Bill Text: MN SF2539 | 2013-2014 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Teacher licensure provisions modification
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-10 - Referred to Education [SF2539 Detail]
Download: Minnesota-2013-SF2539-Introduced.html
1.2relating to education; modifying certain teacher licensure provisions;amending
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 122A.23, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 122A.23, subdivision 2,
1.6is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Applicants licensed in other states. (a) Subject to the requirements of
1.8sections122A.18, subdivision 8 , and
123B.03 , the Board of Teaching must issue a teaching
1.9license or a temporary teaching license under paragraphs (b) to (e) to an applicant who holds
1.10at least a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and holds
1.11or held a similar out-of-state teaching license that requires the applicant to successfully
1.12complete a teacher preparation program approved by the issuing state, which includes
1.13field-specific teaching methods and student teaching or essentially equivalent experience.
1.14(b) The Board of Teaching must issue a teaching license to an applicant who:
1.15(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
1.16required by the Board of Teaching; and
1.17(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and
1.18grade levels if the scope of the out-of-state license is no more thanone two grade level
1.19 levels less than a similar Minnesota license.
1.20(c) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules and paragraph (h), must
1.21issue up to three one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who holds or held
1.22an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and grade levels, where
1.23the scope of the out-of-state license is no more thanone two grade level levels less than
2.1a similar Minnesota license, but has not successfully completed all exams and human
2.2relations preparation components required by the Board of Teaching.
2.3(d) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules, must issue up to three
2.4one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who:
2.5(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
2.6required by the Board of Teaching; and
2.7(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and
2.8grade levels, where the scope of the out-of-state license is no more thanone two grade
2.9level levels less than a similar Minnesota license, but has not completed field-specific
2.10teaching methods or student teaching or equivalent experience.
2.11The applicant may complete field-specific teaching methods and student teaching
2.12or equivalent experience by successfully participating in a one-year school district
2.13mentorship program consistent with board-adopted standards of effective practice and
2.14Minnesota graduation requirements.
2.15(e) The Board of Teaching must issue a temporary teaching license for a term of
2.16up to three years only in the content field or grade levels specified in the out-of-state
2.17license to an applicant who:
2.18(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
2.19required by the Board of Teaching; and
2.20(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license where the out-of-state license is
2.21more limited in the content field or grade levels than a similar Minnesota license.
2.22(f) The Board of Teaching must not issue to an applicant more than three one-year
2.23temporary teaching licenses under this subdivision.
2.24(g) The Board of Teaching must not issue a license under this subdivision if the
2.25applicant has not attained the additional degrees, credentials, or licenses required in a
2.26particular licensure field.
2.27(h) The Board of Teaching must require an applicant for a teaching license or
2.28a temporary teaching license under this subdivision to pass a skills examination in
2.29reading, writing, and mathematics before the board issues the license. Consistent with
2.30section122A.18, subdivision 2 , paragraph (b), and notwithstanding other provisions of
2.31this subdivision, the board may issue up to two additional temporary, one-year teaching
2.32licenses to an otherwise qualified applicant who has not yet passed the skills exam.
1.3Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 122A.23, subdivision 2.
1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2013 Supplement, section 122A.23, subdivision 2,
1.6is amended to read:
1.7 Subd. 2. Applicants licensed in other states. (a) Subject to the requirements of
1.8sections
1.9license or a temporary teaching license under paragraphs (b) to (e) to an applicant who holds
1.10at least a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university and holds
1.11or held a similar out-of-state teaching license that requires the applicant to successfully
1.12complete a teacher preparation program approved by the issuing state, which includes
1.13field-specific teaching methods and student teaching or essentially equivalent experience.
1.14(b) The Board of Teaching must issue a teaching license to an applicant who:
1.15(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
1.16required by the Board of Teaching; and
1.17(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and
1.18grade levels if the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than
1.19 levels less than a similar Minnesota license.
1.20(c) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules and paragraph (h), must
1.21issue up to three one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who holds or held
1.22an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and grade levels, where
1.23the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than
2.1a similar Minnesota license, but has not successfully completed all exams and human
2.2relations preparation components required by the Board of Teaching.
2.3(d) The Board of Teaching, consistent with board rules, must issue up to three
2.4one-year temporary teaching licenses to an applicant who:
2.5(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
2.6required by the Board of Teaching; and
2.7(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license to teach the same content field and
2.8grade levels, where the scope of the out-of-state license is no more than
2.9
2.10teaching methods or student teaching or equivalent experience.
2.11The applicant may complete field-specific teaching methods and student teaching
2.12or equivalent experience by successfully participating in a one-year school district
2.13mentorship program consistent with board-adopted standards of effective practice and
2.14Minnesota graduation requirements.
2.15(e) The Board of Teaching must issue a temporary teaching license for a term of
2.16up to three years only in the content field or grade levels specified in the out-of-state
2.17license to an applicant who:
2.18(1) successfully completed all exams and human relations preparation components
2.19required by the Board of Teaching; and
2.20(2) holds or held an out-of-state teaching license where the out-of-state license is
2.21more limited in the content field or grade levels than a similar Minnesota license.
2.22(f) The Board of Teaching must not issue to an applicant more than three one-year
2.23temporary teaching licenses under this subdivision.
2.24(g) The Board of Teaching must not issue a license under this subdivision if the
2.25applicant has not attained the additional degrees, credentials, or licenses required in a
2.26particular licensure field.
2.27(h) The Board of Teaching must require an applicant for a teaching license or
2.28a temporary teaching license under this subdivision to pass a skills examination in
2.29reading, writing, and mathematics before the board issues the license. Consistent with
2.30section
2.31this subdivision, the board may issue up to two additional temporary, one-year teaching
2.32licenses to an otherwise qualified applicant who has not yet passed the skills exam.
