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2024 SESSION
SB 142 Public school teachers; licensure requirements, issuance of a one-year local eligibility license.
Introduced by: Frank M. Ruff-resigned 1/10 | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)
Public school teachers; licensure requirements; one-year local eligibility license; alternate routes and flexibility. Requires the Board of Education to include in its teacher licensure regulations provisions authorizing each school board, upon recommendation of the division superintendent or the school board and in accordance with the criteria set forth in the bill, to issue a one-year, nonrenewable local eligibility license that is only valid within the issuing school division to any individual who (i) received a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education, (ii) has experience or training in a subject or content area as the school board and division superintendent may deem appropriate for the applicable teaching position or endorsement area, and (iii) is not seeking to provide instruction in special education or eligible for collegiate professional or postgraduate professional licensure. The bill establishes several requirements, criteria, and conditions relating to a local eligibility license. The bill has an expiration date of July 1, 2030.
FULL TEXT
- 01/05/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103530D pdf | impact statement
- 02/12/24 Senate: Floor substitute printed 24107655D-S1 (Hashmi) pdf | impact statement
- 03/08/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB142ER) pdf | impact statement
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- Senate subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House amendments adopted
- House amendments engrossed
- Senate amendments
- Senate amendments not adopted
- Governor's recommendation
HISTORY
- 01/05/24 Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103530D
- 01/05/24 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/24/24 Senate: Assigned Education and Health Sub: Public Education
- 02/08/24 Senate: Reported from Education and Health with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/08/24 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/09/24 Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/09/24 Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/12/24 Senate: Floor substitute printed 24107655D-S1 (Hashmi)
- 02/12/24 Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/24 Senate: Committee amendment rejected
- 02/12/24 Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/24 Senate: Substitute by Senator Hashmi agreed to 24107655D-S1
- 02/12/24 Senate: Engrossed by Senate - floor substitute SB142S1
- 02/13/24 Senate: Read third time and passed Senate (38-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/24 House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/24 House: Read first time
- 02/15/24 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 02/23/24 House: Assigned Education sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 02/27/24 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/24 House: Reported from Education with amendment(s) (22-Y 0-N)
- 03/01/24 House: Read second time
- 03/04/24 House: Read third time
- 03/04/24 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/04/24 House: Engrossed by House as amended
- 03/04/24 House: Passed House with amendments BLOCK VOTE (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/24 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (97-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/24 Senate: House amendments agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/08/24 Senate: Enrolled
- 03/08/24 Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB142ER)
- 03/08/24 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/09/24 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/24 Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/08/24 Senate: Governor's recommendation received by Senate
- 04/17/24 Senate: Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N)
- 04/17/24 Senate: Communicated to Governor
- 04/17/24 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 17, 2024