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State Board of Education outlines licensure pathways, monitoring and staffing challenges before House General Government Committee
Summary
Ohio State Board of Education Superintendent Paul Craft told the House General Government Committee the SBOE is expanding alternative licensure pathways, enrolling staff in the Rap Back monitoring system and tracking shortages in special education and career-technical fields; members pressed for clarity on oversight, training burdens and recruitment for new computer-science and international teacher pathways.
Paul Craft, Ohio’s superintendent of public instruction, told the House General Government Committee on General Government that the State Board of Education is expanding licensure pathways and using near-real-time monitoring to protect students while trying to grow the educator pipeline.
Craft said the SBOE oversees more than 460,000 credentials held by roughly 351,272 individuals and serves more than 1,600,000 students. He described a range of licenses and permits — from adult educator and career-technical credentials to a new pre-service permit for educator-preparation students — and outlined how applicants use an OHID account and the Connected Ohio Records for Educators (CORE) dashboard to apply. “The State Board of Education is committed to providing trusted and professional support to Ohio schools, staff, and students,” Craft said.
Why it matters: Lawmakers pressed the SBOE on how licensing policy and monitoring affect staffing and student safety amid persistent…
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