as introduced - 81st Legislature (1999 - 2000) Posted on 12/15/2009 12:00am
1.1 A bill for an act 1.2 relating to education; providing for a professional 1.3 teaching permit; proposing coding for new law in 1.4 Minnesota Statutes, chapter 122A. 1.5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 1.6 Section 1. [122A.245] [PROFESSIONAL TEACHING PERMIT; 1.7 VARIANCE.] 1.8 Subdivision 1. [AUTHORIZATION.] A school district or 1.9 charter school may hire a person with a professional teaching 1.10 permit to teach in the public school or charter school. A 1.11 district or charter school that employs a person with a 1.12 professional teaching permit must not remove a regularly 1.13 licensed teacher from their position in order to hire a person 1.14 holding a permit. 1.15 Subd. 2. [BOARD; PERMITS.] The board of teaching must 1.16 issue professional teaching permits. To obtain an initial 1.17 permit, an applicant must have: 1.18 (1) a bachelor's degree in engineering, music, art, foreign 1.19 language, computer science, mathematics, or science, or a 1.20 graduate degree in law, medicine, accounting, business, or 1.21 related disciplines; 1.22 (2) at least five years of experience as a professional in 1.23 the subject area in which the bachelor's or graduate degree was 1.24 awarded; and 1.25 (3) completed 100 hours of formal instruction in a teacher 2.1 preparation program. 2.2 Subd. 3. [INITIAL PERMIT.] The initial permit is valid for 2.3 two years. During the initial permit period, the applicant must 2.4 be supervised by a person who holds a regular teaching license. 2.5 Subd. 4. [RENEWABLE PERMIT.] The supervising teacher must 2.6 prepare for the board of teaching a positive or negative 2.7 recommendation on whether the initial permit holder shall 2.8 receive a renewable professional teaching permit. After the 2.9 initial permit period, the professional teaching permit is 2.10 renewable for five-year periods.