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H0683..........................................................by EDUCATION TEACHER CERTIFICATION - Amends existing law to revise teacher certification requirements. 02/14 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/15 Rpt prt - to Educ
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 683 BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS; AMENDING SECTION 33-1201, IDAHO CODE, 3 TO REVISE CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 4 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 5 SECTION 1. That Section 33-1201, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 6 amended to read as follows: 7 33-1201. CERTIFICATE REQUIRED. (1) Every person who is employed to serve 8 in any elementary or secondary school in the capacity of teacher, supervisor, 9 administrator, education specialist, school nurse or school librarian shall be 10 required to have and to hold a certificate issued under authority of the state 11 board of education, valid for the service being rendered; except that the 12 state board of education may authorize endorsement for use in Idaho, for not 13 more than five (5) years, certificates valid in other states when the qualifi- 14 cations therefor are not lower than those required for an Idaho certificate. 15 (2) No certificate shall be required of a student attending any teacher- 16 training institution, who shall serve as a practice teacher in a classroom 17 under the supervision of a certificated teacher, and who is jointly assigned 18 by such teacher-training institution and the governing board of a district or 19 a public institution to perform practice teaching in anon-salaried20 nonsalaried status. Those students attending a teacher-training institution of 21 another state and who serve as anon-salariednonsalaried practice teacher in 22 an Idaho school district shall be registered by that school district. 23 (3) A student, while serving in a practicum, internship or student teach- 24 ing position under the supervision of a person certificated pursuant to this 25 section, shall be accorded the same liability insurance coverage by the school 26 district being served as that accorded such certificated person in the same 27 district, and shall comply with all rules and regulations of the school dis- 28 trict or public institution while serving in such a capacity. 29 (4) Prior to issuing a certificate to an applicant from a computer-based 30 alternative route to Idaho teacher certification, a person shall have com- 31 pleted a supervised teaching experience or internship equivalent to one (1) 32 semester according to rules promulgated by the state board of education. 33 (5) Alternative methods of assessment of teaching competence for candi- 34 dates who have extensive teaching experience can be substituted.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 15739C1 This legislation relates to certification of teachers; amending Section 33-1201, Idaho Code, to revise certification requirements and to make technical corrections. FISCAL NOTE There will be no fiscal impact on the state general fund. Contact Name: Representative Tom Trail Phone: 332-1000 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 683