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Senate hearing hears bill to tighten alternative certification for CTE instructors
Summary
Representative Rick Ladd and industry supporters told the Senate Education Committee that House Bill 354 would require professional paid experience and department‑approved credentials for alternative certification of career and technical education instructors.
Representative Rick Ladd, sponsor of House Bill 354, told the Senate Education Committee that the bill would put into statute the alternative certification pathway that the Department of Education and the State Board already manage by rule.
"A candidate for a career and technical education CTE specialty area license may substitute the following in lieu of a nationally recognized test of academic proficiency..." Ladd said, describing language that would require "three years of professional paid full time experience in…
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