The bill requires an early childhood special education, elementary,
or special education generalist licensure endorsement candidate who meets the minimum coursework standards by successfully completing a content-based or a performance-based assessment (assessments) to successfully complete certain assessments.
A candidate for an early childhood special education licensure
endorsement must successfully complete no more than 2 assessments that measure: •
Knowledge and skills important for the safe and effective practice of a special education teacher who serves students from birth through third grade; and
•
Knowledge and skills that an initial teacher must have to support the reading and writing development of students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
A candidate for an elementary licensure endorsement must
successfully complete no more than 2 assessments that measure:
•
Mathematical knowledge and skills that are essential for students in kindergarten through sixth grade; and
•
Knowledge and skills that an initial teacher must have to support the reading and writing development of students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
A candidate for a special education generalist licensure
endorsement must successfully complete no more than 2 assessments that measure:
•
Basic principles of general special education and the application of those principles to realistic situations; and
•
Knowledge and skills that an initial teacher must have to support the reading and writing development of students in kindergarten through sixth grade.
The bill clarifies that 4-year institutions of higher education that
offer programs of off-campus instruction and that have courses included in the guaranteed transfer pathway matrix or that are part of a statewide degree transfer agreement may participate in the teacher recruitment education and preparation program.
