HB2005 S ED AM #1 3-12

M.J. White

            The Committee on Education moved to amend the bill on page nineteen, section one-a, lines ten through twelve, by striking out the following: Under the State Board’s supervision, county boards may offer these programs without a partner pursuant to subsection (d), section one-b of this article.;

            On page twenty, section one-a, after line thirty-six, by inserting a new subdivision, designated subdivision (3), to read as follows:

            “(3) ‘Area of critical need and shortage’ means an opening in an established, existing or newly-created position which has been posted at least two times in accordance with section seven-a, article four of this chapter and for which no fully-qualified applicant has been employed;”;

            And by renumbering the remaining subdivisions;

            On page thirty-eight, section one-c, lines one through three, by striking out all of subsection (a) and inserting in lieu thereof a new subsection, designated subsection (a), to read as follows:

            (a) Alternative program instruction. -- An alternative program for classroom teachers shall provide, at a minimum, either six credit hours or six staff development hours of instruction in one or more of the following subjects:;

            On page forty-six, section one-f, lines twenty-four through twenty-six, by striking out all of subdivision (7), and inserting in lieu thereof a new subdivision, designated subdivision (7), to read as follows:

            “(7) Receive from a county superintendent a formal offer of employment in an area of critical need and shortage and by a school or school district that is a member of an approved educational provider;”;

            On page forty-six, section one-f, line twenty-nine, after the word “employed” by changing the semicolon to a period and inserting the following: “For the purposes of this section, ‘reasonably indicate’ means an academic major or occupational area the same as or similar to the subject matter to which the alternative program teacher is being hired to teach;”;

            On page forty-seven, section one-f, line fifty-five, by striking out the word “including” and inserting in lieu thereof the word “except”;

            On page forty-seven, section one-f, line fifty-five, after the word “seniority.” by adding the following: In no event will an alternative program teacher displace a professional educator as defined in section one, article one of this chapter.;

            On page fifty-eight, section two-a, lines one hundred twenty-eight through one hundred twenty-nine, by striking out all of subparagraph (B);

            And,

            By relettering the remaining subparagraph.

Adopted

Rejected