1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; clarifying requirements for a temporary limited license 
1.3 	for speech-language pathologists;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 
1.4 	122A.18, subdivision 7b.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.18, subdivision 7b, is amended to 
1.7 	read:
1.8 		Subd. 7b.Temporary limited licenses; personnel variances. (a) The Board of 
1.9 	Teaching must accept applications for a temporary limited teaching license beginning 
1.10 	July 1 of the school year for which the license is requested and must issue or deny the 
1.11 	temporary limited teaching license within 30 days of receiving the complete application.
1.12 	 Among other subject areas and fields, the board may grant a temporary limited teaching 
1.13 	license in speech-language pathology to a qualified applicant only if the applicant holds a 
1.14 	bachelor's degree in the area of communications disorders or speech-language-hearing 
1.15 	sciences from an accredited college or university and has at least 100 hours of supervised 
1.16 	clinical experience consistent with this paragraph. The applicant must have:
1.17 	(1) obtained the supervised clinical experience during clinical training or the first 
1.18 	year of employment; and
1.19 	(2) been supervised at least 20 percent of the time during the first 90 days of training 
1.20 	or employment and at least ten percent of the time during the remaining training or 
1.21 	employment period.
1.22 	The board may waive the requirement for at least 100 hours of supervised clinical 
1.23 	experience if an otherwise qualified applicant demonstrates to the board's satisfaction that 
1.24 	the applicant worked in an educational setting for at least two full school years.
2.1 	(b) The Board of Teaching must accept applications for a personnel variance 
2.2 	beginning July 1 of the school year for which the variance is requested and must issue or 
2.3 	deny the personnel variance within 30 days of receiving the complete application.

2.4 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2015.