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HB342 ENROLLED XSPIEE-3 By Representative DuBose RFD:
SKEB57-1 :
Education Policy First Read:
5/10/2023 :
18-Apr-23 2023 Regular Session Page 0 HB342 Enrolled Enrolled, An Act, 3 Relating to alternative teacher preparation programs and teacher certification;
KMS AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSE EDUCATION POLICY SUBSTITUTE FOR HB342 1ST PARAMORE AMENDMENT TO HB342 OFFERED BY REPRESENTATIVE PARAMORE 2 4 Replace line 92 on page 4 with the following:
to amend Section 2 of Act 2022-239, 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 16-23-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, to provide additional requirements for programs.
individuals who completed the program during that year.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:
(g) Upon receiving an alternative certificate to teach pursuant to this section, the teacher shall participate in the Alabama Teacher Mentorship Program if hired by a local board of education that participates in the program." Page 1
Section 1.
Section 2 of Act 2022-239, 2022 Regular Session, now appearing as Section 16-23-3.1, Code of Alabama 1975, is amended to read as follows:
"§16-23-3.1 (a) The State of Alabama shall modify its policies relative to the certification of teachers to permit the issuance of a professional educator certificate to those qualified individuals who successfully complete an approved alternative teacher preparation program.
In addition to any provisional certificates and professional certificates issued pursuant to this chapter to individuals graduating from approved teacher education programs, the State Board of Education shall authorize the issuance of a professional educator certificate by the State Superintendent of Education to a qualified individual who completes an approved alternative teacher preparation program.
(b) The State Superintendent of Education shall maintain a database of alternative teacher education preparation organizations, approved by the State Board of Page 1 HB342 Enrolled Education, as a means for screening, recruiting, and recommending for certification qualified individuals to teach in the public K-12 schools.
An approved alternative teacher education preparation organization, at a minimum, shall require each applicant whom the approved organization recommends for initial licensure to satisfy all of the following:
(1) Hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education which offers, at a minimum, junior and senior level courses of instruction.
(2) Successfully pass a criminal history background information check.
(3) Successfully complete an alternative teacher preparation program offered by the approved organization.
(c) In Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, in determining which alternative teacher education preparation organizations to approve, the State Board of Education, may shall consider prerequisites including, but not limited to, only the following prerequisites:
(1) Successful operation in at least five states and shall not be on probation in any of those states.
This requirement does not apply to two-year or four-year institutions of higher education operating in the state with state-approved programs.
(2) Successful operation of an alternative teacher education preparation program for at least 10 years.
(3) Requirement that an applicant pass a subject area Page 2 HB342 Enrolled examination, professional teaching examination, or both an examination that is substantively aligned with Alabama standards in subject area, pedagogy, or both an examination that is substantively aligned with Alabama standards in subject area, pedagogy, or both.
(4) Evidence of successfully certifying at least 10,000 teachers in the United States.
This requirement does not apply to two-year or four-year institutions of higher education operating in the state with state-approved programs.
(5) If an alternative teacher education preparation organization does not satisfy the prerequisites provided in subdivisions (1) through (4), the alternative teacher education preparation organization may be approved if certified by the Council for the Accreditation of Education Preparation.
(d) An individual who is granted a professional educator certificate pursuant to this section may teach in the subject areas and at the educational levels he or she has successfully completed through the alternative teacher preparation program offered by the approved alternative teacher education preparation organization.
(e) An individual who holds a professional educator certificate pursuant to this section may apply for a professional renewal license and shall in all other respects be treated in the same manner as an individual who holds a professional educator certificate granted upon successful completion of traditional, in-state teaching certification programs.
Page 3 HB342 Enrolled (f) An approved alternative teacher education preparation organization shall submit a detailed report to the State Board of Education annually detailing the number of individuals who completed the program during that year.
(g) Upon receiving an alternative certificate to teach pursuant to this section, the teacher shall participate in the Alabama Teacher Mentorship Program if hired by a local board of education that participates in the program.
were enrolled in the program and the number of individuals who completed the program during that year." Section 2.
This act shall become effective on the first day of the third month following its passage and approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.
Page 4 HB342 Enrolled 99 ________________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives ________________________________________________ President and Presiding Officer of the Senate House of Representatives I hereby certify that the within Act originated in and was passed by the House 11-May-23.
John Treadwell Clerk Senate 01-Jun-23 Passed Page 5