Bill > A2502

Introduced Session

This bill prohibits the State Board of Education from limiting the number of professional education credits earned at a regionally accredited two-year college that may be applied towards meeting the requirements for teacher certification, provided that the credits are accepted by a State-approved college professional education preparation program. Current State board regulations provide that, for most candidates for teacher certification, no more than six credits earned in the field of professional education at a regionally accredited two-year college can be applied towards meeting the requirements for teacher certification. As a result, a student who has completed more than six credits in the field of professional education at a regionally accredited two-year college prior to his enrollment in a bachelor's degree program at a four-year institution of higher education will have to repeat some of his coursework, resulting in increased education costs and a delay in program completion.

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Pam Lampitt (D)*,  Raj Mukherji (D)*,  Marlene Caride (D),  Patricia Jones (D), 

Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee (on 02/29/2016)