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Educators and advocates urge State Board to expand theater and speech endorsements under Rule 24
Summary
Dozens of public commenters asked the board to amend Rule 24 so theater and speech move from supplemental (18 credit hours) to subject endorsements (45+ hours), citing teacher shortages and the University of Nebraska at Kearney program closure; board did not act on endorsement policy at the meeting.
During the Jan. 10 public-comment period, a group of educators, theater directors and advocates urged the State Board of Education to amend Rule 24 to allow subject endorsements in theater and speech rather than only supplemental endorsements.
Al Koontz and others told the board that changes to Rule 24 in prior years have restricted the ability of Nebraska teacher candidates to earn a subject endorsement in speech or theater, forcing some prospective teachers to leave the state…
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