Introduced
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To require the Department of Education and the State Board of Education to solicit input from a 13-member committee composed of school principals and school board members on revisions to teacher certification rules and new teacher mentorship practices. The Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader would each appoint five members, and the governor would appoint three. The state Superintendent of Schools would then be required to revise the rules in accord with the committee's recommendations.
Referred to the Committee on Education
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Amendment offered
To replace the previous version of the bill with one which would add a 14th member of the commission, who would be a representative of the Department of Education. The bill does not specify who would choose this member.
The amendment passed by voice vote
Amendment offered
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To establish that the state Superintendent of Schools would be allowed to adopt the committee's recommendations on revisions to teacher certification rules, but not required to do so. Under the bill as introduced and reported, the Superintendent "shall" adopt the committee's recommendations, not "may" adopt them.
The amendment failed 47 to 59 (details)
Passed in the House 61 to 46 (details)
To require the Department of Education and the State Board of Education to solicit input from a 14-member committee composed of school principals and school board members on revisions to teacher certification rules and new teacher mentorship practices. The Speaker of the House and the Senate Majority Leader would each appoint five members, and the governor would appoint three. The final member would be a and a representative of the Department of Education. The state Superintendent of Schools would then be required to revise the rules in accord with the committee's recommendations.
Referred to the Committee on Education
