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Rhode Island committee hears bill to allow multi‑year emergency teaching certificates
Summary
The Rhode Island House Committee on Education heard testimony April 1 on House Bill 5603, which would allow school districts to issue emergency preliminary teaching certificates that can be renewed annually for up to five years.
The Rhode Island House Committee on Education heard testimony April 1 on House Bill 5603, which would allow school districts to request emergency preliminary teaching certificates that can be renewed annually for a total of up to five years.
The bill, introduced for discussion by the committee chair, would require a school district to request an emergency certification and to show that it advertised the vacancy and was unable to find a certified teacher. The bill removes a mandatory initial testing requirement for emergency certificate holders and allows districts to renew the emergency certificate year by year if the district determines the teacher is performing satisfactorily.
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