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Senator introduces bill to grant lifetime teaching certificates after 25 years of service
Summary
Sen. Lori Den Hartog introduced Senate Bill 1092 to allow teachers and administrators with at least 25 combined years of experience to receive a lifetime certificate, with the State Board of Education to set implementing rules; committee advanced the bill to the fourteenth order for possible amendment.
Senator Lori Den Hartog, R–District 22, told the Senate Education Committee that Senate Bill 1092 would allow teachers and administrators who have accumulated at least 25 years of service to receive a lifetime certificate and be exempt from periodic continuing-education recertification tied to their certificate. "The idea is to honor our teachers and administrators who have been in the profession," Den Hartog said. "We put it at 25 years to honor them by saying you don't have to come back."
The bill directs the State Board of Education to establish rules that would define how…
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