Bill Text: MN HF171 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: K-12 teachers; requirement repealed for teachers to pass a basic skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a condition for receiving a teaching license.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-01-24 - Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy [HF171 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-HF171-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; repealing the requirement that licensed K-12 teachers pass
1.3a basic skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a condition
1.4for receiving a teaching license;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.5122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivisions 2, 2a; 122A.23, subdivision 2;
1.6122A.245, subdivisions 1, 7.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 4. License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
1.10teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.
1.11(b)The board must adopt rules requiring a person to pass a skills examination in
1.12reading, writing, and mathematics as a requirement for initial teacher licensure. Such
1.13rules must require college and universities offering a board-approved teacher preparation
1.14program to provide remedial assistance to persons who did not achieve a qualifying score
1.15on the skills examination, including those for whom English is a second language.
1.16(c) The board must adopt rules to approve teacher preparation programs. The board,
1.17upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.18graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.19person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.20dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.21person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.22of chapter 14.
1.23(d) (c) The board must provide the leadership and adopt rules for the redesign of
1.24teacher education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum
1.25that focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement
2.1new systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness
2.2based on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes.
2.3Teacher preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs
2.4under section122A.245 , among other programs, must include a content-specific,
2.5board-approved, performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three
2.6areas: planning for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning;
2.7and assessing student learning.
2.8(e) (d) The board must adopt rules requiring candidates for initial licenses to pass an
2.9examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
2.10teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this
2.11paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or
2.12elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
2.13skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
2.14scientifically based reading instruction under section122A.06 , subdivision 4, and their
2.15knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
2.16of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to
2.17integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.18(f) (e) The board must adopt rules requiring teacher educators to work directly with
2.19elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.20periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.21(g) (f) The board must grant licenses to interns and to candidates for initial licenses
2.22based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
2.23system and students' diverse learning needs. The board must include these licenses in a
2.24statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership roles for successful
2.25experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional culture dedicated to meeting
2.26students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century and formalizes mentoring and induction
2.27for newly licensed teachers that is provided through a teacher support framework.
2.28(h) (g) The board must design and implement an assessment system which requires
2.29a candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.30necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.31(i) (h) The board must receive recommendations from local committees as
2.32established by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.33(j) (i) The board must grant life licenses to those who qualify according to
2.34requirements established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections
2.35122A.20
and
214.10 . The board must not establish any expiration date for application
2.36for life licenses.
3.1(k) (j) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are renewing
3.2their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
3.3the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
3.4adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
3.5students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.6(l) (k) In adopting rules to license public school teachers who provide health-related
3.7services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.8registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.9license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.10(m) (l) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are
3.11renewing their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.12preparation, consistent with section122A.06, subdivision 4 . The rules do not take effect
3.13until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.14least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.15directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.16(n) (m) The board must adopt rules that require all licensed teachers who are
3.17renewing their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further
3.18preparation in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in
3.19children and adolescents.
3.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
3.21and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
3.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.23 Subd. 2. Teacher and support personnel qualifications. (a) The Board of
3.24Teaching must issue licenses under its jurisdiction to persons the board finds to be
3.25qualified and competent for their respective positions.
3.26(b)The board must require a person to pass an examination of skills in reading,
3.27writing, and mathematics before being granted an initial teaching license to provide direct
3.28instruction to pupils in prekindergarten, elementary, secondary, or special education
3.29programs. The board must require colleges and universities offering a board approved
3.30teacher preparation program to provide remedial assistance that includes a formal
3.31diagnostic component to persons enrolled in their institution who did not achieve a
3.32qualifying score on the skills examination, including those for whom English is a
3.33second language. The colleges and universities must provide assistance in the specific
3.34academic areas of deficiency in which the person did not achieve a qualifying score. The
3.35Board of Teaching shall report annually to the education committees of the legislature
4.1on the total number of teacher candidates during the most recent school year taking the
4.2skills examination, the number who achieve a qualifying score on the examination, the
4.3number who do not achieve a qualifying score on the examination, the distribution of all
4.4candidates' scores, the number of candidates who have taken the examination at least once
4.5before, and the number of candidates who have taken the examination at least once before
4.6and achieve a qualifying score.
4.7(c) The Board of Teaching must grant continuing licenses only to those persons who
4.8have met board criteria for granting a continuing license, which includes passing the skills
4.9examination in reading, writing, and mathematics.
4.10(d) (c) All colleges and universities approved by the board of teaching to prepare
4.11persons for teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs a common
4.12core of teaching knowledge and skills to be acquired by all persons recommended
4.13for teacher licensure. This common core shall meet the standards developed by the
4.14interstate new teacher assessment and support consortium in its 1992 "model standards for
4.15beginning teacher licensing and development." Amendments to standards adopted under
4.16this paragraph are covered by chapter 14. The board of teaching shall report annually to
4.17the education committees of the legislature on the performance of teacher candidates
4.18on common core assessments of knowledge and skills under this paragraph during the
4.19most recent school year.
4.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
4.21and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
4.22 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.18, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
4.23 Subd. 2a. Reading strategies. (a) All colleges and universities approved by the
4.24Board of Teaching to prepare persons for classroom teacher licensure must include in their
4.25teacher preparation programs research-based best practices in reading, consistent with
4.26section122A.06, subdivision 4 , that enable the licensure candidate to know how to teach
4.27reading in the candidate's content areas. These colleges and universities also must prepare
4.28candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or elementary students for the
4.29assessment of reading instruction portion of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
4.30skills under section122A.09, subdivision 4 , paragraph (e) (d).
4.31(b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary
4.32education must require instruction in the application of comprehensive, scientifically
4.33based, and balanced reading instruction programs that:
5.1(1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies
5.2consistent with section122A.06, subdivision 4 , so that all students will achieve continuous
5.3progress in reading; and
5.4(2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations
5.5that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels to become proficient readers.
5.6(c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a school's
5.7reading program or curriculum.
5.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
5.9 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.10 Subd. 2. Applicants licensed in other states. (a) Subject to the requirements of
5.11sections122A.18, subdivision 8 , and
123B.03 , the Board of Teaching must issue a teaching
5.12license or a temporary teaching license under paragraphs (b) to (e) to an applicant who holds
5.13at least a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and holds
5.14or held a similar out-of-state teaching license that requires the applicant to successfully
5.15complete a teacher preparation program approved by the issuing state, which includes
5.16field-specific teaching methods and student teaching or essentially equivalent experience.
5.17(b) The Board of Teaching must issue a teaching license to an applicant who:
5.18(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
5.19required by the Board of Teaching; and
5.20(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and
5.21grade levels if the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than one grade level less
5.22than a similar Minnesota license.
5.23(c) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules and paragraph (h), must
5.24issue up to three one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who holds or held
5.25an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and grade levels, where
5.26the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than one grade level less than a similar
5.27Minnesota license, but has not successfully completed all exams and human relations
5.28preparation components required by the Board of Teaching.
5.29(d) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules, must issue up to three
5.30one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who:
5.31(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
5.32required by the Board of Teaching; and
5.33(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field
5.34and grade levels, where the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than one grade
6.1level less than a similar Minnesota license, but has not completed field-specific teaching
6.2methods or student teaching or equivalent experience.
6.3The applicant may complete field-specific teaching methods and student teaching
6.4or equivalent experience by successfully participating in a one-year school district
6.5mentorship program consistent with board-adopted standards of effective practice and
6.6Minnesota graduation requirements.
6.7(e) The Board of Teaching must issue a temporary teaching license for a term of
6.8up to three years only in the content field or grade levels specified in the out-of-state
6.9license to an applicant who:
6.10(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
6.11required by the Board of Teaching; and
6.12(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license where the out-of-state license is
6.13more limited in the content field or grade levels than a similar Minnesota license.
6.14(f) The Board of Teaching must not issue to an applicant more than three one-year
6.15temporary teaching licenses under this subdivision.
6.16(g) The Board of Teaching must not issue a license under this subdivision if the
6.17applicant has not attained the additional degrees, credentials, or licenses required in a
6.18particular licensure field.
6.19(h) The Board of Teaching must require an applicant for a teaching license or a
6.20temporary teaching license under this subdivision to pass a skills examination in reading,
6.21writing, and mathematics before the board issues the license.
6.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
6.23and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
6.24 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.245, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.25 Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) To improve academic excellence, improve ethnic
6.26and cultural diversity in the classroom, and close the academic achievement gap, the
6.27Board of Teaching must approve qualified teacher preparation programs under this section
6.28that are a means to acquire a two-year limited-term license, which the board may renew
6.29one time for an additional one-year term, and to prepare for acquiring a standard license.
6.30The following entities are eligible to participate under this section:
6.31(1) a school district or charter school that forms a partnership with a college or
6.32university that has a board-approved alternative teacher preparation program; or
6.33(2) a school district or charter school, after consulting with a college or university
6.34with a board-approved teacher preparation program, that forms a partnership with a
7.1nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A for an education-related purpose that
7.2has a board-approved teacher preparation program.
7.3(b) Before participating in this program, a candidate must:
7.4(1) have a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 or higher grade point average unless the
7.5board waives the grade point average requirement based on board-adopted criteria; and
7.6(2)pass the reading, writing, and mathematics skills examination under section
7.7122A.09, subdivision 4, paragraph (b); and
7.8(3) obtain qualifying scores on applicable board-approved rigorous content area and
7.9pedagogy examinations under section122A.09, subdivision 4 , paragraph (e) (d).
7.10(c) The Board of Teaching must issue a two-year limited-term license to a person
7.11who enrolls in an alternative teacher preparation program.
7.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
7.13and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
7.14 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.245, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
7.15 Subd. 7. Standard license. The Board of Teaching must issue a standard
7.16license to an otherwise qualified teacher candidate under this section who successfully
7.17performs throughout a program under this section, successfully completes all required
7.18skills, pedagogy, and content area examinations under section122A.09, subdivision 4 ,
7.19paragraphs (a) and(e) (d), and is recommended for licensure under subdivision 5 or
7.20successfully demonstrates to the board qualifications for licensure under subdivision 6.
7.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
1.3a basic skills examination in reading, writing, and mathematics as a condition
1.4for receiving a teaching license;amending Minnesota Statutes 2012, sections
1.5122A.09, subdivision 4; 122A.18, subdivisions 2, 2a; 122A.23, subdivision 2;
1.6122A.245, subdivisions 1, 7.
1.7BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.8 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.09, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.9 Subd. 4. License and rules. (a) The board must adopt rules to license public school
1.10teachers and interns subject to chapter 14.
1.11(b)
1.12
1.13
1.14
1.15
1.16
1.17upon the request of a postsecondary student preparing for teacher licensure or a licensed
1.18graduate of a teacher preparation program, shall assist in resolving a dispute between the
1.19person and a postsecondary institution providing a teacher preparation program when the
1.20dispute involves an institution's recommendation for licensure affecting the person or the
1.21person's credentials. At the board's discretion, assistance may include the application
1.22of chapter 14.
1.23
1.24teacher education programs to implement a research based, results-oriented curriculum
1.25that focuses on the skills teachers need in order to be effective. The board shall implement
2.1new systems of teacher preparation program evaluation to assure program effectiveness
2.2based on proficiency of graduates in demonstrating attainment of program outcomes.
2.3Teacher preparation programs including alternative teacher preparation programs
2.4under section
2.5board-approved, performance-based assessment that measures teacher candidates in three
2.6areas: planning for instruction and assessment; engaging students and supporting learning;
2.7and assessing student learning.
2.8
2.9examination of general pedagogical knowledge and examinations of licensure-specific
2.10teaching skills. The rules shall be effective by September 1, 2001. The rules under this
2.11paragraph also must require candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or
2.12elementary students to pass, as part of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
2.13skills, test items assessing the candidates' knowledge, skill, and ability in comprehensive,
2.14scientifically based reading instruction under section
2.15knowledge and understanding of the foundations of reading development, the development
2.16of reading comprehension, and reading assessment and instruction, and their ability to
2.17integrate that knowledge and understanding.
2.18
2.19elementary or secondary school teachers in elementary or secondary schools to obtain
2.20periodic exposure to the elementary or secondary teaching environment.
2.21
2.22based on appropriate professional competencies that are aligned with the board's licensing
2.23system and students' diverse learning needs. The board must include these licenses in a
2.24statewide differentiated licensing system that creates new leadership roles for successful
2.25experienced teachers premised on a collaborative professional culture dedicated to meeting
2.26students' diverse learning needs in the 21st century and formalizes mentoring and induction
2.27for newly licensed teachers that is provided through a teacher support framework.
2.28
2.29a candidate for an initial license and first continuing license to demonstrate the abilities
2.30necessary to perform selected, representative teaching tasks at appropriate levels.
2.31
2.32established by the board for the renewal of teaching licenses.
2.33
2.34requirements established by the board, and suspend or revoke licenses pursuant to sections
2.36for life licenses.
3.1
3.2their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further preparation in
3.3the areas of using positive behavior interventions and in accommodating, modifying, and
3.4adapting curricula, materials, and strategies to appropriately meet the needs of individual
3.5students and ensure adequate progress toward the state's graduation rule.
3.6
3.7services for disabled children, the board shall adopt rules consistent with license or
3.8registration requirements of the commissioner of health and the health-related boards who
3.9license personnel who perform similar services outside of the school.
3.10
3.11renewing their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further reading
3.12preparation, consistent with section
3.13until they are approved by law. Teachers who do not provide direct instruction including, at
3.14least, counselors, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, audiovisual
3.15directors and coordinators, and recreation personnel are exempt from this section.
3.16
3.17renewing their continuing license to include in their renewal requirements further
3.18preparation in understanding the key warning signs of early-onset mental illness in
3.19children and adolescents.
3.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
3.21and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
3.22 Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.18, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
3.23 Subd. 2. Teacher and support personnel qualifications. (a) The Board of
3.24Teaching must issue licenses under its jurisdiction to persons the board finds to be
3.25qualified and competent for their respective positions.
3.26(b)
3.27
3.28
3.29
3.30
3.31
3.32
3.33
3.34
3.35
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8have met board criteria for granting a continuing license
4.9
4.10
4.11persons for teacher licensure must include in their teacher preparation programs a common
4.12core of teaching knowledge and skills to be acquired by all persons recommended
4.13for teacher licensure. This common core shall meet the standards developed by the
4.14interstate new teacher assessment and support consortium in its 1992 "model standards for
4.15beginning teacher licensing and development." Amendments to standards adopted under
4.16this paragraph are covered by chapter 14. The board of teaching shall report annually to
4.17the education committees of the legislature on the performance of teacher candidates
4.18on common core assessments of knowledge and skills under this paragraph during the
4.19most recent school year.
4.20EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
4.21and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
4.22 Sec. 3. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.18, subdivision 2a, is amended to read:
4.23 Subd. 2a. Reading strategies. (a) All colleges and universities approved by the
4.24Board of Teaching to prepare persons for classroom teacher licensure must include in their
4.25teacher preparation programs research-based best practices in reading, consistent with
4.26section
4.27reading in the candidate's content areas. These colleges and universities also must prepare
4.28candidates for initial licenses to teach prekindergarten or elementary students for the
4.29assessment of reading instruction portion of the examination of licensure-specific teaching
4.30skills under section
4.31(b) Board-approved teacher preparation programs for teachers of elementary
4.32education must require instruction in the application of comprehensive, scientifically
4.33based, and balanced reading instruction programs that:
5.1(1) teach students to read using foundational knowledge, practices, and strategies
5.2consistent with section
5.3progress in reading; and
5.4(2) teach specialized instruction in reading strategies, interventions, and remediations
5.5that enable students of all ages and proficiency levels to become proficient readers.
5.6(c) Nothing in this section limits the authority of a school district to select a school's
5.7reading program or curriculum.
5.8EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
5.9 Sec. 4. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.23, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
5.10 Subd. 2. Applicants licensed in other states. (a) Subject to the requirements of
5.11sections
5.12license or a temporary teaching license under paragraphs (b) to (e) to an applicant who holds
5.13at least a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and holds
5.14or held a similar out-of-state teaching license that requires the applicant to successfully
5.15complete a teacher preparation program approved by the issuing state, which includes
5.16field-specific teaching methods and student teaching or essentially equivalent experience.
5.17(b) The Board of Teaching must issue a teaching license to an applicant who:
5.18(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
5.19required by the Board of Teaching; and
5.20(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and
5.21grade levels if the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than one grade level less
5.22than a similar Minnesota license.
5.23(c) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules and paragraph (h), must
5.24issue up to three one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who holds or held
5.25an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and grade levels, where
5.26the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than one grade level less than a similar
5.27Minnesota license, but has not successfully completed all exams and human relations
5.28preparation components required by the Board of Teaching.
5.29(d) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules, must issue up to three
5.30one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who:
5.31(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
5.32required by the Board of Teaching; and
5.33(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field
5.34and grade levels, where the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than one grade
6.1level less than a similar Minnesota license, but has not completed field-specific teaching
6.2methods or student teaching or equivalent experience.
6.3The applicant may complete field-specific teaching methods and student teaching
6.4or equivalent experience by successfully participating in a one-year school district
6.5mentorship program consistent with board-adopted standards of effective practice and
6.6Minnesota graduation requirements.
6.7(e) The Board of Teaching must issue a temporary teaching license for a term of
6.8up to three years only in the content field or grade levels specified in the out-of-state
6.9license to an applicant who:
6.10(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
6.11required by the Board of Teaching; and
6.12(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license where the out-of-state license is
6.13more limited in the content field or grade levels than a similar Minnesota license.
6.14(f) The Board of Teaching must not issue to an applicant more than three one-year
6.15temporary teaching licenses under this subdivision.
6.16(g) The Board of Teaching must not issue a license under this subdivision if the
6.17applicant has not attained the additional degrees, credentials, or licenses required in a
6.18particular licensure field.
6.19
6.20
6.21
6.22EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
6.23and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
6.24 Sec. 5. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.245, subdivision 1, is amended to read:
6.25 Subdivision 1. Requirements. (a) To improve academic excellence, improve ethnic
6.26and cultural diversity in the classroom, and close the academic achievement gap, the
6.27Board of Teaching must approve qualified teacher preparation programs under this section
6.28that are a means to acquire a two-year limited-term license, which the board may renew
6.29one time for an additional one-year term, and to prepare for acquiring a standard license.
6.30The following entities are eligible to participate under this section:
6.31(1) a school district or charter school that forms a partnership with a college or
6.32university that has a board-approved alternative teacher preparation program; or
6.33(2) a school district or charter school, after consulting with a college or university
6.34with a board-approved teacher preparation program, that forms a partnership with a
7.1nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 317A for an education-related purpose that
7.2has a board-approved teacher preparation program.
7.3(b) Before participating in this program, a candidate must:
7.4(1) have a bachelor's degree with a 3.0 or higher grade point average unless the
7.5board waives the grade point average requirement based on board-adopted criteria; and
7.6(2)
7.7
7.8
7.9pedagogy examinations under section
7.10(c) The Board of Teaching must issue a two-year limited-term license to a person
7.11who enrolls in an alternative teacher preparation program.
7.12EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment
7.13and applies to any teacher candidate who has not yet passed the basic skills exam.
7.14 Sec. 6. Minnesota Statutes 2012, section 122A.245, subdivision 7, is amended to read:
7.15 Subd. 7. Standard license. The Board of Teaching must issue a standard
7.16license to an otherwise qualified teacher candidate under this section who successfully
7.17performs throughout a program under this section, successfully completes all required
7.18skills, pedagogy, and content area examinations under section
7.19paragraphs (a) and
7.20successfully demonstrates to the board qualifications for licensure under subdivision 6.
7.21EFFECTIVE DATE.This section is effective the day following final enactment.
