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House Education Committee advances bill allowing lifetime teaching certificates after 25 years
Summary
The House Committee on Education voted to send Senate Bill 1092 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation; the bill would let teachers and administrators with 25 years of combined experience apply for a lifetime state certificate while preserving revocation for professional misconduct.
The House Committee on Education on March 6, 2025 voted to send Senate Bill 1092 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation. Senator Lori Denhartaug, sponsor of the bill, told the committee the measure "would allow a teacher or administrator to apply for a lifetime certificate after 25 years of experience in either, or combination thereof in either the classroom or being an administrator."
The bill would exempt eligible certificated educators from the routine five-year renewal and associated continuing education requirement at the state level but would allow for revocation if an educator "engage[s] in any professional misconduct that would warrant the…
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