Bill Text: OR HB2878 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to teacher qualifications.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB2878 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2878-Introduced.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session NOTE: Matter within { + braces and plus signs + } in an amended section is new. Matter within { - braces and minus signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within { + braces and plus signs + } . LC 2455 House Bill 2878 Sponsored by Representative PARRISH SUMMARY The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's brief statement of the essential features of the measure as introduced. Allows person to teach certain courses in schools without being licensed by or registered with Teacher Standards and Practices Commission if certain requirements are met. Specifies restrictions to employment. A BILL FOR AN ACT Relating to teacher qualifications. Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon: SECTION 1. { + (1) Notwithstanding ORS 338.135 and 342.173, a person employed by a school district or a public charter school may teach without being licensed by or registered with the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission if: (a) The person is teaching only courses for which the State Board of Education has not adopted academic content standards as required by ORS 329.045; (b) The school district or public charter school follows the instructor appraisal committee procedures adopted by the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission; and (c) The person meets the other training or experience requirements established by the State Board of Education and by the district school board of the school district or the public charter school governing body. (2) A person who is employed to teach as provided by this section: (a) Is not eligible to become a member of the Public Employees Retirement System as a result of the employment; and (b) May not become a member of a collective bargaining unit that represents licensed or registered teachers. (3) No more than 40 percent of the total classroom teaching time at a school may be provided by persons who are teaching as provided by this section. + } ----------