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SENATE BILL NO. 1123 – Teacher certif/classroom experience

SENATE BILL NO. 1123

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S1123..........................................................by EDUCATION
TEACHER CERTIFICATION - Amends existing law to adopt requirements for
classroom experience prior to certification as a teacher in Idaho.
                                                                        
02/14    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/15    Rpt prt - to Educ

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ]]]]              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ]]]]
 Fifty-eighth Legislature                   First Regular Session - 2005
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                       IN THE SENATE
                                                                        
                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1123
                                                                        
                                   BY EDUCATION COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO CERTIFICATION OF TEACHERS; AMENDING SECTION 33-1201,  IDAHO  CODE,
  3        TO  ADOPT  REQUIREMENTS FOR CLASSROOM EXPERIENCE PRIOR TO CERTIFICATION IN
  4        IDAHO AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
                                                                        
  5    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
  6        SECTION 1.  That Section 33-1201, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
  7    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
  8        33-1201.  CERTIFICATE  REQUIRED.  Every person who is employed to serve in
  9    any elementary or secondary school in the  capacity  of  teacher,  supervisor,
 10    administrator, education specialist, school nurse or school librarian shall be
 11    required to have and to hold a certificate issued under authority of the state
 12    board  of  education,  valid  for  the service being rendered; except that the
 13    state board of education may authorize endorsement for use in Idaho,  for  not
 14    more than five (5) years, certificates valid in other states when the qualifi-
 15    cations therefor are not lower than those required for an Idaho certificate.
 16        No  certificate  shall  be  required  of  a student attending any teacher-
 17    training institution, who shall serve as a practice  teacher  in  a  classroom
 18    under  the  supervision of a certificated teacher, and who is jointly assigned
 19    by such teacher-training institution and the governing board of a district  or
 20    a   public   institution  to  perform  practice  teaching  in  a  non-salaried
 21    nonsalaried status. Those students attending a teacher-training institution of
 22    another state and who serve as a non-salaried nonsalaried practice teacher  in
 23    an Idaho school district shall be registered by that school district.
 24        A  student,  while  serving in a practicum, internship or student teaching
 25    position under the supervision of a person certificated pursuant to this  sec-
 26    tion,  shall  be  accorded the same liability insurance coverage by the school
 27    district being served as that accorded such certificated person  in  the  same
 28    district,  and  shall comply with all rules and regulations of the school dis-
 29    trict or public institution while serving in such a capacity.
 30        Prior to issuing a certificate, regardless of the type or  source  of  the
 31    education of the applicant, a person shall have completed:
 32        (1)  Under  the direction of a fully certified Idaho teacher, a program of
 33        student teaching, internship, or practicum of a length equal to  at  least
 34        the  minimum  requirements of a fully accredited Idaho teacher preparation
 35        program; or
 36        (2)  A student teaching internship approved by an Idaho college or univer-
 37        sity teacher preparation program.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

                             RS 14839

This bill would require classroom experience prior to granting a
teacher certificate.


                           FISCAL NOTE

None


Contact
Name:  Gannon
Phone: 332-1345



STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                   S 1123