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Committee holds bill on alternative certification and apprenticeship for rural administrators amid mentoring concerns
Summary
House Bill 295, a proposal to create an apprenticeship/alternate-certification route for school administrators aimed at rural districts, was held in the Senate Education Committee after debate over mentoring, instructional experience, and coordination with State Department work.
House Bill 295, proposed to create an apprenticeship or alternate route to administrative certification intended to help rural Idaho districts recruit and retain principals and superintendents, was held in committee after debate on mentoring and coordination with ongoing state work.
Representative Dale Hawkins told the committee the bill is intended to give rural communities a path to sponsor local candidates who meet educational requirements and can be mentored into administrative roles. He said rural districts face difficulty…
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