process for the selection of program providers before the 2011-12 school year.
Pages 4-8 of 30: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2010/may17/pdfs/rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Sections 52.1, 52.21 and 80-5.13
Source: www.dos.state.ny.us
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| AZ | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Creates non-traditional pathways for teacher and administrator certification. Provides for greater flexibility on how institutions or organizations can train teacher or administrator candidates. Establishes a new process for institutions or organizations seeking approval as alternative preparation programs.
www.azsos.gov/aar/2010/20/index.pdf - 2010-05-13
Title: R7-2, -604.03, -604.04, -614
Source: www.azsos.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires the state board of education (SBE): (1) To allow a variety of teacher and administrator preparation program providers to offer a variety of preparation models and courses of study; (2) to adopt rules designed to allow for a variety of program formats; (3) to evaluate program providers based on their program's ability to prepare and recruit teachers and administrators with a variety of experiences and talents; (4) to permit universities under the jurisdiction of the Arizona Board of Regents, community colleges in the state, private postsecondary institutions licensed by the state, school districts, charter schools, and professional organizations to apply for program approval. Specifies that graduates from alternative preparation programs must: (1) Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited postsecondary education institutions; (2) demonstrate professional and subject knowledge proficiency; (3) obtain a fingerprint clearance card; (4) complete SBE prescribed training in structured english immersion; (5) complete research-based systematic phonics instruction; and (6) demonstrate required U.S. and Arizona constitution proficiencies. Chapter 49
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/2r/summary/h.hb2298_04-08-10_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: H.B. 2298
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Establishes an alternative teacher certification option for Teach for America participants. Establishes criteria a candidate must meet to be awarded a one-year temporary provisional teaching certificate under this alternative certification option. Permits this provisional teaching certificate to be renewed twice. Requires that a Teach for America participant be issued a professional certificate upon the participant's successful completion of the internship program and subject matter assessments required by the education professional standards board. Provides that this option must be considered a pilot program and an option during the time period from the effective date of this Act until the Race to the Top funding program under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is completed. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/10RS/SB180/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 180
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Provides that alternative certification programs may be provided by various types of qualified providers, including institutions of higher education. Provides that any and all programs must be approved by the state board. Changes provisions concerning the alternative certification of teachers, nonprofit entities, alternative math and science certification and the route to teacher and administrative certification, including National Board Certified Teachers. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/96/PDF/096-0862.pdf
Title: S.B. 616
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Establishes the Science, Technology, Engineering, Math, and Career Technical Education Educator Credentialing Program to provide alternative routes to teacher licensure, in accordance with federal Race to the Top Fund guidelines. Directs the commission on teacher credentialing, by June 2010, to develop a process to authorize additional high-quality alternative preparation programs provided by districts, county offices of education, community-based organizations and nongovernmental organizations. Authorizes participating organizations to offer preparation programs for any science, math, and career technical education credential type issued by the commission if the organization meets authorization requirements set by the commission. Pages 6-7 of 32: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx5_1_bill_20100107_chaptered.pdf
Specifies that these provisions become operative only if Senate Bill 4 of the Fifth Extraordinary Session of 2009-10 is also enacted (full text http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sbx5_4_bill_20100107_chaptered.pdf). S.B. 4E was also enacted January 7, 2010.
Title: S.B. 1E - Section 5
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | Postsec. | Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires the state superintendent to develop rules, guidelines and procedures for pathways to alternative certification of teachers. The process must align with NCLB requirements. Under the alternative certification process, the superintendent could grant an interim teaching certificate to a person who (1) is participating in an alternative teaching program approved by the superintendent; (2) holds a bachelor's, master's, doctorate, or professional degree from a regionally accredited college or university with a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (or the equivalent); and (3) passes both the basic skills examination and the appropriate available subject area examinations for each subject area in which the teacher applies to be certified.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/publicact/htm/2009-PA-0202.htm
Title: H.B. 5596
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue the authorization to provide services to limited-English-proficient pupils to an applicant who possesses a valid teaching credential and who holds certain certificates issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Authorizes school district interim credential holders to teach K-8 classes in self-contained programs or in self-contained bilingual classes if they have passed the subject matter examination approved by the commission. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_239_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 239
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentials to issue an American Indian Languages eminence credential to a candidate who has demonstrated fluency in that language. Authorizes the holder of an American Indian languages credential to teach the language in public schools and in adult education courses. Makes such credential holder eligible for a professional clear teaching credential. Encourages each federally recognized American Indian tribe to develop related written and oral assessments for credential applicants. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0501-0550/ab_544_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 544
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Existing law allows an individual with an alternative educator license to teach in grades 7-12. New provision allows individual holding "alternative resident educator license" to teach grades 4-12. Directs the state superintendent and the chancellor of the Ohio board of regents to jointly develop an intensive pedagogical training institute to provide instruction in the principles and practices of teaching for individuals seeking an alternative resident educator license. Requires that the instruction cover such topics as student development and learning, pupil assessment procedures, curriculum development, classroom management and teaching methodology. Replaces requirement that alternative licensure candidates complete "three semester hours or the equivalent of college coursework in the developmental characteristics of adolescent
youths and three semester hours or the equivalent in teaching methods" with requirement that all candidates complete the pedagogical training institute. Increases duration of alternative license from two to four years, (with exceptions made on a case-by-case basis to allow individuals to complete the Ohio teacher residency program), and provides for award of a professional educator license after completing, among other criteria, four years of teaching under the alternative license (prior provision called for award after two years of teaching). Adds to conditions that alternative license-holders must meet to maintain license; specifies that alternative license-holders participate in the Ohio teacher residency program and take an assessment of professional knowledge in the second year of teaching under the license. Eliminates time specification that satisfactory progress in taking and successfully completing at least 12 additional semester hours of college coursework in pedagogy and classroom management subjects be demonstrated in two years.
Section 105.01: Repeals 3319.261, which allowed an individual who otherwise qualified for an alternative educator license as an intervention specialist to be issued such license without passing a specified exam, under certain conditions. Repeals 3319.302, which allowed the state board to issue a one-year conditional teaching permit to teach grades 7-12 to any applicant who met specified conditions. Repeals 3319.304, which allowed the state board to issue a one-year conditional teaching permit in the area of intervention specialist to any applicant who met specified conditions.
Page 1380-1381 and 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3319.26, 3319.261, 3319.302 and 3319.304
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to the two-year provisional educator license for teaching science, technology, engineering or math in grades 6-12 in a STEM school. Adds meeting all other requirements for a professional educator license to the requirements a provisional educator license-holder in a STEM school must meet to be issued a professional educator license. Pages 1381-1383 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3319.28
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| HI | Vetoed 07/2009 | P-12 | Clarifies that effective July 1, 2009, unlicensed teachers employed as emergency hires may be employed on an emergency basis for no more than four years.
Bill text: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/SB1250_CD1_.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/bills/GM833_.PDF
Title: S.B. 1250
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| UT | Adopted 07/2009 | P-12 | Permits an alternative licensure candidate who has been employed as a full-time instructional paraeducator to substitute that experience for one or more pedagogy courses if the individual has been a paraeducator for at least three years, school/school district documentation indicates the applicant's experience has been successful, and the state office of education approves the applicant's experience in lieu of pedagogy courses.
Replaces "letter of authorization" with "school district/charter school specific license" in reference to practice of applying to state board to fill a position after demonstrating that other licensing routes for the applicant are untenable or unreasonable. Provides that school district/charter school specific competency-based license-holders are subject to additional USOE review based upon specified criteria. Establishes procedures if the application for school district/charter school specific competency-based licensure is denied. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090515/32643.htm
Title: R277-503-4
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| NV | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Revises provisions governing alternative routes for licensure.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/NAC/CHAPTERS.HTMl
Title: NAC 391
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| TX | Adopted 06/2009 | P-12 | Emphasizes that consent is required when a certified teacher is to be placed on an emergency permit.
Title: 19 TAC 7.230.Q.230.501
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Related to teachers; relates to an existing law which provides for the issuance of a special qualifications license to an applicant who holds a master's, graduatee, or doctoral degree in a field for which the applicant will provide classroom instruction; expands the issuance of a special qualifications license to applicants who hold a bachelor's degree; requires that the applicant participate in a program of student teaching or mentoring. Chapter 130.
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB542_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 428
Source: http://leg.state.nv.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to develop an alternative teacher licensure program for U.S. Air Force instructors who have taught at the Community College of the Air Force.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB1703.pdf
Title: S.B. 1703
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Renames the teacher in residence program to be the 2-year alternative teacher program, and relocates the provisions for that program in statute to the alternative teacher program. Renames the current alternative teacher program to be the one-year alternative teacher program. Requires both the one- year and 2-year alternative teacher programs to meet the Colorado performance-based standards for teachers. Requires both the one-year and 2-year programs to receive a 5-year evaluation.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont2/efae7110a1fdde29872575400064fc4c?OpenDocument&Click=87257426007F3773.8975551e51fa01d087256dd30080e1d5/$Body/1.2
Title: S.B. 160
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | For an Alternative Placement teaching certificate: Requires that a person attain at least a 2.5 GPA; participate in a residency program; declare the intent to receive a standard certificate within three years via alternative program. Sets requiremetns for the professional education component (deletes teaching experience as a component). Increases the required amount of work experience from two to three years to enroll in alternative placement program. Prohibits the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation from accrediting, renewing the accreditation of, or otherwise approving any teacher education program of any institution of higher education that has not implemented alternative placement programs in at least four areas of specialization, including mathematics, science and a foreign language.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10HB/HB1333_int.rtf
Title: H.B. 1333
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Directs the state board of education to grant an alternative placement teaching certificate to any person who meets certain requirements (such as qualifying for the Troops to Teaching program); Directs the board to adopt certain rules; directs the board to issue a temporary, nonrenewable secondary or middle level license to teach to any person who has attained certification by an alternative teacher certification organization; requires participation in a mentoring and induction program.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB582_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 582
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Creates a preference in the higher education alternative route certification program for veterans and national guard members.Chapter 192
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1156.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1156
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| RI | Adopted 03/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes alternative routes to certification programs. http://www2.sec.state.ri.us/dar/regdocs/released/pdf/DESE/5490.pdf
Title: Alternative Routes
Source: http://www2.sec.state.ri.us
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| LA | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to math for professionals certificates. Allows individuals with pure mathematic or science backgrounds the opportunity to become certified to teach in the area of mathematics.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v131/28v131.doc
Title: LAC 28:CXXXI.348
Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/
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| UT | Adopted 02/2009 | P-12 | Defines "international guest teacher (guest teacher)" as a foreign educator who has earned a public teaching credential in a foreign country and who is currently legally residing in Utah with the specific purpose to teach in Utah public schools. Provides the international guest teacher must be a resident of a foreign country that has a memorandum of understanding with the state board of education. Establishes procedures for qualified international guest teachers to be effectively hired and placed with assistance and direction from the state office of education (USOE) to encourage cultural exchange and foreign language development among public school students.
Directs the USOE, among other duties, to:
(1) Secure appropriate visas or travel and work documents for guest teachers
(2) Work with interested districts and charter schools to make schools aware of guest teachers with specific credentials and language skills and to inform guest teachers about openings in specific grade levels and curriculum areas in various geographic locations in the state
(3) Require and review a guest teacher's criminal background checks.
Establishes requirements for international guest teachers. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2008/20081201/32145.htm
Title: R277-527
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| OH | Adopted 09/2008 | P-12 | Creates forty hour temporary teaching permit for qualified nonlicensed individuals. Amends qualifications for temporary teaching permit for nonlicensed individuals. Adds rule creating two-year provisional educator license for STEM schools.
Twelve- or forty-hour temporary teaching permit for qualified nonlicensed individuals: http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/3301-23-41
Provisional educator license for STEM schools: http://codes.ohio.gov/oac/3301-24-15
Title: OAC 3301-23-41, -24-15
Source: codes.ohio.gov
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| NY | Adopted 08/2008 | P-12 | Extends the expiration date for applicants seeking certification through the individual evaluation pathway in all classroom titles except childhood education from Feb. 1, 2009 to Feb. 1, 2012. Adopted as published in pp 11-12 of May 14, 2008 register: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2008/may14/pdfs/rules.pdf
Title: Title 8 NYCRR Section 80-3.7
Source: www.dos.state.ny.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Authorizes an eligible candidate to use licensure via portfolio to obtain an initial licensure or to add a licensure field, consistent with the applicable Board of Teaching licensure rules. [Sec. 2]
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/getbill.php?number=HF1812&session=ls85&version=list&session_number=0&session_year=2007
Title: H.B. 1812
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Directs the state board to issue a license to teach to persons in the Teach for America Program; provides such licenses will not be subject to the requirements of the residency program; requires certain coursework; provides upon successful completion of the coursework and payment of fees, the teacher shall be issued a certificate to teach by the board. If funds are available, which may include but not be limited to grant, foundation, or other funds, they may be provided to train middle school teachers in reading education.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/HB3124_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 3124
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Relates to public school teacher licensing and certification. Extends access to the expanded alternative certification program from prospective teachers of grades 9-12 to prospective teachers of grades 6-12. Removes certain requirements necessary to obtain a provisional certificate issued by the State Superintendent of Education. Adds that applicants for an alternative certificate must be recommended for certification by the employing local superintendent or private school administrator, be assigned a mentor, meet the requirements of the Alabama prospective teacher testing program, and meet credit hour or degree requirements, or a passing score on the appropriate Praxis II content test.
Extends period of time for which an alternative certificate may be issued from three to four years. Allows holder of alternative certificate to work in up to two districts or private schools.
Title: H.B. 398
Source: www.lexis.com
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Creates a certification incentive fund to provide grants for eligible recipients to conduct summer institutes. Specifies that the priority for the institutes in the 2008-2009 through 2011-2012 school years is the certification of teachers in high school mathematics, chemistry, integrated science, and physics, and middle school mathematics and earth science under option 7 of the alternative certification program, certification of a person in a field other than education to teach in elementary, middle or secondary programs. Provides that grant recipients may be nonprofit organizations, institutions, and agencies, including postsecondary education institutions, school districts, education cooperatives, and consortia of school districts. Requires the education professional standards board to determine priority for specific institutes at the end of the 2011-2012 school year.
Requires each individual completing a summer institute to have additional hours of formal instruction or assistance during the first year of teaching to reach the minimum number of clock hours. Provides that an alternative teacher certification candidate participating in the institute must not be required to participate in the teacher internship program until the second year of teaching. Requires the candidate to be assigned a teacher mentor by the grant recipient the first year of teaching, with payment of the teacher mentor coming from the summer institute grant.
Provides forgiveable loans to individuals accepted into an institute. Provides the loan will be forgiven if the participant teaches in a Kentucky public or certified nonpublic school for one year within the three years following the awarding of the loan. Also provides a stipend, equal to the loan award amount, for each individual who completes a summer institute. Provides that grant recipients and school districts may offer financial incentives to potential participants and individuals who complete an institute from fund sources other than the grant funds.
Provides that teachers' professional growth fund may be used to provide teachers with professional development that may lead to additional certification endorsements or renewal of certification. Adds that the professional development programs for which teachers may receive support from the fund must provide teacher participants with the opportunity to obtain certificate endorsements or extensions in critical shortage areas, with priority given to math and science through 2016, and in core content areas to their existing certifications through the TC-HQ process, established by the education professional standards board to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. Specifies that beginning June 1, 2010, through the 2015-2016 school year, priority for the use of funds from the teachers' professional growth fund must be for the purpose of increasing the number of certified math and science teachers. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/SB64/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 64
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Relates to alternative teacher certification. Allows a five-year statement of eligibility for teaching to be issued to a veteran who has completed at least 10 years of active duty service, 10 years of service officially credited toward armed services retirement, or 10 years combination of such service. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/HB607/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 607
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a pilot program in the State Department of Education to promote the national Troops to Teachers Program in the public schools of the State; provides to assist in the recruitment, licensure, referral, placement and compensation of military personnel interested in beginning a second career in public education as a teacher.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2913SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2913
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Establishes the Teach For America Act. Authorizes the use of state funds as matching funds by the Teach for America-Delta in order to bring additional Teach for America teachers to State school districts that have a critical shortage of teachers; defines certain terms and related matters.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2518SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2518
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| LA | Adopted 03/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the practitioner teacher program alternative path to certification and minimum requirements. Revises program requirements. See Full Text Below.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v131/28v131.doc
Title: LAC 28:CXXXI.233
Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the Alternative Teacher Certification program. Provides that a provisional alternative teaching certificate may be issued to an applicant who has attained at least a cumulative "B" grade point average if the individual is assigned to a school district that has not met an objective for highly qualified teachers or to
a school district whose data filed with the state board of education indicates that the district's poor and minority students are taught by teachers who are not highly
qualified at a higher rate than other students
Provides that assignment may be made only if the district superintendent and the exclusive bargaining representative of the district's teachers jointly agree to permit the assignment. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0306lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 306
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Directs the state board to establish a pilot program for lateral entry teachers in up to eight local school administrative units. Establishes that under the pilot program, participating local school administrative units shall review the college transcripts of lateral entry teachers and determine a program of study that the teachers must complete and the state board will certify these lateral entry teachers based upon the recommendation of the pilot units.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/Senate/HTML/S1115v4.html
Title: S.B. 1115
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Modifies the requirements for participation in a community college lateral entry program for teacher training.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H583v0.html
Title: H.B. 583
Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Provides that a special qualifications license to teach may be issued to a person who holds a Passport to Teaching certification from the American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence, passes certain examinations required by this State and agrees to participate in a program of mentoring for the first year of his employment as a teacher with a school district or charter school.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB264_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 264
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Subject to approval by the professional standards commission, authorizes a district to provide a secondary-level alternative teacher certification program for core academic subjects. Requires such alternative teacher certification candidates to:
(A) Possess a master´s degree, doctoral degree, or Juris Doctor in each academic subject in which the candidate will teach;
(B) Receive high-quality professional development that is sustained, intensive, and classroom focused;
(C) Participate in a program of intensive supervision that consists of structured guidance and regular ongoing support for teachers or a teacher mentoring program;
(D) Assume functions as a teacher for a maximum of three years; and
(E) Demonstrate satisfactory progress toward full certification as prescribed by the professional standards commission.
Defines 'core academic subject' as English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, history, or geography. Directs the professional standards commission to apply the least restrictive standards when approving a district-developed alternative teacher certification program. Provides that a teacher certified through such a program must be considered a highly qualified teacher for purposes of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act.
Subject to approval by the professional standards commission, also authorizes a district to provide a secondary-level alternative teacher certification program for non-core academic subjects. Requires such alternative teacher certification candidates to:
(1) Possess a master´s degree, doctoral degree, or Juris Doctor in each academic subject in which the candidate will teach; and
(2) Demonstrates satisfactory progress toward full certification as prescribed by the professional standards commission.
Directs that a teacher receiving initial certification through a local alternative option be treated in the same manner as certificated professional personnel for purposes of statute or any local board policy, including receiving salaries in keeping with the minimum salary schedule.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb72.pdf
Title: S.B. 72 (Section 4)
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules allowing a teacher in a regional special education or regional alternative educational program or school to meet certification requirements by substituting demonstrated life experience or work experience for course work or other applicable education requirements.
Title: H.B. 734
Source: Maine Legislature
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Directs the regents and the commissioner to review the alternative teacher preparation programs available to candidates for teaching certificates in the 2007-2008 school year, and to consider means of expanding the availability of such preparation in the future, while maintaining teacher quality. Directs the regents and the commissioner to develop programs to assist in the expansion of alternative teacher preparation programs.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02107&sh=t
Title: S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 5
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| CO | Vetoed 03/2007 | P-12 | Explains certification and experience requirements for physical education teachers.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F24050D0DD0CC15F87257251007B6049?Open&file=1122_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1122
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Allows for the extension of alternative teacher programs and contracts beyone one year.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9E23A7A71DA8E2DF87257251007BF533?Open&file=1091_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1091
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| LA | Adopted 10/2006 | P-12 | The first update in many years. Identifies all certification guidelines for Louisiana school employees and administrators. Pages 1-52 of 133: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0610/0610RUL.pdf
Title: LAC 28:CXXXI.Chapters 1-10 (Bulletin 746)
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov/
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| MD | Adopted 08/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Aligns the initialcertification requirements of non- bachelor-degreed trades and industry teachers with degreed candidates. Establishes middle school certification grades for certification purposes from grades 4 through 9. MARYLAND 10246
http://www.dsd.state.md.us/comar/subtitle_chapters/13A_Chapters.htm#Subtitle12
Title: COMAR 13A.12.01.05, .12.02.05, .05
Source: Maryland Rules
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| AR | Adopted 07/2006 | P-12 | Establishes requirements and procedures for obtaining teacher licensure through the Arkansas Department of Education Non-Traditional Licensure Program. ARKANSAS 4667
http://arkansased.org/rules/pdf/current/ade_240_nontradlic0706_current.pdf
Title: AAC 005.16.06-002
Source: http://arkansased.org/
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Increases the number of vocational, technical, and career pathway education teachers by directing the Hawaii Teachers Standards Board to set alternative criteria and establish other measures of qualification necessary for these types of teachers to meet licensing standards. Specifies that the department has the authority to waive the requirement of a bachelor's degree to teach in a vocation, technical, or career pathway education program. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2887_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2887
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to the alternative teacher development program for placing highly qualified teachers into low income schools; provides for a matching grant to a nonprofit providing alternative teacher recruitment and placing; relates to public schools; requires demographic data concerning the aggregate composition of students in classrooms served by teachers placed by the service provider; provides for an evaluation of achievement gains; provides for public records.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/47leg/2r/bills/sb1184s.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184
Source: Arizona Legislature
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to:
(1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio and mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary education levels in a twelve-month intensive training program that leads to teacher licensure in a laboratory-based science, advanced mathematics, or foreign language field at the secondary education level and employment with an Ohio school district;
(2) Support alternative teacher licensure programs developed by educational service centers, in partnership with institutions of higher education. Participants shall be teachers licensed in Ohio and mid-career professionals not currently employed by a school district or licensed to teach at the primary or secondary education levels. Programs shall be consistent with the State Board of Education's alternative licensure requirements;
(3) Obtain contracted instruction with institutions of higher education in mathematics, science, or foreign language for high school students that results in dual high school and college credit. Costs shall be based upon reasonable expenses that institutions of higher education could incur for faculty, supplies, and other associated costs.
(4) Implement and support the Ohio Students Choosing On-line Resources for Educational Success Initiative that increases the educational options available for students in mathematics, advanced laboratory-based science, and foreign language. The eTech Ohio Commission shall work collaboratively with the Department of Education and the Board of Regents on this initiative.
(5) Support up to 10 regional summer academies that focus on foreign language, science, mathematics, engineering, and technology and prepare 11th and 12th grades to pursue college-level foreign language, mathematics, science, technology and engineering, with a focus on secondary teaching in these disciplines. Successful completion of these academics shall result in dual high school and college credits. Costs shall be based upon reasonable expenses, as determined by the Board of Regents, that institutions of higher education could incur for faculty, supplies, and other associated costs.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText126/126_HB_115_PS_N.html
Title: H.B. 115
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| ID | Adopted 05/2006 | P-12 | Clarifies that the computer based alternative route to teacher certification may be used for initial certification, subsequent certificates, and additional endorsements. http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0202.pdf (page 24 of 40)
Title: IDAPA 08.02.02
Source: adm.idaho.gov
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| LA | Adopted 04/2006 | P-12 | Adds the Early Childhood PK-3 certification through the Practitioner Teacher Program alternate program structure. http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0604/0604RUL.pdf (starting page 7 of 106)
Title: LAC 28:I.903
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Maryland Alternative Teaching Opportunity Program in the State Department of Education; authorizes the Department to select specified school districts and up to 150 teaching candidates to participate in the Program; requires the Department to share in the cost of providing a specified stipend to teaching candidates participating in a preresidency internship program.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2006rs/bills/hb/hb0794t.pdf
Title: H.B. 794
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| CO | To governor 03/2006 | P-12
Postsec. | On completion of the two-year or three-year residency program, the Colorado Department of Education may issue an initial teacher license to the teacher in residence if he or she successfully completes an induction program and the prescribed requirements. The department may issue a professional license to the teacher in residence to be employed by the school district as a teacher. Also allows the department of education to extend an alternative teacher license for up to one year if the licensee provides proof that he or she is unable to complete the alternative teacher preparation program in one year for reasons other than incompetence.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2006a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/EA17790345A5882B872570BC00670BB6?Open&file=1023_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1023
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2006 | P-12 | Revises statutes governing teacher licensure regulations and regulation of teacher education programs by repealing the current statutes and reenacting teacher licensure and teacher education program provisions. The bill provides that the Board of Education (BOE) must prescribe, by regulation, the requirements for licensure of teachers and other school personnel. The Board's regulations must include requirements that a person seeking initial licensure complete professional assessments prescribed by the Board and complete study in attention deficit disorder, gifted education, and family involvement in student learning. In addition, every person seeking initial licensure or licensure by renewal must demonstrate proficiency in the use of educational technology and receive professional development in instructional methods promoting student academic progress and Standards of Learning assessments. Persons seeking initial licensure or first-time licensure renewal must complete
prescribed study in child abuse. All persons seeking licensure with an endorsement as a teacher of the blind and visually impaired must demonstrate proficiency in reading and writing Braille. The Board's regulations must also provide for licensure of principals and assistant principals contingent upon a prescribed assessment; criteria to effectuate the substitution of experiential learning for coursework for those seeking initial licensure through an alternate route; and licensure by reciprocity. The Board's regulations may provide for provisional licensure valid for up to three years.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0027
Title: S.B. 74
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| DE | Adopted 12/2005 | P-12 | This rule spells out requirements for candidates seeking participation in the Alternative Routes to Teacher Licensure and Certification Program, components of the program, mentoring support, supervision and evaluation, recommendation procedures for licensure and certification, issuance of license and program evaluation.
http://www.state.de.us/research/AdminCode/title14/1500/1519.shtml#TopOfPage
Title: 14 DAC 1519
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NC | ELIGIBLE FOR CONSIDERATION DURING THE 2006 SESSION 10/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT to amend the teacher certification law to facilitate the hiring of teachers. Vetoed 8/05.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H706v4.html
Title: H.B. 706
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | This bill would require the commission, until January 1, 2011, upon the recommendation of the governing board of a school district,
to issue a California Preliminary (CAP) credential to any person who displays knowledge and expertise in a subject area as demonstrated by
the qualifications of possession of a postbaccalaureate or graduate degree in one of a number of specified subject matters, 5 or more
full-time equivalent years of practice in the field for which the postbaccalaureate or graduate degree was awarded, basic skills proficiency, subject matter competence, and teacher fitness. The bill would make the credential a preliminary single subject teaching credential and would authorize teaching in the subject or subject area, or the performance of services, approved by the commission and designated on the credential.
Title: S.B. 404
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Emergency Rule Adoption 09/2005 | P-12 | Offers individuals from the geographic area drastically affected by Hurricane Katrina a temporary permit for substitute teaching in Illinois schools, provided that they have a bachelor's degree, which is generally the qualification required. http://www.isbe.state.il.us/rules/archive/pdfs/25emergkatrinaCode.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 25.105
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Rule Adoption 08/2005 | P-12 | Adopts rules regarding the one year alternate route license, the Teach for America Elementary Education K- 3 for critical shortage areas, and the Teach for America elementary education grades 4-8. MISSISSIPPI REG 10182 (SN)
Title: Uncodified
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Adopted 08/2005 | P-12 | Establishes procedures to allow persons seeking initial licensure as teachers through an alternative route to substitute experimental learning in lieu of coursework. Provides for licensure by reciprocity for individuals who hold a valid out-of-state license. Requires the Board of Education to suspend or revoke the teaching license of any person who knowingly with the intent to compromise the outcome of an athletic competition procures or causes these drugs to be procured to students. VIRGINIA REG 5280 (SN)
Title: 8 VAC 20-21-80, -90, -660, -680
Source: StateNet
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Board of Community Colleges, shall develop and implement policies permitting individuals with at least a bachelors degree to complete at a community college all or part of the coursework necessary for lateral entry into the teaching profession.
The North Carolina Community College System may offer courses, in accordance with policies adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to G.S. 115C-296(c), to individuals who choose to enter the teaching profession by lateral entry. The Community College System and the regional alternative licensing centers established by the Department of Public Instruction shall jointly identify the community college courses that are necessary and appropriate for lateral entry."
Title: H.B. 563
Source: StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12
Postsec. | Section 1: Establishes need for improvement in teacher recruitment, compensation, support and peer mentoring.
Section 2: Creates a new section establishing the Hawaii teacher cadet program fund, originally a department initiative, as a separate fund of the Hawaii Alliance for Future Teachers, a nonprofit organization. Authorizes the alliance to expend funds to establish partnerships with organizations or private vendors to encourage high school students with teaching potential to consider teaching as a career. Establishes and sets responsibilities for the Hawaii teacher cadet program advisory board.
Section 3: Requires the University of Hawaii to review its admission policies for the college of education.
Section 4: Requires the University of Hawaii to review its college of education's admission standards and consider allowing
incoming freshman to declare education as their major and enable them to graduate within four years.
Section 5: Requires the University of Hawaii to increase the full time equivalent teacher education faculty positions by 5 additional full-time equivalent positions each year until fiscal year 2014-2015, to allow the number of participants who complete the program to increase by one hundred per cent over the year 2004 total.
Section 6: Establishes need to eliminate specified barriers to interest in and entry of the teaching profession.
Section 7-8: Mandates that the department establish policies, procedures, technology, and accountability measures to ensure that newly hired employees receive timely and accurate wages. Establishes an alternate option if the department is unable to pay the total wages due a newly hired employee. Requires the department to establish rules by December 31, 2005 to implement these changes.
Section 9: Requires the department to provide each newly hired teacher with the new teacher orientation handbook to serve as a reference guide and provide the new employees with information on:
(1) Professional development and incentive programs;
(2) License requirements; and
(3) Other useful information to assist new teachers with their familiarity of the department's organization and educational system.
Section 10: Requires the department to establish a standardized statewide teacher induction program for every newly hired teacher. Requires the program to ensure that the new teacher to mentor ratio does not exceed 15:1 and that all mentors are specially skilled and trained to work effectively with newly hired teachers as determined by the department.
Section 11: Establishes legislative intent to improve student achievement by adopting policies that promote teacher quality.
Section 12: Requires the state board to adopt policies to:
(1) Develop a plan for licensing more individuals with practical experience for teaching in vocational/technical programs;
(2) Develop a plan to accept teachers from any state as long as they have completed state-approved teacher education programs and pass relevant Hawaii teacher examinations or their equivalent;
(3) Clarify the requirements, on a state-by-state basis, for out-of-state licensed teachers to obtain a license in Hawaii;
(4) Develop a plan to facilitate licensing for those who intend to teach in Hawaii immersion programs, the island of Niihau, or any other extraordinory situation as defined by the superindent or the superintendent's designee; and
(5) Pursue full teacher license reciprocity with the mid-Atlantic states, California, Colorado, Illinois, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington.
Section 13: Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to submit to the legislature a report of its progress and recommendations regarding its licensing standards and development of its policies before the 2006 regular session.
Section 14: Requires the Hawaii Teacher Standards Board to review alternative licensing requirements to replace the PRAXIS examination requirement. Requires the review of alternative requirements to include to the consideration of requiring a minimum amount of years of teaching experience to replace the PRAXIS examination requirement.
Section 15: Authorizes the conversion of Hawaii teacher standards board's nine temporary positions to nine permanent full-time equivalent positions.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb844_cd1_.htm
Title: H.B. 844
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| NV | (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 46. 05/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT relating to education; providing for the issuance of a special license for persons with certain graduate degrees and work experience to teach pupils in public schools;
http://leg.state.nv.us/73rd/bills/AB/AB206_EN.pdf
Title: H.B. 206
Source: StateNet
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| SD | Rule Adoption 05/2005 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding the department issuing one-year certificates to teachers who have let their certificates lapse. Grants an additional one-year extension on a one-year certificate to a teacher who has extenuating circumstances and references the alternative certification program. States that a teacher who lets his or her certificate lapse may be issued a one-year certificate by the department, during which time the teacher may complete the required six hours of transcripted coursework. States the type of certificate that is to be issued to a teacher who completes an alternative route to certification. SOUTH DAKOTA REG 4086 (SN)
Title: SDCR 24:03:01 thru 24:03:09 (Deleted); 24:43:01 thru 24:43:11, 24:15:02:03, 24:15:03:03.01, 09, 24:15:04:03
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Adopted 05/2005 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding alternative licensure, competency testing for licensure, continuing licensure for licensed educators, educator licensure application fee, licensure in middle level education grades 5-9, licensure in special education k-12, competencies for entry-level technology studies/education teachers, competencies for entry-level agriculture education teachers, performance evaluation requirements for teachers. NEW MEXICO REG 4254 (SN)
http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.060.0003.htm
Title: NMAC 6.60.3, .5, .6, .7, 6.61.3, .6, 6.64.16, .17, 6.69.4
Source: StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Amends §18A-3-1a .Provides for alternative program certificate, eligibility, issuance, scope and renewal limitation; changes activities, components and phases of training for alternative programs; provides for program coordination, training and approval; authorizes separate programs to prepare highly qualified special education teachers; requires position to be posted in certain instances; and establishes hiring preference. Instruction. Must provide a minimum of eighteen semester hours of instruction in the areas of student assessment; development and learning; curriculum; classroom management; the use of educational computers and other technology; and special education and diversity. All programs must contain a minimum of three semester hours of instruction in special education and diversity out of the minimum eighteen required semester hours. Three phases:
Phase I requires intensive on-the-job supervision for 2-4 weeks; Phase II is intensive on-the-job supervision for 10 weeks. During Phase II, the alternative program teacher must be visited and critiqued no less than one time per week by members of a professional support team, and be observed and formally evaluated at the end of five weeks and at the end of ten weeks by the appropriately certified members of the team. At the end of the ten-week period, the alternative program teacher is to receive a formal written progress report. Phase III consists of an additional period of continued supervision and evaluation of no less than twenty weeks duration, with at least one formal evaluation being conducted at the completion of the phase. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2005_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2528%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2528
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the state board to establish procedures for the filing and investigation of complaints alleging conduct that, if true, may establish grounds for denying, annulling, revoking or suspending an educator license or certificate.
Allows a person who converted his/her professional license to inactive status because called to active duty to, when returning professional license to active status, include in the notice to the department of education a copy of the official notice of honorable discharge or release from active service. Upon receipt of the notice and evidence of honorable discharge or release, the department must reissue the professional license with a new expiration date reflecting a period equal to the period remaining on the professional license as of the date the license holder converted to inactive professional license status plus the period during which the person was in active military service.
Authorizes the state board to require, in adopting minimum criteria for professional development activities, all or a portion of the activities to be related to increasing the license holder's competence or skills in his/her existing or potential endorsement area or in the teaching of literacy.
Specifies that teacher professional development related to assessment must pertain to effective use of assessments in planning for instructional delivery and in individualizing student instruction.
Specifies that to be accepted as a professional development activity, educational travel must be applicable to the endorsement area of the licensee's license.
Changes temporary educator eligibility authorization from three-year nonrenewable to one-year with two opportunities to renew for one year.
Specifies that an interim authorization authorizes a school district to employ as a principal, administrator or teacher a person who is eligible for certification or licensure.
Changes terminology from provisional licensure to initial licensure for administrators, principals, professional special service providers. Specifies that a person holding a provisional educator license as of the date this bill goes into effect is deemed to hold an initial educator license on and after said date, so long as the license is valid.
Strongly encourages all school districts to hire persons who hold alternative teacher licenses and teacher in residence authorizations to provide a wide range of experience in teaching and functional subject matter knowledge for the benefit of students.
Eliminates language allowing a district to hire as a teacher a person who is not certified. Replaces with language allowing district to hire a person with an alternative teacher license to teach as an alternative teacher pursuant to an alternative teacher contract. Authorizes a district to hire a person who holds a teacher in residence authorization to teach as a resident teacher pursuant to a teacher in residence program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics2005a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/0FC6014CF21E6B8D87256F3A0061BC79?Open&file=1026_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1026
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| NV | Temporary Rule Adoption 03/2005 | P-12 | Establishes rules which extend the date by which the Superintendent of Public Instruction may issue a provisional nonrenewable license from July 1, 2005 to July 1, 2006 NEVADA REG 3691 (SN)
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/nac/NAC-391.html#NAC391Sec056
Title: NAC 391.056
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Allows a one-year certificate to be granted an individual bearing all other qualifications except the assessments and selected as an assistant principal in a district where the superintendent certifies to the Education Professional Standards Board that there is a limited number of applicants to meet the requirements. Exempts a person employed in Kentucky as a principal or assistant principal who was certified in another state and practiced in that state for two or more years from taking the state principal certification assessment.
Bars a student from participating in the teacher internship program until the student has successfully completed the assessments required by the education professional standards board.
Allows a candidate for alternative certification to serve his or her internship in a nonpublic school.
Provides that a teacher who is fully certified in Kentucky and who is seeking an additional certification is not required to repeat the Kentucky teacher internship program.
Extends for one year (to June 30, 2007) the pilot teacher internship program for beginning teachers established under KRS 161.1222.
Full text of enacted bill: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB183/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 183
Source: lrc.ky.gov
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| LA | Adopted 10/2004 | P-12 | Amends rules to add a requirement for demonstration of reading competencies by alternate teacher certification program completers. http://www.state.la.us/osr/lac/28v01/28v01.pdf
Title: LAC 28:I.903
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and, where appropriate, the State Department of Education, to incorporate into licensure requirements for teacher candidates, professional development requirements for renewal of licenses, and accreditation requirements for preparation programs components to ensure that teachers are capable of teaching children with diverse needs, ethnicities, nationalities, and
languages, of teaching children who bring particular challenges to the learning process, and of teaching in urban and rural settings.
Repeals provisions authorizing the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue or renew emergency teaching or specialist permits in accordance with regulations adopted by the commission and provided that certain conditions are met.
Authorizes the commission to issue or renew acute and anticipated emergency credentials, as defined. Requires an applicant seeking an emergency permit to meet specified criteria, including possession of a baccalaureate degree and passage of the state basic skills proficiency test. Provides that both types of permits shall be valid for only one year, except that the anticipated emergency permit may be renewed for
an additional year if the permitholder meets specified requirements.
Existing law requires that a person employed in a position requiring certification qualifications be classified on a salary schedule on the basis or uniform allowance for years of training and years of experience, as specified. This bill imposes a state-mandated local program by requiring the governing board of a school district to review its compensation policies and revise them as needed to ensure that the continuing professional education for which it grants salary credit is targeted to courses likely to yield clear benefit in terms of the pedagogical instructional leadership, management skills, or academic subject matter knowledge of its employees.]
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to eliminate waivers authorizing the assignment of a credentialholder to a position not authorized by the credential of the holder and that they be authorized only in cases where there is no other alternative but to fill the position with a 30-day substitute teacher. The bill would further express the intent of the Legislature that each teacher serving in a school ranked in the bottom 3 deciles of the Academic Performance Index possess a valid teaching credential authorizing the holder to provide the service to which the holder is assigned.
This bill would also express the intent of the Legislature that this act accomplish specified objectives, including, but not limited to, establishing professional development activities that reward exceptional teachers for continuing to render services in a classroom, collaborations among school districts, professional associations, and postsecondary educational institutions to develop and offer preparation and degree or credential programs that will prepare educational leaders, and that the California State University and the University of California develop technologically delivered professional development and coursework for teachers in geographically isolated areas.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0201-0250/ab_242_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_242_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 242
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| NM | Rule Adoption 08/2004 | P-12 | Relates to alternative licensure requirements.
Title: NMAC 6.60.3.1, .6, .8, thru 11
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Rule Adoption 07/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding interim licenses for teacher shortages. Addresses interim licenses for substitute teachers, provisional licenses, interim reciprocal licensure, trade, industry, technical, and health occupations interim license, interim licensure clinical practice option, and interim licensure of applicants with a bachelor's degree from a teacher education program approved by another jurisdiction.
Title: NDAC 67.1-02-04-01, -02 thru -08
Source: StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Relates to education personnel; provides for expunging of criminal history records of applicants for employment at certain education related offices; requires background screening for charter school employees and board members; amends requirements for admission to teacher preparation programs; authorizes programs providing experiences as teacher assistants prior to entering teacher preparation programs for individuals meeting specified criteria; creates teacher preparation institutes that provide professional development, instruction for substitute teachers, alternative certificate programs and establishes criteria for applicants; provides for the creation of guidelines for mentoring of first-time teachers and other programs geared toward the recruitment and retention of quality teachers; requires background screenings and fingerprinting of instructional and noninstructional hires or contractual employees who come in contact with students; specifies a school district's performance assessment may include criteria for assessment of instructional and administrative personnel and student performance; requires training in teaching of reading for certified personnel who teach students who have limited English proficiency; establishes qualifications, requirements and evaluation of substitute teachers; provides for educator discipline by the Education Practices Commission and the Department of Education; amends the Recovery Network Program that assists educators impaired as the result of alcohol abuse, drug abuse or a mental condition. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=sb2986er.html&Directory=session/2004/Senate/bills/billtext/html/
Title: S.B. 2986
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed by Governor 05/2004 | P-12 | Concerns educator licensure. Provides requirements for authorization of adjunct instructor, special services intern, emergency applicant, temporary educator, substitute, teacher in residence, career and technical educator, school speech-language pathology assistant, educational interpreter, junior reserve officer training corps instructor, literacy instruction, principal authorization. Provides for issuance of licensures for alternative teachers, provisional teachers, and professional teachers. Provides for issuance of professional special services license, professional principal license, and professional administrator license. Authorizes school districts to develop and implement alternative principal programs to enable individuals from outside the education community to become school principals http://www.leg.state.co.us/CLICS2004A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F2FA701F38C118DC87256DB0004D3883?Open&file=1104_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1104
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Provides that the Teach Mississippi Institute program for alternate route certification for teachers include a fall or spring semester option for non-education majors. Additionally, the bill provides that non-education majors will be eligible to participate in the William Winter Teacher Scholar Loan Program and that those licensed under the nontraditional teaching route will be eligible for awards under the Critical Needs Teacher Scholarship Program.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2712SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2712
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Specifies that there are persons who should be recruited to teach in Kentucky's public schools because they have academic majors, strong verbal skills as demonstrated on a verbal ability test, and deep knowledge of content, which characteristics are identified by empirical research as important attributes of quality teachers. Clarifies minimum grade point average and degree prerequisites for work experience-option candidates for the alternative teaching certificate. Adds that work experience-option candidate must possess academic major or passing score on the academic content assessment designated by the education professional standards board. Specifies that alternatively-certified "adjunct instructor" (in such areas as art, music, foreign language, drama, science and other speciality areas) cannot be designated "highly qualified" under the provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act.
Establishes two new options for alternative certification. 1): The "university alternative program" allows a university to offer an alternative program that enrolls students in a postbaccalaureate teacher preparation program concurrently with employment as a teacher in a local district. Specifies the parameters of this certification.
2): The certification of a person in a field other than education to teach at the elementary, middle or high school level, which option must not be limited to teaching in shortage areas. Specifies the parameters of this certification.
http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/HB152/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 152
Source: www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| ID | Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 03/2004 | P-12 | Creates a consistent alternative route to teacher certification for individuals who have already completed college degrees. IDAHO REG 3799 (SN) http://www.idahoboardofed.org/rules/documents/ComputerBasedAlternativeRoute.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.02.02
Source: Idaho State Web site
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| SD | Rule Adoption 03/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rules moving the implementation date of a curriculum rule back one year. Enables an individual licensed as a clinical psychologist to administer and interpret individual student psychological evaluations as long as he or she is employed by a psychiatric residential facility. Allows any coursework, renewal or college transcript, that a teacher completes by January 1, 2004, toward his or her next renewal to be honored. Creates rules for an alternative route to certification specific to the Teach for America Program, rather than requiring candidates for the program to have completed a bachelors degree two years prior to applying. SOUTH DAKOTA REG 3983 (SN)
Title: 24:03:06:06.05, 24:15:03:06, 24:15:05:01, 24:15:05:02, 24:15:05:03, 24:15:05:04
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Rule Adoption 03/2004 | P-12 | Creates a consistent alternative route to teacher certification for individuals who have already completed college degrees. MISSISSIPPI REG 9102 (SN)
Title: IDAPA 08.02.02
Source: StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to residency teacher certification partnership programs; provides partnerships between school districts and state-approved higher education teacher preparation program to provide alternative routes programs.
Title: S.B. 6245
Source: StateNet
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| ID | Temporary Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Creates a consistent alternative route to teacher certification for individuals who have already completed college degrees. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0202.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.02.02.045
Source: Idaho State Web site
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| LA | Adopted 10/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules relating to all level K-12 certification areas. Amends the structure for underground programs for all level areas of art, dance, foreign language, health and physical education, and music. Provides for all-level programs through the three new alternate routes.
Title: LAC 28:I.903
Source: StateNet
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| SD | Adopted 08/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules requiring that the Professional Teachers Practices and Standards Commission and the Professional Administrators Practices and Standards Commission hold their respective meetings annually. Requires teachers new to the profession to pass the state licensure exam in the pedagogy and content areas in which they will be certified. Allows teachers with National Board Certification to obtain five-year teaching certificates. Ensures that alternative certification teacher candidates are highly qualified. Improves the retention and success of teachers in their profession. SOUTH DAKOTA REG 3921 (SN)
Title: 24:15:01:01, :02:08, :03:01, :03:02, :03:06, :03:07, :03:11, :04:01; 24:16:05:03, :05:05; 24:41:01:01 to :03:01,
Source: StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Clarifies that at least nine semester hours in the teaching of reading must be completed by anyone seeking certification at any level below the secondary level. Adds that candidates for teacher certification who have participated in any alternate teacher education program must be given the option of either completing the same number of semester hours as required for the teaching of reading for undergraduate program applicants or must possess the reading and literacy competencies identified in scientifically based reading research at the national level and approved by the state board of education for the teaching of reading.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB568&doctype=BT
Title: H.B. 568
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Revises alternative route teacher certification provisions. Provides that, to the extent funds are appropriated for this purpose, districts may apply for program funds to pay stipends to trained mentor teachers of interns during the mentored internship. The per intern amount of mentor stipend shall not exceed five hundred dollars. Provides that, to the extent funds are appropriated for this specific purpose, the annual amount of the scholarship is the annual cost of tuition for the alternative route certification program in which the recipient is enrolled, not to exceed eight
thousand dollars. The board may adjust the annual award by the average rate of resident undergraduate tuition and fee increases at the state universities as defined in RCW 28B.10.016. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2003-04/Senate/6050-6074/6052_pl.pdf
Title: S.B. 6052
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| NM | Adopted 02/2003 | P-12 | For alternative licensure, candidates must pass New Mexico teacher assessments (or similar state assessments). Elementary candidates must have a BA, 24-36 hours in subject, 6 hours of reading and pass assessments. Secondary candidates must have a BA, 36 semester hours in subject, 3 hours in reading and pass state-board approved assessment. NEW MEXICO REG 3639 (SN)
Title: NMAC 6.60.5, 6.61.9
Source: StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | According to legislative summary: "Amends ... to clarify that a statement of status of eligibility for a subject area authorized at the time of application may be reissued. Amends ... to allow for demonstration of subject area expertise with approval of superintendent for those subject areas without a test (i.e., Japanese or Hebrew language teacher.) Amends ... to require completion of graduate level courses for those certificates that require master's or higher degree (i.e., school psychologist, guidance counselor, etc.). Amends ... to allow an additional option for individuals to demonstrate professional competency by completing professional preparation courses. This provision allows allows individuals who have a subject area degree to become certified by taking pedagogical courses... Amends ... to require teacher preparation program students to achieve a passing score on the professional education competency exam ... Amends ... to allow school districts to use their own alternative certification program (instead of department's) as long as department approves. (Some districts, such as Hillsborough have already developed their own alternative certification program. This allows them to modify their current program to meet state standards.) ... Amends ... to allow state supported public schools or private schools to develop an alternative certification program to be approved by department." See bill section 728, page 1347, line 10 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires successful completion of the competency examination for licensure except for Alternative Placement Program candidates; adds additional professional days for teachers for certain purposes.
Title: S.B. 1595
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2001-02SB/sb1010_enr.rtf
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| CA | Chaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001 | P-12 | Chapter No.585, Defines the requirements that a school district make a diligent search for certified teachers by listing specific requirements before issuing or renewing emergency teaching or specialist permits.
Title: S.B. 837
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Relates to education; permits applicants for a temporary limited teaching license or a personnel variance to submit their application by July 1 in any year; directs the Board of Teaching to amend its rules to conform with the July 1 date.
Title: H.B. 1192
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Creates a statewide Partnership Grant Program to provide new high quality alternative routes to residency teacher certification; provides for recruitment by school districts of teachers to teach in subject matter shortage areas or areas with shortages of teachers due to location.
Title: S.B. 5695
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Requires parental notification of an assignment of a non-certified teacher to teach a class for more than thirty consecutive days.
Title: S.B. 416
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Passed 11/2000 | P-12 | The TEXAS State Board of Educator Certification has approved a new transitional license that will allow "educated people to become teachers by drawing on their life experience" rather than just college credit hours. The board is hoping to attract professionals wishing to change careers. The rule requires teachers on these transitional permits to be mentored by experienced teachers with "demonstrated excellence" and to enroll in an educator preparation program within 180 days. Candidates also must pass tests demonstrating proficiency in the subject they are teaching within one year, and in teaching competency and knowledge of students within three years.
http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/pubrep/permit5.pdf
Title: 19 TEX. ADMIN. CODE Chapter 233
Source: State Board of Education
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | (LD 2301); Creates a new certificate authorizing a person to teach in an area determined to be a teacher shortage area.
Title: S.B. 886
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Establishes a mechanism for local school boards to issue three-year local teacher licenses.
Title: S.B. 113
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Creates an alternative teaching certification at K-12 and vocational institutions for veterans with at least 6 years on active duty, discharged or released from active duty, at least a bachelor's degree in the subject matter area for which certification is sought, a minimum grade point average and a passing score on the national exam; provides for provisional certification; provides for certification of eligible veterans with 4 or more years of occupational experience.
Title: H.B. 76
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Provides that a local school board member's term of office is two years; provides that the size of a local board of education shall be based on the school district's students population; provides that a school district may employ unlicensed teachers who possess outstanding professional qualifications under a letter of authorization.
Title: H.B. 119
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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