Bill Number: H.B. 2520

            Allen S Floor Amendment

            Reference to: EDUCATION Committee amendment

            Amendment drafted by: Leg Council

 

 

·         Moves the new requirement for elementary teaching certification applicants to complete 45 classroom hours in reading instruction to session law and makes a technical change.    

 

Fifty-third Legislature                                                   Allen S

Second Regular Session                                                  H.B. 2520

ALLEN S FLOOR AMENDMENT

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2520

(Reference to EDUCATION Committee amendment)

 

Page 1, strike line 1, insert:

"Page 1, strike lines 2 through 44

Strike pages 2 through 10

Page 11, strike lines 1 through 27

Renumber to conform"

Page 2, line 20, after "instruction" insert a period

Between lines 26 and 27, insert:

"After line 28, insert:

"Sec. 7.  Rules for certification for common school instruction

  Notwithstanding section 15‑203, Arizona Revised Statutes, the state board of education shall adopt rules that require applicants for all certificates for common school instruction to complete, from a public or private provider, a minimum of forty‑five classroom hours or three college‑level credit hours, or the equivalent, in both research‑based:

1.  Systemic phonics instruction.

2.  Reading instruction, including training on assessments, instructional practices and interventions to improve student reading proficiency.""

Amend title to conform

SYLVIA ALLEN

 

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