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HB 2037 Diversifying Teacher Workforce Act; teacher licensure, criteria, etc.
Introduced by: Jennifer Carroll Foy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
Teacher licensure; criteria; assessments. Requires the Board of Education to issue a license to an individual seeking initial licensure who has not completed the professional assessments prescribed by the Board, if such individual (i) holds a provisional license that will expire within three months; (ii) is employed by a school board; (iii) is recommended for licensure by the division superintendent; (iv) has attempted, unsuccessfully, to obtain a qualifying score on the professional assessments prescribed by the Board; (v) has received an evaluation rating of proficient or above on the performance standards for each year of the provisional license, and such evaluation was conducted in a manner consistent with the Guidelines for Uniform Performance Standards and Evaluation Criteria for Teachers, Principals, and Superintendents; and (vi) meets all other requirements for initial licensure. The bill removes the requirement that the Board of Education prescribe an assessment of basic skills for individuals seeking entry into an approved education preparation program and establish a minimum passing score for such assessment. This bill is identical to SB 1397.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D pdf | impact statement
- 02/04/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E pdf | impact statement
- 02/21/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER) pdf | impact statement
- 03/14/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House amendments adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/19 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19103702D
- 01/07/19 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/18/19 House: Assigned Education sub: Subcommittee #1
- 01/21/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (8-Y 0-N)
- 01/21/19 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/23/19 House: Reported from Education with amendments (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/23/19 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/23/19 House: Assigned App. sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/25/19 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/19 House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/01/19 House: Read first time
- 02/04/19 House: Read second time
- 02/04/19 House: Committee amendments agreed to
- 02/04/19 House: Engrossed by House as amended HB2037E
- 02/04/19 House: Printed as engrossed 19103702D-E
- 02/05/19 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/19 House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/06/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/06/19 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/14/19 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/19 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 02/18/19 Senate: Read third time
- 02/18/19 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/21/19 House: Enrolled
- 02/21/19 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2037ER)
- 02/21/19 House: Signed by Speaker
- 02/21/19 Senate: Signed by President
- 02/28/19 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 28, 2019
- 02/28/19 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
- 03/14/19 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 407 (effective 7/1/19)
- 03/14/19 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0407)