Bill Text: OR HB3549 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to teacher qualifications.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)

Status: (Failed) 2011-06-30 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3549 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2011-HB3549-Introduced.html

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     76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session

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LC 3635

                         House Bill 3549

Sponsored by Representative PARRISH; Representatives CONGER,
  MCLANE, SCHAUFLER, WEIDNER, WHISNANT, WINGARD, Senator OLSEN

                             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 board of the school district or public charter school.
  (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. + }
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