Relating to education; establishing an alternative teacher training +program for qualified professionals to acquire an entrance license, +authorizing the offering of the program in any instructional field; specifying +certain applicant qualification and program content requirements; requiring commissioner of education program approval based on criteria +developed by an advisory group to be appointed by the commissioner; authorizing the +issuance of an eligibility license to begin teaching to applicants successfully +completing the training, requiring the appointment of mentors; requiring the +board of teaching to issue standard entrance licenses to training program +licensees successfully completing the training program and teaching in a +classroom for a complete school year and receiving a positive recommendation (mk)