Bill Summary for H 681 (2017-2018)

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Apr 10 2017

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 681 (Public) Filed Monday, April 10, 2017
AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES TO DECREASE THE BURDEN ON MILITARY SPOUSES IN OBTAINING NC TEACHER LICENSES.
Intro. by G. Martin, Horn.

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Amends GS 115C-296 to exempt out-of-state teacher's license applicants who are licensed in another state from testing requirements established by the State Board of Education for an initial bachelor's degree license or graduate degree license if the applicant meets all other licensure requirements, has at least three years of teaching experience in the five years prior to submitting the application, and has received satisfactory performance evaluations and met student growth expectations in the field of licensure in the three most recent years of teaching. Directs the State Board of Education to adopt rules to expedite the processing of licensure applications submitted by military spouses who meet the requirements of GS 93B-15.1. Provides for a two-year temporary license for military spouses with teacher licenses in other jurisdictions whose licensure requirements are not substantially equivalent or exceeding the North Carolina requirements, while the applicant satisfies the requirements of a North Carolina teacher's license.

Directs the State Board of Education to develop procedures for Regional Alternative Licensing Centers (RALCs) and approved educator preparation programs to evaluate and advise military spouses applying for a lateral entry teaching license. Provides for RALCs and educator preparation programs evaluating a military spouse who was granted a three-year initial teaching license, but was not employed continuously for the time period due to a deployment or reassignment of the applicant's spouse, to contact other RALCs or educator preparation programs that have evaluated the military spouse to obtain relevant documentation or information for licensure. Directs the State Board of Education to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by November 15, 2017, on these procedures.