1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; modifying teacher licensure provisions;amending Minnesota 
1.3 	Statutes 2020, sections 122A.181, subdivision 5; 122A.183, subdivision 2.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.181, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.6 		Subd. 5.Limitations on license. (a) A Tier 1 license is limited to the content matter 
1.7 	indicated on the application for the initial Tier 1 license under subdivision 1, clause (2), and 
1.8 	limited to the district or charter school that requested the initial Tier 1 license.
1.9 	(b) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher for 
1.10 	purposes of section 122A.40, subdivision 1, or 122A.41, subdivision 1, clause (a).
1.11 	(c) A Tier 1 license does not bring an individual within the definition of a teacher under 
1.12 	section 179A.03, subdivision 18.

1.13 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2020, section 122A.183, subdivision 2, is amended to read:
1.14 		Subd. 2.Coursework. A candidate for a Tier 3 license must meet the coursework 
1.15 	requirement by demonstrating one of the following:
1.16 	(1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program;
1.17 	(2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific 
1.18 	student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved teacher 
1.19 	preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply to a 
1.20 	candidate that has two years of teaching experience;
2.1 	(3) submission of a content-specific licensure portfolio; or
2.2 	(4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the candidate's 
2.3 	license is in good standing, and two years of teaching experience; or.
2.4 	(5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license and evidence of summative 
2.5 	teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher on an 
2.6 	improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or section 122A.41, 
2.7 	subdivision 5.