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AL HB506
Bill
Status
5/29/2019
Primary Sponsor
Tracy Estes
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AI Summary
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Extends the validity period of emergency urgent teaching certificates from one year to two years, with one renewal allowed, for a maximum total validity of four years.
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Allows emergency urgent certificates to be extended or renewed once (rather than twice as previously permitted) through policies adopted by the State Board of Education.
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Makes technical corrections to update language throughout Sections 16-3-16, 16-23-3, 16-23-16.1, and 16-24C-3 of the Alabama Code, replacing "person" with "individual" and "must" with "shall" for consistency.
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Maintains that time served under emergency urgent certificates does not count toward continuing service status for teachers seeking tenure.
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Becomes effective immediately upon passage and approval by the Governor or upon otherwise becoming law.
Legislative Description
Public K-12 Education, validity of emergency teaching certificate extended from one to two years, for a maximum of four years. Section 16-23-3, Code of Alabama 1975, amd.
Superintendent of Education, State
Last Action
Delivered to Governor at 1:33 p.m. on May 29, 2019.
5/29/2019