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Board approves teacher-prep rule edits, renames special-education endorsements and replaces 'restorative' with 'accountability'
Summary
The board approved R277-304 Teacher Preparation Programs (Draft 2) as amended, renaming special-education endorsement labels and changing language about classroom practice; key amendments passed with recorded roll-call opposition on several votes.
The board approved R277-304 Teacher Preparation Programs (Draft 2) as amended, adopting multiple wording changes to clarify licensure endorsements and classroom-practice language for preparation programs.
On an amendment to rename endorsements attached to special-education licenses, the board voted 11–3 to replace the phrases "mild, moderate disabilities" with "mild, moderate support needs" and "severe disabilities" with "complex support needs." Staff said universities requested the change to move away from deficit-based language; Jordan Dawn Monnoli, special education personnel preparation coordinator, said the intent is "getting away from words that have maybe a negative connotation" and that universities are already moving toward the model. Malia Height, executive…
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