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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE FILE NO. SF0168
Alternative teaching certificate.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Laursen, D, Ide and Kolb and Representative(s) Clouston
A BILL
for
1 AN ACT relating to certification of teachers; modifying the
2 duties of the professional teaching standards board;
3 creating an alternative teacher certificate for K-12
4 teachers; establishing requirements for alternative
5 certification; and providing for an effective date.
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7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
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9 Section 1. W.S. 21-2-802(a)(ii) by creating new
10 subparagraphs (D) through (F) is amended to read:
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12 21-2-802. Powers and duties; teacher certification;
13 suspension and revocation; certification fees; disposition
14 of collected fees; required data submissions to department
15 of education.
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2 (a) The board shall promulgate rules and regulations:
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4 (ii) In addition to paragraph (a)(i) of this
5 section, the board shall by rule and regulation provide
6 for:
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8 (D) Alternative certification of teachers
9 that requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited
10 college or university and successful completion of
11 alternative certification program that at a minimum:
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13 (I) Operates in not less than five (5)
14 states;
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16 (II) Has operated an alternative
17 teacher certification program for not less than ten (10)
18 years; and
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20 (III) Requires passage of a subject
21 area and pedagogy examination, known as the professional
22 teaching knowledge examination, to receive certification.
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1 (E) Alternative certifications under
2 subparagraph (D) of this paragraph in the following subject
3 areas:
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5 (I) Elementary education;
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7 (II) Elementary education with a
8 reading endorsement;
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10 (III) English language arts;
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12 (IV) United States and world history;
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14 (V) Mathematics;
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16 (VI) General science;
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18 (VII) Biology;
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20 (VIII) Chemistry;
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22 (IX) Physics;
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1 (X) Special education; and
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3 (XI) Career technical education.
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5 (F) Issuance of an alternative
6 certification under subparagraph (D) of this paragraph
7 only for the subject areas and grade levels successfully
8 completed by the applicant.
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10 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon
11 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law
12 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming
13 Constitution.
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15 (END)
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Statutes affected:
Introduced: 21-2-802