Bill
Number: S.B. 1159
Gray
Floor Amendment
Reference
to: EDUCATION Committee amendment
Amendment
drafted by: Leg Council
FLOOR
AMENDMENT EXPLANATION
1. Removes the consolidation of standard
teaching certificate types.
2. Limits subject-matter expert standard
teaching certificates in kindergarten programs and grades one through five to
the applicant's area of subject-matter expertise.
3.
Requires
subject-matter expert certificate holders to:
a) review and attest to reviewing the best
practices for social media and cellular telephone use between students and
school personnel adopted by the State Board of Education (SBE);
b)
within two
years of certification, complete training in professionalism and ethics from an
SBE-approved provider, which may include an SBE-provided no-cost option.
4.
Replaces the
authorization for a school district or charter school to employ and enroll in
its classroom-based preparation program candidates without a bachelor's degree
who hold specified credentials with requirements that a candidate without a
bachelor's degree must:
a) meet background and fingerprint
clearance card requirements;
b) be enrolled in a bachelor's degree
program;
c) not be a full-time teacher or teacher of
record for any classroom, except that the candidate may be employed by the
school district or charter school; and
d)
not regularly
instruct students without the presence of a full-time teacher, certificated
teacher, instructional coach or instructional mentor, unless the candidate is
otherwise certified including as an emergency substitute, substitute or
emergency teacher.
5. Requires, rather than allows, a
classroom-based teacher program or locally-based school leadership program
provider to submit a program sequence or training schedule to the SBE and
requires the SBE to provide for a variety of options in program sequence,
content and design.
6. Sets, at 6 years, the term of validity
for an approval of a school district or charter school as a classroom-based
teacher preparation program provider or locally based school leadership program
provider and requires the school district or charter school to apply for
renewal.
7.
Requires an
application to be a classroom-based program or leadership program provider to
include:
a) the applying school district's or
charter school's name;
b) a list of staff members responsible for
administering the program and each person's roles and responsibilities;
c) the areas of certification for which the
applicant will offer the program; and
d)
a description
of the program.
8. Specifies that an applicant for a
classroom-based standard teaching certificate must have at least a bachelor's
degree upon completion of the preparation program.
9. Modifies ADE reporting requirements
relating to teaching certificated types.
10. Makes technical and conforming changes.
Strike lines
1 and 2, insert:
"Page
1, strike lines 2 through 40
Renumber to
conform
Page 2,
lines 9 and 10, strike " the following
types of certificates a career and technical education
teaching certificate and a standard teaching certificate" insert
"the following types of certificates"
Lines 11 and
12, strike "that use the following pathways"
Strike lines
13 and 14, insert:
"1. Standard
teaching certificate."
Lines 15 and
16, strike "teaching certificate for persons who obtain
training teacher preparation programs" insert
"teaching certificate for persons who obtain training"
Lines 18 and
19, strike "expert standard teaching certificate for persons designation for individuals who are deemed a subject-matter
expert and" insert "expert standard teaching certificate for
persons"
Lines 21 and
22, strike "standard teaching certificate preparation programs" insert "standard teaching
certificate"
Strike lines
24 through 26, insert:
"5. Career
and technical education teaching certificate."
Page 4,
lines 27, 38 and 41, strike "subject-matter expert"
insert "subject-matter expert"
Line 42,
strike "pursuant to this pathway"
Line 45,
strike "subject-matter expert" insert
"subject-matter expert"
Page 5,
lines 8, 12 and 14, strike "subject-matter expert"
insert "subject-matter expert"
Line 16,
after the period insert "A person who receives a subject-matter
expert standard teaching certificate pursuant to this paragraph in kindergarten
programs and grades one through five may receive a subject-matter expert
standard teaching certificate only in an approved subject area that is relevant
to the person's subject-matter expertise. Persons who are certificated
pursuant to this paragraph shall review and attest to reviewing the best
practices for social media and cellular telephone use between students and
school personnel adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section
15-203, subsection A, paragraph 44 before receiving a certificate and, within
two years after receiving a certificate, complete training in professionalism
and ethics from a public or private provider approved by the state board of
education, which may include a no-cost option to the person provided by the
state board."
Line 17,
strike "subject-matter expert" insert
"subject-matter expert""
Page 1,
between lines 3 and 4, insert:
"Strike
lines 5 through 10, insert:
"1. The total number of teaching certificates issued in the
previous calendar year disaggregated by the type of teaching certificate and
demographics.
2. The
total number of currently issued teaching certificates in this state
disaggregated by the type of teaching certificate and demographics.
3. Any
other historical data or trends regarding certificated individuals in this
state.""
Page
1, between lines 5 and 6, insert:
"Page
9, line 17, strike "For informational purposes only, allow"
Line 18,
strike "to" insert "must"
Line 20,
after the period insert "The state board of education shall
provide for a variety of options in program sequence, content and design and
may not require a prescribed program sequence, content or design from the
school district or charter school in order to obtain approval from the state
board.""
Between
lines 6 and 7, insert:
"Line
32, after "5." insert "In order to receive a
classroom-based standard teaching certificate after successfully completing the
program,"
Between
lines 38 and 39, insert:
"7. The application for a school district or charter school
to be a classroom-based preparation program provider must include all of the
following:
(a) The
name of the school district or charter school applying.
(b) A
list of all staff members responsible for administering the program and the
roles and responsibilities of each person.
(c) The
areas of certification for which the applicant will offer the program.
(d) A
description of the program."
Line 41,
strike "classroom-based" insert
"classroom-based"
Page 10,
line 7, strike "meets at least one of"
Strike lines
8 through 13, insert "holds at least a bachelor's degree
from an accredited public or private postsecondary institution, except that a
school district or charter school that operates a classroom-based preparation
program may enroll a candidate who does not currently hold a bachelor's degree
from an accredited public or private postsecondary institution into the program
if the candidate meets all of the following:
1. The
background and fingerprint clearance card requirements pursuant to section
15-534.
2. Is
currently enrolled in an accredited public or private postsecondary institution
bachelor's degree program.
3. Is
not a contracted or permanent full-time teacher or the teacher of record for
any classroom of students, except that the candidate may be employed by the
school district or charter school.
4. Does
not regularly instruct students without the presence of a full-time teacher,
certificated teacher, instructional coach or instructional mentor unless the
candidate possesses other means of certification, including an emergency
substitute certificate, substitute certificate or emergency teacher
certificate.
E. If
a school district or charter school is approved as a classroom-based
preparation program provider pursuant to this section, the approval is valid
for six years after the date of approval. To continue as a classroom-based
preparation program provider, the school district or charter school must apply
for renewal before the expiration of its current approval. If the application
for renewal is approved by the state board of education, the renewal is valid
for six years after the date of the approval."
Page 10,
line 36, strike "For informational purposes only, allow"
Line 37,
strike "to" insert "must"
Line 39,
after the period insert "The state board of education shall
provide for a variety of options in program sequence, content and design and
may not require a prescribed program sequence, content or design from the
school district or charter school in order to obtain approval from the state
board."
Page 11,
between lines 11 and 12, insert:
"7. The application for a school district or charter school
to be a locally based school leadership program provider must include the
following:
(a) The
name of the school district or charter school applying.
(b) A
list of all staff members responsible for administering the program and the
roles and responsibilities of each person.
(c) The
areas of certification for which the applicant will offer the program.
(d) A
description of the program.""
Page 1,
between lines 10 and 11, insert:
"Between
lines 23 and 24, insert:
"E. If a school district or charter school is approved as a
locally based school leadership program provider pursuant to this section, the
approval is valid for six years after the date of approval. To continue as a
locally based school leadership program provider, the school district or
charter school must apply for renewal before the expiration of its current
approval. If the application for renewal is approved by the state board of
education, the renewal is valid for six years after the date of the approval.""
Amend title to conform