| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Clarifies that local school districts may deduct the cost of a substitute teacher from the salary of a licensed school employee for the first 10 days of absence due to sick leave in excess of the employee's sick leave allowance, and can withhold the salary of such licensed employee for days of absence in excess of said 10 days.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/SB/2400-2499/SB2452SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2452
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires districts to set the maximum number of days within which a substitute teacher who does not hold a valid certificate may be employed for the same assignment (formerly was set at 20 days by state law).
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2727%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2727
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.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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| CT | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Allows the Commissioner of Education to waive the requirement that a substitute teacher hold a bachelor's degree upon the request of a superintendent. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/ACT/PA/2011PA-00027-R00SB-00933-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 933
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes substitute teachers to be employed and paid by a local education agency (LEA) or by a third party provider. Substitute teachers employed by a third party provider shall receive the same unemployment benefits as substitute teachers employed by local education agencies.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB1674.pdf
Title: S.B. 1674
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 12/2010 | P-12 | Authorizes a fee, not to exceed the cost of the background check, to be charged to applicants seeking employment as a substitute teacher. Provides that in order to substitute teach in the public schools, a person holding valid certification must register as a substitute teacher with the regional superintendent of schools in each educational service region where the person will be employed. Specifies that the registrant is responsible for:
--The payment of fees to register the certificate for its period of validity
--Authorization of a state-level background check (and for the payment of the related costs)
--Evidence of physical fitness and freedom from communicable disease.
Places responsibility for recordkeeping for substitute teacher certification, background checks and physical exam results on regional superintendents. Directs a regional superintendent of schools to issue a signed and sealed certificate of authorization to the substitute teacher verifying that he/she has completed the registration process and criminal background check and has a physical examination and negative tuberculin test on file, and is approved to substitute teach in the educational service region. Requires that this certificate be presented to all prospective employing school districts in the educational service region, and that each employing district maintain a photocopy of the certificate with employment records for the substitute teacher. Requires that persons wishing to substitute teach in more than one educational service region register as a substitute teacher with each appropriate regional superintendent of schools. Provides that if the substitute teacher has been issued a signed and sealed certificate of authorization from another regional
superintendent of schools, the registering entity may photocopy the certificate for its files and verify the substitute teacher's registration status.
Bill becomes effective January 1, 2011.
Bill text: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB5863lv.pdf
Governor's veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB5863gms.pdf
Title: H.B. 5863
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Increases the number of school days a substitute teacher who does not hold a valid certificate may be employed during a school year from 70 to 90.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB2854_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 2854
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WV | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends the definition of "long-term substitute" from a substitute employee who fills a vacant position expected to extend for at least 90 consecutive days to 30 consecutive days; provides that when necessary to facilitate the employment of employable professional personnel and prospective and recent graduates of teacher education programs who have not yet attained certification, the contract may be signed upon the condition that the certificate is issued to the employee prior to the beginning of the employment term in which the employee enters upon his or her duties; authorizes the certification of noncitizen teachers; revises dates regarding the early notification of retirement.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=sb1006%20eng.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=1X&i=1006
Title: S.B. 1006A
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Effective July 1, 2008, directs the board of education to provide wage adjustments for substitute teachers that are comparable to the across-the-board wage adjustments negotiated for teachers in bargaining unit 5. Authorizes the board to also adjust hours, benefits, and other terms and conditions of employment for substitute teachers. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/SB2652_CD1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2652
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IA | Adopted 07/2007 | P-12 | Expands the ability of a paraeducator holding a substitute authorization to work in K-6 special education classrooms. IOWA 5764
Title: IAC 282-14.143(272)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Requires a school district which has entered into an agreement for the assignment of student teachers within the district for training purposes to employ certain student teachers as substitutes in at-risk schools and in hard to fill subject areas when licensed teachers are not available to fill those positions. Requires the legislative committee on education to conduct a study of issues relating to the use of long-term substitute teachers during the 2007-09 interim.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB512_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 512
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| WV | Signed into law 02/2007 | P-12 | Extends the expiration date of provisions permitting retired teachers to accept employment as substitutes in areas of critical need and shortage for an unlimited number of days without affecting retirement benefits. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2105%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2105
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Sets and provides moneys for the classification and compensation rates for substitute teachers that are consistent with the compensation rates determined by the Legislature in 1996. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3197_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 3197
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2007-08 school year, requires any substitute teacher employed to teach special education for the same assignment for more than 15 consecutive or 30 total school days during a school year who does not hold a valid certificate to teach special education to complete in-service training as prescribed by the state board. The training shall be provided at no cost to the substitute teacher.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06bills/SB/SB1493_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1493
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Declares that the provisions of RCW 42.23.030 do not apply to the letting of an employment contract as a substitute teacher or substitute educational aide to an officer of a second class school district that has two hundred or fewer full-time equivalent students, if the terms of the contract are commensurate with the pay plan or collective bargaining agreement operating in the district and the board of directors has found that there is a shortage of substitute teachers in the school district.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2005-06/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202006/2446-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2446
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| IA | Adopted 12/2005 | P-12 | Allows a substitute teacher's license to be issued to an individual who has successfully completed all requirements of an approved Iowa teacher education program, but did not apply for an Iowa teacher's license at the time of the completion of the approved program. Permits an individual who holds only an
administrative license to substitute teach. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/Current/Bulletin/IAB060104.htm
Title: IAC 14.119(1), 14.119(3)
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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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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| HI | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires the compensation plan for substitute teachers' pay to be commensurate with their educational training and academic qualifications.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1250_.htm
Title: S.B. 1250
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| DE | Rule Adoption 12/2004 | P-12 | Amends the State Board of Education Procedures Manual by including licensing of substitute teachers and National Board teachers and removing Delaware Performance Appraisal References from the Approval of Rules and Regulations. Adds and removes certain references to reflect legislative changes.
Title: 8 DEC, 911 Procedures Manual, Appendixes A and B
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Rule Adoption 08/2004 | P-12 | Relates requirements for substitute teachers and continuing certification.
Title: NMAC 6.63.10.1, .06 thru .8, .12, .14
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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| MS | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Provides that private firms under contact with school districts to provide substitute teachers during the temporary absence of the regularly employed teacher shall request that the school district conduct a criminal background check on the contract employee. The determination of eligibility to work shall be made by the school district.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/SB/2400-2499/SB2498SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2498
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Rule Adoption 09/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules to provide for student teachers and paraprofessionals to be used as substitute teachers. Provides language to protect the integrity of the student teaching experience so that the student teacher is not taken out of their assignment and reassigned to cover another classroom just for convenience. Updates rules for clarification and conformity. UTAH REG 26434 (SN)
Title: R277-508
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | The department shall authorize teacher preparation institutions to provide an alternative program by which up to 1/2 of the required student internship or student teaching credits may be earned through substitute teaching. The department shall require that teacher preparation institutions collaborate with school districts to ensure that the quality of instruction provided to student teachers is comparable to that required in a traditional student teaching program.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2003-PA-0145.pdf
Title: H.B. 4391 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, requires a person employed as a substitute teacher and a person who is a regular school employee and who also needs fingerprinting and a criminal history record check to be issued a temporary approval card by the Department of Education and to meet the fingerprinting and criminal history record check requirements within 8 weeks of employment. Specifies that for a person who has been fingerprinted pursuant to this section prior to the 20th day of employment and who has not received the results of the criminal history record check prior to the 9th week of employment, the temporary approval card remains valid until the commissioner determines whether approval is granted or denied based on the criminal history record information obtained from the State Bureau of Identification.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billdocs/LD103201.doc
Title: H.P. 749 (LD 1032)
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| NM | Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2003 | P-12 | Relates to public schools; enacts a new section of the public school code to provide for substitute teachers' salaries.
Title: S.B. 777
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Creates new section allowing any individual who has a bachelor's degree in any subject area from a regionally or nationally accredited postsecondary institution to be given a substitute teaching certificate by the Education Professional Standards Board. This permits the recipient to apply for a position as a substitute teacher for any subject area at any grade level in any local district. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/HB252/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 252
Source: http://www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Allows school districts to contract with a person or entity for employment of qualified substitute teachers. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2002-PA-0735.pdf
Title: S.B. 213
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Rule Adoption 11/2002 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding criminal history background check, substitute teachers, teacher license classification, definition of 'immoral conduct', investigation, and reporting of the surrender, denial, revocation or suspension of a license. Addresses accreditation, teacher certification, hearing procedures, and repeal of ARM 10.57.103 thru .407 relating to teacher certification.
Title: ARM New Rule I thru III, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI; 10.55.602 thru .710 (non-seq); 10.57.101 thru .801 (non-seq.); Repeal 10.57.103 thru .406 (non-seq); New Rule I/Criminal History Background Check
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires districts to adopt policies on the employment of substitute teachers. Such policies shall, at a minimum, address qualifications and training and shall ensure substitute teachers are subject to investigation pursuant to § 49-5-413. Such policies shall also prohibit hiring any substitute teacher whose records with the state department indicate a license or certificate currently in revoked status. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0770.pdf
Title: S.B. 2632
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2001 | P-12 | Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to award a minimum of 3 grants for the purpose of establishing a new substitute teacher training pilot project whereby each new substitute teacher who will provide services in low performing schools would be provided with a minimum of 3 days of training before the teacher begins to provide services as a teacher. Requires the Los Angeles Unified School District to be one of the districts selected for the project.
Title: A.B. 1431
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001 | P-12 | Requires teacher assistant substitutes who work more than 20 days during any school year to meet the requirements of permanent teacher assistants.
Title: S.B. 662
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Vetoed 06/2001 | P-12 | Amends the School Code; provides that, for the 2001-2002, 2002-2003, and 2003-2004 school years, a teacher holding an early childhood, elementary, high school, or special certificate may substitute teach for a period not to exceed 120 paid school days or 600 paid school hours in any one school district in any one school term.
Title: H.B. 2425
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | THE RULES SHALL ALLOW A GENERAL EQUIVALENCY DIPLOMA TO BE SUBSTITUTED FOR A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA IN THE CERTIFICATION OF EMERGENCY SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS
Title: S.B. 1343
Source: From the legislation
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| OK | Signed into law 07/2000 | P-12 | Authorizes a substitute teacher who holds a lapsed or expired certificate or has a bachelors degree to teach up to 100 days during a school year. Removes all limits on number of days a certified substitute teacher can teach. Removes the prohibition on paying stipends to teachers who attend professional development institutes in reading. Authorizes Teacher Preparation commission to pay all stipends.
Title: H.B. 2000
Source: 2000 Legislative Summary, Oklahoma
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| RI | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 | P-12 | Extends the period of time that a retired teacher may act as a substitute teacher to 90 days in a school year.
Title: H.B. 7246, S.B. 2590
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to substitute teacher certification requirements.
Title: H.B. 409
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Defines long-term substitute teachers; requires certain reporting on the use of long-term substitute teachers.
Title: S.B. 172
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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