Relating to alternative pathways and alternative practitioner preparation programs leading to initial teacher and administrator licenses and endorsements

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 21, 2019
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeFebruary 25, 2019
3. ✕
   Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
4. Next: Passes the Senate
5. Next: House committee
6. Next: Passes the House
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill provides that the board of educational examiners (BOEE) rules relating to nontraditional preparation options for licensing individuals who hold bachelor’s degrees but have not met practitioner preparation requirements must provide for alternative pathways leading to initial teacher and administrator licensure and to teaching and administrator endorsements. The bill requires the BOEE to prescribe standards and procedures for such issuance and to collaborate with the state board of education on standards and procedures for approval of alternative practitioner preparation programs maintained within or outside of this state that lead to such licenses and endorsements.

Full bill text¹

Senate subcommittee

Named February 25, 2019. On February 28, 2019 it recommended passage.

• Sen. Ken Rozenboom REmail
• Sen. Herman C. Quirmbach DEmail
• Sen. Annette Sweeney REmail

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