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House education committee refers local teacher-certification bill after debate over CTE language
Summary
The House Committee on Education and Workforce voted 7-4 to refer House Bill 4153 (substitute H-1) to the House Committee on Rules after lawmakers and witnesses debated whether the bill would help career and technical education teachers or explicitly exclude them.
LANSING — The House Committee on Education and Workforce voted to refer House Bill 4153, substitute H-1, to the House Committee on Rules after lawmakers questioned whether the bill would allow local school districts to issue temporary teaching certificates for career and technical education or, instead, exclude those instructors.
Supporters said the bill is intended to let districts address staffing shortages by creating a locally issued interim certificate option; opponents and some committee members said the bill’s text appears to conflict with that goal. The committee approved the referral on a 7-4 roll call.
The bill sponsor and other backers described the measure as a tool districts could use voluntarily to fill open positions without requiring prospective CTE instructors to complete a full traditional…
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