Bill Text: OH SB81 | 2011-2012 | 129th General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: To qualify Teach for America participants for a resident educator license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2011-03-22 - Passed 3rd Consideration House [SB81 Detail]
Download: Ohio-2011-SB81-Engrossed.html
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Senator Cates
Cosponsors:
Senators Lehner, Seitz, LaRose, Jones, Beagle, Obhof, Faber, Hite, Bacon, Daniels, Manning, Niehaus, Schaffer, Wagoner, Widener
To amend sections 3319.22 and 3319.223 and to enact | 1 |
section 3319.227 of the Revised Code to qualify | 2 |
Teach for America participants for a resident | 3 |
educator license. | 4 |
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 3319.22 and 3319.223 be amended and | 5 |
section 3319.227 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as | 6 |
follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3319.22. (A)(1) The state board of education shall | 8 |
issue the following educator licenses: | 9 |
(a) A resident educator license, which shall be valid for | 10 |
four years, except that the state board, on a case-by-case basis, | 11 |
may extend the license's duration as necessary to enable the | 12 |
license holder to complete the Ohio teacher residency program | 13 |
established under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code; | 14 |
(b) A professional educator license, which shall be valid for | 15 |
five years and shall be renewable; | 16 |
(c) A senior professional educator license, which shall be | 17 |
valid for five years and shall be renewable; | 18 |
(d) A lead professional educator license, which shall be | 19 |
valid for five years and shall be renewable. | 20 |
(2) The state board may issue any additional educator | 21 |
licenses of categories, types, and levels the board elects to | 22 |
provide. | 23 |
(3) The state board shall adopt rules establishing the | 24 |
standards and requirements for obtaining each educator license | 25 |
issued under this section. | 26 |
(B) The rules adopted under this section shall require at | 27 |
least the following standards and qualifications for the educator | 28 |
licenses described in division (A)(1) of this section: | 29 |
(1) An applicant for a resident educator license shall hold | 30 |
at least a bachelor's degree from an accredited teacher | 31 |
preparation program or be a participant in the teach for America | 32 |
program and meet the qualifications required under section | 33 |
3319.227 of the Revised Code. | 34 |
(2) An applicant for a professional educator license shall: | 35 |
(a) Hold at least a bachelor's degree from an institution of | 36 |
higher education accredited by a regional accrediting | 37 |
organization; | 38 |
(b) Have successfully completed the Ohio teacher residency | 39 |
program established under section 3319.223 of the Revised Code, if | 40 |
the applicant's current or most recently issued license is a | 41 |
resident educator license issued under this section or an | 42 |
alternative resident educator license issued under section 3319.26 | 43 |
of the Revised Code. | 44 |
(3) An applicant for a senior professional educator license | 45 |
shall: | 46 |
(a) Hold at least a master's degree from an institution of | 47 |
higher education accredited by a regional accrediting | 48 |
organization; | 49 |
(b) Have previously held a professional educator license | 50 |
issued under this section or section 3319.222 or under former | 51 |
section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; | 52 |
(c) Meet the criteria for the accomplished or distinguished | 53 |
level of performance, as described in the standards for teachers | 54 |
adopted by the state board under section 3319.61 of the Revised | 55 |
Code. | 56 |
(4) An applicant for a lead professional educator license | 57 |
shall: | 58 |
(a) Hold at least a master's degree from an institution of | 59 |
higher education accredited by a regional accrediting | 60 |
organization; | 61 |
(b) Have previously held a professional educator license or a | 62 |
senior professional educator license issued under this section or | 63 |
a professional educator license issued under section 3319.222 or | 64 |
former section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; | 65 |
(c) Meet the criteria for the distinguished level of | 66 |
performance, as described in the standards for teachers adopted by | 67 |
the state board under section 3319.61 of the Revised Code; | 68 |
(d) Either hold a valid certificate issued by the national | 69 |
board for professional teaching standards or meet the criteria for | 70 |
a master teacher or other criteria for a lead teacher adopted by | 71 |
the educator standards board under division (F)(4) or (5) of | 72 |
section 3319.61 of the Revised Code. | 73 |
(C) The state board shall align the standards and | 74 |
qualifications for obtaining a principal license with the | 75 |
standards for principals adopted by the state board under section | 76 |
3319.61 of the Revised Code. | 77 |
(D) If the state board requires any examinations for educator | 78 |
licensure, the department of education shall provide the results | 79 |
of such examinations received by the department to the chancellor | 80 |
of the Ohio board of regents, in the manner and to the extent | 81 |
permitted by state and federal law. | 82 |
(E) Any rules the state board of education adopts, amends, or | 83 |
rescinds for educator licenses under this section, division (D) of | 84 |
section 3301.07 of the Revised Code, or any other law shall be | 85 |
adopted, amended, or rescinded under Chapter 119. of the Revised | 86 |
Code except as follows: | 87 |
(1) Notwithstanding division (D) of section 119.03 and | 88 |
division (A)(1) of section 119.04 of the Revised Code, in the case | 89 |
of the adoption of any rule or the amendment or rescission of any | 90 |
rule that necessitates institutions' offering preparation programs | 91 |
for educators and other school personnel that are approved by the | 92 |
chancellor of the Ohio board of regents under section 3333.048 of | 93 |
the Revised Code to revise the curriculum of those programs, the | 94 |
effective date shall not be as prescribed in division (D) of | 95 |
section 119.03 and division (A)(1) of section 119.04 of the | 96 |
Revised Code. Instead, the effective date of such rules, or the | 97 |
amendment or rescission of such rules, shall be the date | 98 |
prescribed by section 3333.048 of the Revised Code. | 99 |
(2) Notwithstanding the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind | 100 |
emergency rules in division (F) of section 119.03 of the Revised | 101 |
Code, this authority shall not apply to the state board of | 102 |
education with regard to rules for educator licenses. | 103 |
(F)(1) The rules adopted under this section establishing | 104 |
standards requiring additional coursework for the renewal of any | 105 |
educator license shall require a school district and a chartered | 106 |
nonpublic school to establish local professional development | 107 |
committees. In a nonpublic school, the chief administrative | 108 |
officer shall establish the committees in any manner acceptable to | 109 |
such officer. The committees established under this division shall | 110 |
determine whether coursework that a district or chartered | 111 |
nonpublic school teacher proposes to complete meets the | 112 |
requirement of the rules. The department of education shall | 113 |
provide technical assistance and support to committees as the | 114 |
committees incorporate the professional development standards | 115 |
adopted by the state board of education pursuant to section | 116 |
3319.61 of the Revised Code into their review of coursework that | 117 |
is appropriate for license renewal. The rules shall establish a | 118 |
procedure by which a teacher may appeal the decision of a local | 119 |
professional development committee. | 120 |
(2) In any school district in which there is no exclusive | 121 |
representative established under Chapter 4117. of the Revised | 122 |
Code, the professional development committees shall be established | 123 |
as described in division (F)(2) of this section. | 124 |
Not later than the effective date of the rules adopted under | 125 |
this section, the board of education of each school district shall | 126 |
establish the structure for one or more local professional | 127 |
development committees to be operated by such school district. The | 128 |
committee structure so established by a district board shall | 129 |
remain in effect unless within thirty days prior to an anniversary | 130 |
of the date upon which the current committee structure was | 131 |
established, the board provides notice to all affected district | 132 |
employees that the committee structure is to be modified. | 133 |
Professional development committees may have a district-level or | 134 |
building-level scope of operations, and may be established with | 135 |
regard to particular grade or age levels for which an educator | 136 |
license is designated. | 137 |
Each professional development committee shall consist of at | 138 |
least three classroom teachers employed by the district, one | 139 |
principal employed by the district, and one other employee of the | 140 |
district appointed by the district superintendent. For committees | 141 |
with a building-level scope, the teacher and principal members | 142 |
shall be assigned to that building, and the teacher members shall | 143 |
be elected by majority vote of the classroom teachers assigned to | 144 |
that building. For committees with a district-level scope, the | 145 |
teacher members shall be elected by majority vote of the classroom | 146 |
teachers of the district, and the principal member shall be | 147 |
elected by a majority vote of the principals of the district, | 148 |
unless there are two or fewer principals employed by the district, | 149 |
in which case the one or two principals employed shall serve on | 150 |
the committee. If a committee has a particular grade or age level | 151 |
scope, the teacher members shall be licensed to teach such grade | 152 |
or age levels, and shall be elected by majority vote of the | 153 |
classroom teachers holding such a license and the principal shall | 154 |
be elected by all principals serving in buildings where any such | 155 |
teachers serve. The district superintendent shall appoint a | 156 |
replacement to fill any vacancy that occurs on a professional | 157 |
development committee, except in the case of vacancies among the | 158 |
elected classroom teacher members, which shall be filled by vote | 159 |
of the remaining members of the committee so selected. | 160 |
Terms of office on professional development committees shall | 161 |
be prescribed by the district board establishing the committees. | 162 |
The conduct of elections for members of professional development | 163 |
committees shall be prescribed by the district board establishing | 164 |
the committees. A professional development committee may include | 165 |
additional members, except that the majority of members on each | 166 |
such committee shall be classroom teachers employed by the | 167 |
district. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior | 168 |
to the expiration date of the term for which a predecessor was | 169 |
appointed shall hold office as a member for the remainder of that | 170 |
term. | 171 |
The initial meeting of any professional development | 172 |
committee, upon election and appointment of all committee members, | 173 |
shall be called by a member designated by the district | 174 |
superintendent. At this initial meeting, the committee shall | 175 |
select a chairperson and such other officers the committee deems | 176 |
necessary, and shall adopt rules for the conduct of its meetings. | 177 |
Thereafter, the committee shall meet at the call of the | 178 |
chairperson or upon the filing of a petition with the district | 179 |
superintendent signed by a majority of the committee members | 180 |
calling for the committee to meet. | 181 |
(3) In the case of a school district in which an exclusive | 182 |
representative has been established pursuant to Chapter 4117. of | 183 |
the Revised Code, professional development committees shall be | 184 |
established in accordance with any collective bargaining agreement | 185 |
in effect in the district that includes provisions for such | 186 |
committees. | 187 |
If the collective bargaining agreement does not specify a | 188 |
different method for the selection of teacher members of the | 189 |
committees, the exclusive representative of the district's | 190 |
teachers shall select the teacher members. | 191 |
If the collective bargaining agreement does not specify a | 192 |
different structure for the committees, the board of education of | 193 |
the school district shall establish the structure, including the | 194 |
number of committees and the number of teacher and administrative | 195 |
members on each committee; the specific administrative members to | 196 |
be part of each committee; whether the scope of the committees | 197 |
will be district levels, building levels, or by type of grade or | 198 |
age levels for which educator licenses are designated; the lengths | 199 |
of terms for members; the manner of filling vacancies on the | 200 |
committees; and the frequency and time and place of meetings. | 201 |
However, in all cases, except as provided in division (F)(4) of | 202 |
this section, there shall be a majority of teacher members of any | 203 |
professional development committee, there shall be at least five | 204 |
total members of any professional development committee, and the | 205 |
exclusive representative shall designate replacement members in | 206 |
the case of vacancies among teacher members, unless the collective | 207 |
bargaining agreement specifies a different method of selecting | 208 |
such replacements. | 209 |
(4) Whenever an administrator's coursework plan is being | 210 |
discussed or voted upon, the local professional development | 211 |
committee shall, at the request of one of its administrative | 212 |
members, cause a majority of the committee to consist of | 213 |
administrative members by reducing the number of teacher members | 214 |
voting on the plan. | 215 |
(G)(1) The department of education, educational service | 216 |
centers, county boards of developmental disabilities, regional | 217 |
professional development centers, special education regional | 218 |
resource centers, college and university departments of education, | 219 |
head start programs, the eTech Ohio commission, and the Ohio | 220 |
education computer network may establish local professional | 221 |
development committees to determine whether the coursework | 222 |
proposed by their employees who are licensed or certificated under | 223 |
this section or section 3319.222 of the Revised Code, or under the | 224 |
former version of either section as it existed prior to | 225 |
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requirements of the rules adopted under this section. They may | 227 |
establish local professional development committees on their own | 228 |
or in collaboration with a school district or other agency having | 229 |
authority to establish them. | 230 |
Local professional development committees established by | 231 |
county boards of developmental disabilities shall be structured in | 232 |
a manner comparable to the structures prescribed for school | 233 |
districts in divisions (F)(2) and (3) of this section, as shall | 234 |
the committees established by any other entity specified in | 235 |
division (G)(1) of this section that provides educational services | 236 |
by employing or contracting for services of classroom teachers | 237 |
licensed or certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of | 238 |
the Revised Code, or under the former version of either section as | 239 |
it existed prior to | 240 |
16, 2009. All other entities specified in division (G)(1) of this | 241 |
section shall structure their committees in accordance with | 242 |
guidelines which shall be issued by the state board. | 243 |
(2) Any public agency that is not specified in division | 244 |
(G)(1) of this section but provides educational services and | 245 |
employs or contracts for services of classroom teachers licensed | 246 |
or certificated under this section or section 3319.222 of the | 247 |
Revised Code, or under the former version of either section as it | 248 |
existed prior to | 249 |
2009, may establish a local professional development committee, | 250 |
subject to the approval of the department of education. The | 251 |
committee shall be structured in accordance with guidelines issued | 252 |
by the state board. | 253 |
Sec. 3319.223. (A) Not later than January 1, 2011, the | 254 |
superintendent of public instruction and the chancellor of the | 255 |
Ohio board of regents jointly shall establish the Ohio teacher | 256 |
residency program, which shall be a four-year, entry-level program | 257 |
for classroom teachers. The teacher residency program shall | 258 |
include at least the following components: | 259 |
(1) Mentoring by teachers who hold a lead professional | 260 |
educator license issued under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code; | 261 |
(2) Counseling to ensure that program participants receive | 262 |
needed professional development; | 263 |
(3) Measures of appropriate progression through the program. | 264 |
(B) The teacher residency program shall be aligned with the | 265 |
standards for teachers adopted by the state board of education | 266 |
under section 3319.61 of the Revised Code and best practices | 267 |
identified by the superintendent of public instruction. | 268 |
(C) Each person who holds a resident educator license issued | 269 |
under section 3319.22 or 3319.227 of the Revised Code or an | 270 |
alternative resident educator license issued under section 3319.26 | 271 |
of the Revised Code shall participate in the teacher residency | 272 |
program. Successful completion of the program shall be required to | 273 |
qualify any such person for a professional educator license issued | 274 |
under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. | 275 |
Sec. 3319.227. (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of | 276 |
the Revised Code or any rule adopted by the state board of | 277 |
education to the contrary, the state board shall issue a resident | 278 |
educator license under section 3319.22 of the Revised Code to each | 279 |
person who is assigned to teach in this state as a participant in | 280 |
the teach for America program and who meets the following | 281 |
conditions: | 282 |
(1) Holds a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution | 283 |
of higher education; | 284 |
(2) Maintained a cumulative undergraduate grade point average | 285 |
of at least 2.5 out of 4.0, or its equivalent; | 286 |
(3) Has passed an examination prescribed by the state board | 287 |
in the subject area to be taught; | 288 |
(4) Has successfully completed the summer training institute | 289 |
operated by teach for America. | 290 |
(B) The state board shall issue a resident educator license | 291 |
under this section for teaching in any grade level or subject area | 292 |
for which a person may obtain a resident educator license under | 293 |
section 3319.22 of the Revised Code. | 294 |
(C) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Revised Code | 295 |
or any rule adopted by the state board to the contrary, the state | 296 |
board shall issue a resident educator license under section | 297 |
3319.22 of the Revised Code to any applicant who has completed at | 298 |
least two years of teaching in another state as a participant in | 299 |
the teach for America program and meets all of the conditions of | 300 |
divisions (A)(1) to (4) of this section. The state board shall | 301 |
credit an applicant under this division as having completed two | 302 |
years of the teacher residency program under section 3319.223 of | 303 |
the Revised Code. | 304 |
(D) In order to place teachers in this state, the Teach for | 305 |
America program shall enter into an agreement with one or more | 306 |
accredited four-year public or private institutions of higher | 307 |
education in the state to provide optional training of Teach for | 308 |
America participants for the purpose of enabling those | 309 |
participants to complete an optional master's degree or an | 310 |
equivalent amount of coursework. Nothing in this division shall | 311 |
require any Teach for America participant to complete a master's | 312 |
degree as a condition of holding a license issued under this | 313 |
section. | 314 |
Section 2. That existing sections 3319.22 and 3319.223 of the | 315 |
Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 316 |
Section 3. Section 3319.22 of the Revised Code is presented | 317 |
in this act as a composite of the section as amended by both Am. | 318 |
Sub. H.B. 1 and Sub. S.B. 79 of the 128th General Assembly. The | 319 |
General Assembly, applying the principle stated in division (B) of | 320 |
section 1.52 of the Revised Code that amendments are to be | 321 |
harmonized if reasonably capable of simultaneous operation, finds | 322 |
that the composite is the resulting version of the section in | 323 |
effect prior to the effective date of the section as presented in | 324 |
this act. | 325 |