HF1415 Summary

• Increases Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board membership from 11 to 14 members, adding three teachers representing current or emerging education trends and one educator from an approved teacher preparation program.

• Modifies background check requirements by shifting responsibility from the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to the Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board, which may contract with the commissioner of human services to conduct checks.

• Reduces temporary military teaching license fee from $87.90 (online) or $86.40 (paper) to $57 and establishes a $300 fee for first portfolio licensure submissions and $200 for subsequent submissions.

• Requires teacher preparation providers to include research-based reading instruction, technology strategies, cultural competency training, and English learner instruction in their programs.

• Authorizes the board to adopt rules on fields of licensure, grade levels, and teacher supply/demand impacts, with statutes prevailing over conflicting rules.