Amendment No. 30

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 22 (BDR 34-241)

Proposed by: Committee on Human Resources and Facilities

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Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends: Summary: Title: Preamble: Joint Sponsorship:

ASSEMBLY ACTION Initial and Date | SENATE ACTION Initial and Date

Adopted Lost | Adopted Lost

Concurred In Not | Concurred In Not

Receded Not | Receded Not

Amend sec. 2, page 2, by deleting lines 12 through 15 and inserting:

"3. The commission shall adopt regulations that prescribe the conditions that may be placed on an initial license to teach".

Amend sec. 3, page 2, by deleting line 20 and inserting:

"evidence, in accordance with the".

Amend sec. 4, page 2, lines 40 and 41, by deleting:

"to the satisfaction of the commission".

Amend sec. 4, page 3, line 1, after "(6)" by inserting:

"Prescribing the qualifications for an endorsement as an administrator, including, without limitation, the type of experience that is required for the endorsement. Experience as a school teacher, school counselor or school librarian must apply toward the experience required.

(7)".

Amend sec. 9, page 6, line 26, by deleting "At" and inserting:

"Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, at".

Amend sec. 9, page 6, between lines 31 and 32, by inserting:

"In lieu of observing an employee for the required number of minutes of instruction, the board may prescribe the number of class periods, equivalent to the number of minutes of instruction set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b), that an administrator is required to observe an employee.".

Amend sec. 15, page 10, line 27, by deleting "before" and inserting "after".

Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sec. 16 as sec. 18 and adding new sections designated sections 16 and 17, following sec. 15, to read as follows:

"Sec. 16. The amendatory provisions of section 3 of this act do not apply to a teacher who holds a license to teach that was issued before July 1, 2000.

Sec. 17. 1. A teacher who holds a license to teach that was issued before July 1, 2000, and who teaches English, mathematics, science or social studies in a middle school or junior high school, is not required to obtain a license to teach middle school or junior high school with an endorsement to teach in the subject area for which he provides instruction or a license to teach secondary education with an endorsement to teach in the subject area for which he provides instruction.

2. The amendatory provisions of section 8 of this act do not apply to the employment of a teacher by a board of trustees of a school district before July 1, 2000.".

Amend sec. 16, page 10, line 31, by deleting "15," and inserting "17,".