Legislative Session number- 88

Bill Name: SF1224

2E Relating to education; modifying and clarifying certain provisions
relating
to basic skills requirements and licensure for teacher candidates;
allowing the
board of teaching to issue a temporary one-year teaching license
to certain qualified candidates and providing for renewal of the license for
participants in a remedial assistance program; requiring availability of
remedial assistance upon request; establishing a teacher licensure advisory task
force to make recommendations to the board of teaching, the education
commissioner, and the legislature on requirements for teacher candidates to
demonstrate mastery of college-level reading, writing, and math and an
alternative licensure pathway for nonnative English speakers seeking licensure
to teach in a language immersion program; sunset provision
(me)