SB806.DOC

SECTION 1. Section 302A-801, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) Appointed board members shall serve not more than three consecutive three-year terms. Teacher and educational officer members who retire during a term may serve the remainder of their term up to three consecutive three-year terms."

SECTION 2. Section 302A-802, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:

"(c) The board shall adopt policies, exempt from chapters 91 and 92, to initiate the following:

(1) Develop criteria allowing more individuals with trade or industry experience to teach in vocational, technical, and career pathway programs, and criteria for the issuance of permits and career and technical education licenses allowing qualified individuals to teach when recommended by the superintendent[.] even if the individuals do not possess a bachelor's degree. The department shall be responsible for the review and acceptance of the relevant licenses, certificates, or other qualifications related to an individual's vocational, technical, or career pathway education-related experience that the department deems necessary for a permit. The department shall have the authority to waive the requirement of a bachelor's degree to teach in a vocation, technical, or career pathway education program;

(2) Develop a plan to accept teachers from any state as long as they have completed state-approved teacher education programs and pass relevant Hawaii teacher examinations or their equivalent;

(3) Clarify the requirements, on a state-by-state basis, for out-of-state licensed teachers to obtain a license in Hawaii;

(4) Develop a plan to facilitate licensing for those who intend to teach in Hawaii immersion programs, the island of Niihau, or any other extraordinary situation as defined by the superintendent or the superintendent's designee;

(5) Pursue full teacher license reciprocity with all other states; and

(6) Issue a license to a teacher with a valid out-of-state license who has passed similar, though not identical, tests in basic skills, pedagogy, and subject matter to those required for licensure in the State; provided that upon the effective date of the adoption of administrative rules addressing the recognition of out-of-state teacher licenses, those administrative rules shall supersede the requirements of this paragraph."

SECTION 3. Section 302A-805, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§302A-805 Teachers; license required; renewals. Beginning July 1, 2002, all new licenses shall be issued by the board. No person shall serve as a half-time or full-time teacher in a public school without first having obtained a license from the board under this subpart. All licenses issued by the board shall be valid only for the fields specified on the licenses and shall be renewable every five years for a standard license and every ten years for an advanced license if the individual continues to:

(1) Satisfy the board's licensing standards and submits verification, in a form specified by the board, that the individual has completed activities specified by the board in fulfillment of each of the teacher performance standards established by the board;

(2) Show evidence of successful teaching in the previous five years through verification by a supervisor, in a form specified by the board;

(3) Meet the professional fitness requirements established by the board; [~~and~~]

(4) Satisfy the board's requirements for renewal of licenses[.];

(5) Attend training prior to applying for a license renewal on bullying of students; and

(6) Attend training prior to applying for license renewal on new student standards and new teacher performance standards if those standards are adopted more than three years prior to a teacher's license renewal date.

The board shall randomly audit a licensee's compliance with paragraph (1) and may establish rules, pursuant to chapter 91, for the random audits.

Teachers whose licenses expire on June 30, 2002, or June 30, 2003, shall be granted an automatic extension of two years.

No person shall be issued a license or teach on an emergency basis in the public schools without having first paid the fees established by the board in accordance with chapter 91."

SECTION 4. Section 302A-805.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-805.5[]] Approval of teacher education programs; professional development of teachers. The board shall be responsible for approving teacher education programs that have attained national accreditation from a teacher education accrediting body approved by the United States Department of Education and that meet the standards established by the board. The board may engage in efforts relating to the improvement of instruction through teacher education and professional development, and to attract qualified candidates for teacher training from among the high school graduates of the State."

SECTION 5. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title:

Teacher Standards; Training

Description:

Allows teacher and educational officer board members to continue to serve out up to three consecutive three-year terms even if they retire during a term. Adds training in dealing with bullying of students and training on revised student and teacher performance standards to the requirements for license renewal. Extends the term of the renewable advanced licensed from five to ten years. Creates a new career and technical education license available to those with appropriate industry experience with no bachelor's degree. Adds national accreditation to the requirement for state approval of teacher education programs.

The summary description of legislation appearing on this page is for informational purposes only and is not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.

THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	806
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2011
STATE OF HAWAII