1997 Minnesota Statutes

     126.266 Exemption from teaching licensure. 

    Subdivision 1.  The commissioner of children, families, and 
 learning may grant an exemption from the licensure requirement 
 in the hiring of teachers of English as a second language or 
 bilingual education teachers to a school district if the 
 commissioner finds that compliance would impose a hardship upon 
 the district in the securing of teachers for its educational 
 programs for limited English proficient students.  The 
 commissioner of children, families, and learning shall notify 
 the board of teaching of any exemptions granted pursuant to this 
 section. 

    Subd. 2.  A teacher serving under an exemption as provided 
 in subdivision 1 shall be granted a license as soon as that 
 teacher qualifies for it.  Not more than one year of service by 
 a teacher under an exemption shall be credited to the teacher 
 for the purposes of section 125.12.  For purposes of section 
 125.17, a teacher shall receive credit equal to the number of 
 years the teacher served under an exemption. 

    HIST: 1980 c 609 art 3 s 19; 1991 c 265 art 9 s 58; 1Sp1995 c 
 3 art 16 s 13