Existing law requires the Commission on Professional Standards in Education to adopt regulations relating to the qualifications to obtain a license to teach in this State. (NRS 391.019) Existing law requires the regulations adopted by the Commission to: (1) include the qualifications for licensing teachers and administrators pursuant to an alternative route to licensure; and (2) provide for the issuance of a regular license to a person who completes the education and training required under the alternative route to licensure and who satisfies all other requirements for licensure. (NRS 391.019) Section 1 of this bill authorizes a member or veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who has received certification as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, including, without limitation, a temporary, provisional or advanced certification, to obtain a license in this State as if the member or veteran has completed the alternative route to licensure program in this State. Existing law requires an applicant for a license as a teacher or administrator to submit with his or her application proof that the applicant has satisfactorily completed a course of study and training approved by the Commission. Existing law exempts a person who received education and training pursuant to an alternative route to licensure from this requirement. (NRS 391.037) Section 2 of this bill also exempts a person who applies for a license as a member or veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States who has received certification, including, without limitation, a temporary, provisional or advanced certification, as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program from this requirement. Existing law requires school districts to consider the Joint Services Transcript or a similar document of a veteran as credit towards such training, experience or licensure required for certain skilled positions of employment in that school district. (NRS 391.115) Section 3 of this bill applies these provisions to a person who is a member of the Armed Forces of the United States in addition to veterans. Section 3 also adds certification as an instructor in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, as described in section 1, as a specific certification on a Joint Services Transcript or a similar document for which credit must be provided by a school district.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 391.032, 391.037, 391.115
BDR: 391.032, 391.037, 391.115