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HB18-1130

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Concerning increasing the availability of qualified personnel who are licensed in another state to teach in public schools.
Session:
2018 Regular Session
Subject:
Education & School Finance (Pre & K-12)
Bill Summary

Educator licenses - continuous experience requirement - exception. Under current law, the department of education may issue a professional teacher license or professional special services license to a teacher or special services provider who holds a comparable license from another state and has 3 years of continuous teaching or special services experience. The act changes the requirement from 3 years of continuous experience to 3 years of experience within the previous 7 years.
(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

Status

Introduced
Passed
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Sponsors

Sponsor Type Legislators
Prime Sponsor

Rep. J. Arndt, Rep. D. Williams
Sen. B. Gardner

Sponsor

Rep. S. Beckman, Rep. P. Buck, Rep. P. Covarrubias, Rep. J. Everett, Rep. S. Humphrey, Rep. T. Leonard, Rep. K. Lewis, Rep. L. Liston, Rep. P. Lundeen, Rep. H. McKean, Rep. P. Neville, Rep. K. Ransom, Rep. J. Reyher, Rep. L. Saine, Rep. K. Van Winkle

Co-sponsor

Rep. K. Becker, Rep. J. Becker, Rep. J. Bridges, Rep. J. Buckner, Rep. T. Carver, Rep. J. Coleman, Rep. T. Exum, Rep. J. Ginal, Rep. E. Hooton, Rep. C. Kennedy, Rep. T. Kraft-Tharp, Rep. P. Lee, Rep. S. Lontine, Rep. B. McLachlan, Rep. D. Michaelson Jenet, Rep. D. Pabon, Rep. B. Pettersen, Rep. P. Rosenthal, Rep. L. Sias, Rep. M. Weissman, Rep. J. Wilson, Rep. F. Winter, Rep. C. Wist, Rep. D. Young
Sen. J. Cooke, Sen. L. Crowder, Sen. L. Garcia, Sen. O. Hill, Sen. C. Holbert, Sen. C. Jahn, Sen. K. Lambert, Sen. K. Lundberg, Sen. V. Marble, Sen. B. Martinez Humenik, Sen. T. Neville, Sen. K. Priola, Sen. R. Scott, Sen. J. Smallwood, Sen. J. Tate

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