Minnesota Legislature
SF 3233
as introduced - 90th Legislature (2017 - 2018) Posted on 03/13/2018 09:47am
Current Version - as introduced
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A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying teacher shortage areas; modifying coursework to
obtain a Tier 3 teaching license; amending Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement,
sections 122A.06, subdivision 6; 122A.183, subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 122A.06, subdivision 6, is
amended to read:
Subd. 6.
Shortage area.
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deleted text begin (1)deleted text end licensure fields and economic development regions reported by the commissioner
of education or the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board as experiencing
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(2) economic development regions where there is a shortage of licensed teachers who
reflect the racial or ethnic diversity of students in the region.
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Sec. 2.
Minnesota Statutes 2017 Supplement, section 122A.183, subdivision 2, is amended
to read:
Subd. 2.
Coursework.
A candidate for a Tier 3 license must meet the coursework
requirement by demonstrating one of the following:
(1) completion of a Minnesota-approved teacher preparation program;
(2) completion of a state-approved teacher preparation program that includes field-specific
student teaching equivalent to field-specific student teaching in Minnesota-approved teacher
preparation programs. The field-specific student teaching requirement does not apply to a
candidate that has two years of teaching experience;
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(4) a professional teaching license from another state, evidence that the candidate's
license is in good standing, and two years of teaching experiencedeleted text begin ; ordeleted text end new text begin .
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(5) three years of teaching experience under a Tier 2 license and evidence of summative
teacher evaluations that did not result in placing or otherwise keeping the teacher on an
improvement process pursuant to section 122A.40, subdivision 8, or section 122A.41,
subdivision 5.
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