MN SF767

Board of Teaching must establish streamlined procedures to recognize out-of-state teacher credentials and allow applicants from state-accredited programs to demonstrate qualifications based on performance measures adopted by the board.

Board of Teaching must issue temporary one-year teaching licenses to out-of-state applicants with school district employment offers, with additional one-year licenses issued annually during the three-year probationary period upon district contract renewals.

Out-of-state teachers are subject to the same three-year probationary period as new-to-profession teachers in Minnesota, with at least three evaluations per school year and the first evaluation occurring within 90 days.

Out-of-state teachers who complete the probationary period without discharge or refusal to renew are eligible to receive a permanent Minnesota teaching license.

Repeals existing subdivision 2 of section 122A.23, which previously outlined detailed requirements for issuing temporary and full licenses to out-of-state applicants, replacing it with the streamlined approach outlined above.