SB0498 Summary

• Reduces the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers from 4 phases to 3 phases by eliminating the second year of residency requirement.

• Changes the alternative provisional educator endorsement validity from 2 years to 1 year, with ability to renew for a second year instead of a third year.

• Requires teacher performance assessment to occur at the end of the single residency year rather than by end of first semester of second year.

• Maintains the first phase (coursework in instructional planning, strategies, classroom management, and assessment) and residency requirements but streamlines the program timeline.

• Takes effect immediately upon becoming law.