Bill Text: NJ S1816 | 2018-2019 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-25 - Substituted by A2193 (3R) [S1816 Detail]

Download: New_Jersey-2018-S1816-Amended.html

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[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1816

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

218th LEGISLATURE

INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 8, 2018

 

 

Sponsored by:

Senator  PATRICK J. DIEGNAN, JR.

District 18 (Middlesex)

Senator  M. TERESA RUIZ

District 29 (Essex)

 

Co-Sponsored by:

Senator Turner

 

 

 

 

SYNOPSIS

     Directs State Board of Education to authorize computer science education endorsement to instructional certificate.

 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

     As reported by the Senate Education Committee on May 14, 2018, with amendments.

 

An Act concerning computer science education and supplementing chapter 26 of Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

 

     Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:

 

      1.   a.     The State Board of Education shall authorize a computer science education endorsement to the instructional certificate.  The endorsement shall authorize the holder to teach computer science in all public schools, and shall be required to teach computer science in grades 9 through 12 beginning at such time as the State board determines that there is a sufficient number of teachers holding the computer science education endorsement to make the requirement feasible.

      b.   The standards established by the State board shall require a candidate for the endorsement to hold an instructional certificate with at least one other teaching endorsement and provide documentation that the candidate has completed the computer science related coursework requirements determined by the State board up to a maximum of 15 credits.

      c.   A teacher who taught computer science within the three years prior to such time as the State board determines to require a computer science education endorsement to teach computer science in grades 9 through 12, shall be ¹[issued a computer science education endorsement to the instructional certificate upon application to the State Board of Examiners] eligible to apply to the State Board of Examiners for the issuance of a computer science endorsement to the instructional certificate upon a demonstration that the teacher, through coursework, teaching experience, or a combination of both, has met the knowledge and skill standards for the computer science endorsement established by the State Board of Education under subsection b. of this section¹.

 

     2.    The State Board of Education shall adopt pursuant to the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), the rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

 

     3.    This act shall take effect immediately.